Category Archives: Local Sports

Homer-Center went on the road and unseated WPIAL champion Frazier, 3-0 in the first round of the state volleyball tournament last night. The scores were 25-20, 25-20, and 25-19. For the Wildcats, Meeg...

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin is not about to give up on this season despite a 2-6 record, coming off the team's bye week sounding optimistic. Tomlin held his weekly news conference yesterday and talked ...

Penguins coach Mike Sullivan yesterday shuffled his defensive pairings, dropping Brian Dumoulin from the top two with Kris Letang to the third pairing and elevating Marcus Pettersson to skate with Let...

The Pirates yesterday announced their first round of minor league player honors, naming Altoona outfielder Matt Gorski the Willie Stargell Slugger of the Year, Curve pitcher Tyler Samaniego the Kent T...

IUP's women's volleyball team opens postseason play tonight with a PSAC quarterfinal match at Clarion. It's IUP's first playoff season since 2017. IUP is the third seed out of the PSAC West while Clar...

The IUP Football team remains at number three in the NCAA Super Region One Rankings, but amazingly, IUP fell to number 19 in the AFCA Coaches Poll, despite their blowout win over Clarion on Saturday. ...

After practicing last Wednesday, newly acquired Steelers cornerback William Jackson III was not on the field yesterday as the team worked out for the first time after their bye week, and he said after...

Pitt opened its season last night with an 80-58 win over Tennessee Martin at the Petersen Events Center. Four players scored in double figures, led by Blake Hinson with 27. Fede Federiko scored 13, Gr...

The Penguins had the day off yesterday but they did make one move, recalling forward Filip Hallander from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. He is their leading scorer this season with four goals and five assists...

The Penguins put in a tough practice yesterday, following yet another loss Saturday night to Seattle, with high-scoring Alex Ovechkin and the Washington Capitals waiting for a Wednesday showdown. Both...