November 10, 2026 4:24 am
Detroit Tigers infielder Kevin McGonigle has won the American League Rookie of the Year award after a stellar all-around season that sets him up to be a franchise cornerstone. Cincinnati Reds slugger Sal Stewart took home the National League honor. The 22-year-old McGonigle had a .278 batting average and .806 OPS with 18 homers, 72 RBIs, 28 doubles and 12 stolen bases while splitting time between shortstop and third base. He’s the first Tigers player to win the award since pitcher Michael Fulmer in 2016 and the first Detroit infielder since Lou Whitaker in 1978. Stewart was a force in the middle of the Reds’ lineup with 32 homers and 112 RBIs while playing in all 162 games.
November 9, 2026 12:40 pm
(AP) – The College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams next year, ending a three-decade era of conference title games. College leaders announced the new format Monday after ESPN agreed to rework its contract to add 11 new games. The deal is for five years and an additional $1.7 billion. The new format will have five automatic qualifiers, including champions from the Power Four leagues. The other 19 teams will be chosen by a selection panel. The top eight seeds will receive first-round byes, and the playoff will start on the second weekend in December.
November 9, 2026 4:28 am
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Cutter Gauthier continued his scoring rampage with his third hat trick in eight days in the Anaheim Ducks’ 5-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Gauthier’s empty-net goal in the final seconds gave him three goals and an assist for the Ducks, who became the first team since the 1988-89 Los Angeles Kings to score at least five goals in eight consecutive games. Captain Mikael Granlund had a goal and three assists while Jackson LaCombe tied the franchise record with an assist in his 10th consecutive game. Kris Letang and Rickard Rakell scored 6-on-4 power-play goals in the third period for Pittsburgh.
November 9, 2026 4:29 am
Georgia is back at No. 1 in the Associated Press Top 25 after a dominant win over Mississippi. Utah moved to No. 2 after beating BYU, marking their highest-ever regular season ranking. Notre Dame climbed to No. 3 with a win over Miami, who dropped from the top spot to No. 5. UCLA is unbeaten and ranked No. 4, its highest ranking since 2001. Ohio State continued to fall, now at No. 21 after losing to Oregon. Alabama and Texas both moved up after road wins, completing a dynamic week in college football rankings.
November 9, 2026 2:01 am
WPIAL football moves to the second round Friday night and the League has posted sites for the 6A/4A semifinals and the 1A/2A/3A/5A quarterfinals. Those pairings include the 1A match-up featuring #1 Wash High and #8 Beth-Center at Charleroi. California and Fort Cherry have separate games in that bracket with 5A Trinity heading to Pine-Richland to face the #1 Rams. 6A #2 Canon-McMillan hosts #3 North Allegheny in a semifinal game at Memorial Stadium in Canonsburg, a rematch of the Big Macs’ early October win, their first ever against the Tigers in football.
WJPA Sports Network will broadcast/stream all five games involving Washington County teams Friday night. The Wash High/Beth-Center game will be on WJPA-FM (95.3) and the Trinity/Pine-Richland game will be on WJPA-AM (1450). We’ll have online audio (free to listen) for each game and we’re producing the NFHS Network video (subscription required) as well. Click for WPIAL brackets
WPIAL Second Round, Friday, Nov. 13 (airtime 6:30 pm, kickoff 7:00 pm)
1A Quarterfinals #1 Wash High vs. #8 Beth-Center at Charleroi, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
1A Quarterfinals #4 Fort Cherry vs. Laurel at Beaver Area, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
1A Quarterfinals #6 California vs. #3 Clairton at Southmoreland, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
5A Quarterfinals #8 Trinity at #1 Pine-Richland, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
6A Semifinals #2 Canon-McMillan hosting #3 North Allegheny, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
November 9, 2026 3:11 am
PIAA has released the first-round pairings for the boys & girls soccer and volleyball playoffs. First round action in each of the 16-team brackets starts Tuesday/Wednesday with championship matches scheduled for Friday/Saturday, Nov. 20-21. Soccer championships will be at FNB Stadium at Station Square for the first time. Girls volleyball finals will be played at St. Francis University.
PIAA Soccer Brackets
First Round, Tuesday, Nov. 10
1A Girls 7-3 Bentworth at 10-1 Seneca, 6 pm
1A Boys 7-1 Bentworth vs. 9-1 Brockway, 6 pm at Peters Township
PIAA Girls Volleyball Brackets
First Round, Tuesday, Nov. 10
5A 7-1 Peters Township hosting 3-3 Lower Dauphin, 6 pm
3A 7-3 Waynesburg at 5-1 Chestnut Ridge, 6 pm
First Round, Wednesday, Nov. 11
2A 7-3 Fort Cherry at 6-1 Purchase Line, 6 pm
November 8, 2026 1:27 am
WPIAL Soccer brackets
Adam Moessner scored from the top of the penalty box six minutes into the second overtime, lifting the Bentworth boys to a fourth-straight WPIAL soccer championship with a 2-1 win against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. The Bearcats’ last three championship game wins have been against the Chargers. OLSH opened the scoring 9 minutes into the match on a goal by freshman Caiden Price. Garrett Allen kicked home a cross seven minutes later to tie the match. Neither team scored again over the remaining 64 minutes of regulation, the full 15 minutes minutes of the first overtime and 5:55 of the second before Moessnet netted his 59th goal of the year, getting the roller past OLSH keeper Jack Dewhirst.
Bentworth boys and girls are the only Washington/Greene County teams to reach the PIAA tournament–the boys as the defending state champion and 4-time WPIAL titlists, the girls as the WPIAL’s third-place finisher. Both Bentworth teams will play first-round state matches on Tuesday.
WPIAL Championship at Station Square
Saturday, Nov. 7
1A Boys #1 Bentworth over #3 OLSH, 2-1 2OT
WPIAL Volleyball brackets
Peters Township won the first set, dropped the second, then notched back-t0-back double-digit set wins to win the WPIAL 5A volleyball title. The Indians won the 4A title a year ago before PIAA expanded girls volleyball to six classifications. North Catholic was trying for its fifth WPIAL title. Waynesburg beat Seton-La Salle to head into the 3A state title as the WPIAL’s third-place finisher. Both teams will open PIAA play on Tuesday. Fort Cherry took third place in the 2A bracket. The Rangers head to the state tournament on Wednesday.
WPIAL Championship at AHN Arena, Peters Township
Saturday, Nov. 7
5A #1 Peters Township over #2 North Catholic, 3-1 (25-22, 23-25, 25-13, 25-15)
Third-Place Matches
Saturday, Nov. 7
3A #2 Waynesburg over #3 Seton-La Salle, 3-1 (25-17, 14-25, 25-20, 25-23)
November 8, 2026 1:47 am
Andrew Sharp ran for 109 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half, as Washington & Jefferson extended its win streak to eight with a 63-0 home win against St. Francis. Sharp’s day was part of a 360-yard rushing effort by the Presidents who scored on each of their first six possessions. 13 different W&J players were credited with at least one rushing play. Sharp now has 24 total touchdowns (21 rushing), moving him to 5th place on the single-season touchdown list, passing Ryan Ruffing (2015) and Chris Babirad (1991). Babirad’s 34 touchdowns in 1992 is the best single-season ever. Sharp also moved into 5th place on the single-season points scoring list, now with 144 points. Meanwhile the Red & Black defense held the Red Wolves to just 47 yards total offense while snaring three interceptions and allowing just three first downs. Matt Boyce grabbed his first interception on a pass tipped by his brother, Alex. Rudy Morris and Will Domico each picked up their second interceptions of the season. Devin Wyandt kicked 8 extra points in the game, giving him 204 in his career, passing Mike Evan (1993-1996) for the most in school history. W&J, with at least a share of the PAC title and the League’s automatic playoff big in hand, wraps up the regular season next Saturday at Westminster, then will await word from the NCAA regarding their first playoff site, date and opponent.
November 8, 2026 7:01 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored two goals while moving into sole possession of sixth place on the NHL’s career scoring list, and the Pittsburgh Penguins snapped their four-game skid with a 5-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings. The 39-year-old Crosby broke his tie with Kings great Marcel Dionne by scoring his 1,772nd point when Evgeni Malkin’s one-timer deflected in off him. Tommy Novak got two goals in the first six minutes and Egor Chinakhov also scored for the Penguins, who opened a three-game California trip with just their third win in 11 games. Corey Perry and Alex Laferriere scored for the Kings.
November 8, 2026 6:23 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Penn State’s offense didn’t score in the second half, but it did something even more valuable when it mattered most. After a Washington touchdown turned what had been a 22-point halftime advantage into a three-point lead, the Nittany Lions held onto the ball for the final 7:40 of gametime, seeing out a 28-25 win with a 14-play, 70-yard drive. Rocco Becht went 16-for-27 for 240 yards and threw first-half touchdowns to Chase Sowell and Zay Robinson, both of whom were listed as questionable on the pregame injury report but ended up being good to play. But his biggest play of the night may well have been a 2-yard sneak on fourth-and-1 to the UW 1-yard on the first play after the two-minute timeout, which allowed the Nittany Lions (5-4, 2-4 Big Ten) to kneel the rest of the clock out.
