May 26, 2023 2:52 am
Four Washington County baseball/softball teams, along with a pair of Greene County softball squads, will be in action during WPIAL Championship Week following the Memorial Day weekend. California baseball, Trinity and Carmichaels softball have WPIAL Championship dates awaiting them next week. Burgettstown baseball faces a must-win game to reach the state playoffs while Chartiers-Houston & Waynesburg softball teams have state tune-up games on the schedule. You can hear all four Washington County teams next week on WJPA-AM and online. Click for WPIAL Softball WPIAL Baseball State Softball State Baseball (first round state playoffs are Monday, June 5)
Tuesday, May 30, WPIAL Third Place
2A Baseball #4 Burgettstown vs. #3 New Brighton, 1:50 pm at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! (winner at D-9 champion)
1A Softball #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Frazier, 4:50 pm at West Mifflin WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! (winner at D-10 champion, loser at D-6 champion)
3A Softball #3 Waynesburg vs. #4 Burrell, 4 pm at Gateway (winner at D-6 champion, loser at D-10 champion)
Wednesday, May 31, WPIAL Championships
1A Baseball #4 California vs. #6 Bishop Canevin, 12:50 pm at Wild Things Park WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! (winner hosts D-10 runner-up, loser at D-5 champion)
1A Softball #2 Carmichaels vs. #1 Union, 12 noon at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field (winner hosts D-5 runner-up, loser at D-9 champion)
Thursday, June 1, WPIAL Championships
5A Softball #3 Trinity vs. #1 Armstrong, 2:20 pm at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! (winner hosts D-3 4th place, loser at D-3 runner-up)
May 26, 2023 3:53 am
DALLAS (AP) — Joe Pavelski scored on a power play at 3:18 of overtime and the Dallas Stars avoided a sweep in the Western Conference final with a 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday night. Jason Robertson scored twice for his first career multigoal playoff game for Dallas, which played without suspended captain Jamie Benn. Jake Oettinger had 37 saves, two nights after he was pulled 7:10 into Game 3 after allowing three goals on five shots. William Karlsson and Jonathan Marchessault scored for Vegas.
May 26, 2023 3:50 am
BOSTON (AP) — Derrick White had 24 points, including six 3-pointers, helping lead the charge as the Boston Celtics dominated the Miami Heat 110-97 in Game 5 on to extend the Eastern Conference finals. Marcus Smart had 23 points and five steals. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown finished with 21 points apiece as the Celtics claimed their second straight win and trimmed Miami’s series lead to 3-2. It keeps alive Boston’s hopes of becoming the first team in NBA history to overcome a 3-0 deficit in a best-of-seven series. Game 6 is Saturday in Miami. Duncan Robinson led the Heat with 18 points.
May 24, 2023 11:13 pm
Trinity built a 4-0 early lead only to see Shaler tie the game in the bottom of the seventh. In the ninth, Kristina Bozek reach on an error, stole second, moved to third on a wild pitch and scored on a foul sac fly to give the Hillers the win over Shaler, reaching the WPIAL softball finals for the first time since 2009. Trinity got a pair of home runs from Hanna Suhoski and RBI singles from winning pitcher Taylor Dunn and Amber Morgan to take the early lead. Shaler scored twice in the third, another in the fifth. In the seventh, two outs after a leadoff triple, a low pitch eluded Trinity’s catcher with Ellie Facher scoring to sent the game to extra innings. Click for WPIAL Softball WPIAL Baseball
Wednesday, May 24–Softball semifinals (winners to finals, May 31-June 1, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
SB 5A #3 Trinity 5, #2 Shaler 4, 9 inn.
Tuesday, May 30
Baseball PIAA Qualifier
BB 2A PIAA Qualifier #4 Burgettstown vs. #3 New Brighton, 1:50 pm at W&J WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Wednesday, May 31
Baseball WPIAL Championship
BB 1A Championship #4 California vs. #6 Bishop Canevin, 12:50 pm at Wild Things Park WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Dates/times to be determined:
SB 5A Championship #3 Trinity vs. #1 Armstrong at PennWest University Lilley Field
SB 1A Championship #2 Carmichaels vs. #1 Union at PennWest University Lilley Field
SB 1A WPIAL Third-Place #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Frazier (both have clinched PIAA berths)
SB 3A WPIAL Third-Place #3 Waynesburg vs. #4 Burrell (both have clinched PIAA berths)
May 25, 2023 2:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Martín Pérez pitched seven strong innings, Marcus Semien hit his eighth home run and the Texas Rangers held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2. Pérez (6-1) allowed two runs on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts to win his fifth straight decision. The 32-year-old left-hander kept the Pirates in check inducing 12 groundball outs, including a pair of inning-ending double plays. Johan Oviedo threw the second “Immaculate Inning” by a Pittsburgh pitcher this season when he struck out the side on nine pitches in the fourth inning. It wasn’t enough for the Pirates to avoid falling to 5-15 in May.
May 25, 2023 3:55 am
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk scored a power-play goal with 4.9 seconds left, Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 36 shots to cap off a brilliant series, and the Florida Panthers earned their first trip to the Stanley Cup Final in 27 years by beating the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 to win the Eastern Conference title in a sweep. Tkachuk’s goal was his second of the night — and maybe the biggest in Panthers’ history. The Panthers will play either Vegas or Dallas for the Stanley Cup starting sometime next week; Vegas currently leads the Western Conference title series 3-0.
May 23, 2023 2:47 am
California built a 6-1 lead, saw that vanish late, then plate three runs in the top of the seventh to knock off #1 Union in the 1A baseball semifinals. Ricky Lawson and Aidan Lowden singled, Chase Chicchito doubled both home, then scored on Kris Weston’s double to make a winner of Dom Martini who worked the final 2.1 innings in relief. With two on, one out in the Union seventh, Martini snared a line drive and turned a game-ending double-play to put the Trojans back in the finals for the first time since beating Union to win the 2019 championship.
Burgettstown was not as fortunate as the Blue Devils fell to #1 Serra Catholic in the 2A semifinals. Burgettstown stranded the bases loaded in the second and left two more on in the third before the defending-champion Eagles plated four runs in the third and six more in the fourth to trigger the run-rule. The Blue Devils now must beat #3 New Brighton in the WPIAL third-place game next week to reach the state tournament.
Chartiers-Houston and Waynesburg lost softball semifinals and will play in WPIAL third-place games, knowing that their state playoff berths are already clinched. Carmichaels held off Frazier late to reach the WPIAL 1A finals. #3 Trinity plays unbeaten #2 Shaler Wednesday in the 5A semifinals. We’ll have that game on-air and online for you. Click for WPIAL Softball WPIAL Baseball
Tuesday, May 23
Baseball semifinals (winner to finals, May 30-31, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
BB 2A #1 Serra Catholic 10, #4 Burgettstown 0, 5 inn.
BB 1A #4 California 9, #1 Union 6
Softball semifinals (winners to finals, May 31-June 1, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
SB 1A #1 Union 13, #4 Chartiers-Houston 5
SB 1A #2 Carmichaels 3, #3 Frazier 1
SB 3A #2 Southmoreland 7, #3 Waynesburg 0
Wednesday, May 24–Softball semifinals (winners to finals, May 31-June 1, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
SB 5A #3 Trinity vs. #2 Shaler, 5:50 pm at Gateway WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Dates/times to be determined:
BB 1A Championship #4 California vs. #6 Bishop Canevin at Wild Things Park
BB 2A PIAA Qualifier #4 Burgettstown vs. #3 New Brighton at W&J
SB 1A WPIAL Third-Place #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Frazier (both have clinched PIAA berths)
SB 1A Championship #2 Carmichaels vs. #1 Union at PennWest University Lilly Field
SB 3A #3 Waynesburg vs. #4 Burrell (both have clinched PIAA berths)
May 23, 2023 3:57 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nathan Eovaldi pitched a complete game for the second time in five starts after throwing just two in the first 226 of his major league career, leading the Texas Rangers over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-1. Eovaldi (6-2) allowed six hits, struck out five and walked one, his fifth straight start of at least seven innings. The 33-year-old right-hander, a 12-year big league veteran. pitched a three-hit shutout in a 2-0 win over the Yankees on April 29. Texas has won four of five.
May 24, 2023 3:59 am
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The NFL has pushed the kickoff return further toward irrelevance with a priority on player safety. League owners voted for a one-year trial of an enhanced touchback rule that will give the receiving team the ball at its own 25 with a fair catch of a kickoff anywhere behind that yard line. The proposal passed despite coaches and players across the league saying they didn’t like it. They argued that it will create uglier plays with squib and corner kicks that are impossible for fair catches.
May 22, 2023 10:01 pm
Burgettstown and California never trailed in their WPIAL quarterfinal baseball wins while Canon-McMillan, Peters Township and Carmichaels met the end of the line with narrow losses. The Blue Devils scored twice in the bottom of the first thanks to a Tristan Roach two-run double, then added three more in the fourth and closed the scoring in the fifth. California beat Carmichaels for the third time this year, blanking the Mighty Mikes on a complete-game, three-hitter by Addison Panepinto. The Trojans also turned a pair of double plays to make RBIs from Kris Weston, Brody Todd and Dom Martini stand up. Peters Township’s loss came amidst a controversial foul call on an apparent two-run home run off the bat of Jack Lutte that would have tied the game. Canon-McMillan allowed a pair of runs in the top of the seventh, loaded the bases in the bottom of the frame but the potential tying run was throw out at third after an infield single. Both baseball winners now have two chances to earn berths in the PIAA tournament, needing to win one of their next two games. Trinity softball is in the same situation while Chartiers-Houston softball has already clinched.
Semifinal action across the board Tuesday with all six classes of bases plus 1A & 3A softball. We’ll have three games on the air and online for you. Click for WPIAL Softball WPIAL Baseball
Monday, May 22–Baseball quarterfinals (winners to Tuesday, May 23)
BB 2A #4 Burgettstown 6, #5 South Side, 1
BB 5A #3 Penn-Trafford 4, #6 Peters Township 2
BB 1A #4 California 3, #5 Carmichaels 0
BB 6A #6 Butler 4, #3 Canon-McMillan 2
Baseball semifinals (winner to finals, May 30-31, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
BB 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. vs. #1 Serra Catholic, 1:50 pm at Wash & Jeff WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
BB 1A #4 California vs. #1 Union, 4:20 pm at Wash & Jeff WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Tuesday, May 23–Softball semifinals (winners to finals, May 31-June 1, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
SB 1A #4 Chartiers-Houston vs. #1 Union, 5:50 pm at North Allegheny WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here!
SB 1A #2 Carmichaels vs. #3 Frazier, 3 pm at Peterswood Park, Field 2
SB 3A #3 Waynesburg vs. #2 Southmoreland, 3 pm at Peterswood Park, Field 1
Wednesday, May 24–Softball semifinals (winners to finals, May 31-June 1, losers to PIAA qualifiers, May 30-31)
SB 5A #3 Trinity vs. #2 Shaler, 5:50 pm at Gateway WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
