Category Archives: Local Sports

After private or charter schools won 10 of the 12 state basketball championships this weekend, calls increased for the PIAA to reform the system and separate traditional "boundary" schools from those ...

The Penguins take on the Detroit Red Wings at 5 o'clock this afternoon at PPG Paints Arena. Evgeni Malkin missed practice yesterday due to illness and will be a game-time decision tonight. Malkin miss...

The Pirates were clubbed by the Orioles, 14-5, yesterday in spring training baseball. The Orioles broke open the game with seven runs in the fifth inning. Anthony Alford finally got his first hit of t...

After tying their last two games, the Pirates were able to put together a win against the Minnesota Twins on Friday 2-1. Hunter Owen worked some walk-off magic for the Bucs, hitting the two-out homer ...

The Steelers formally announced their agreement with cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon on Friday. This came eight days after national sports news outlets broke the news. Witherspoon reportedly signed for...

Saint Peter's is still dancing in the NCAA Tournament. The Peacocks became the first 15-seed to make the Elite Eight in tournament history after upsetting Purdue 67-64 in the Sweet 16. Elsewhere, the ...

Cold shooting and a second half surge fueled by 7-foot-1 inch center Tyshaun Crawford led to the end of the road for IUP in Evansville, Indiana. Jack Benedict has the recap.   IUP's cupboard is b...

The Penguins are on the road tonight against the New York Rangers. It's the continuation of a tough week, their third game in four days, and it kicks off a stretch in which the Pens will play eight of...

The Pirates and Phillies were tied at 3 after five innings when rain halted play yesterday in Bradenton. Mitch Keller threw three hitless, scoreless innings for the Bucs, with his rediscovered fastbal...

The IUP Crimson Hawks and Augusta State Jaguars were tied at 32-32 at halftime, but poor shooting plagued the Crimson Hawks and they bowed to the Jaguars, 76-61, in the NCAA Division II Elite Eight se...