Category Archives: Local Sports

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...

It was a big weekend for Indiana wrestlers in the WPIAL Eastern Sectional Tournament. Indiana advanced eight out of town wrestlers to the next round. Carter Putt and Will Turner were crowned section c...

Several area wrestlers shined during yesterday's District VI Class AA tournament in Altoona. Marion Center's Liam Cornetto headlined all performances as he took down Juniata's Taylor Smith on a 4-3 de...