Category Archives: Local Sports

BASKETBALL The WPIAL playoff brackets were released yesterday with both Indiana teams in the field. The girls will play a first round game on Friday, at home against Mars. The boys will open with a fi...

The honors keep coming for IUP's Dallis Dillard. The senior guard has been named the PSAC West Player of the Week after getting IUP's first 30-point triple-double ever in a win over Penn State-DuBois ...

The Pirates added some thump to their lineup yesterday, signing slugging designated hitter/outfielder Marcell Ozuna (whose nickname is "Big Bear"), to a one-year deal with a mutual option for a second...

The Steelers have an inordinate number of free agents this offseason - 32 - and an offseason of change has already begun with a new coaching staff. Much of what happens in the next few months hinges o...

At the Olympics, the big event on the schedule for Team USA today happens in women's hockey, where the U.S. women tangle with their bitter rivals, Team Canada, in the Americans' final preliminary roun...

The WPIAL basketball playoff brackets will be announced this afternoon, and both Indiana teams will be learning their seedings and their playoff opponents. The boys finished their section schedule 7-5...

The NFL season is complete, but the offseason intrigue surrounding the Steelers will go on for quite a while. After defensive lineman Cam Heyward said last week that he wants to return to the Steelers...

As expected, the Penguins' Sidney Crosby has been named captain of Team Canada at the Olympics. And former Penguins coach Mike Sullivan has named the Toronto Maple Leafs' Auston Mathews the captain of...

Pirates pitchers and catchers report for the start of spring training on Wednesday, with the full squad scheduled to report next Monday, but for those who will be playing in the World Baseball Classic...

The IUP basketball teams continue to play winning basketball, sweeping a Saturday doubleheader at Edinboro. Jack Benedict has the story.