October 28, 2026 4:18 am
Five volleyball teams from the two-county area took the court Tuesday night. Only 3A #2 Waynesburg advanced, sweeping Quaker Valley. McGuffey and Chartiers-Houston lost their 3A matches while Ringgold was swept out of the 4A first round. 6A #5 Canon-McMillan won its first set before Baldwin won three straight to eliminate the Big Macs in the quarterfinals. Wednesday will bring 5A #1 Peters Township and #11 Trinity to the floor for first-round play, along with Monday’s 2A winners in the quarterfinals. The WPIAL championships are set for Peters Township’s AHN Arena. 1A & 6A finals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5. The other four championship matches will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7. Click for WPIAL brackets.
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (First Round)
4A #7 Knoch over #10 Ringgold, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-10)
3A #2 Waynesburg over #15 Quaker Valley, 3-0 (25-19, 25-14, 25-17)
3A #10 South Allegheny over #7 McGuffey, 3-1 (25-10, 25-18, 16-25, 25-20)
3A #6 Burrell over #11 Chartiers-Houston, 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-13)
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (Quarterfinals)
6A #4 Baldwin over #5 Canon-McMillan, 3-1 (13-25, 25-21, 25-19, 27-25)
Wednesday, Oct. 28 (First Round)
5A #1 Peters Township hosting #16 North Hills, 7 pm.
5A #11 Trinity at #6 Chartiers Valley, 7 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 28 (Quarterfinals)
2A #2 Fort Cherry hosting #10 Riverview, 7 pm
2A #6 Beth-Center at #3 Frazier, 7 pm
Thursday, Oct. 29 (Quarterfinals)
3A #2 Waynesburg hosting #10 South Allegheny, 7 pm
October 27, 2026 6:09 pm
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins forward Ben Kindel has returned to practice after recently fainting on a team flight home from Utah. The 19-year-old experienced a vasovagal episode on Oct. 20 shortly after the team left Salt Lake City. He was treated by the team’s medical staff and spent the night in a Utah hospital before returning to Pittsburgh. Kindel called it an “interesting experience” but is eager to get back to work. Penguins coach Dan Muse says the team is monitoring Kindel’s recovery. Kindel has two goals and two assists in nine games for Pittsburgh. The Penguins return to action on Oct. 29 when they host Utah.
October 27, 2026 4:26 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jackson Chourio and Brice Turang sparked Milwaukee’s eight-run fifth inning, and the Brewers routed the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 to move within one victory of their first World Series title. Rookie left-hander Robert Gasser pitched one-hit ball and faced the minimum through six innings as Milwaukee rolled to a 3-0 lead in the Series. Game 4 is Tuesday night at Tropicana Field, where many Brewers fans showed up Monday and cheered from behind the visitors’ dugout. Gasser allowed a line-drive single to Yandy Díaz leading off the bottom of the first and then retired 14 straight before Victor Mesa Jr. walked to start the Tampa Bay sixth.
October 27, 2026 4:24 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Dallas Cowboys have handed the Philadelphia Eagles their fifth straight loss. Dak Prescott threw for 212 yards and three touchdowns, two to CeeDee Lamb, in the Cowboys’ 38-21 win on Monday night. Javonte Williams ran for a career-high 155 yards and a touchdown, and the Cowboys improved to 3-4 to remain in contention for the NFC East title. The New York Giants lead the division at 4-2-1. At 2-5, the Eagles are spiraling into a disaster of a season with their longest skid since 2016. Tanner McKee started in place of Jalen Hurts and threw for 211 yards with a touchdown and an interception.
October 27, 2026 12:01 am
The defending WPIAL champion Bentworth girls were the only winner among four Washington County soccer teams in action Monday. Six local teams move on to the WPIAL quarterfinals. Wednesday & Thursday sites/times have been announced. The championship matches are scheduled for Nov. 5-7 at the home of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Click for WPIAL brackets
Monday, Oct. 26, First Round
1A Girls #5 Bentworth over #12 Aquinas Academy, 5-0
1A Girls #1 Sewickley Academy over #16 Beth-Center, 12-0
1A Girls #7 Eden Christian Academy over #10 Chartiers-Houston, 2-0
4A Boys #7 Pine-Richland over #10 Canon-McMillan, 2-1 OT
Wednesday, Oct. 28, Quarterfinals
3A Boys #4 Trinity hosting #12 Chartiers Valley, 7 pm
1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #9 Freedom, 6 pm at Peters Township
4A Girls #7 Canon-McMillan at #2 Peters Township, 8 pm
Thursday, Oct. 29, Quarterfinals
4A Boys #3 Peters Township hosting #6 Fox Chapel, 6 pm
1A Girls #5 Bentworth at #4 Shady Side Academy, 6 pm
Preliminary/First Round Scores
3A Boys #4 Trinity #13 Latrobe, 2-1 OT
3A Boys #6 Central Valley over #11 Ringgold, 2-1
2A Boys #13 Ambridge over #20 Charleroi, 9-0
1A Boys #6 Riverview over #11 Chartiers-Houston, 3-1
4A Girls #7 Canon-McMillan over #10 Armstrong, 7-1
2A Girls #5 Central Valley over #12 Waynesburg, 9-1
October 26, 2026 11:20 pm
#2 Fort Cherry and #6 Beth-Center swept to opening-round wins as the WPIAL girls volleyball playoffs got underway Monday night. Five more teams from our two-county area take to the court on Tuesday, including Canon-McMillan in the 6A quarterfinals. 3A (Chartiers-Houston, McGuffey, Waynesburg) and 4A (Ringgold) also play their opening-round matches Tuesday. Wednesday will bring 5A #1 Peters Township and #11 Trinity to the floor for first-round play, along with Monday’s 2A winners. The WPIAL finals are set for Peters Township’s AHN Arena. 1A & 6A finals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5. The other four championship matches will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7. Click for WPIAL brackets.
Monday, Oct. 26 (First Round)
2A #2 Fort Cherry over #15 Carmichaels, 3-0
2A #6 Beth-Center over #11 Bentworth, 3-0
2A #8 Springdale over #9 California, 3-1
2A #3 Frazier over #14 Wash High, 3-0
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (First Round)
4A #10 Ringgold at #7 Knoch, 7 pm
3A #2 Waynesburg hosting #15 Quaker Valley, 7 pm
3A #7 McGuffey hosting #10 South Allegheny, 7 pm
3A #11 Chartiers-Houston at #6 Burrell, 7 pm
Tuesday, Oct. 27 (Quarterfinals)
6A #5 Canon-McMillan at #4 Baldwin, 7 pm
Wednesday, Oct. 28 (First Round)
5A #1 Peters Township hosting #16 North Hills, 7 pm.
5A #11 Trinity at #6 Chartiers Valley, 7 pm
2A #2 Fort Cherry hosting #10 Riverview, 7 pm
2A #6 Beth-Center at #3 Frazier, 7 pm
October 26, 2026 4:29 am
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Aaron Rodgers threw one touchdown pass and Chris Boswell kicked three field goals in Pittsburgh’s 16-10 win over the New Orleans Saints in the NFL’s first regular-season game in France. Jaylen Warren rushed for 101 yards and Rodgers completed 19 of 30 passes for 212 yards and scrambled for a key first down late in fourth quarter as the Steelers won their third straight game. Linebacker Payton Wilson had a red zone interception of Tyler Shough in the third quarter and the Saints couldn’t recover. New Orleans rushed for just 18 yards.
October 26, 2026 4:33 am
No. 1 Miami is the only team to hold its spot in The Associated Press Top 25 after another wild week of college football. Idle Ohio State moved up to No. 2 in the wake of BYU’s loss at UCF and subsequent fall to No. 8. Georgia, Indiana and Notre Dame round out the top five after three more top-10 teams went down to make it 10 in the last three weeks. Miami, Utah and UCLA are the only remaining unbeaten Bowl Subdivision teams. Sportradar says that’s the fewest at this point in a season since there were three left in 1977.
October 25, 2026 7:00 am
Andrew Sharp ran for 132 yards and four first-half touchdowns, powering a Washington & Jefferson College 65-7 rout at Thiel Saturday afternoon. Robert Doyle returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for the hosts before the Presidents scored touchdowns on eight straight possessions. Quarterback Braylon Wagner was a perfect 12-for-12 for 178 yards and two touchdowns, all before halftime, and the freshman ran for a touchdown. The W&J defense registered six takeaways, including a pair of interceptions by Sam Coleman. Caden Vogel added an interception for the Presidents. W&J is not 6-1 overall, 5-0 in conference play. The Presidents will host Grove City (5-2, 4-0) next Saturday night, likely with the winner taking the Presidents Athletic Conference championship and the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division III playoffs.
October 25, 2026 7:34 am
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Malachi Toney had a big game, again. Darian Mensah had a big game, again. And No. 1 Miami got a big win, again. Toney had a school-record 16 catches, Mensah threw for 387 yards and four touchdowns, and Miami rolled past Pitt 52-23 on Saturday in the Hurricanes’ first game as the nation’s top-ranked team in nearly 24 years. “We ran into a buzz saw,” Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi said. “That’s a good football team. They’re the No. 1 team in the country and it’s no joke. They’re averaging 45 points a game. They’re No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 in just about every darn category. I don’t know if I’ve faced a team that is No. 1 in just about every category besides being No. 1 in the country.”
