October 17, 2025 4:34 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Max Scherzer turned back the clock with a vintage pitching performance and Andrés Giménez homered and drove in four runs as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Seattle Mariners 8-2 to even the American League Championship Series at two games apiece. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his fifth homer this postseason and the 41-year-old Scherzer allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings for the Blue Jays, who have outscored the Mariners 21-6 in Seattle after losing the first two games at home. Game 5 in the best-of-seven series is Friday, with Kevin Gausman scheduled to start for Toronto against Game 1 winner Bryce Miller.
October 17, 2025 4:35 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman hit a tiebreaking single off hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski in a two-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 to take a 3-0 lead in their NL Championship Series. Los Angeles moved within one win of becoming the first defending champion to reach the World Series since the 2009 Philadelphia Phillies. No team has won consecutive titles since the 1998-2000 New York Yankees took three in a row. Only one Major League Baseball team has overcame a 3-0 postseason deficit, the 2004 Boston Red Sox against the Yankees.
October 16, 2025 1:20 am
The WPIAL Soccer playoff brackets have been released. Those match-ups include nine boys teams from Washington County, along with five local girls squads plus Waynesburg. Peters Township, Canon-McMillan, Ringgold, Bentworth and Chartiers-Houston have teams in both boys and girls. Trinity, McGuffey, Charleroi and Beth-Center boys, along with the Waynesburg girls also made the field. Peters Township is #1 seed on both 4A brackets. Canon-McMillan boys are #8 in the 4A bracket. The defending champion Bentworth boys are #1 in their bracket while the Bearcats’ girls team is #2. WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Thursday, Oct. 16, Preliminary Round
3A Boys #16 Belle Vernon > #17 Ringgold, 2-1
Saturday, Oct. 18, First Round
10:00 am 1A Boys #13 Chartiers-Houston vs. #4 Beaver Co. Christian — at Peters Township
12:00 noon 1A Boys #8 Beth-Center vs. #9 Eden Christian — at West Allegheny
12:30 pm 3A Boys #11 Trinity at #6 Chartiers Valley
2:00 pm 1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #16 Brentwood — at Peters Township
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
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 16, 2025 2:41 am
PIAA announced Wednesday afternoon that Dr. Bob Lombardi will retire at the end of the year. Mark Byers will succeed him as Executive Director. Lombardi joined the PIAA executive staff in 1988 and has been the Executive Director since 2012, following the retirement of Brad Cashman. The East Stroudsburg University graduate turns 70 in mid-November and said he is looking forward to time with family. In its release, the Association highlighted a number of accomplishments during Lombardi’s tenure including becoming the nation’s 4th largest state by way of student athlete participation, expansion in the number of classifications in ten sports, the addition of additional opportunities for girls through Competitive Spirit, Flag Football and Wrestling, the implementation of the Competition Formula and transfer rules, and the integration of Unified Special Olympics championships in Bocce and Track & Field. (Photo PIAA web)
October 16, 2025 4:27 am
Joe Flacco and Aaron Rodgers are set to face off in a rare matchup of 40-year-old quarterbacks. Thursday night’s game between the Steelers and Bengals marks only the third time this has happened in the regular season. Flacco, recently traded to Cincinnati, will play against Rodgers, who has led the Steelers to a 4-1 start. Rodgers has excelled with quick passes, while Flacco has quickly connected with Bengals receivers Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins. The Bengals hope to end a four-game losing streak, and the Steelers aim to overcome their Thursday night road woes.
October 16, 2025 4:24 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and George Springer woke up Toronto’s offense as the Blue Jays hit five home runs to rebound from an early deficit, routing the Seattle Mariners 13-4 and closing to 2-1 in the AL Championship Series. Julio Rodríguez’s two-run, first-inning homer off Shane Bieber put Seattle ahead and stirred thoughts of a possible sweep, but Andrés Giménez sparked the comeback with a tying, two-run homer in a five-run third against George Kirby. Springer, Guerrero, Alejandro Kirk and Addison Barger went deep as the Blue Jays totaled 2,004 feet of homers among 18 hits.
October 15, 2025 4:28 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Chris Kreider scored his second power-play goal in his Ducks home debut with 1:27 to play, and Anaheim beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night for its 10th consecutive victory in home openers. Cutter Gauthier and Drew Helleson also scored and Lukas Dostal made 23 saves for the Ducks, who matched Boston and Toronto for the NHL’s longest active victory streak in home openers. Kreider, who also had an assist, is off to an outstanding start with four goals in three games for the Ducks after the Rangers traded their longtime left winger last June to create cap space. Justin Brazeau, Rickard Rakell and Anthony Mantha scored and Tristan Jarry stopped 17 shots as Pittsburgh opened a three-game California trip.
October 15, 2025 4:29 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched a three-hitter for the first postseason complete game in eight years as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 5-1 to extend their lead in the National League Championship Series. Teoscar Hernández and Max Muncy each hit a solo homer to help the Dodgers leave Milwaukee with a 2-0 advantage in the best-of-seven series, which shifts to Los Angeles for Game 3 on Thursday. Muncy’s homer was the 14th of his postseason career, breaking the Dodgers record he had shared with Corey Seager and Justin Turner. Yamamoto allowed a home run to Jackson Chourio on the first of his 111 pitches but shut down the Brewers the rest of the way for his first complete game in two major league seasons.
October 15, 2025 4:37 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston. He suggested Tuesday that parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest. The city is set to stage seven matches as the U.S. cohosts the 2026 World Cup with Mexico and Canada. It wasn’t immediately clear what unrest Trump was referring to, but earlier this month there were multiple arrests in connection with a pro-Palestinian protest that turned violent on Boston Common. World Cup host sites aren’t up to Trump but are contracted with FIFA, which would face significant logistical and legal issues if it made changes now.
October 14, 2025 4:29 am
Bears Extend Win Streak With Win Over Commanders
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — It wasn’t quite the same drama as the Hail Mary that decided these teams’ game a year ago, but Caleb Williams and the Bears did get the better of Jayden Daniels and the Commanders on a final-play score this time. Chicago defeated Washington 25-24 on Jake Moody’s 38-yard field goal Monday night. The Bears extended their winning streak to three games under first-year coach Ben Johnson. Washington continued its pattern of alternating wins and losses in 2025 and flopped with a chance to pull even with the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles atop the NFC East.
Falcons Ride Robinson To Win Over Bills
ATLANTA (AP) — Bijan Robinson matched a career high with 170 rushing yards and the Atlanta Falcons denied Josh Allen’s comeback attempt to beat the Buffalo Bills 24-14. Robinson’s huge day included an 81-yard touchdown run that was the longest rush in the NFL this season. He also had six catches for 68 yards to finish with a career-best 238 yards from scrimmage. Allen threw two touchdown passes but was also intercepted twice as the Bills lost their second straight. Drake London, who had 10 catches for 158 yards and a touchdown for the Falcons.
