March 18, 2024 4:42 am
Defending champion Connecticut, along with Houston, Purdue and North Carolina are the top seeds in a March Madness bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings came out. Of the four top seeds, only UConn heads into the tournament coming off a win. That played into the Huskies receiving the No. 1 overall seed. The other three top seeds lost in their conference tournaments.
March 18, 2024 4:43 am
South Carolina is the the top overall seed in the women’s NCAA Tournament. The Gamecocks are looking to become the 10th women’s basketball team to go undefeated for an entire season. Caitlin Clark and Iowa also received a No. 1 seed. Both schools are in the Albany Region and wouldn’t potentially face off until the national championship game. Iowa knocked South Carolina out last season in the Final Four. USC and Texas earned the other No. 1 seeds. Tennessee continued its streak of making the tournament every season since it began in 1982.
March 18, 2024 2:00 am
Fort Cherry led by three with 4:45 to play in the third, then put up an 18-5 run to take control of its PIAA 2A boys quarterfinal against Jeannette. The Rangers went on to a 10-point win, clinching their first spot in the state semifinals in 63 years. Fort Cherry was led by Derek Errett’s 25 points. Shane Cornali added 20 and Blake Sweder another 16. The WJPA Sports Network will have the game for you on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online with video available via the NFHS Network (subscription required). Click PIAA Brackets
PIAA Quarterfinals
Saturday, March 16
2A Boys Fort Cherry 70. Jeannette 60 Listen/Watch Here
6A Boys Central York 77, Upper St. Clair 60
PIAA Semifinals
Monday March 18
5A Boys Moon Area vs. Franklin Regional, 7 pm at Peters Township
Tuesday, March 19
2A Boys Fort Cherry vs. Aliquippa, 5:15 pm at Pine-Richland, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
March 18, 2024 4:44 am
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Scottie Scheffler has become the first player in the 50 years of The Players Championship to win back-to-back. This was the hardest. Not only was he dealing with neck pain all week, he started the final round five shots behind. Scheffler closed with a 64. That matches the lowest final round by a winner. He also tied a Players Championship record with a five-shot comeback. U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark, British Open champion Brian Harman and Xander Schauffele all finished one shot behind. All of them had their chances over the final three holes to force a playoff.
March 15, 2024 12:01 pm
Fort Cherry boys basketball is heading somewhere they’ve not been in more than 60 years. Not since the 1961 state championship run, captained by Marty Schottenheimer, have the Rangers reached the PIAA quarterfinals. Saturday afternoon, at Peters Township and on the WJPA Sports Network, that drought ends. Fort Cherry will face Jeannette in the 2A Boys quarters with only the winner advancing. We’ll have the game on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online with video available via the NFHS Network (subscription required). Upper St. Clair plays Central York Saturday in the 6A boys third round. Friday night, Moon Area pulled away from Bethel Park late in the third to advance to the 5A boys semifinals. Moon & USC both won WPIAL titles two weeks ago. Click PIAA Brackets
PIAA Quarterfinals
Friday March 15
5A Boys Moon Area 67, Bethel Park 51
Saturday, March 16
2A Boys Fort Cherry vs. Jeannette, 12:45 pm at Peters Township, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
6A Boys Upper St. Clair vs. Central York, 2 pm at Altoona
March 16, 2024 7:00 am
Cal U’s KJ McClurg scored 26 points, Jermaine Hall, Jr. added 22 more, as the Vulcans men’s team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional with a 96-80 win over West Virginia State. #2 Cal U held a six-point lead at the half, then out-pointed the seven seed by 10 after the break. Cal U will meet #3 Charleston (WV) Saturday night (7:30 pm) at the Convocation Center on the California campus in the regional semifinals. The regional final for the men’s tournament will be Tuesday.
The season ended for the Cal U women with a 74-60 loss to Lock Haven in the first round of the Atlantic Regional. Dejah Terrell’s 18 points weren’t enough to extend the Vulncans’ season. Cal U led by a point at the half but outscored 23-15 in the third, 23-16 in the fourth by Lock Haven.
March 17, 2024 7:27 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears traded quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers a 2025 sixth-round draft pick that could potentially become a fourth-rounder this year in return. The move is a strong signal the Bears will draft a QB — perhaps USC’s Caleb Williams — with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Fields figures to back up Russell Wilson, who signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh on Friday.
March 17, 2024 7:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Artemi Panarin had two goals and three assists, and the New York Rangers zoomed past the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 7-4 win. Adam Fox and K’Andre Miller added a goal and an assist each for the Rangers. New York has won four of five to create a sliver of space in its race with Carolina for first in the Metropolitan Division. Bryan Rust scored his 20th of the season for Pittsburgh. It wasn’t enough for the reeling Penguins, who have lost eight of 10 to fall off the pace in the race for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
March 16, 2024 2:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The brief and tumultuous Kenny Pickett era in Pittsburgh is over. The Steelers are trading the quarterback to the Philadelphia Eagles, multiple sources told The Associated Press. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official. Pittsburgh will receive a third-round pick in this year’s NFL draft and two seventh-round choices in the 2025 draft in exchange for Pickett and Pittsburgh’s fourth-round pick this year. The move comes just hours after the Steelers signed nine-time Pro Bowler Russell Wilson to a one-year deal.
March 16, 2024 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson is eager to help the Pittsburgh Steelers return to their winning ways. The nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback is joining Pittsburgh on a one-year deal after being cut by Denver. The Steelers made a heavy push to sign Wilson, believing he can help them close the gap on the powers that be in the AFC. Wilson says he is eager to join a team with a winning tradition after two bumpy seasons in Pittsburgh. Wilson is currently the only quarterback on the roster after the team agreed to trade two-year starter Kenny Pickett to Philadelphia shortly after Wilson’s arrival.
