May 15, 2026 2:34 am
A no-hitter and a pair of walk-offs highlighted Thursday’s action in the WPIAL softball playoffs. Bentworth’s Sydney Gonglik struck out 19 Burgettstown batters and allowed just on base-runner in the Bearcts’ 5-0 win. Mackenzie lofted a sacrifice fly, scoring Aubree Randolph in the bottom of the seventh as Chartiers-Houston walked off Wash High, spoiling the Little Prexies return to the playoffs for the first time since 2008. Beth-Center took a 3-2 into the bottom of the seventh before South Side loaded the bases with nobody out and walked away with a first-round win. McGuffey extended its season, clinching a berth in the 3A quarterfinals. Jeff-Morgan scored 18 runs in the first inning, blowing past Hopewell. Charleroi lost to Burrell, ending the Cougars’ season. The baseball and softball playoffs move to the quarterfinals Monday/Tuesday next week. WPIAL Softball Brackets WPIAL Baseball Brackets .
Thursday, May 14–Softball First Round
3A #5 McGuffey > #12 Hopewell, 7-3 Watch/Listen Here
1A #5 Jeff-Morgan > #12 Leechburg, 18-2 (3)
3A #6 Burrell > #11 Charleroi , 6-3
2A #3 Bentworth > #14 Burgettstown, 5-0 Watch/Listen Here
1A #6 South Side Beaver > #11 Beth-Center, 4-3 Watch/Listen Here
2A #2 Chartiers-Houston > #15 Wash High, 2-1 Watch/Listen Here
May 15, 2026 2:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates catcher Endy Rodriguez celebrated his return to the majors in style, driving in a pair of runs as Pittsburgh cruised past Colorado 7-2. Rodriguez was once considered one of Pittsburgh’s top prospects before a pair of elbow injuries forced him to miss most of the last two seasons. Filling in for injured Joey Bart, Rodriguez doubled off starter Chase Dollander in the second and laced a two-run single in the third for Pittsburgh. Dollander struggled before exiting early in the second inning with tightness in his right arm. Troy Johnston hit a two-run double for Colorado.
May 15, 2026 4:28 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mitch Marner scored a tremendous goal 62 seconds after the opening faceoff, Pavel Dorofeyev scored two goals in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights cruised into the Western Conference finals with a 5-1 victory over Anaheim Ducks in Game 6 of the second round. Brett Howden scored his third short-handed goal of the playoffs and Shea Theodore got a power-play goal during a 3-0 first period for the Golden Knights. Mikael Granlund scored a power-play goal for the Ducks, whose return from a seven-year playoff drought is over. The Knights are 15-4-1 since John Tortorella replaced Cup-winning coach Bruce Cassidy on March 29.
May 15, 2026 4:22 am
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — The PGA Championship has its biggest logjam after one round in 57 years. One name stands out. Scottie Scheffler, the defending champion, took everything Aronimink gave him on a tough day in the Philadelphia suburbs. Scheffler made two long birdie putts and got one big break for a 67. The other seven players tied for the lead are Martin Kaymer, Stephan Jaeger, Aldrich Potgieter, Alex Smalley, Ryo Hisatsune and Min Woo Lee. Scheffler had at least a share of the lead for the first time after the opening round of a major. Rory McIlroy struggled to a 74.
May 13, 2026 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mickey Moniak doubled, tripled, and homered on his 28th birthday, Jake McCarthy had the first unassisted double play by a left fielder in the majors since 2013, and the Colorado Rockies beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-4. The Rockies ended a three-game losing streak and snapped a five-game skid against the Pirates dating to last Aug. 3. In the first inning, McCarthy caught a sinking line drive from Bryan Reynolds on a full sprint for the second out. He then stepped on second base to double off Oneil Cruz.
May 14, 2026 4:36 am
DENVER (AP) — Brett Kulak scored 3:52 into overtime after Nathan MacKinnon tied it late in regulation and the Colorado Avalanche advanced to the Western Conference final with a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Wild in Game 5 on Wednesday night. Kulak capped a wild comeback for the Avalanche, who trailed 3-0 midway through the second period. Colorado moves on to the conference final for an eighth time since relocating to Denver in 1995-96. The Avalanche will face the winner of Vegas and Anaheim. The Golden Knights lead that series 3-2. With Minnesota up 3-1, Jack Drury scored with 3:33 remaining to set the stage for MacKinnon’s goal with 1:23 left. In overtime, Martin Necas took the puck, glided behind the net and back out front, where he found an open Kulak.
May 14, 2026 4:32 am
TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired coach Craig Berube after he guided the team to a last-place finish in the Atlantic Division this season. The move ended Berube’s two-year run with the Maple Leafs. He helped the club to a 108-point campaign in his first season as coach, but Toronto struggled mightily in 2025-26. New general manager John Chayka called Wednesday’s move “an opportunity for a fresh start” rather than an evaluation of Berube. Berube went 84-62-18 with Toronto, but the Maple Leafs were just 32-36-14 this season. The drop in points from 108 to 78 was the team’s largest year-over-year points decline.
May 14, 2026 4:35 am
DETROIT (AP) — James Harden scored a playoff-best 30 points and Donovan Mitchell had 21, helping the Cleveland Cavaliers come back from a nine-point deficit late in regulation and beat the Detroit Pistons 117-113 in overtime to take a 3-2 lead in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Pistons led by 15 points in the first half and 103-94 with two-plus minutes left. The Cavs rallied and pulled into a 103-all tie on Evan Mobley’s free throws with 45.2 seconds left. Cleveland went on a 13-0 run and held Detroit scoreless for five minutes from late in fourth quarter to midway through overtime.
May 14, 2026 4:31 am
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Rory McIlroy has found the solution to the blister on his right pinky toe, just in time for the PGA Championship. He got a bigger shoe and made it through his nine-hole practice round at Aronimink just fine on Wednesday. The championship starts Thursday, and McIlroy plays with Jordan Spieth and Jon Rahm. McIlroy says the toe only hurts when he has to walk downhill. The Masters champion did end up missing the PGA champions dinner that Scottie Scheffler hosted. It’s like the Masters dinner, only not really. The menu isn’t as elaborate and Scheffler didn’t have to pay for it.
May 13, 2026 12:01 am
Canon-McMillan broke a scoreless tie with four runs in the fifth, then added three more in the sixth on the way to a berth in the 6A softball semifinals. Trinity allowed five runs in the first two innings and never recovered, losing to Plum in the 5A softball opening round. On the baseball diamonds, Charleroi held off a late Mt. Pleasant rally to advance while Waynesburg fell behind early in a shutout loss to Avonworth.
California eliminated defending WPIAL champion Freedom, earning a third matchup with #1 seed Fort Cherry. Avella, Burgettstown and Ringgold lost their first-round baseball games are have been eliminated. Both Greene County teams in action Monday advanced to the quarterfinals.
Baseball and softball action takes a day off Wednesday before 1A-2A-3A softball opening round action on Thursday.
Tuesday, May 12–Softball First Round WPIAL Softball Brackets
5A #10 Plum > #7 Trinity, 12-2, (6) Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday, May 12–Softball Quarterfinals WPIAL Softball Brackets
6A #4 Canon-McMillan > #5 Mt. Lebanon, 7-0 Watch/Listen Here
Tuesday, May 12–Baseball First Round WPIAL Baseball Brackets
3A #9 Charleroi > #8 Mt. Pleasant, 4-2 Watch/Listen Here
3A #1 Avonworth > #16 Waynesburg, 6-0
Monday, May 11–Baseball First Round WPIAL Baseball Brackets
2A #8 California > #9 Freedom, 3-1 Watch/Listen Here
1A ##11 Aquinas Academy > #6 Avella, 5-2 Watch/Listen Here
1A #8 Carmichaels > #9 Sewickley Academy, 7-4
1A #7 Jeff-Morgan > #10 Union, 6-2
2A #5 Laurel > #12 Burgettstown, 7-0 Watch/Listen Here
4A #6 Hopewell > #11 Ringgold, 5-3 Watch/Listen Here
