Category Archives: Local Sports

Pirates pitching coach Oscar Marin said yesterday that Mitch Keller will start for the Bucs in their exhibition opener tomorrow afternoon against Toronto. Keller's overall numbers were not outstanding...

After a 3-2 start, IUP returns to action on the baseball diamond today in Newberry, South Carolina. The Crimson Hawks will play the Newberry College Wolves in single games today and Sunday, sandwiched...

The Heritage Conference was only guaranteed one team making it into the District 6 Double-A Boys semifinals, and that's all they ended up with, despite five teams entering play last night in contentio...

Slogging through a three-game losing streak, the Penguins have their hands full tonight with the high-scoring Edmonton Oilers visiting PPG Paints Arena. The NHL's top two scorers bring their act to Pi...

The IUP men's basketball program enters the final week of regular season action ranked first in the latest set of NCAA DII Atlantic Region rankings, released yesterday. The men are ranked third in the...

The Pirates are dealing with their first significant injury news of spring training. First-round draft pick Termarr Johnson has been shut down due to a strained right hamstring. Director of sports med...

The Steelers yesterday signed long snapper Christian Kuntz to a one-year contract. He will be entering his third season with the team. They also hired former Seahawks defensive assistant Aaron Curry a...

IUP will have two women's individual swimmers, one men's individual swimmer, two divers and two women's relay teams in the NCAA Division II Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving Committee Championship...

A couple of area high school basketball teams stumbled in the initial playoff outings last night. Both the Indiana girls and the Penns Manor boys lost their first round games. Jake Slebodnick has the ...

Pitt struggled but finally pulled away last night for a 76-68 win over Georgia Tech. Nelly Cummings scored 22 points, including two tightly-contested three-pointers down the stretch, and the Panthers ...