Category Archives: Local Sports

Down in the minor leagues, superb pitching by Altoona's Mike Burrows and Omar Cruz lead the Curve to a 6-1 win over the Richmond Flying Squirrels on Friday night. Burrows allowed two hits and struck o...

The Pittsburgh Penguins will start a home-and-home series today in Boston against the Bruins. The Pens clinched a slot in the playoffs on Thursday with a 6-3 win over the New York Islanders Thursday n...

Are you ready for some spring football? Today the USFL will hold its 2022 debut. The league will play all its games in Birmingham Alabama for this season. The Pittsburgh Maulers are a part of this new...

Indiana High basketball standouts Hope Cook and Eve Fiala have been named to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's All-Section team for Class 5A, Section 2.   The 5-foot-5 inch senior Cook, who is commit...

The Penguins have the longest current consecutive season playoff streak of any team in North American sports after clinching a Stanley Cup playoff appearance with last night's win over the Islanders. ...

It was a good Thursday for the Pirates, with a win on the field and a new contract for their star centerfielder, Brian Reynolds. Greg Brown recaps the win over Washington.   Mitch Keller pitches ...

United and West Shamokin split a home-and-away doubleheader yesterday at West Shamokin. The Lions won the first game, 10-0 (as the home team), scoring five runs in the 6th inning after plating two in ...

The Pirates picked up their second win of the season yesterday, and again it was a combination of offense, defense and solid pitching that came through. Here's Joe Block   Thompson said he had no...

The Penguins get their rematch with the New York Islanders tonight at PPG Paints Arena, after having lost to them, 5-4 in a shootout in New York on Tuesday. Coach Mike Sullivan says they need to be on...

IUP spring practice continued yesterday, and Jack Benedict caught up with coach Paul Tortorella for a few moments. IUP opens its season with two road games, at East Stroudsburg September 10th and at S...