October 21, 2023 4:04 am
A couple of late comebacks made Friday the most dramatic night of baseball’s postseason so far. Jose Altuve hit a three-run homer in the ninth inning and the Houston Astros, following another bench-clearing scuffle with the rival Texas Rangers, rallied for a 5-4 victory in Game 5 of the AL Championship Series. Hours later in Phoenix, pinch-hitter Alek Thomas tied the score with a two-run homer in the eighth and Gabriel Moreno followed with a go-ahead single as the Arizona Diamondbacks stunned the Philadelphia Phillies 6-5 to even the NLCS at two games apiece. That marked the first time in major league history two teams rallied to win postseason games on the same day after trailing by two runs or more in the eighth inning or later.
October 20, 2023 12:01 am
When next-door-neighbors meet, it ALWAYS means something, even when it’s a non-conference game. #1 Peters Township, with a 5A playoff berth already in hand, and 6A Canon-McMillan, a squad in good shape but not quite in yet, meet tonight at Peters Township and on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online. The game pits the two largest enrollment districts in Washington County. McGuffey visits 3A playoff qualifier South Park while 4A Trinity hosts Linsly, both in non-conference action. The Hillers clinched a playoff spot last week.
Our other radio feature game has Keystone Oaks, on the edge of a 2A playoff spot, visiting #1 Wash High on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. The Little Prexies have already clinched and they play next week for at least a share of the Century Conference title. Waynesburg has a shot to clinch a 2A playoff spot tonight as well.
Elimination is the order of the night in the 1A Tri-County South as the bottom four teams,. all still alive heading into action, square off against each other. The losers of those games are officially eliminated. The top four teams also play each other, with California, West Greene and Jeff-Morgan already holding playoff spots. Beth-Center takes the final berth with a win or a Monessen loss.
1A Black Hills Conference includes Avella visiting Burgettstown with both teams trying to stay in the hunt. Avella is out with a loss and Burgettstown is in trouble. Ft. Cherry tries to clinch at least a share of the conference championship. Here’s this week’s schedule for Washington & Greene County teams (7 pm unless listed)
Non-Conference
Canon-McMillan at Peters Township, 6:30 pm WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
Linsly at Trinity
McGuffey at South Park
4A Big Seven
Laurel Highlands at Ringgold
2A Century
Keystone Oaks at Wash High, 6:30 pm WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
Charleroi at Brentwood
Sto-Rox at Waynesburg
1A Black Hills
Ft. Cherry at Carlynton
Avella at Burgettstown
Cornell at Chartiers-Houston
1A Tri-County South
Beth-Center at California
Bentworth at Carmichaels
Jeff-Morgan at West Greene
Mapletown at Monessen
October 20, 2023 12:30 pm
Soccer playoff brackets were released Thursday by the WPIAL. Friday, girls volleyball playoff pairings followed with a dozen teams from the two-county area listed. 4A #3 Canon-McMillan is the highest seed among the local teams. 4A Peters Township and 3A Trinity both are listed on the #7 lines of their brackets. Action begins with preliminaries Monday and the finals are set for Saturday, Nov. 4 at Peters Township’s AHN Arena. Click for WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Preliminary Round, Monday
2A #16 Charleroi vs. #17 Hopewell, 6 pm at Ringgold
2A #19 Ft. Cherry vs. #14 Waynesburg, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
3A #14 Ringgold hosting #19 West Mifflin, 7:30 pm
First Round, Tuesday
4A #7 Peters Township vs. #10 Shaler, 6 pm at Upper St. Clair
1A #9 Burgettstown vs. #8 West Greene, 6 pm at Serra Catholic
1A #10 Chartiers-Houston vs. #7 Beaver County Christian, 6 pm at Frazier
1A #11 California vs. #6 Carlynton, 6 pm at Bishop Canevin
1A #13 Mapletown at #4 Greensburg Central Catholic, 7:30 pm
First Round, Wednesday
3A #7 Trinity vs. #10 Latrobe, 6 pm at North Catholic
3A #14 Ringgold/#19 West Mifflin at Oakland Catholic, 7:30 pm
2A #16 Charleroi/#17 Hopewell at #1 Freeport, 7:30 pm
2A #19 Ft. Cherry/#19 Waynesburg at #3 Quaker Valley, 7:30 pm
Quarterfinals, Thursday (times to be determined)
4A #3 Canon-McMillan hosting #6 Penn-Trafford/#11 Bethel Park
The WPIAL Soccer Committee has released the brackets for the upcoming district playoffs. Eight Washington/Greene teams are included in the boys brackets, led by Charleroi, the top team in the 1A Boys bracket. Five girls teams also qualified. Charleroi and Peters Township girls received #3 seeds in their brackets, highest among County girls teams, Action begins Saturday with first-round games for the boys, local girls team begin play Tuesday. The eight brackets set the path to WPIAL Championship games Nov. 2-4 at Highmark Stadium at Station Square. Following first-round/quarterfinal matchups with bracket links. Click for WPIAL Soccer brackets
First Round
3A Boys #14 Ringgold at #3 Moon Area, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm
3A Boys #15 Trinity at #2 Hampton, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth, Monday, Oct. 23, 7 pm
1A Boys #1 Charleroi hosts #16 Beaver County Christian, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
1A Boys #7 Bentworth vs. #10 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at South Fayette
1A Boys #13 Beth-Center vs. #4 Seton-La Salle, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at Thomas Jefferson
1A Girls #3 Charleroi hosts #14 Riverside, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #8 Chartiers-Houston hosts #9 Eden Christian Academy, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Waynesburg vs. #7 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 6 pm
Quarterfinals (times to be determined)
4A Girls #3 Peters Township hosts #6 Fox Chapel, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Girls #5 Canon-McMillan at #4 Seneca Valley, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Boys #7 Canon-McMillan at #2 North Allegheny, Saturday, Oct. 28
4A Boys #6 Peters Township at #3 Butler, Saturday, Oct. 28
October 20, 2023 4:40 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Travis Etienne ran for two touchdowns, Foyesade Oluokun returned an interception for a score, and Christian Kirk’s 44-yard touchdown after a short catch over the middle lifted the Jacksonville Jaguars to a 31-24 victory over the New Orleans Saints. Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence returned from a sprained knee that forced him out of the final minutes of a victory over Indianapolis on Sunday. He led Jacksonville with 59 yards rushing and completed 20 of 29 passes for 204 yards and one TD to help the Jags win their fourth straight. The Saints were in position for a tying TD when they drove inside the Jacksonville 10 in the final minute only to stall out on four straight incomplete passes.
October 20, 2023 4:37 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte capped a three-hit afternoon with a walk-off single in the ninth, rookie Brandon Pfaadt pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings and the Arizona Diamondbacks rallied to beat the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 to close to 2-1 in the NL Championship Series. On the verge of falling behind 3-0 in the best-of-seven series, Arizona tied the score on Lourdes Gurriel Jr.’s RBI double. Gurriel opened the ninth with a leadoff walk off Craig Kimbrel, stole second and took third on Pavin Smith’s infield single. Marte drove in the tiebreaking run with one out.
October 20, 2023 4:34 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — José Abreu hit a three-run homer right after Yordan Alvarez’s tiebreaking sacrifice fly, and the Houston Astros pulled even in the AL Championship Series with a 10-3 victory over the Texas Rangers in Game 4. The Astros led 3-0 only four batters into the game. They responded immediately after Texas got even on Corey Seager’s opposite-field homer in the third inning. Adolis García also homered for the wild-card Rangers, who have dropped two games in a row at home after starting this postseason with seven consecutive wins — six on the road. Game 5 is Friday afternoon at Texas before the best-of-seven series shifts back to Houston for Game 6 on Sunday. Jose Altuve had three hits and scored three times in his 100th career playoff game.
October 19, 2023 2:02 am
The WPIAL Soccer Committee has released the brackets for the upcoming district playoffs. Eight Washington/Greene teams are included in the boys brackets, led by Charleroi, the top team in the 1A Boys bracket. Five girls teams also qualified. Charleroi and Peters Township girls received #3 seeds in their brackets, highest among County girls teams, Action begins Saturday with first-round games for the boys, local girls team begin play Tuesday. The eight brackets set the path to WPIAL Championship games Nov. 2-4 at Highmark Stadium at Station Square. Following first-round/quarterfinal matchups with bracket links. Click for WPIAL Soccer brackets
First Round
3A Boys #14 Ringgold at #3 Moon Area, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm
3A Boys #15 Trinity at #2 Hampton, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth, Monday, Oct. 23, 7 pm
1A Boys #1 Charleroi hosts #16 Beaver County Christian, Saturday, Oct. 21, 1 pm
1A Boys #7 Bentworth vs. #10 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at South Fayette
1A Boys #13 Beth-Center vs. #4 Seton-La Salle, Saturday, Oct. 21, 3 pm at Thomas Jefferson
1A Girls #3 Charleroi hosts #14 Riverside, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #8 Chartiers-Houston hosts #9 Eden Christian Academy, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 pm
1A Girls #10 Waynesburg vs. #7 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 6 pm
Quarterfinals (times to be determined)
4A Girls #3 Peters Township hosts #6 Fox Chapel, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Girls #5 Canon-McMillan at #4 Seneca Valley, Thursday, Oct. 26
4A Boys #7 Canon-McMillan at #2 North Allegheny, Saturday, Oct. 28
4A Boys #6 Peters Township at #3 Butler, Saturday, Oct. 28
October 19, 2023 4:34 am
DETROIT (AP) — Andrew Copp and Alex DeBrincat each scored twice, Ville Husso made 30 saves and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 on Wednesday night. Ben Chiarot and David Perron also scored for Detroit. Evgeni Malkin, Erik Karlsson and Bryan Rust scored for Pittsburgh. Malkin scored his 474th goal, breaking a third-place tie with Alexander Mogilny for the most NHL goals by Russian-born players. The 37-year-old center trails Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin (822) and former Red Wings great Sergei Fedorov (483) on the list.
October 19, 2023 4:35 am
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Jose Altuve homered, Cristian Javier worked into the sixth inning of another solid postseason start and the Houston Astros beat the Texas Rangers 8-5, closing to 2-1 in the AL Championship Series. Texas lost for the first time this postseason after a 7-0 start as three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer was gone after four innings in his first outing in more than a month after recovering from a strained shoulder muscle. Javier set a franchise record for the defending champion Astros by extending his postseason scoreless streak to 20 1/3 innings.
October 19, 2023 4:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell received his long-expected contract extension on Wednesday. “The Compensation Committee updated the full ownership today that an agreement has been reached to extend Commissioner Roger Goodell’s contract for three years, through March 2027,” the league announced in a statement. A person familiar with the details told The Associated Press that Goodell’s deal includes clauses for extension or succession. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because details weren’t released. Goodell’s current contract was set to expire in spring 2024.
