October 21, 2025 2:34 am
WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Monday – First Round
4A Girls #8 Canon-McMillan > #9 Latrobe, 4-1
2A Boys #9 Beaver Area > #8 Charleroi, 6-0
2A Boys #4 Avonworth > #13 McGuffey, 4-0
Tuesday – First Round
1A Girls #4 Springdale > #13 Chartiers-Houston, 2-1
1A Girls # 2 Bentworth > #15 Freedom, 3-2
1A Girls #11 Waynesburg > # 6 Winchester Thurston, 1-0
2A Girls # 2 Freeport > #15 Ringgold, 11-0
4A Boys #5 Canon-McMillan > #12 Hempfield, 9-0
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Monday – Preliminary Round
3A #15 Ringgold > #18 Blackhawk, 3-0
2A #16 McGuffey > #17 Chartiers-Houston, 3-2
Tuesday – First Round
3A #2 Beaver Area > #15 Ringgold, 3-0
3A #6 Greensburg Salem > #11 Trinity, 3-1
2A #1 Hopewell > #16 McGuffey, 3-0
2A #2 Waynesburg > #15 Quaker Valley, 3-0
October 21, 2025 4:26 am
TORONTO (AP) — George Springer put Toronto ahead with a three-run homer in the seventh inning and the Blue Jays advanced to the World Series for the first time since 1993 by beating the Seattle Mariners 4-3 in Game 7 of the American League Championship Series. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the Blue Jays will host Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 on Friday night when the World Series comes to Canada for the third time. The defending champion Dodgers swept Milwaukee in the NLCS. Cal Raleigh and Julio Rodríguez each hit a solo home run for Seattle in the team’s first postseason Game 7, but the Mariners squandered a 3-1 lead in the seventh and remain the only major league team without a pennant.
October 21, 2025 4:30 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Jaxon Smith-Njigba had his NFL-leading fifth 100-yard receiving game of the season as the Seattle Seahawks beat the Houston Texans 27-19. Smith-Njigba, who entered the game leading the league in yards receiving, gave Seattle a 14-0 lead late in the first quarter when he caught an 11-yard TD pass from Sam Darnold. Smith-Njigba celebrated his fourth touchdown catch of the season by dunking on the crossbar of the goalposts, drawing an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty in the process. In total, Smith-Njigba caught eight passes for 123 receiving yards. He became the second player in franchise history to record three straight 100-yard games, and his five 100-yard games this season are tied for the second-most in a year by any Seahawks player.
October 21, 2025 4:32 am
DETROIT (AP) — Jahmyr Gibbs scored on a 78-yard sprint in the second quarter, a 5-yard spinning plunge in the third and accounted for a career-high 218 yards from scrimmage to lead the Detroit Lions in a 24-9 win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. The Lions bounced back from a loss as they have done flawlessly for nearly three years. Tampa Bay was outgained by more than 200 yards in the first half, but trailed 14-3 because Detroit had an interception, fumble, turned it over on downs and missed a field goal.
October 19, 2025 12:02 am
The WPIAL football regular season ends Saturday. Late in the afternoon, the WPIAL Football Playoff brackets will be released, six tournaments including a total of 65 teams. Most of those will have claimed automatic bids by finishing section play in a qualifying position. 16 others will have received Wild Card invitations. Following is look at the playoff picture for the 19 teams in Washington & Greene Counties, each with one game left (conference record).
The Class 6A field will include the top four teams. Canon-McMillan (2-3) is just a couple plays away from being in SECOND place. The Big Macs are also teetering on not qualifying. Canon-Mac needs to either beat Central Catholic (5-0), the conference champion, or see Norwin (3-2) knock off resurgent Mt. Lebanon (2-3). The Big Macs are in with either of the scenarios but out otherwise.
5A Peters Township: The Indians (4-0) has clinched at least a share of the Allegheny Six championship heading into Friday’s final game at Bethel Park (2-2). A win should lock up at least the #2 seed in the tournament and a first-round bye. The top three teams in each conference qualify along with three wild card selections, making up a 12-team bracket.
4A Trinity (4-0) has locked up the Big Six Conference top spot but needs a win at Belle Vernon (2-2) to keep from sharing the title and going into the 4A bracket with just a .500 record. The Hillers have rattled off four straight wins after one of the most-difficult non-conference schedules in Class 4A—including 5A Peters Township, Moon and Bethel, plus Montour. The top two teams in each conference qualify for the 8-team bracket, supplemented by two wild cards teams. Ringgold’s back-to-back losses the past two weeks have knocked the Rams out of playoff contention.
3A McGuffey: The Highlanders (0-5) cannot qualify for the 12-team bracket made up of the top three conference finishers and three wild card choices.
2A Wash High, Waynesburg, Charleroi: The Little Prexies (5-0) locked up their playoff spot in the 13-team bracket, comprised of the top three finishers in each conference plus four wild card teams. Wash High heads to Dormont Friday to take on Seton-La Salle (5-0) with the winner taking the Century Conference championship and, likely, the #2 seed in the bracket. Waynesburg (2-3) closes with Sto-Rox (1-4), needing to win to finish at .500 and get into the wild card discussion. Charleroi, at 1-8 overall, cannot qualify.
The Class 1A playoff field will include 16 teams, the top three finishers in each of the four conferences, then four wild card selections. The Black Hills Conference will almost certainly get one wild card slot and possibly two. The Tri-County South did not fare well a year ago in the at-large selection process, though a 7-win fourth-place team should be in good shape for an at-large selection this season.
Black Hills Conference: Fort Cherry (5-0) has clinched their third straight conference title. The two-time defending WPIAL champion hosts Serra Catholic (1-4) to close the regular season. Chartiers-Houston (4-2) clinched an automatic berth with a walk-off win at Cornell last week. Bugettstown (0-5) cannot qualify.
Tri-County South: California (6-0), Bentworth (5-1) and Jeff-Morgan (5-1) have clinched the three automatic berths. has clinched one of the three automatic bids. The Trojans win the conference title with a win at Jeff-Morgan Friday. Bentworth is the top team with a win against Avella and a Jeff-Morgan win. Avella (3-3) is in the wild card discussion, but the Tri-County South didn’t fare well in those conversations a year ago. Carmichaels (2-4) and Beth-Center (2-4) technically, could be in consideration as well, but sub-.500 overall records will likely keep the Mikes and Bulldogs on the playoff sideline. West Greene (1-5) and Mapletown (0-6) cannot qualify.
October 19, 2025 12:01 am
The WPIAL Soccer playoffs continue early this week with first-round matches. Eight teams from Washington/Greene Counties take to the pitch looking to advance. The Bentworth boys, two-time defending WPIAL champions, were the only winners among teams from the two-county area over the weekend. Peters Township is #1 seed on both the boys and girls 4A brackets. Both teams have byes into the quarterfinals later this week. WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Monday, Oct. 20, First Round
6:30 pm 4A Girls #9 Latrobe at #8 Canon-McMillan
6:30 pm 2A Boys #9 Beaver Area at #8 Charleroi
6:30 pm 2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth
Tuesday, Oct. 21, First Round
6:00 pm 1A Girls #13 Chartiers-Houston at #4 Springdale
6:00 pm 1A Girls #2 Bentworth vs. #15 Freedom — at Peters Township
6:00 pm 1A Girls #11 Waynesburg vs. #6 Winchester Thurston — at Norwin
6:30 pm 2A Girls #15 Ringgold at #15 Freeport
6:30 pm 4A Boys #12 Hempfield at #5 Canon-McMillan
Wednesday, Oct. 22, Quarterfinals
6:00 pm 1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #9 Eden Christian — at Bethel Park
First Round Byes
4A Girls #1 Peters Township to Thursday, Oct. 23 HOME vs. Canon-McMillan / Latrobe winner
4A Boys #1 Peters Township to Saturday, Oct. 25 HOME vs. North Allegheny / Central Catholic winner
October 19, 2025 12:01 am
Three Washington/Greene County girls volleyball teams begin tournament play Monday night, among the 68 teams that qualified for this year’s WPIAL playoffs. Included are #2 seeds Beth-Center, Peters Township and Waynesburg along with #3 Fort Cherry. Monday winners will turn around and play first round games on Tuesday. WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Monday, October 20, Preliminary Round
3A #15 Ringgold vs. #18 Blackhawk, 6:00 pm at Peters Township
2A #16 McGuffey vs. #17 Chartiers-Houston, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
Tuesday, October 21, First Round
3A Ringgold/Blackhawk winner vs. #2 Beaver Area, 7:00 pm at Beaver Area
3A #11 Trinity vs. #6 Greensburg Salem, 7:30 pm at Norwin
2A McGuffey/Chartiers-Houston winner vs. #1 Hopewell, 7:30 pm at Hopewell
2A #2 Waynesburg vs. Quaker Valley/Keystone Oaks winner, 7:30 pm at Waynesburg
Wednesday, October 22, First Round
4A #10 Canon-McMillan vs. #7 Hempfield, 6:00 pm at Gateway
1A #9 Carmichaels vs. #8 Rochester, 6:00 pm at Frazier
1A #7 California vs. #10 Beaver County Christian, 6:00 pm at Beth-Center
1A #2 Beth-Center vs. #15 Western Beaver, 7:30 pm at Beth-Center
1A #3 Fort Cherry vs. #14 Trinity Christian, 7:30 pm at Fort Cherry
1A #12 West Greene vs. #5 St. Joseph’s, 7:30 pm at St. Joseph’s
Quarterfinals, to be determined
4A #10 4A #2 Peters Township, first-round bye to quarterfinals, Saturday, Oct. 25
October 20, 2025 6:15 am
TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run this postseason, rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays forced a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series by beating the Seattle Mariners 6-2. The series will be decided Monday night in Toronto, the second Game 7 in Blue Jays history. Toronto lost to Kansas City in the 1985 ALCS. Seattle, the only big league team without a pennant, will play in a Game 7 for the first time. The winner faces the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series beginning Friday. Addison Barger homered and drove in three early runs, and the Blue Jays turned three double plays behind Yesavage — two of them to escape bases-loaded jams.
October 19, 2025 7:00 am
Washington & Jefferson rolled up 239 yards rushing, scoring six touchdowns, on the way to a 56-10 win at St. Vincent Saturday afternoon. Andrew Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns. Kobe DeRosa racked up 80 and a pair of touchdowns for the Presidents, who won for the fourth straight week. Both running backs tallied 17 carries. Quarterback Kellen Stahl hit 19-of-27 passes for 255 yards and a pair of first-half TDs, one each to Jacob Macosko and John Peduzzi. Stahl has now thrown for 250+ yards in all six W&J games this year. Macosko’s scoring catch moved him into a tie for seventh place all-time on the career receiving touchdowns list with 28, joining Ryan Silvis. Peduzzi is second on that list, now with 45 scoring catches. W&J improves to 4-0 in conference play, one game up on a four-team logjam: Case-Western, Geneva, Grove City and Westminster. The Presidents play the first two in the group in back-to-back games Nov. 1 & Nov. 8. W&J has already beaten Grove City & Westminster. Wash/Jeff will host Waynesburg next Saturday at Cameron Stadium and on WJPA-AM.
October 19, 2025 7:12 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist, Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots for his 22nd career shutout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0. Anthony Mantha also scored for the Penguins, who improved to 4-2-0 on the season. Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for the Sharks, and San Jose outshot an opponent for the first time this season but was unable to score. The Sharks, an NHL-worst 20-50-12 last season, remained the league’s only winless team at 0-3-2. San Jose has now started four straight seasons winless through five games. (Photo: AP)
