January 4, 2025 12:02 am
With the holidays in the rear-view mirror, area high schools return to section play on the hardwood.
Friday Girls
6A Canon-McMillan 54, Mt. Lebanon 51
5A Peters Township 51, Trinity 33
3A Seton-La Salle 49, Waynesburg 34
2A Bentworth 39, Carmichaels 26
Friday Boys
6A Central Catholic 67, Canon-McMillan 13
5A Peters Township 59, Trinity 52
3A Bishop Canevin 60,McGuffey 44
3A Keystone Oaks 56, Wash High 45
2A Clairton at California
2A Greensburg Central Catholic 67, Bentworth 29
2A Beth-Center 66, Carmichaels 34
2A Chartiers-Houston 71, Burgettstown 40
2A Fort Cherry 73, Mapletown 36
2A Jeff-Morgan 50, West Greene 35
1A Summit Academy at Avella
Saturday Boys
6A Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon (6 pm)
Thursday Girls
3A Keystone Oaks 59, Charleroi 35
3A McGuffey 57, Brownsville 55
2A Fort Cherry 51, Brentwood 18
2A South Side Beaver 62, Burgettstown 29
2A Chartiers-Houston 57, California 23
2A Beth-Center 57, Jeff-Morgan 21
1A Geibel 54, Avella 49
1A Serra Catholic 72, Mapletown 15
1A West Greene 48, Monessen 14
January 4, 2025 3:45 am
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sam Reinhart and Anton Lundell scored in the shootout, and the Florida Panthers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Friday night. Matthew Tkachuk got a power-play goal midway through the third period for Florida, which also got a goal from Gustav Forsling. Spencer Knight stopped 29 shots for Florida, then stopped Rickard Rakell and Sidney Crosby in the shootout. Lundell’s score won it for the Panthers.
January 4, 2025 3:54 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Caesars Superdome may be the epicenter for the Super Bowl in New Orleans next month, but Verizon has a game plan to ensure the championship buzz stretches beyond the Big Easy. Verizon will transform stadiums and venues across 30 NFL markets into a massive coast-to-coast event called FanFest on Feb. 9, the company announced Friday. The celebration will feature on-field access, live music, local chefs and meet-and-greets at each location with NFL legends such as Marshall Faulk, Jason Witten, Tiki Barber and Derrick Brooks. Verizon customers can claim free tickets on a first-come, first-served basis by visiting VerizonFanFest.com, with an option to bring guests to the experience anticipated to draw around 150,000.
January 3, 2025 12:01 am
The Tri-County Athletic Directors Association annual wrestling tournament takes place this weekend at West Greene High School in Rogersville. Every high school wrestling team in the two-county area is participating, joined by several teams from Fayette and southern Allegheny Counties. We’ll have live audio & video coverage online, starting with preliminaries Friday at 2:50 pm. Our coverage continues Saturday at 9:45 am with the finals set for approximately 1 pm. Watch/Listen Here
January 3, 2025 4:37 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Riley Leonard passed for a touchdown, Jayden Harrison returned a kickoff 98 yards for a score, and Notre Dame’s defense made it hold up in a 23-10 victory over No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl that sends the third-ranked Fighting Irish into the semifinals of the College Football Playoff. In a game that was delayed by a day because of a deadly terror attack in the host city, Notre Dame made enough big plays and got some help from a clever move by coach Marcus Freeman. He sent out the punt team deep in his own territory before running all 11 players off the field, and an offside penalty gave the Irish a critical first down.
January 3, 2025 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to generate some positive momentum for the playoffs when they host Cincinnati in their regular-season finale. The Steelers have dropped three straight to lose their grip on the AFC North. Pittsburgh needs a win and an unlikely loss by Baltimore against struggling Cleveland to win the division title. The Bengals have ripped off four wins in a row to keep their flicking postseason hopes alive. Cincinnati needs to top the Steelers on Saturday night and then hope Denver and Miami lose on Sunday to reach the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.
January 3, 2025 4:32 am
Nine Baltimore Ravens, including two-time NFL MVP Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, were selected for the Pro Bowl Games. The Detroit Lions are next with seven players and the Minnesota Vikings and Philadelphia Eagles each have six players on the NFC roster. Patrick Mahomes wasn’t selected to the AFC roster for the first time since becoming Kansas City’s starting quarterback in his second season. Mahomes, a three-time Super Bowl MVP and six-time Pro Bowl pick, wasn’t among five Chiefs chosen. Travis Kelce made it for the 10th time.
January 2, 2025 2:35 am
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Ohio State roared into the College Football Playoff semifinals with a 41-21 victory over top-seeded Oregon in the 111th Rose Bowl. Jeremiah Smith caught two of Will Howard’s three long touchdown passes while eighth-seeded Ohio State went ahead 34-0 in a sensational first half. Howard passed for 319 yards, Emeka Egbuka also caught a long TD pass and TreVeyon Henderson made a 66-yard touchdown run in a redemptive Rose Bowl for the Buckeyes, who emphatically blew out the CFP’s No. 1 seed. Ohio State is headed to the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 10 to face No. 5 Texas for a berth in the national title game.
January 2, 2025 2:11 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Texas avoided the first big upset of the College Football Playoff, hitting a fourth-and-long touchdown pass to keep the game going and beating Arizona State 39-31 in double overtime when an interception by Andrew Mukuba finally ended a Peach Bowl quarterfinal classic. The teams traded touchdowns on their first overtime possessions, and Quinn Ewers put Texas ahead with a 25-yard touchdown pass to Gunnar Helms, followed by a 2-point conversion pass to Matthew Golden. The fifth-seeded Longhorns finally put No. 4 Arizona State away when Mukuba picked off Sam Leavitt’s pass at the 3 to end the game. The Sun Devils were two-touchdown underdogs.
January 2, 2025 2:35 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The College Football Playoff quarterfinal in New Orleans has been postponed a day after a truck plowed into a New Year’s crowd about a mile away from the site of the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Notre Dame. Ten people were killed in the attack early Wednesday in the French Quarter. The game originally was scheduled for Wednesday night at the 70,000-seat Superdome. Sugar Bowl CEO Jeff Hundley says all parties agreed that it was in the best interest of public safety to push the game back 24 hours to Thursday night.
