Your daily regional sports update.
- After seven years in their organization, the Pittsburgh Pirates parted ways with slugger Pedro Alvarez, a decision general manager Neal Huntington thinks could have been avoided had he acted differently with the slugger.
- The Karns City football team faces its toughest test of the year Friday night when it meets Aliquippa in the PIAA Class AA quarterfinals at Geneva College in Beaver Falls.
- The Clarion volleyball team bounced back from a first set loss to win three straight sets against Edinboro to win 3-1 (23-25, 25-11, 25-21, 25-23) to advance to the Round of 32 in the 2015 NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional.
- The Pittsburgh Steelers are embroiled in the playoff race with several other teams in the mix.
- Should Christian Hackenberg return to Penn State for one more season?
