Class-AAAA Shaler Titans vs. Butler Golden Tornado Riding a 34-game losing streak, the Titans head to Butler to face the a Golden Tornado team who is riding an eight-game losing streak dating back to last season. Shaler looks to win their first game since their triumph over Erie McDowell on October 8, 2011. With a loss last weekend, the Golden Tornado have officially gone a full calendar year without a victory, their last a defeat of Shaler 42-7 on September 20, 2014. A losing streak must ... Read More
N.A. comes from behind to beat Central Catholic
Class-AAAA North Allegheny 24 Central Catholic 17 Central Catholic - 7 - 7 - 0 - 3 - -- - 17 North Allegheny - 0 - 7 - 3 - 14 - -- - 24 CC -- Jacob McKee 19 pass from Troy Fisher (Jacob Rocchi kick) NA -- Mike Pope 1 run (Seth Mancuso kick) CC -- Bricen Garner 51 pass from Fisher (Rocchi kick) NA -- Mancuso 23 FG NA -- Riley Trueman 2 run (Mancuso kick) CC -- Rocchi 33 FG NA -- Trueman 28 run (Mancuso kick) Prugar's Prediction: Central Catholic 35 North Allegheny ... Read More
Josh Bell hits walk-off winner; Indians tie IL final
Faced with their second elimination game in a row, the Indianapolis Indians turned to Chad Kuhl to keep their season alive in Game 4 of the best-of-five Governor's Cup Championship at Victory Field on Friday night. Kuhl delivered for the first seven innings while he was on the mound and first baseman Josh Bell delivered the walk-off single to force a winner-take-all Game 5 against the Columbus Clippers Saturday night. Kuhl, a ninth-round pick of the Pirates in 2013, started 26 games for the ... Read More
Central Catholic vs. N.A. headlines a busy WPIAL Week 3
WPIAL writer Jarrod Prugar has his picks of the week for Week 3 of the 2015 WPIAL season. Class-AAAA Central Catholic vs. North Allegheny Central Catholic, victorious over Shaler 42-6 last week, travels to Wexford to take on the North Allegheny Tigers. The Tigers look to bounce back after a 28-14 loss to Pine Richland last week. Through two games, Central Catholic has allowed 18 total points on defense. Expect a hard fought battle throughout the game with Central Catholic coming out on ... Read More
Glasnow, Indians stave off elimination in Governor’s Cup
Playing in their first elimination game of the postseason, the Indianapolis Indians looked to live to play another day against the Columbus Clippers in Game 3 of the best-of-five Governor's Cup Championship. The Indians guaranteed that Game 4 will be played at Victory Field in Indianapolis by overcoming a four-run deficit to defeat the Clippers 6-5. Pirates top prospect Tyler Glasnow got the ball in Game 3 for Indianapolis and he got off to a rocky start. Over his first four innings, Glasnow ... Read More
Indianapolis loses Game 2 of IL final
After leading the International League in comebacks in the regular season with, the Indianapolis Indians were no stranger to battling back after giving up an early lead. Unfortunately, in Game 2 of the Governor's Cup, the Indians were unable to overcome their early deficit to the Columbus Clippers and lost 5-4. The Game 2 loss to Columbus gives the Clippers a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five game series that will now head to Indianapolis for the rest of the series. Wilfredo Boscan got the ball ... Read More
4-run eighth leads Columbus over Indy in Governor’s Cup
The Indians of Indianapolis took on the Triple-A affiliate of Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians, the Columbus Clippers, in Game 1 of the Governors' Cup Championship Series in Columbus. Indianapolis advanced to the championship series by way of sweeping in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders 3-0 in a best-of-five game semifinal series. The Clippers earned their opportunity to face the Indians by defeating the Norfolk Tide 3-2 in their best-of-five series. Sharing identical records ... Read More
West Virginia Black Bears capture New York-Penn League title
On the road for Game 2 of a best-of-three-game New York-Penn League Championship, the West Virginia Black Bears had the Staten Island Yankees on the brink of elimination. The Black Bears, coming of a walk-off win in their first ever New York-Penn League Championship game Monday night, looked to put the Baby Bombers away in Game 2. West Virginia was able to do just that via late inning heroics and the long ball in a 3-1 victory. The Black Bears went down early as a result of a Jhalen ... Read More
Black Bears take home Game 1
Monongalia Ballpark played host to its first New York-Penn League Championship game Monday night and Game 1 of the championship series did not disappoint. The West Virginia Black Bears made the most of its stadium's championship debut as fans got free baseball, as well as a 4-3 Black Bears victory. West Virgina, playing their inaugural season in Morgantown, needed 11 innings to get past the Staten Island Yankees in Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series to take a 1-0 series ... Read More
West Virginia Black Bears moving on to NYPL Championship
Mother Nature forced the deciding game of the New York-Penn League best-of-three game semifinal series to be pushed back a day to Sunday, and the West Virginia Black Bears used the day of rest to their advantage to advance to the championship series. 4-0 victors over the Williamsport Crosscutters, the Black Bears move on to face the Staten Island Yankees in the championship series beginning Monday night in Morgantown. West Virginia, playing in their first ever playoff series in their ... Read More