October 31, 2026 3:30 am
(AP) — Reigning NHL MVP Nikita Kucherov informed the Tampa Bay Lightning he is not re-signing with the team and has asked for a trade, a person with knowledge of the situation tells The Associated Press. Kucherov is set to be an unrestricted free agent after this season, the last of an eight-year, $76 million contract signed in 2018 before he helped Tampa Bay win the Stanley Cup twice and led the NHL in scoring three times. General manager Julien BriseBois said the team has no intention of trading Kucherov.
October 30, 2026 12:01 am
Yoda told Luke Skywalker, “Do or do not. There is no try.” The Stars Wars Jedi Master could have been talking about tonight’s high school football schedule around the area. Conference championships will be going to some winners, WPIAL automatic playoff bids others. Some victors will lock up home playoff games. And, for many teams on the wrong side of the ledger, tonight will bring the end of the road with no playoffs. Then, there are the teams who will find it hard to sleep tonight. No, not because Santa Claus is coming, but rather because they’ll have to wait to for the football committee to announce its wild card selections sometime Saturday afternoon.
Fort Cherry / Wash High play for the Black Hills title while Beth-Center hosts California with the Tri-County South crown going to that winner. The list of win-and-you’re-in games include Chartiers-Houston at McGuffey. And, while Canon-McMillan already has a playoff berth in-hand, the Big Macs need to win to keep alive hopes of hosting their 6A semifinal game in two weeks. All four of these games will be available on the WJPA Sports Network. Pregame coverage starts at 6:30 pm with kickoff at 7. Watch/Listen Here!
Avella at Frazier and Peters Township at Thomas Jefferson are both win-and-you’re-in games. Ringgold has a shot at the section championship but isn’t guaranteed a playoff spot even with a win. Burgettstown clinches a berth with a win. Trinity is in the 5A wild card bubble but has to win to stay there. Bentworth gets in the 1A bubble with a win and is almost certainly out with a loss. And Waynesburg has a non-conference game, a chance to get rested and healthy before starting the 3A playoffs next weekend. The Raiders will be the only Greene County team to make the post-season.
Week 10 Schedule (7:00 pm unless noted):
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry at Wash High, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
Bentworth at Burgettstown
1A Tri-County South
California at Avella, 6:30 pm,WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
Avella at Frazier
Mapletown at Carmichaels
West Greene at Jeff-Morgan
2A Century
Chartiers-Houston at McGuffey, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
2A Allegheny
Brownsville at Charleroi
4A Big Six
South Fayette at Ringgold
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township at Thomas Jefferson
Trinity at Bethel Park
6A Quad County
Canon-McMillan at Mt. Lebanon, 6:30 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
Non-Conference
Waynesburg at Valley
October 30, 2026 4:24 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Logan Cooley completed a hat trick against his hometown team with a second left, Mikhail Sergachev scored at 3:27 of overtime and the Utah Mammoth stunned the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Thursday night. After Ben Kindel put Pittsburgh ahead 3-2 with 25 seconds left, Cooley — playing his third NHL game in Pittsburgh — batted the puck in from the left side of the net for sixth goal in four games and seventh of the season. Cooley became the third Pittsburgh native with a hat trick against the Penguins, joining Brandon Saad and R.J. Umberger. At age 5, Cooley took part in Sidney Crosby’s first Little Penguins Learn to Play Hockey program. Cooley scored for the first time in seven games against Pittsburgh.
October 30, 2026 4:26 am
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love threw three touchdown passes, Josh Jacobs scored twice and the Green Bay Packers withstood three turnovers to defeat the Carolina Panthers 27-19 on Thursday night. Love went 30 of 41 for 288 yards with touchdown passes to Tucker Kraft, Matthew Golden and Jacobs plus an interception. Jacobs scored on a 4-yard catch and 1-yard run. Jacobs rushed for only 39 yards on 21 carries against the NFL’s lowest-ranked run defense. Green Bay’s Christian Watson returned to the game after getting taken to the hospital with a chest injury.
October 30, 2026 4:25 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers are both 5-2 heading into a showdown for the lead in the AFC North. Cleveland beat Pittsburgh at home on Oct. 1, and now will try to win at Acrisure Stadium for only the third time since it opened in 2001. The Browns haven’t been flashy, but they have been clutch. All five of Cleveland’s victories have come on late scoring drives led by quarterback Deshaun Watson. The Steelers have responded to their road loss to the Browns by ripping off three straight victories. A win would send Pittsburgh into its bye week with momentum, while the Browns could improve to 6-2 for the first time since 1994.
October 29, 2026 4:20 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 scoreless innings of two-hit ball, rookie Cooper Pratt got two more hits and two RBIs, and Milwaukee beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-1 in Game 5 to set off a long-awaited celebration among thousands of Brewers fans in attendance at Tropicana Field. Misiorowski left the game because of a right calf cramp, but a stellar Milwaukee bullpen had little trouble closing it out.
October 29, 2026 12:01 am
Thursday, Bentworth’s girls team rallied from a 2-0 deficit to beat Shady Side Academy, move the #5 Bearcats into the 1A semifinals on Tuesday. 4A Boys #3 Peters Township fell to Fox Chapel in overtime, ending the Indians’ season.
Wednesday, the defending PIAA and 3-time WPIAL champion Bentworth boys soccer team trailed 2-0 early in the second half before rallying to tie the match, sending it to overtime. Adam Moessner scored the game-winner, his second of the game, moving the Bearcats to the 1A semifinals Monday. Trinity’s Evan Slagle found the back of the net in the 46th minute, the only goal of the match, as the #4 Trinity boys advanced to Monday’s 3A semifinals. 4A #2 Peters Township ended Canon-McMillan’s girls season with goal keeper Kaylin Hoffman’s clean sheet victory.
The championship matches are scheduled for Nov. 5-7 at the home of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds. Click for WPIAL brackets
Quarterfinals
Thursday, Oct. 29
4A Boys #6 Fox Chapel over #3 Peters Township, 2-1 OT
1A Girls #5 Bentworth over #4 Shady Side Academy, 3-2
Wednesday, Oct. 28
3A Boys #4 Trinity over #12 Chartiers Valley, 1-0
1A Boys #1 Bentworth over #9 Freedom, 3-2 OT
4A Girls #2 Peters Township over #7 Canon-McMillan, 3-0
Semifinals
Monday, Nov. 2 (sites/times to be announced)
1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #5 Springdale
3A Boys #4 Trinity vs. #1 Plum
4A Girls #2 Peters Township vs. #3 North Allegheny
Tuesday, Nov. 3 (sites/times to be announced)
1A Girls #5 Bentworth vs. #1 Sewickley Academy
October 29, 2026 12:01 am
Thursday night, Waynesburg not only won to advance to the WPIAL 3A volleyball semifinals but clinched a PIAA tournament berth with the victory over South Allegheny.
Fort Cherry advanced to Tuesday’s 2A volleyball semifinals with a straight-sets win over Riverview. With the win, the Rangers also clinched a spot in the PIAA tournament. Peters Township, the top seed in the 5A bracket, easily handled North Hills to reach the quarterfinals. Trinity and Beth-Center lost 3-1 matches on the road and were eliminated. The WPIAL championships are set for Peters Township’s AHN Arena. 1A & 6A finals will be on Thursday, Nov. 5. The other four championship matches will be played on Saturday, Nov. 7. Click for WPIAL brackets.
First Round
Wednesday, Oct. 28
5A #1 Peters Township over #16 North Hills, 3-0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-21)
5A #6 Chartiers Valley over #11 Trinity, 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-13, 25-20)
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Oct. 28
2A #2 Fort Cherry over #10 Riverview, 3-0 (26-24, 25-11, 25-20)
2A #3 Frazier over #6 Beth-Center, 3-1 (24-26, 25-23, 25-13, 26-24)
Thursday, Oct. 29
3A #2 Waynesburg over #10 South Allegheny, 3-1 (25-17,. 21-25, 25-14, 25-12)
Monday, Nov. 2
5A #1 Peters Township vs. #8 Armstrong, site/time to be announced
Semifinals
Tuesday, Nov. 3
2A #2 Fort Cherry vs. #3 Frazier, site/time to be announced
Wednesday, Nov. 4
3A #2 Waynesburg vs. #3 Avonworth, site/time to be announced
October 29, 2026 4:18 am
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Todd Monken is familiar with AFC North rivalries from his time with both the Browns and Ravens. However, he won’t focus on history as his team prepares to face the Steelers on Sunday. Monken believes the game is crucial because it’s a divisional matchup, not because of past rivalries. The Steelers have a strong home record against the Browns, with a 22-game winning streak. Cleveland hasn’t won in Pittsburgh since 2003. A win on Sunday would give the Browns their first season sweep of the Steelers since 1988 and sole possession of the division.
October 28, 2026 4:20 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Jonny DeLuca and pinch-hitter Ben Williamson singled home runs in a stunning 12th-inning rally, and the Tampa Bay Rays staved off World Series elimination with a 4-3 win over the Milwaukee Brewers that forced Game 5. Cooper Pratt hit a tiebreaking home run off Ian Seymour in the top of the 12th for his fourth hit of the night as Milwaukee neared a sweep and its first World Series title. But the Rays rallied in the bottom half after a throwing error by third baseman Joey Ortiz on Junior Caminero’s leadoff grounder against reliever Antonio Senzatela. Liam Hicks singled off Shane Drohan, who relieved in his first appearance since Oct. 15, and DeLuca’s single to center drove in pinch-runner Cedric Mullins to tie the score at 3.
