WJPA Sports

Five baseball teams and six softball squads from Washington/Greene Counties return to WPIAL playoff action Monday, two more on Tuesday, as the league playoffs move to quarterfinal & semifinal rounds. Winners advance, losers are eliminated. We have plans to cover five games on the WJPA Sports Network Monday & Tuesday. Several will be on-air, all with free-to-listen online audio. We’re also producing the NFHS Video (subscription required under WPIAL agreements)  Watch/Listen Here

Monday, May 18–Softball Quarterfinals — WPIAL Softball Brackets
3:45 pm 2A #2 Chartiers-Houston vs. #7 Riverside at Pleasant Valley, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here
5:00 pm 1A #3 West Greene vs. #6 South Side Area at Trinity Middle School
5:00 pm 2A #3 Bentworth vs. #6 Shenango at Montour
6:00 pm 1A #5 Jeff-Morgan vs. #4 Serra Catholic at Pleasant Valley
7:00 pm 1A #2 Carmichaels vs. #7 Sewickley Academy at Trinity Middle School
7:00 pm 3A #5 McGuffey vs. #4 Ellwood City at North Allegheny

Monday, May 18–Baseball Quarterfinals — WPIAL Baseball Brackets 
3:45 pm 6A #2 Canon-McMillan vs. #7 Seneca Valley at Boyce-Mayview Park, WJPA.com  Watch/Listen Here
3:45 pm 1A #7 Jeff-Morgan vs. #2 Greensburg Central Catholic at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
6:15 pm 2A #1 Fort Cherry vs. #8 California at Peterswood Park, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here
6:15 pm 1A #8 Carmichaels vs. #1 Eden Christian at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park

Tuesday, May 19–Softball Semifinals — WPIAL Softball Brackets
4:45 6A #4 Canon-McMillan vs. #1 Hempfield at West Mifflin, WJPA-AM (1450)  Watch/Listen Here

Tuesday, May 19–Baseball Quarterfinals — WPIAL Baseball Brackets 
3:45 3A #9 Charleroi vs. #1 Avonworth at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park, WJPA.com  Watch/Listen Here

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Zack Wheeler pitched seven sparkling innings, Bryce Harper hit a home run off ace Paul Skenes and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-0 for a three-game sweep that moved them over .500 for the first time since early April. Philadelphia (24-23) has won seven of eight and improved to 15-4 since Don Mattingly replaced Rob Thomson as manager on April 28. The Phillies had not been over .500 since they were 6-5 before an April 8 loss. Wheeler gave up four hits while striking out eight and walking one. His ERA is 1.99 in six starts since beginning the season on the injured list

DETROIT (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 26 points, Jarrett Allen and Sam Merrill each added 23 and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Detroit Pistons 125-94 on Sunday night in Game 7 to advance to the Eastern Conference finals. The fourth-seeded Cavaliers ousted the East’s top seed and will face the third-seeded New York Knicks. Game 1 of that series tips off Tuesday in New York. Evan Mobley had 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Cavaliers, who advanced to the conference finals for the first time since 2018 and the ninth time in team history.

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rai has become the first English-born player in more than a century to capture the PGA Championship. Rai, who dreamed of being a Formula 1 driver until he turned to golf, was three shots behind and approaching the turn at Aronimink Golf Club when he delivered a performance worthy of a major champion. He made a 40-foot eagle putt on the par-5 ninth during a stretch when he one-putted seven straight greens. Then he holed a birdie putt of some 70 feet across the 17th green for the clincher. The 31-year-old Rai is the first player of Indian heritage to win a major. He closed with a 5-under 65.