Category Archives: Local Sports

There has been very little drama in Bradenton in the first few days of spring training, but yesterday was the exception, albeit not on the baseball field. The Pirates' medical team sprang into action ...

WOMEN'S BASKETBALL Four starters on the IUP women's basketball team have made the grade- literally - in the classroom too, as they were named this week to the 2022-23 Academic All-District Women's Bas...

The District 6 basketball playoffs got underway last night with games involving three Heritage Conference schools. Two of them came away with come-from-behind wins. At Claysburg Kimmel, Homer-Center f...

A maddening pattern of blown leads continues for the Penguins, who dropped their third straight game last night, all of them after holding a lead. Paul Steigerwald recaps the loss to the New York Isla...

On his first day of Spring Training with his full squad in camp, Pirates manager Derek Shelton welcomed new faces young and old to camp. The young included fresh-faced 18-year-old infielder Termarr Jo...

IUP BASKETBALL Just a week after being named the PSAC West Athlete of the Week, IUP sophomore forward Tomiwa Sulaiman has been named Defensive Player of the Week for the fifth time this season. Sulaim...

The Penguins lost both of their games over the weekend, to the Islanders and the Devils, but heading into tonight's rematch against the Isles, they are still holding onto one of the two Eastern Confer...

The District 6 basketball playoffs begin tonight, and the Heritage Conference has two teams in action in Class Double-A and one in Class A. The Double-A number nine Homer-Center boys are in action at ...

The Pirates' full squad reports to Bradenton today for Spring Training, although most of the guys are already there. The team will work out at Pirate City this week before moving to LECOM Park, where ...

The IUP basketball teams get a rare in-season break with no games scheduled on Wednesday. The regular season wraps up Saturday with a doubleheader at Cal U. Coach Joe Lombardi's men are 26-1 heading i...