Category Archives: Local Sports

The Pirates took advantage of their off day today by adjusting their active roster. The team announced on Twitter that they have claimed INF Ildemaro Vargas off waivers from the Chicago Cubs, and to m...

The Heritage Conference baseball championship game happens tonight at First Commonwealth Field in Center Township, featuring the top-seeded United Lions against the number-two Saltsburg Trojans. The t...

The Pirates lost a game, and lost catcher Jacob Stallings to an injury yesterday. Joe Block has the story.   The Pirates are off today and start a two-game series in Saint Louis tomorrow night.

The Pirates lost to the San Francisco Giants, 4-1, at PNC Park on Sunday, splitting their four-game weekend series at two wins each. Ka'ai Tom knocked in Jacob Stallings with the only Pirates run in t...

The Penguins lost Game 1 of their Stanley Cup First Round playoff series with the New York Islanders, 4-3, in overtime at PPG Paints Arena on Sunday. Kyle Palmieri scored twice for the Islanders, incl...

On Saturday Blairsville defeated United, 10-3, in Heritage Conference softball. Brin Gardner was 3 for 4 against the Lions with a home run and five RBI. Tori Foust was 2 for 4 with a home run and four...

Congratulations to Nico Fanella, who placed third in the Phil Portuguese North East USA Wrestling Freestyle tournament this weekend and will represent Pennsylvania at the nation individual freestyle t...

The Pirates rallied from an early 4-0 deficit and beat the San Francisco Giants for the second night in a row. Joe Block has the story.

United staged a huge seventh-inning rally Saturday to defeat Blairsville, 14-5, and will take on Saltsburg in the Heritage Conference baseball championship on Monday. United scored nine runs after two...

The Pirates needed 11 innings but they were able to pick up the win over the San Francisco Giants by a score of 3-2. After seven scoreless innings, the Giants would score on a Brandon Crawford home ru...