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Washington & Jefferson hosts Bethany Saturday afternoon at Cameron Stadium and on the WJPA Sports Network.  The Presidents (3-1) are one of four unbeaten teams through 3 weeks of conference play. Allegheny is 3-0 and on their bye week before hosting W&J next Saturday. Hiram and Grove City both won their conference openers a week ago. W&J comes in off PAC wins at Case-Western Reserve and at home last week against Geneva. Bethany beat Thiel back in mid-September but has lost each of the past two weeks, falling to Geneva and Grove City.  We’ll have today’s game on WJPA-AM (1450) as well as live audio & video coverage on the WJPA Sports Network in conjunction with GreeneSports. Watch/Listen Here

Ringgold started Week 7 with a convincing win over Uniontown Thursday night. The Rams’ third straight win puts Ringgold at the top of the 4A Big Six standings with three weeks to play. Trinity got a pair of touchdown runs from Owen Samogala and held Peters Township without a touchdown to get a key 5A Allegheny Six win. Waynesburg’s win puts the Raiders in place to possibly clinch a 3A Interstate playoff spot with a win next week. Wash High and Fort Cherry rolled to easy 1A Black Hills wins, staying on a course to meet for the conference title in Week 10. Tri-County South wins by Beth-Center, California, Avella & Frazier opened up a two-game bulge between the top four teams and the four Greene County 1A teams.  Watch/Listen Here!

Week 7 Scores
Thursday
4A Big Six
Ringgold 46, Uniontown 6

Friday
5A Allegheny Six
Trinity 14, Peters Township 3 Watch/Listen Here

3A Interstate
Waynesburg 42, Greensburg Salem 7

2A Allegheny
South Allegheny 46, Charleroi 41

2A Century
Seton-La Salle 56, McGuffey 18

1A Black Hills
Wash High 48, Burgettstown 14 Watch/Listen Here
Fort Cherry 48, Bentworth 7

1A Tri-County South
Avella 30, Jeff-Morgan 21
Beth-Center 24, Carmichaels 0
California 57, West Greene 0
Frazier 48, Mapletown 0

Non-Conference
Woodland Hills 35, Canon-McMillan 21 Watch/Listen Here
Apollo-Ridge 63, Chartiers-Houston 35

Major League Baseball has announced the ‘Chill Mobile’ initiative, a mental health awareness initiative by Pirates Charities and Allegheny Health Network (AHN), as a finalist for the prestigious Allan H. Selig Award for Philanthropic Excellence. The award was created in 2010 to recognize the charitable and philanthropic efforts of MLB clubs. For two decades, Pirates Charities has worked to improve mental and physical health for area youth of all ages. In 2022, Pirates Charities furthered that commitment by partnering with AHN to launch Chill Mobile, an innovative and mobile mental health unit created to address the growing youth mental health crisis throughout Western Pennsylvania. Built from a retrofitted RV and designed as a welcoming, immersive space, Chill Mobile brings evidence based behavioral health programming directly to students, educators, and communities. The Chill Mobile unit visits upwards of 10 local schools and groups each year, providing education to groups that may otherwise have limited access to these resources. The program was developed around three core goals: reducing mental health stigma, expanding the reach of AHN’s successful school-based Chill Project model, and transforming the delivery of preventative behavioral health services across the region. Fans can vote now for the ‘Chill Mobile’ program at mlbtogether.com/selig, through Friday, October 16.

Eagles fans from both the U.K. and U.S. have a go-to sports bar in London ahead of Philadelphia’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday. It’s called Passyunk Avenue. It’s a self-described dive bar named after a well-known south Philadelphia street. Eagles, Phillies, Flyers and 76ers paraphernalia cover the walls and ceilings. Cheesesteaks are on the menu. U.S. dollar bills with written messages are pinned to the walls. There’s an unopened DVD set of “Rocky” movies. The hole-in-the-wall spot in swanky Fitzrovia opened in 2018 and they’ve added several other London locations. Travis and Jason Kelce recorded an episode of their podcast at the Fitzrovia location in 2024.