Category Archives: Local Sports

After their sweep of Cincinnati over the weekend, the Pirates begin a six-game road trip tonight in the Arizona desert. Greg Brown has a preview with the pitching matchup. There is another top Pirates...

The Steelers had four viable tight ends on the roster last season, but Jonnu Smith and Connor Heyward are gone, so they've been focused on bolstering the position this offseason. They've added fifth r...

Two IUP players have swept the final PSAC Athlete of the Week awards for baseball and softball. Baseball shortstop David Kessler hit .333 with six hits in five games, with two extra-base hits and five...

BASEBALL The Heritage Conference regular season races will be settled this week, with both the baseball and softball championship games scheduled next Monday. In the Heritage baseball chase, Conemaugh...

After crushing the Reds for two games, the Pirates used a different path to victory yesterday, Braxton Ashcraft turning in a fantastic performance. Greg Brown recaps an old-fashioned pitchers' duel an...

There are some things about Steelers training camp in Latrobe that are a "given", like the ordinary human-size beds that struggle to hold 320-pound offensive linemen, but one summertime tradition may ...

You won't ever again see a game as odd as the one the Pirates played on Saturday. Greg Brown has the recap of a strange day at PNC Park. The Bucs look for the sweep this afternoon with a matchup of ri...

PSAC TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIP IUP senior Bryna Kelly led the Crimson Hawks to strong finishes Saturday on the final day of the PSAC Outdoor Track and Field Championships, winning the women's 100...

FROM THE ALTOONA CURVE: Omar Alfonzo picked up his team-leading 13th run batted in, but Altoona fell 7-2 to Richmond on Saturday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona trails the series 3-2 with ...

The Altoona Curve split a doubleheader with Richmond Friday night at Peoples Natural Gas Field. Altoona rallied to win game one 5-4, scoring all five runs in the sixth inning. Shawn Ross highlighted t...