May 21, 2024 12:01 am
Brayden Fuller stroked a two-run double, breaking a 2-2 tie in the fifth, leading Avella to a 6-3 in over Fort Cherry in the 1A baseball quarterfinals. Winning pitcher Bryce Wright held the Rangers to 3 runs on just five hits over 6 1/3 innings. Isaiah Bradick picked up the save. Eric Kovach struck out 13 batters while allowing just three hit over 5 2/3 innings propelling Burgettstown to a 3-1 win over Greensburg Central Catholic. Brodie Kuzior got the final four out for the save and also drove in a run. Sam Elich and Wyatt Stevenson had RBIs for the Blue Devils who advance to the WPIAL semifinals for the third straight year. Carmichaels scored three times in the top of the first and made it stand up, ousting top-seeded Union, 3-1. All three winner play semifinal games Tuesday afternoon. Meanwhile, after an extra day off, Trinity squares off with section opponent Bethel Park Tuesday afternoon in the 5A quarterfinals, a game we’ll have on WJPA-AM and online. All remaining baseball teams from Washington/Greene Counties are in 1A, 2A or 5A. Each of those classes will send the top three teams to the state playoffs. Quarterfinal winners will then need one more victory to qualify.
West Greene won the only softball game on Monday’s schedule, topping Frazier, earning a trip to the semifinals and a berth in the state tournament. Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels have also clinched state playoff berths. Bentworth needs one win in its next two games to qualify. Canon-McMillan must win the WPIAL to advance to the state tournament.
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Monday–Softball Quarterfinals
1A #5 West Greene 13, #4 Frazier 5
Monday–Baseball Quarterfinals
2A #4 Burgettstown 3, #5 Greensburg Central Catholic 1
2A #3 Seton-La Salle 9, #6 Chartiers-Houston 1
1A #6 Avella 6, #3 Fort Cherry 3
1A #2 Eden Christian Academy 5, #7 West Greene 1
1A # 8 Carmichaels 3, #1 Union 1
Tuesday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1:45 pm 5A #12 Trinity vs. #4 Bethel Park at Boyce-Mayview Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Baseball Semifinals
1:45 pm 1A #6 Avella vs. #2 Eden Christian Academy at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park, WJPA.com audio Watch/Listen Here
2:00 pm 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. #1 Serra Catholic at West Mifflin
4:30 pm 1A #8 Carmichaels vs. #4 Bishop Canevin at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park
Softball Semifinals
5:45 pm 2A #2 Bentworth vs. #3 Laurel at North Allegheny, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
Wednesday–Softball Semifinals
3:00 pm 1A #5 West Greene vs. #1 Union at Montour
4:45 pm 1A #3 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Carmichaels at Montour, WJPA.com audio Watch/Listen Here
4:45 pm 6A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #2 Seneca Valley at North Allegheny, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
May 21, 2024 4:39 am
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had a goal and an assist as Edmonton scored three times in the second period and held on to beat the Vancouver Canucks 3-2 in Game 7 to advance to the Western Conference final. Zach Hyman and Cody Ceci also scored, and Evan Bouchard had two assists for the Oilers. Stuart Skinner finished with 15 saves. Edmonton, back in the conference finals for the second time in three years, will next face Dallas with Game 1 of that series on Thursday night.
May 21, 2024 4:40 am
University presidents around the country are scheduled to meet this week to vote on whether to accept a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that would cost the NCAA nearly $3 billion. The deal would also create a landmark revenue-sharing system with college athletes. The terms of the agreement have met some pushback from the Division I conferences that do not compete in major college football. They say they are being asked to bear an undue financial burden on the damages portion of the settlement. Attorneys for the defendants in House vs. NCAA gave college sports leaders until Thursday to agree.
May 20, 2024 4:43 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Mitch Keller pitched six effective innings, Nick Gonzales hit a key two-run single and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 3-2. Jack Suwinski connected for another homer against Jameson Taillon as Pittsburgh closed out a 4-3 road trip by taking three of four from Chicago. Gonzales, Andrew McCutchen and Jared Triolo each had two of the Pirates’ 10 hits. Keller improved to 3-0 with a 1.29 ERA in three May starts. Seiya Suzuki and Christopher Morel each hit a sacrifice fly for Chicago.
May 20, 2024 4:44 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Xander Schauffele has won his first major with a thrilling win at the PGA Championship. Schauffele made a 6-foot birdie putt on the last hole at Valhalla for a one-shot victory over Bryson DeChambeau. Schauffele set a major championship scoring record in the process. The Olympic gold medalist now has something even more valuable in silver. He gets to hoist the Wanamaker Trophy. Schauffele finished at 21-under 263, breaking by one shot the major record. Schauffele is the first player since Phil Mickelson in 2005 to birdie the last hole of the PGA Championship to win by one.
May 20, 2024 4:45 am
Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center known as Mr. Raider for his durability through a litany of injuries, has died. The team confirmed Otto’s death Sunday night. He was 86. The cause of death was not immediately known. Otto joined the Raiders for their inaugural season in the American Football League in 1960 and was a fixture on the team for the next 15 years. He never missed a game because of injuries and competed in 210 consecutive regular-season games and 308 straight total contests despite undergoing nine operations on his knees during his playing career. His right leg was amputated in 2007.
May 19, 2024 6:52 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Christopher Morel singled in Cody Bellinger with one out in the ninth to give the Chicago Cubs a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Bellinger got the winning rally started with a ground-rule double down the left-field line with one out off David Bednar. Morel then cracked a 3-2 pitch up the middle, and Bellinger narrowly beat Michael A. Taylor’s throw to the plate on a play that withstood a video review. Hector Neris tossed a perfect ninth, striking out two, for the win. Bednar took the loss.
May 19, 2024 6:47 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Seize the Grey has won the Preakness Stakes for 88-year-old Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas. His victory ended Kentucky Derby winner Mystik Dan’s Triple Crown bid. Seize the Grey returned off the same two-week turnaround as Mystik Dan after impressing in a win on the Derby undercard enough to convince Lukas to try the Preakness. Lukas has saddled more horses in the Preakness than anyone else in the race’s 149-year history. He has now won the middle leg of the Triple Crown seven times and is one back of the record held by good friend Bob Baffert. Mystik Dan finished second.
May 19, 2024 6:50 am
Mike Sullivan has been selected U.S. coach for the 2026 Milan Olympics. USA Hockey announced the long-expected decision Saturday while also saying the Pittsburgh Penguins coach will be behind the bench for the NHL’s Four Nations Face-Off tournament next year. Sullivan won the Stanley Cup in 2016 and ‘17 and is considered among the best American coaches in the sport. Milan marks the return of NHL players to the Olympics after missing the past two. The U.S. lost to eventual champion Canada in the semifinals of the 2014 Sochi Olympics, then to Finland in the bronze-medal game.
May 17, 2024 2:32 am
Bentworth, Chartiers-Houston and Carmichaels won WPIAL softball quarterfinals Thursday afternoon, each cruising to wins that put them in the semifinals. In addition, the Bucs & Mikes clinch PIAA playoff berths. Charleroi & Jeff-Morgan lost in the quarters, reaching the end of the season. WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Thursday–Softball Quarterfinals
2A #2 Bentworth 8, #7 Shenango 1
2A #3 Laurel 4, #6 Charleroi 0
1A #3 Chartiers-Houston 16, #6 Jeannette 0
1A #2 Carmichaels 7, #7 South Side 0
1A #1 Union 11, #8 Jeff-Morgan 2
Friday–Softball Quarterfinals
1A #5 West Greene vs. #4 Frazier at Peterswood Park–Postponed to Monday, 2 pm
Monday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1:45 pm 1A #3 Fort Cherry vs. #6 Avella at Peterswood Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
4:15 pm 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Seton-La Salle at West Mifflin, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
4:30 pm 1A #7 West Greene vs. #2 Eden Christian Academy at Peterswood Park
6:00 pm 1A # 8 Carmichaels vs. #1 Union at Burkett Complex
6:45 pm 2A #4 Burgettstown vs. #5 Greensburg Central Catholic at Peterswood Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday–Baseball Quarterfinals
1:45 p 5A #12 Trinity vs. #4 Bethel Park at Boyce-Mayview Park, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
