March 15, 2024 12:01 pm
Fort Cherry boys basketball is heading somewhere they’ve not been in more than 60 years. Not since the 1961 state championship run, captained by Marty Schottenheimer, have the Rangers reached the PIAA quarterfinals. Saturday afternoon, at Peters Township and on the WJPA Sports Network, that drought ends. Fort Cherry will face Jeannette in the 2A Boys quarters with only the winner advancing. We’ll have the game on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online with video available via the NFHS Network (subscription required). Upper St. Clair plays Central York Saturday in the 6A boys third round. Friday night, Moon Area pulled away from Bethel Park late in the third to advance to the 5A boys semifinals. Moon & USC both won WPIAL titles two weeks ago. Click PIAA Brackets
PIAA Quarterfinals
Friday March 15
5A Boys Moon Area 67, Bethel Park 51
Saturday, March 16
2A Boys Fort Cherry vs. Jeannette, 12:45 pm at Peters Township, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen/Watch Here
6A Boys Upper St. Clair vs. Central York, 2 pm at Altoona
March 16, 2024 7:00 am
Cal U’s KJ McClurg scored 26 points, Jermaine Hall, Jr. added 22 more, as the Vulcans men’s team advanced to the second round of the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regional with a 96-80 win over West Virginia State. #2 Cal U held a six-point lead at the half, then out-pointed the seven seed by 10 after the break. Cal U will meet #3 Charleston (WV) Saturday night (7:30 pm) at the Convocation Center on the California campus in the regional semifinals. The regional final for the men’s tournament will be Tuesday.
The season ended for the Cal U women with a 74-60 loss to Lock Haven in the first round of the Atlantic Regional. Dejah Terrell’s 18 points weren’t enough to extend the Vulncans’ season. Cal U led by a point at the half but outscored 23-15 in the third, 23-16 in the fourth by Lock Haven.
March 17, 2024 7:27 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears traded quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers a 2025 sixth-round draft pick that could potentially become a fourth-rounder this year in return. The move is a strong signal the Bears will draft a QB — perhaps USC’s Caleb Williams — with the No. 1 overall pick in the draft. Fields figures to back up Russell Wilson, who signed a one-year deal with Pittsburgh on Friday.
March 17, 2024 7:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Artemi Panarin had two goals and three assists, and the New York Rangers zoomed past the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 7-4 win. Adam Fox and K’Andre Miller added a goal and an assist each for the Rangers. New York has won four of five to create a sliver of space in its race with Carolina for first in the Metropolitan Division. Bryan Rust scored his 20th of the season for Pittsburgh. It wasn’t enough for the reeling Penguins, who have lost eight of 10 to fall off the pace in the race for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
March 16, 2024 2:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The brief and tumultuous Kenny Pickett era in Pittsburgh is over. The Steelers are trading the quarterback to the Philadelphia Eagles, multiple sources told The Associated Press. The sources spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not official. Pittsburgh will receive a third-round pick in this year’s NFL draft and two seventh-round choices in the 2025 draft in exchange for Pickett and Pittsburgh’s fourth-round pick this year. The move comes just hours after the Steelers signed nine-time Pro Bowler Russell Wilson to a one-year deal.
March 16, 2024 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson is eager to help the Pittsburgh Steelers return to their winning ways. The nine-time Pro Bowl quarterback is joining Pittsburgh on a one-year deal after being cut by Denver. The Steelers made a heavy push to sign Wilson, believing he can help them close the gap on the powers that be in the AFC. Wilson says he is eager to join a team with a winning tradition after two bumpy seasons in Pittsburgh. Wilson is currently the only quarterback on the roster after the team agreed to trade two-year starter Kenny Pickett to Philadelphia shortly after Wilson’s arrival.
March 16, 2024 4:26 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Defensive lineman Aaron Donald has announced his retirement after a standout 10-year career with the Los Angeles Rams. The three-time AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year made his surprising announcement on social media. Donald spent his entire career with the Rams, who drafted him in the first round in 2014. He was selected for 10 Pro Bowls and eight All-Pro first teams, and he won the award as the league’s top defensive player in 2017, 2018 and 2020. He was the cornerstone of every Rams defense during his career, drawing habitual double-teams away from his teammates and still racking up 111 total sacks.
March 16, 2024 4:32 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — RJ Davis scored a game-high 25 points as No. 4 North Carolina advanced to the final of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament by beating Pittsburgh 72-65. The Tar Heels’ eighth consecutive victory coupled with fifth-ranked Tennessee’s blowout loss put them in position to be a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. They’ll next face 10th-seeded North Carolina State in the conference tournament final Saturday night. Carlton Carrington led Pitt with 24 points. The Panthers should also be March Madness-bound after beating Wake Forest in the quarterfinals.
March 16, 2024 4:33 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates are signing former New York Yankees pitcher Domingo German to a minor league contract. That’s according to a person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation. The team also has agreed to a $4 million, one-year deal with outfielder Michael A. Taylor. Another person with knowledge of the Taylor agreement confirmed the move to the AP on condition of anonymity because it is pending a physical. German pitched a perfect game last season for the Yankees before entering treatment for alcohol abuse in August. Taylor hit .220 with 21 home runs and 53 RBIs last season while playing in Minnesota.
March 15, 2024 1:51 pm
PITTSBURGH – (WPXI) The Steelers have signed free agent quarterback Russell Wilson to a one-year contract. Wilson, entering his 13th NFL season, spent the last two years with the Denver Broncos following a trade from the Seattle Seahawks. He was drafted in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft by the Seahawks and spent the first 10 years of his career with them. During a press conference Friday, Wilson said the reason he wanted to join the Steelers is that he “(wants) to be able to win championships.” When asked about what he expects for his role coming in, Wilson responded “I expect for us to win.” Wilson says as soon as he decided to come here, he immediately texted Kenny Pickett. “I got to talk to him a little bit and I just told him, ‘Hey, let’s go out there. Let’s be the best version of ourselves to try to make this team better,” Wilson said. The Steelers also officially signed linebacker Patrick Queen to a three-year contract and safety DeShone Elliott to a two-year contract on Friday.
