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Bradford, area schools join to form District 9 Central League

Bradford, area schools join to form District 9 Central League; to begin hosting competitions in 2025-26

Begin hosting competitions in 2025-26

Sara Furlong

Jun 12, 2025

ST. MARYS — Bradford Area High School and nine other area varsity programs have joined together to form the District 9 Central League, or D9CL. There ...

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Pirates GM: Trading Skenes is ‘not at all part of the conversation’

WILL GRAVES Associated Press, WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

May 22, 2025

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are reeling, and just about everything is on the table for a last-place team that has already fired its manag...

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Pirates set record for consecutive games with 4 or fewer runs, still beat Reds

Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

May 22, 2025

PITTSBURGH — The Pirates have found a way to win baseball games despite their punchless offense. Their solution? Simply allow fewer runs. On the day t...

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Falter shines in Pirates’ shutout win over Reds

Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

May 20, 2025

PITTSBURGH — Bailey Falter might be the only Pirate who hopes May will never end. Falter continued his stellar month with seven stellar scoreless inni...

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HS Roundup: Port A defeats Smethport; OV falls to Williamson

Jo Wankel j.wankel@bradfordera.com

May 17, 2025

Baseball Port Allegany 15, Smethport 2 SMETHPORT — Port Allegany used a six-run fifth inning to guarantee Friday’s win. Leading the Gators at the plat...

Mets shut out for only 2nd time this season as they fall to Pirates

ABBEY MASTRACCO New York Daily News/TNS

May 14, 2025

After looking unbeatable a month ago, the Mets couldn’t beat the second-worst team in the National League. To be fair, the series had already been won...

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St. Marys sweeps Bradford Monday

May 13, 2025

Baseball St. Marys 13, Bradford 4 St. Marys went into the seventh inning leading 8-3 and added five runs to ensure Bradford’s defeat. The Owls added a...

Local Sports, Pitt Bradford, Softball, ...

AMCC Softball Championships: Pitt-Greensburg takes title

Jo Wankel j.wankel@bradfordera.com

May 13, 2025

Pitt-Greensburg defeated Penn State-Altoona 5-1 to take home the AMCC title Sunday. Penn State-Altoona opened scoring with a run in the first inning, ...

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Lady Owls win over Lady Gators following softball Senior Recognition

Jo Wankel j.wankel@bradfordera.com

May 13, 2025

Bradford defeated Port Allegany 12-4 Saturday in perfect softball weather and a return of Saturday morning high school softball to the newly refreshed...

College Sports, Pitt Bradford, Softball, ...

Day 1 of AMCC Softball Championships: Wins for Pitt-Greensburg, PS-Behrend & PS-Altoona

Jo Wankel j.wankel@bradfordera.com

May 10, 2025

The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford hosted Day 1 of the AMCC Softball Championships Friday. Penn State-Behrend, Pitt-Greensburg and Penn State-Al...

Baseball, Local Sports, Sports

Pirates snap losing skid, start Kelly’s tenure with win over Braves

Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

May 09, 2025

PITTSBURGH — The first game of the Don Kelly era had three unlikely heroes. It ended with a 3-2 win. The Pirates, a day after firing manager Derek She...

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Lady Owls defeat Lady Green Wave; Punxsy claims win over Bradford boys

May 08, 2025

Softball Bradford 13, Oswayo Valley 3 Daisy Greene drove in four runs on two hits and earned the mound win to key Bradford’s Wednesday victory. Greene...

Baseball, Local Sports, Sports

Pirates’ offensive woes persist as losing streak reaches 6

Justin Guerriero The Tribune-Review, Greensburg

May 08, 2025

(TNS) —On paper, a quality start from Paul Skenes should provide the Pittsburgh Pirates with enough of a boost to come out on top in any given game. H...

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HS Wrap: DCC, Port Allegany claim baseball wins

May 07, 2025

KANE — DCC baseball used four-run first and second innings to guarantee a 10-0 shutout Tuesday. Leading DCC at the plate was Carter Himes, who went 2-...

Arraez has 3 hits, 3 RBIs to help Padres beats Pirates 9-4

May 02, 2025

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Luis Arraez had three hits and drove in three runs to help the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-4 on Friday night for ...

AP (Associated Press), ap/sports, Softball

Former Phillies slugger Ryan Howard makes pitch for Negro Leagues Baseball Museum expansion

DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer

Apr 28, 2025

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Ryan Howard was a rookie with the Philadelphia Phillies just putting baseball on notice with his moonshot home runs when he met Bu...

Baseball, Sports

Fundamentals cost Pirates in series-opening loss to Reds

Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Apr 11, 2025

CINCINNATI (TNS) — Fundamentals cost the Pirates again on Friday night. In the first three innings, Pirates starter Bailey Falter walked five batters ...

Baseball, Sports

Bart’s 13th-inning, walk-off single clinches Pirates’ 1st series win of the year

Colin Beazley Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)

Apr 09, 2025

PITTSBURGH — Wednesday afternoon’s game at PNC Park was a 13-inning marathon. Joey Bart ended it with a fly ball that seemed to stay in the air for an...

Baseball, Sports

Keller fails to quiet Yankees’ bats in Pirates’ 9-4 loss in home opener

JERRY DIPAOLA The Tribune-Review, Greensburg/TNS

Apr 05, 2025

Opening Day at PNC Park didn't start well for the Pittsburgh Pirates. The organization missed by a minute its intended start time, 4:12 p.m. to match ...

Baseball, Local Sports, Sports

Portville tops Bradford for Gator Cup triumph

J.P. BUTLER Special to the Era

Apr 04, 2025

ALLEGANY -- The game featured several hard hit balls, 11 total hits and 13 runs. And yet, it was one of the most (seemingly) innocuous plays of the ev...

Local Sports

Ladies Golf Tournament to Benefit CASA of McKean County set for Aug 9

Jo Wankel

July 29, 2025

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of McKean County is pleased to partner with the Pennhills Club for the Fourth Annual ‘Golf Fore Kids’ Ladies ...

Local Sports

Frair, Vinelli win Vig Memorial

Jo Wankel

July 29, 2025

The 24th annual "Vig" Memorial 5KRun/Walk was held Saturday. The event honors the memory of Zachary Vigliotta and raises money for the scholarship fun...

Football, National Sports

Heavy storms force Steelers to Saint Vincent gym, postponing first padded practice of training camp

Jo Wankel

July 29, 2025

(TNS) —Cars were lined up along Route 30 at noon Tuesday afternoon for the much-anticipated first practice in pads of Steelers training camp. The fans...

Local News

New mural to honor America’s 250th anniversary

By SAVANNAH BARR s.barr@bradfordera.com

July 29, 2025

The dynamic duo of Greg Souchik and Rick Minard are at it again, beautifying Bradford one wall at a time. Following the success of their Phlash Phelps...

Baseball, National Sports

Paul Skenes says Pirates must ‘consciously, intentionally make moves to get us better’

Tim Benz The Tribune-Review, Greensburg

July 29, 2025

(TNS) —Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitcher Paul Skenes tossed six shutout innings Sunday. I thought his second-best pitch was his changeup. I thought ...

Local Sports

Wright and McArdle shoot 76 at Pine Acres

Jo Wankel

July 29, 2025

The fourth round of the 56th season of the Penn York Junior Golf League was played at the Pine Acres Golf Course, with some heavy fog to start with, a...

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