6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (212+ words) Athlete of the week achievement: Jackson led Altoona to a 41-27 win over Central Dauphin and ran for 159 yards on 14 carries with four touchdowns. He also was 10-for-17 through the air and passed 140 yards and a touchdown. Season update: Jackson has…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (906+ words) TYRONE -- The Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference is divided by four sections in high school boys golf, and Hollidaysburg and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy happen to both fall into Section 3. Unfortunately for the Golden Tigers and Marauders, that means just one of…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (911+ words) Conrad Chiropractic/Lilly American Legion has won seven straight Altoona Greater City Baseball League championships and 20 over the past 23 seasons. That kind of dominance tends to leave a team with a target on its collective back. An upstart Sheetz squad…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (572+ words) STATE COLLEGE -- Hollidaysburg's Liam Weikert struck out nine and allowed just two runs in a 4-2 win over State College at Montresor Field in the Pa. Little League Section 4 Tournament championship game on Sunday. Carter Campbell had a two and drove…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (586+ words) STATE COLLEGE -- The PIAA revealed its plan to change the Class 2A boys high school wrestling regional format at its meeting at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel on Wednesday. Under the proposed new format, District 6 wrestlers would compete against District…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (571+ words) Jesse Georgiana went 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs as Alexander Financial Group downed MH Electric Services, 12-5, in Altoona AAABA League action at Vets Field on Friday. Matt Gutshall had two hits and two RBIs for Alexander, and Cooper…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (1311+ words) PITTSBURGH — When the National League second basemen were named for next Tuesday night’s 2026 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Philadelphia’s Citizens Bank Ballpark, the Pirates’ Brandon Lowe was prominent by omission. Despite leading the Pirates in home runs (21) and RBIs…...

2+ mon, 5+ day ago   (711+ words) DETROIT — Justin Verlander plans to call it a career later this year. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP will retire after this season with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander made the announcement on Wednesday,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (155+ words) Minor League Baseball announced that ex- Altoona Curve pitcher Connor Wietgrefe was named the Eastern League Pitcher of the Month for the month of June on Monday. Wietgrefe, who was promoted to Triple-A Indianapolis on June 25, threw 18 consecutive scoreless innings…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (347+ words) PHILADELPHIA — Esmerlyn Valdez tripled, singled and knocked in two runs, Endy Rodriguez and Nick Gonzales homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 on Thursday. The Pirates split their four-game series in Philadelphia, closing with a win against a…...