October 27, 2024 7:00 am
Washington & Jefferson College held Bethany under 100 yards total offense through three quarters on the way to a 48-7 win over the Bison Saturday afternoon. Dawson Dietz registered three sacks, 45 tackles for loss and nine total tackles to lead the way. Justin Johns added six tackles, two sacks and a pair of tackles for loss. The Presidents also got interceptions from Brock Sherman, Angelo Volomino and Sam Coleman. Meanwhile, the W&J offense got 250+ yards rushing, led by Own Petrisek’s 89 yards on 10 carries, including a touchdown. QB Jake Pugh, the nation’s leader in passing yards and touchdowns, added significantly to both, throwing for 263 yards, hitting 11-of-13, and four touchdowns, two to Jacob Macosko. W&J improved to 7-1 with the win. The Presidents are in a five-way tie atop the conference, with W&J, Grove City, Carnegie-Mellon, Case-Western Reserve and Westminster each having one loss with three weeks left in the regular season. There are five games featuring two of the five against each other, including next Saturday’s W&J at Case-Western Reserve.
October 27, 2024 7:00 am
The WPIAL Football playoff brackets were released Saturday afternoon. Five Washington County teams (1A-Bentworth, 1A-California, 1A-Fort Cherry, 5A-Peters Township and 4A-Trinity) and two Greene County teams (1A-Jeff-Morgan and 2A-Waynesburg) earned automatic bids. 2A-Wash High received a Wild Card bid while 1A-Carmichaels was left out. Defending 1A champion Fort Cherry is the #1 seed and will open the tournament at home. Peters Township, the defending 5A champion, is seeded third and received a first-round bye. The other qualifiers all have first round games on Friday. WPIAL Football (click for brackets): 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A
Friday, Nov. 1, First Round (7:00 pm unless noted):
4A #5 Trinity at #4 Aliquippa, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here!
2A #13 Wash High at #4 Steel Valley, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here!
2A #11 Waynesburg at #6 South Allegheny
1A #16 Brentwood at #1 Fort Cherry
1A #10 California at #7 Laurel
1A #11 South Side Area at #6 Jeff-Morgan
Friday, Nov. 8, Quarterfinals (7:00 pm unless noted):
5A #6 Penn-Trafford/#11 South Fayette winner at Peters Township
October 25, 2024 10:01 pm
The WPIAL football playoff automatic berths have all been claimed, including five Washington County teams with another two from Greene County. In addition, three other teams will be in consideration for Wild Card berths by the Football Steering committee. The WPIAL is set to release this year’s playoff brackets mid-afternoon Saturday. For the other nine teams from the two-county area, the 2024 season has come to an end.
Trinity scored the last 17 points of the game to rally past Belle Vernon, clinching a 4A berth. Waynesburg’s win secured a 2A spot for the Raiders. Bentworth’s Ben Hays had a hand in five touchdowns, leading the Bearcats to the final 1A automatic bid. Carmichaels and West Greene posted wins to put their names in 1A Wild Card conversations. Wash High falls to fifth place in the Century Conference and is on the bubble for a 2A Wild Card invitation.
IN: Peters Township (5A), Trinity (4A), Waynesburg (2A), Bentworth (1A), California (1A), Fort Cherry (1A), Jeff-Morgan (1A)
ALIVE: Wash High (2A), Carmichaels (1A), West Greene (1A)
OUT: Canon-McMillan (6A), Ringgold (4A), McGuffey (3A), Charleroi (2A), Avella (1A), Beth-Center (1A), Burgettstown (1A), Chartiers-Houston (1A), Mapletown (1A).
Week 8 scores:
6A Quad County
Central Catholic 38, Canon-McMillan 13
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township 31, Bethel Park 28
4A Big Six
Trinity 31, Belle Vernon 21
Ringgold 36, Chartiers Valley 26
3A Western Hills
Quaker Valley 33, McGuffey 10
2A Century
Seton-La Salle 52, Wash High 28
Carlynton 54, Charleroi 27
Waynesburg 51, Sto-Rox 7
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 42, Serra Catholic 3
Bishop Canevin 42, Burgettstown 6
1A Tri-County South
Bentworth 40, Avella 0
Jeff-Morgan 28, California 27
West Greene 29, Beth-Center 22
Carmichaels 52, Mapletown 6
Non-Conference
Northgate 35, Chartiers-Houston 7
October 26, 2024 9:26 am
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Stuart Skinner made 27 saves for his fifth career shutout, Viktor Arvidsson had three assists, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0. Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm had a goal and an assist. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins also scored for the Oilers, who had struggled offensively to start the season. The game was highly touted as a superstar showdown between Edmonton’s Connor McDavid and Pens’ veteran Sidney Crosby, but both were kept off the scoresheet. The Penguins have dropped four straight. Despite the loss, Joel Blomqvist had 46 saves for Pittsburgh.
October 26, 2024 5:36 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman hit the first game-ending grand slam in World Series history with two outs in the 10th inning to give the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-3 victory over the New York Yankees in a drama-filled opener. Hobbled by a badly sprained right ankle, Freeman homered on the first pitch he saw — an inside fastball from Nestor Cortes — and raised his bat high before beginning his trot as the sellout crowd of 52,394 roared. In the top of the 10th, Anthony Volpe grounded into a fielder’s choice to shortstop, scoring Jazz Chisholm Jr. from third after he stole two bases, to give the Yankees a 3-2 lead. It was the third straight World Series opener to go extra innings.
October 25, 2024 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Rasheem Biles, Kyle Louis and Braylan Lovelace all returned first-half interceptions for touchdowns and No. 19 Pittsburgh breezed past Syracuse 41-13. Pitt improved to 7-0 for the first time since 1982 behind a defense that harassed Kyle McCord from the first snap and never relented. McCord threw five picks in all as the Orange fell to 5-2. Pitt’s three pick-6s were the most in an FBS game since USC had three against Rice in 2022. Eli Holstein threw for 108 yards and two scores for Pitt, which has won 19 of its last 23 meetings with Syracuse.
October 25, 2024 4:34 am
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Demarcus Robinson caught two of Matthew Stafford’s four touchdown throws in the Los Angeles Rams’ 30-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. Cooper Kupp caught a TD pass and Puka Nacua had 106 yards receiving in their returns from injury absences. Stafford passed for 279 yards for the Rams, who won back-to-back games for the first time this season with an offense that looked exponentially more dangerous with its top two receivers back in uniform. Sam Darnold passed for 240 yards for the Vikings, who followed up their first loss of the season with an ineffective defensive performance.
October 25, 2024 4:33 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees will play Major League Baseball’s starriest World Series in decades. This figures to be the first World Series featuring five MVPs: the Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, Freddie Freeman and Mookie Betts, and the Yankees’ Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton. Ohtani and Judge are the likely MVPs this year, marking the first Series to feature both since in 2012. This will be the first Series with a pair of 50-home run hitters in Judge and Ohtani. This is just the fifth World Series since the Wild Card Era started in 1995 involving the teams with the best records in each league.
October 26, 2024 6:30 pm
WPIAL Soccer (click for brackets)
BOYS 4A 3A 2A 1A
GIRLS 4A 3A 2A 1A
The WPIAL Soccer semifinal match-ups are set. They include Peters Township boys & girls teams, Bentworth boys and Canon-McMillan girls. Sites/times for Tuesday’s matches have not been announced.
Thursday, Oct. 24, Quarterfinals
Girls 4A #6 Canon-McMillan > #3 Penn-Trafford, 3-1
Girls 4A #1 Peters Township > #8 Pine-Richland, 2-0
Saturday, Oct. 26, Quarterfinals
Boys 4A #2 Peters Township > #7 Seneca Valley, 2-1
Boys 4A #1 Plum > #8 Canon-McMillan, 3-2, 2 OT
Girls 1A #6 Winchester Thurston > #3 Bentworth, 4-0
Monday, Oct. 28, Semifinals
Girls 4A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #2 Seneca Valley, 6:00 pm at Fox Chapel
Girls 4A #1 Peters Township vs. #4 North Allegheny, 8:00 pm at Fox Chapel
Tuesday, Oct. 29, Semifinals
Boys 1A #1 Bentworth vs. # 4 Beaver County Christian, site/time to be announced
Boys 4A #2 Peters Township vs. #3 Fox Chapel, site/time to be announced
WPIAL Girls Volleyball (click for brackets)
4A 3A 2A 1A
The WPIAL Girls Volleyball semifinals are set for Tuesday/Wednesday.
Thursday, Oct. 24, Quarterfinals
1A #4 Saint Joseph > #12 California, 3-0
4A #2 Canon-McMillan > #7 Pine-Richland, 3-0
4A #3 North Catholic > #6 Peters Township, 3-0
Wednesday, Oct. 30, Semifinals
4A #2 Canon-McMillan vs. #3 North Catholic, 6:00 pm at Peters Township
October 23, 2024 11:50 pm
WPIAL Soccer (click for brackets)
BOYS 4A 3A 2A 1A
GIRLS 4A 3A 2A 1A
The WPIAL Soccer playoffs continue with action moving to the quarterfinals starting Wednesday night. Six Washington County teams have reached the quarterfinals: Peters Township girls & boys teams each had byes into the round of eight. Canon-McMillan & Bentworth girls & boys teams all won first round matches to advance.
Bentworth’s #1 seeded boys team moved to the semifinals thanks to second-half goals by Aiden McMurray, Adam Moessner & Ryan Moessner.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, Quarterfinals
Boys 1A #1 Bentworth > #9 Trinity Christian, 3-0
Thursday, Oct. 24, Quarterfinals
Girls 4A #6 Canon-McMillan > #3 Penn-Trafford, 3-1
Girls 4A #1 Peters Township > #8 Pine-Richland, 2-0
Saturday, Oct. 26, Quarterfinals
Boys 4A #7 Seneca Valley at #2 Peters Township, 11:00 am
Boys 4A #8 Canon-McMillan at #1 Plum, 11:00 am
Girls 1A #3 Bentworth vs. #6 Winchester Thurston, 1:00 pm at Peters Township
Monday, Oct. 28, Semifinals
Girls 4A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #2 Seneca Valley, site/time to be announced
Girls 4A #1 Peters Township vs. #4 North Allegheny, site/time to be announced
Tuesday, Oct. 29, Semifinals
Boys 1A #1 Bentworth vs. # 4 Beaver County Christian, site/time to be announced
WPIAL Girls Volleyball (click for brackets)
4A 3A 2A 1A
The WPIAL Girls Volleyball playoffs continue with first-round matches through Wednesday, then quarterfinals are scheduled for Thursday/Saturday.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, First Round
2A #8 Ellwood City > #9 Charleroi. 3-1
2A #3 Hopewell > #14 McGuffey, 3-1
2A #11 Avonworth > #6 Waynesburg, 3-0
3A #6 Freeport > #11 Ringgold, 3-0
Thursday, Oct. 24, Quarterfinals
1A #4 Saint Joseph > #12 California, 3-0
4A #2 Canon-McMillan > #7 Pine-Richland, 3-0
4A #3 North Catholic > #6 Peters Township, 3-0
