Category Archives: Local Sports

UNCERTAINTY OVER CROSBY INJURY CLOUDS PENS' FUTURE
The biggest Penguins hockey story of the day yesterday happened in Italy, where Sidney Crosby was knocked off the ice for Team Canada in their 4-3 overtime Winter Olympics win over Czechia. Crosby's r...
Hometown1 Feb 19, 2026

LEGENDARY SAFETY WAGNER PASSES AWAY
Steelers legendary free safety Mike Wagner, who won four Super Bowls in the 1970s, died yesterday at age 76. His family announced that he died in his sleep. Despite being only an 11th-round draft choi...
Hometown1 Feb 19, 2026

BRADENTON HIGHLIGHT: GRIFFIN GOES DEEP FOR FIRST TIME IN BP
The highlight of spring training in Bradenton yesterday was a big swing by Konnor Griffin, who blasted his first home run off live pitching, taking good friend Nick Dombkowski over the left field wall...
Hometown1 Feb 19, 2026

UPDATED DISTRICT 6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE, BRACKETS THROUGH FEB. 18
District 6 basketball playoffs continued Wednesday night. Here's a roundup of the action. The following are the district schedule and brackets through the results of those games. Schedule Brackets
Renda Media Feb 19, 2026

INDIANA EDGED BY GATEWAY IN OVERTIME
In the WPIAL boys 5A playoffs last night, Indiana took Gateway down to the wire and beyond. Pat Dougherty reports. Tonight, the Indiana girls are back in action, and against a familiar foe, 5A Section...
Hometown1 Feb 18, 2026

UNITED, NORTHERN CAMBRIA COME UP WINNERS, HOMER-CENTER FALLS SHORT
The District 6 playoffs continued last night, with a couple of Class AA Heritage Conference teams setting themselves up for a third meeting of the season, and Homer-Center suffering a close loss. See ...
Hometown1 Feb 18, 2026

IUP SET FOR DOUBLEHEADER AGAINST SETON HILL
The IUP basketball teams have a big night ahead against Seton Hill. IUP's fifth-ranked women are 20-1 and coming off a dominating win over Slippery Rock, while the 16-6 Griffins lost last time out, to...
Hometown1 Feb 18, 2026

BACK ON THE ICE FOR THE PENGUINS, ABSENT OLYMPIANS
The Penguins finally got back on the ice yesterday, minus their teammates who are still at the Olympics, but with a couple of welcome returnees. Defenseman Kris Letang and forward Filip Hallander were...
Hometown1 Feb 18, 2026

UPDATED DISTRICT 6 BASKETBALL PLAYOFF SCHEDULE, BRACKETS THROUGH FEB. 17
District 6 basketball playoffs continued Tuesday night. Read the roundup of last night's action here. The following are the district schedule and brackets through the results of those games. Schedule ...
Renda Media Feb 18, 2026

MARION CENTER BOYS, PURCHASE LINE GIRLS BOW OUT OF D6 PLAYOFFS
The District 6 playoffs got underway last night with two Heritage Conference teams coming up short. The Marion Center boys and Purchase Line girls both gave strong efforts but could not advance. See u...
Hometown1 Feb 17, 2026

America 250
The America250 celebration is coming up. Are you doing anything special?
Yes! Can't wait for the Friday night parade and Saturday's YMCA Star Spangled Celebration at Mack Park!
We'll do our typical picnic and sparklers thing!
We're traveling to some great U.S. historical sites, such as Philadelphia or Washington, D.C.
Nothing special. Just a typical weekend at our house.
Voting Ends: Jun 16, 2026 | 12:00 PM











