June 3, 2024 4:38 am
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Yuka Saso is the U.S. Women’s Open champion while playing under a different flag. She won in 2021 as a Filipina. Saso switched citizenship and delivered Japan its first Women’s Open title. She started three shots behind and shot 68 as everyone collapsed around her at Lancaster Country Club. Saso wound up winning by three shots. The turning point came on the back nine when Saso made four birdies in a five-hole stretch to pull away. Saso has a Filipina mother and a Japanese father. She had to make her decision before turning 21.
June 2, 2024 6:54 am
TORONTO (AP) — Ke’Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds hit two-run home runs, Mitch Keller pitched six strong innings for his fifth straight victory and the Pittsburgh Pirates snapped a nine-game losing streak against Toronto by beating the Blue Jays 8-1 on Saturday. After going 4-0 with a 1.30 ERA in four May starts, Keller (7-3) extended his winning streak by allowing one run and five hits. He walked one and struck out eight. Andrew McCutchen drove in a run and scored twice and Jared Triolo had three hits to help Pittsburgh end Toronto’s winning streak at four. Luis L. Ortiz pitched the final three innings for his first career save. Toronto left-hander Yusei Kikuchi (2-5) allowed a season-worst six runs in 5 1/3 innings.
June 2, 2024 6:58 am
EASTLAKE, Ohio (AP) — Birmingham-Southern is still swinging. Now playing for a school that technically no longer exists, the Panthers kept their hopes of winning a national championship alive on Saturday with a 9-7 comeback win over Randolph-Macon in the Division III World Series. Jackson Webster hit a walk-off, two-run homer in the ninth for Birmingham-Southern, which closed officially closed on Friday. The Panthers squandered a 4-0 lead and fell behind 7-4 in the eighth before scoring three runs to tie it. In the ninth, Andrew Dutton walked leading off and Webster, who hit a two-run in the first, connected on an 0-2 pitch, driving it over the left-field wall in Classic Park to set off a wild celebration on the field and in the stands.
May 31, 2024 2:11 am
Chartiers-Houston built a 6-0 lead through four innings, saw Union pull within a run after five but answered with a three spot in the sixth on the way to a 9-5 win in the WPIAL 1A softball championship game. Ella Richey & Zaylee Fonner each drove in a pair of runs and Meadow Ferri scattered six hits and did not all an earned run, leading the Bucs to their 9th WPIAL softball title, trailing only Baldwin & Sto-Rox (10 each) on the all-time list. CHHS will open the PIAA playoffs Monday against District 5 runner-up Berlin. The Bucs will be joined in the state playoff by West Greene and Carmichaels in the 2A bracket, Bentworth in the 2A softball playoffs, Avella (1A) and Burgettstown (2A) baseball.
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Softball Finals
Thursday, May 30
2A #1 Neshannock 3, #2 Bentworth 0
5A #1 Armstrong 9, #10 Thomas Jefferson 3
4A #1 Elizabeth-Forward 10, #2 Hampton 2
Friday, May 31
1A #3 Chartiers-Houston 9, #1 Union 5
6A #2 Seneca Valley 4, #5 Norwin 3 (8 innings)
3A #4 Mohawk 9, #3 South Park 2
June 1, 2024 3:52 am
TORONTO (AP) — Davis Schneider hit the winning two-run homer in the 14th inning and the Toronto Blue Jays beat Pittsburgh 5-3 for their ninth straight win over the Pirates. Schneider’s seventh home run of the season came on the first pitch he saw from right-hander Kyle Nicolas for Toronto’s first game-winning hit of 2024. Génesis Cabrera pitched 1 2/3 innings for the win as the Blue Jays matched a season-best with their fourth straight victory. After Pittsburgh’s Bryan Reynolds hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly in the top of the 11th, Toronto tied it in the bottom half when George Springer hit a two-out RBI single.
June 1, 2024 3:57 am
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Big 12 schools will share in a record $470 million in revenue distribution. That figure was revealed Friday when the conference wrapped up its first spring meetings as a 14-team league. The 10 full-share members will get smaller amounts than they got last year because of the additional schools that joined the league for the 2023-24 academic year. First-year members BYU, Cincinnati, Houston and UCF each get partial shares of about $18 million each. That leaves about $398 million to be split among the league’s other 10 schools, down from about $440 million last year. That includes Oklahoma and Texas before they move to the SEC this summer.
May 31, 2024 4:40 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Anton Lundell broke a tie with 9:38 left and the Florida Panthers moved within a victory of returning to the Stanley Cup Final, beating the New York Rangers 3-2 in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference final Thursday night. Gustav Forsling and Sam Bennett also scored, and Sergei Bobrovsky made 25 saves to help the Panthers win their second straight in the best-of-series series after losing Games 2 and 3 in overtime. Chris Kreider and Alexis Lafreniere scored for the Rangers, and Igor Shesterkin made 34 saves in another magnificent effort. The Panthers can end the series Saturday in Florida. If a seventh game is necessary, it will be at Madison Square Garden, where the Panthers have won twice this series.
May 31, 2024 4:43 am
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — A person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press that wide receiver Jaylen Waddle has agreed to a three-year, $84.75 million contract extension with the Miami Dolphins. The deal includes $76 million guaranteed and keeps Waddle under contract through the 2028 season. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the contract details have not been announced. Waddle will now become one of the highest-paid receivers in the NFL after three productive seasons to start his pro career.
May 29, 2024 12:01 am
The WPIAL Baseball Championships are in the books. Avella lost to Carmichaels twice in the regular season. Wednesday, the Eagles turned the tables, scoring a 6-2 win and clinching the final 1A playoff berth in the process. Avella joins Burgettstown baseball, Bentworth, Chartiers-Houston, Carmichaels and West Greene in the state playoff brackets starting Monday.
Now, the softball championships take center stage at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field. Our on-air coverage of Championship Week includes the Bentworth / Neshannock and Chartiers-Houston / Union softball championship games. We’ll also provide online coverage of all six softball finals. Finally, WJPA Sports Network will produce the NFHS video of all six WPIAL softball title games in conjunction with GreeneSports. All of our broadcasts are linked Watch/Listen Here
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Wednesday, May 29
Baseball 3rd Place
1A #6 Avella 6, #8 Carmichaels 2 (Eagles to PIAA)
5A #6 Franklin Regional 3, #1 West Allegheny 2 (Panthers to PIAA)
Baseball Finals
2A #3 Seton-La Salle 5, #1 Serra Catholic 0
4A #6 North Catholic 7, #9 Indiana 5
6A #3 North Allegheny 1, #1 Mt. Lebanon 0
Thursday, May 30
Softball Finals Watch/Listen Here
2A #1 Neshannock 3, #2 Bentworth 0
5A #1 Armstrong 9, #10 Thomas Jefferson 3
4A #1 Elizabeth-Forward 10, #2 Hampton 2
Friday, May 31
Softball Finals Watch/Listen Here
10:45 am 1A #1 Union vs. #3 Chartiers-Houston, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
1:00 pm 6A #2 Seneca Valley vs. #5 Norwin
3:30 pm 3A #3 South Park vs. #4 Mohawk
May 30, 2024 4:30 am
DETROIT (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out nine and earned his second career victory and the Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged a doubleheader split with a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Skenes, making his fourth major league start, gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. Andrew McCutchen had a three-run homer in the third inning for his 1,600th career hit. McCutchen had three hits and a walk while driving in four runs. Nick Gonzales also had three hits, including a solo homer. In the opener, Matt Vierling had a three-run homer and drove in four runs in Detroit’s 8-0 victory.
