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High school football’s second season kicks off tonight. More than half of the 19 teams from Washington/Greene Counties reached the WPIAL playoffs, with 10 of those teams in first-round action tonight. Six of those teams have home games including four of the eight Class 1A games. Two of those games including head-to-head matchups of Washington County teams. Tonight’s winners advance, losers see the end of their seasons. Canon-McMillan has the night off, preparing to host North Allegheny next Friday night in the WPIAL 6A semifinals. . Click for WPIAL brackets

We have four games on the WJPA Sports Network tonight with free-to-access audio. We’re also producing the NFHS Network video for all four games (subscription required under WPIAL agreements). Note: We did not receive authorization to carry the California, Chartiers-Houston or Trinity games this week. Watch/Listen Here

WPIAL First Round (7:00 pm unless noted):
1A #9 Burgettstown at #8 Beth-Center, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3)  Watch/Listen Here
1A #16 Frazier at #1 Wash High, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here
1A #13 Avella at #4 Fort Cherry, 6:30 pm, WJPA.com  (Watch/Listen Here
1A #11 Northgate at #6 California
2A #9 Beaver Falls at #8 McGuffey, 6:30 pm, WJPA.com  Watch/Listen Here
2A #12 Chartiers-Houston at #5 Western Beaver
3A #10 Waynesburg at #7 Aliquippa
5A #9 Latrobe at #8 Trinity

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pavel Zacha scored twice and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2. Morgan Geekie scored in his third straight game and had an assist. Elias Lindholm, Mark Kastelic and Fraser Minten also scored for the Bruins, who have won three straight. Boston has won 10 of its last 13 games overall. David Pastrnak and JJ Peterka added two assists and Michael DiPietro stopped 16 shots for the Bruins, who snapped a three-game road losing streak. Justin Brazeau and Nick Robertson scored for Pittsburgh. Arturs Silovs made 18 saves for the Penguins, who lost their fourth straight.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for 242 yards and a touchdown, and the Jacksonville Jaguars had little trouble with Joe Fagnano and the Baltimore Ravens in a 33-10 victory. Fagnano made his first career start with Lamar Jackson and Tyler Huntley injured, and the 25-year-old rookie threw for only 60 yards. Baltimore has lost four straight. Jacksonville did not need to do anything extraordinary to beat a badly weakened Baltimore team. The Jags have won five of their last six to take command of the AFC South, where they have a 3 1/2-game lead.