Category Archives: Local Sports

Homer-Center downed Ferndale in high school golf at Chestnut Ridge yesterday. The Wildcats shot a combined 253, led by medalist Marcus Coy, with a season-best 42. Ava King shot a season-best 51 and Na...

The River Valley School Board approved hiring Rick Spallone as the new boys' varsity basketball coach at their meeting Wednesday night. Spallone takes over for Don Stitt, who resigned from the positio...

Andrew McCutchen and Adam Wainwright have battled dozens of times through the years, and they met on the field again last night, with Cutch leading a Bucco breakthrough. Joe Block recaps a second stra...

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin still has a lot of decisions to make before he settles on a 53-man roster, and he has one final chance to get a look at the contenders tomorrow night in the final preseason ...

Pitt quarterback Phil Jurkovec has been named to the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award watch list. He has already been named to the watch list for the Maxwell Award for Division One Player of the Year. C...

The Indiana boys' golf team's hot start to the season continued yesterday at Kittanning Country Club, as they shot under 200 for the fourth straight time and beat Armstrong, 195-231. Indiana is 4-0 ov...

The Pirates led St. Louis by just a half-game as they tried to prevent falling into last place in the NL Central last night. The Bucs put a little distance between themselves and the Cardinals with a ...

IUP football coach Paul Tortorella seemed pleased with his team yesterday. Jack Benedict was there at Miller Stadium.   IUP opens the season next Thursday at home against Ashland. Coach Tortorell...

For Mike Tomlin and the Steelers, the return to the team's facility on the South Side after opening training camp at St. Vincent College was a matter of settling in and continuing their work, with a s...

The Indiana boys golf team won and the girls lost yesterday. The boys topped Ligonier Valley, 197-217, at Champion Lakes. Indiana was led by medalist Trevor Todd, who shot a 1 over 37, one stroke bett...