October 12, 2024 7:00 am
Wash High topped Charleroi for the sixth straight time as the Little Prexies stayed within one game of first place Seton-La Salle. Waynesburg dropped a game back of the Little Prexies and Keystone Oaks but is in good shape for a 2A playoff spot. Fort Cherry twice rallied from down a touchdown to beat Bishop Canevin for the third time in a year, clinching the 1A Black Hills Conference title. The win the 22nd straight in the regular season for the Rangers. Chartiers-Houston’s loss to Serra Catholic eliminates the Bucs from the playoff chase. Carmichaels got by Avella, pulling even with the Eagles and Bentworth, just one game back of West Greene in the battle for the final Tri-County South automatic bid.
Canon-McMillan fell to North Allegheny, the Big Macs needing lots of help now to return to the 6A playoffs. Peters Township crushed South Fayette and will host Bethel Park in two weeks with second place going to the winner. Trinity rolled past Chartiers Valley, keeping control of its own playoff destiny. McGuffey lost to Avonworth, the Highlanders’ 8th straight defeat.
Week 7 scores:
6A Quad County
North Allegheny 38, Canon-McMillan 6
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township 38, South Fayette 3
4A Big Six
Trinity 49, Chartiers Valley 14
Thomas Jefferson at Ringgold, postponed
3A Western Hills
Avonworth 41, McGuffey 13
2A Century
Wash High 41, Charleroi 6
Keystone Oaks 27, Waynesburg 7
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 49, Bishop Canevin 34
Monessen 34, Burgettstown 17
Serra Catholic 33, Chartiers-Houston 7
1A Tri-County South
Carmichaels 19, Avella 6
Jeff-Morgan 44, Bentworth 12
California 48, West Greene 14
Monday, 7 pm Beth-Center at Mapletown
October 13, 2024 7:07 am
Russell Wilson is healthy, but Justin Fields will remain the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback – for now. Head coach Mike Tomlin announced Fields will continue to be the starting quarterback following Friday’s practice. This week, with Wilson fully healthy, he will dress as the team’s backup, instead of being the emergency third quarterback, as he has been the first five weeks of the season. But Tomlin gave himself and Wilson and out, citing rust after the veteran quarterback missed five weeks of practice with his second calf injury of the 2024 season.
October 12, 2024 3:40 am
(AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Diego Padres 2-0 and advance to the National League Championship Series. Yamamoto allowed two hits in five innings for the Dodgers before being pulled after 63 pitches in a decisive Game 5 between the heated rivals. The Dodgers will play the New York Mets in the best-of-seven NLCS starting Sunday in Los Angeles. Darvish gave up two runs and three hits in 6 2/3 innings for the Padres. Shohei Ohtani struck out three times for the Dodgers.
October 12, 2024 3:49 am
(AP) Major League Baseball spring training facilities on Florida’s west coast appear to have been mostly spared major damage during Hurricane Milton. Unlike two years ago when Hurricane Ian caused extensive damage that shut down the Tampa Bay Rays’ spring home in Port Charlotte, no teams have reported Milton causing serious issues that might impact operations this winter. The Rays continue to assess the situation at their training complex and stadium, as well as at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, where Milton shredded the roof of the domed stadium that’s been their regular-season home since the franchise’s inception in 1998. Several other teams are assessing situations at their spring training complexes.
October 11, 2024 4:38 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Brock Purdy threw for 255 yards and three touchdowns, and the San Francisco 49ers never trailed in a 36-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. Deebo Samuel had a 76-yard catch-and-run touchdown and finished with three catches for 102 yards for the defending NFC champions. San Francisco improved to 3-3 and moved into a tie with Seattle for first place in the NFC West after an uneven start to the season. George Kittle added five receptions for 58 yards and two scores for the 49ers, who beat the Seahawks for a sixth straight time. Seattle’s Geno Smith threw for 312 yards but was intercepted twice.
October 11, 2024 4:36 am
DETROIT (AP) — Anthony Beauvillier scored twice, Joel Blomqvist made 29 saves in his NHL debut and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on Thursday night. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, each with two assists, figured in four of the six goals as the Penguins rebounded from season-opening 6-0 home loss to the New York Rangers on Wednesday night. Marcus Pettersson, Erik Karlsson, Kevin Hayes and Drew O’Connor also scored for Pittsburgh. Alex DeBrincat scored twice for the Red Wings in their opener. Vladimir Tarasenko added a goal.
October 11, 2024 4:41 am
DETROIT (AP) — Pinch-hitter David Fry had a go-ahead, two-run homer in the seventh inning, then bunted home an insurance run in the ninth to help the Cleveland Guardians force a decisive Game 5 against the Detroit Tigers in their AL Division Series with a 5-4 victory. Cleveland ended a streak of 11 losses in postseason elimination games dating to Game 6 of 1997 World Series. Game 5 is Saturday in Cleveland, with ace Tarik Skubal set to start for the Tigers. The winner advances to the ALCS against the New York Yankees starting Monday. Gerrit Cole held the Kansas City Royals to a single run over seven innings Thursday night, sending the New York Yankees to a 3-1 victory that put them back to the American League Championship Series. The six-time All-Star scattered six hits and struck out four before giving way to the New York bullpen. Clay Holmes breezed through a perfect eighth inning and Luke Weaver handled the ninth, extending the scoreless streak by Yankees relievers to 15 2/3 innings this postseason. Juan Soto, Gleyber Torres and Game 3 hero Giancarlo Stanton drove in runs for the Yankees. Michael Wacha failed to make it through five innings for Kansas City, which managed only five runs over the final three games of the series.
October 10, 2024 4:38 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers opened the season with a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Chris Kreider scored twice for the reigning Metropolitan Division champions. Sam Carrick, Alexis Lafreniere, Filip Chytil and Vincent Trocheck also scored for New York, which dominated Pittsburgh while beating the Penguins for the fifth time in their last six meetings. Penguins captain Sidney Crosby was held scoreless in his 20th season opener.
October 10, 2024 4:35 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in a storybook season, and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Edwin Díaz struck out Kyle Schwarber with two runners aboard to end it as New York finished off the rival Phillies in Game 4 of their best-of-five Division Series, winning 3-1 to wrap up a postseason series at home for the first time in 24 years. After three days of rest, New York will open the best-of-seven NLCS on Sunday at the San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers. In San Diego, Mookie Betts homered for the second straight night, Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres 8-0 to force a deciding Game 5 in their tense NL Division Series. Will Smith and Gavin Lux each hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who snapped a two-game losing streak and now return home for the next matchup between the NL West rivals on Friday night. The Padres won 10-2 at Dodger Stadium in Game 3 on Sunday night, when tempers flared on the field and in the stands.
October 10, 2024 4:32 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Giancarlo Stanton hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning, and the New York Yankees beat the Kansas City Royals 3-2 in Game 3 of their AL Division Series at Kauffman Stadium. The Yankees will send six-time All-Star Gerrit Cole to the mound Thursday night with a chance to advance to the American League Championship Series. Stanton had three hits, drove in two runs and stole a base for the first time in four years for the Yankees, who won despite another tough night for MVP front-runner Aaron Judge. Kyle Isbel and Michael Massey drove in the runs for Kansas City, which was hosting a playoff game for the first time since Game 2 of the 2015 World Series. Meanwhile in Detroit, Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson each drove in a run, and six pitchers combined to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 win over Cleveland Guardians and a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series. The Tigers, baseball’s hottest team the past two months, will have their first chance to advance to the American League Championship Series since 2013 on Thursday night in Game 4 at Comerica Park. Cleveland has gone 20 straight innings without scoring since opening the series with a five-run first and a two-run sixth in its 7-0 win.
