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Washington County baseball and softball teams swept their PIAA first-round playoff games Monday, while the two Greene County softball squads hit the end of the road. Fort Cherry baseball, Chartiers-Houston & Bentworth softball all posted shutout wins. The Rangers scored the game’s only run three batters in as Colton Temple singled home Landon Trnavsky, then made it stand up to advance to the state quarterfinals for the first time in 40 years, winning at Everett, the District 5 champion. Everett loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh but could not push the tying run across the plate. Chartiers-Houston softball followed with their 20th all-time first round state playoff victory. Sydney English bunted home one run in the fourth, Aubree Randolph singled home the other run in the fifth, and Taryne Drilak crafted a complete-game three-hit shutout as the Bucs knocked off the District 6 champion Bellwood-Antis. Bentworth’s win over Wilmington was much less dramatic as the Bearcats rode a Sydney Gonglik perfect game to a six-inning run-rule win over the District 10 runner-up. Sites and times for Thursday’s quarterfinals will be released Tuesday morning. We’re planning to carry all three games on the WJPA Sports Network. Watch/Listen Here

Monday, June 1
PIAA Baseball First Round Baseball Brackets
2A Fort Cherry > Everett, 1-0, Watch/Listen Here

PIAA Softball First Round Softball Brackets
2A Chartiers-Houston > Bellwood-Antis, 2-0,  Watch/Listen Here
2A Bentworth > Wilmington, 10-0 (6), Watch/Listen Here
1A Cambridge Springs > Jeff-Morgan, 8-1
1A Berlin Brothersvalley > Carmichaels, 2-0

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins have acquired right-handed reliever Justin Lawrence from the Pittsburgh Pirates for cash. The 31-year-old Lawrence was 0-2 with a 5.32 ERA in 23 appearances for the Pirates this season. He was designated for assignment by Pittsburgh on Friday, and Minnesota acquired him on Monday night. Lawrence debuted with Colorado in 2021 and spent four seasons with the Rockies before Pittsburgh claimed him off waivers in March 2025. He has a 5.05 ERA over 222 major league appearances, all in relief.

The deal to send two-time AP Defensive Player of the Year Myles Garrett from Cleveland to the Los Angeles Rams puts him in company with several other great players who have been traded away in the NFL. The deal for Garrett came about nine months after another stunner involving a star pass rusher with Micah Parsons being dealt from Dallas to Green Bay just before the start of last season. Garrett wasn’t the only star player traded Monday, with Philadelphia dealing receiver A.J. Brown to New England for a 2028 first-round pick and 2027 fifth-rounder.

Ten-time Pro Bowl quarterback Russell Wilson is finalizing a deal with CBS Sports to become an analyst on the network’s Sunday NFL pregame show, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Monday because the contract hasn’t been completed. Wilson would replace Matt Ryan, who went to the Atlanta Falcons as the president of football operations. Ryan was on “The NFL Today” in 2024 and ’25. Wilson told the New York Post last month that he was mulling an offer to join the New York Jets and back up Geno Smith.