Category Archives: Local Sports

The United School Board last night voted to hire Paul Hall to return to the bench as girls' basketball coach. Hall coached United for four seasons, compiling a 60-36 record from 2017-18 to 2020-21. Cr...

The fortunes of this Pirates season fell to a new low yesterday, as the team committed four errors in an embarrassing first game and managed only one hit at the end of the game in the second game of a...

IUP women's basketball coach Tom McConnell will spend a second straight summer as an assistant coach on an international girls basketball team. McConnell will be with the USA Basketball Women's U17 Wo...

Marion Center broke open a 1-0 game with seven runs in the 4th inning and 8 more in the fifth as they walloped Kovacik Insurance, 16-0. They managed the 16 runs on only six hits as Kovacik committed s...

SW Jack Drillers defeated Brookville Firemans Club, 5-4, on Monday thanks to a walk-off hit-by-pitch of Trevor Smith in the bottom of the 7th. Ryan Okopal, Derek Miller, and Mason Raglani each collect...

Some losses sting a little more than others, and for the Pirates, their seventh straight defeat was especially hard. Joe Block has the story of a series-opening loss to the Cardinals.   The Bucs ...

Pitt basketball coach Jeff Capel has gotten a commitment from a big-time high school point guard. The only problems with Dior Johnson are he's committed to two other Power 5 schools in the past, and h...

Undefeated Central (Martinsburg) was down 3-1 to Punxsutawney heading into the fifth inning last night at First Commonwealth Bank Field in Homer City, but after two batters were hit by pitches, Devon ...

The Pirates suffered their sixth straight loss yesterday as they were swept by Atlanta. Joe Block has the story.   The Bucs are back in action tonight, and back in the Central Division, with a tr...

From the Altoona Curve: Triolo Shines as Curve Take Sunday Game in Reading Jared Triolo hits first home run of the season in two RBI, two outfield assist game. READING, Pa. - Jared Triolo knocked his ...