Quarterfinals set in Park Home Classic

July 12, 2026

The quarterfinals are set at the Park Home Altoona Classic following the weekend’s action. Fiore True Value will take on L.S. Fiore, and Holsinger’s Plumbing & Heating will play John Sisto Law Office tonight with trips to the semifinals on the line. Park Home Furniture and East End’s Cumming Motors meet on Tuesday before Greenwood Meadows tangles with Sylvan Veterinary in the other two quarterfinal games. SATURDAY PENN MED (EEYBL) 4, ARC (AABA) 0: WP—Graham Riley. LP—Chase Berwager. SO—Chase Berwager 8 (A); Graham Riley 7. Notable: Graham Riley hurled a no-hitter and ...

Georgiana’s big night lifts AFG to AAABA baseball win

July 10, 2026

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 Rother and Nick Negola each drove in two runs. ...

Heritage Conference hands out spring sports honors

July 10, 2026

ARMAGH — Margaret Elias of Cambria Heights and Reese Pinizzotto of Portage were the area representatives for softball on the Heritage Conference All-Conference Team for spring sports released Friday. Heights’ Carson Lobick and Portage’s Easton Slanoc made the baseball team, Heights’ Mason Kline and Logan Skebeck, and Portage’s Josh Papcun and Logan Gentile were on the boys track team, and Heights’ Brielle McMillen, Rachel McClellan, Elyce Hilyer and Avery Crynock, along with Portage’s Jada Irvin and Kendall Bednarski, were on the girls track team. SOFTBALL: Ella ...

Linda Noskova recovers from 2nd-set meltdown to win Wimbledon and claim her 1st Grand Slam title

July 11, 2026

LONDON — Linda Noskova is the latest in a long line of Czech women to win Wimbledon. The 21-year-old Noskova recovered from a second-set meltdown in which she wasted five match points to overcome Karolina Muchova 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 in an all-Czech final on Saturday for her first Grand Slam ...

Injuries forcing Pittsburgh Pirates to shuffle their lineup

July 10, 2026

PITTSBURGH — Over the course of a long six months-plus Major League Baseball season, every team will ride its share of ups and downs, and be faced with adversity on several occasions. The Pittsburgh Pirates are going through that situation right now, and their season may very well depend ...

Pirates trade for infielder Jacob Gonzalez, pitcher Brandon Eisert

July 10, 2026

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed pitcher Brandon Eisert from the Chicago White Sox on Friday night in exchange for left-handed pitcher Jaden Woods and Pittsburgh’s Competitive Balance-A round (No. 34 overall) selection in the 2026 First-Year Player Draft. Friday’s game between the Pirates and Milwaukee Brewers at PNC Park was postponed due to inclement weather. The Pirates and Brewers will play a split doubleheader on Saturday. The first game will start at 12:05 p.m., while the second game will begin at 4:05 or one hour after ...