September 27, 2026 7:07 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Heintschel passed for 403 yards and six touchdowns as Pittsburgh rolled past Bucknell 59-0. The Panthers reached the end zone on their first five drives, with Heintschel spreading the ball around. The sophomore completed 29 of 37 passes to nine different receivers in just over two quarters. Censere Lee caught three touchdowns for Pitt, the most by a Panther wideout since 2022. Freshman Demetrice McCray scored twice, including a 48-yard pass late in the first half that put Pitt up 35-0 at the break. Bucknell struggled offensively. The FCS-level Bison didn’t cross 100 total yards until the fourth quarter. Pitt won despite XX penalties while improving to 4-0 for the second time in three years.
September 27, 2026 7:12 am
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Drew Mestemaker threw for a season-high 389 yards and three touchdowns, Caleb Hawkins rushed for a season-high 180 yards and a score, and Oklahoma State beat West Virginia 41-24 in their Big 12 opener Saturday night. The Cowboys (3-1) roared back from a 14-3 deficit to earn an emphatic win in a hostile environment under first-year coach Eric Morris, and they did it with three players he brought with him from North Texas: Mestemaker, Hawkins and wide receiver Wyatt Young.
September 27, 2026 6:53 am
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander made a teary farewell, accompanied by his 7-year-old daughter as he left a major league mound for the final time in the Detroit Tigers’ 4-3 come-from-behind win over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Eduardo Valencia hit a game-ending, two-run homer off Mason Montgomery in a three-run ninth that included Kevin McGonigle’s RBI groundout. Verlander allowed two runs and five hits in 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts. The 43-year-old right-hander was making his second start of the year and first since March 30 in a season derailed by a sore hip and hamstring injury.
September 26, 2026 3:33 am
DETROIT (AP) — Spencer Torkelson finished a single short of the cycle, Jackson Jobe pitched 5 1/3 innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-7 after nearly wasting a six-run lead. Detroit led 8-2 after seven innings, but RBI singles by Nick Gonzales and Ryan O’Hearn and a three-run homer by Rafael Flores Jr. pulled the Pirates within one run in the eighth. Torkelson got some help from the Pirates defense – his second-inning triple was a sinking liner to right that evaded a diving Jake Mangum, and his double was a routine fly ball to shallow right-center that fell untouched among three fielders.
September 26, 2026 3:35 am
MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — The Internationals delivered another sweep in foursomes and have the Americans on their heels in the Presidents Cup. Nick Taylor hit a 9-iron to a foot to save par on the 18th hole as he and fellow Canadian Corey Conners took down Scottie Scheffler and Sam Burns. British Open champion Ryan Fox holed two key birdie putts and closed out a par as he and Min Woo Lee toppled Collin Morikawa and Wyndham Clark. The sweep means the Internationals have a 7-3 lead. It’s their largest after two sessions since 1998. That’s the only year they won the Presidents Cup.
September 26, 2026 3:37 am
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star pass rusher Nick Bosa injured his calf warming up for practice earlier this week and will miss a few games. Coach Kyle Shanahan said that Bosa got hurt before practice on Thursday doing “high knees.” Shanahan said Friday that the injury wasn’t believed to be long term but he would likely miss a few weeks starting with Sunday’s game against Arizona. The injury to Bosa is the latest to hit the defensive line for the 49ers.
September 26, 2026 3:38 am
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Stephen Curry has agreed to a two-year contract extension worth $116 million that would take him through the 2028-29 season. That’s according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal who spoke to The Associated Press on Friday night. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the Warriors had not announced the terms of Curry’s contract. Curry was eligible to command up to $136 million, so he is giving his team a discount as he backs up his longstanding commitment to finish his career with the Warriors. He is a two-time MVP and the NBA career leader in 3-pointers.
September 25, 2026 12:01 am
Bentworth opens its Black Hills Conference schedule tonight as the Bearcats host Brentwood on WJPA-FM (95.3). The Bearcats are 2-2 overall and had a non-conference game last week while the 1-3 Spartans lost their conference opener to Wash High. We’ll have this game live on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online starting at 6:30 pm. Canon-McMillan heads to Westmoreland County to continue 6A Quad County play, taking on Hempfield. The Big Macs (2-2) won their conference opener, handling Seneca Valley while the Spartans (1-3) lost to North Allegheny. Hear the game live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online, also starting at 6:30 pm. Watch/Listen Here!
Peters Township, Ringgold and Trinity play their final non-conference games tonight. Wash High also gets a break from Black Hills action but will host perennial power Clairton, the defending WPIAL champion, in a non-conference match-up. All other Washington & Greene County teams have conference games tonight as we hit the halfway point of the 2026 high school football season.
Week 5 Schedule (7:00 pm unless noted)
1A Tri-County South
Carmichaels at Avella
Beth-Center at West Greene
California at Frazier
Mapletown at Jeff-Morgan
1A Black Hills
Brentwood at Bentworth, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here
Burgettstown at Monessen
Sto-Rox at Fort Cherry
2A Century
Seton-La Salle at Chartiers-Houston
McGuffey vs. Bishop Canevin (at Homewood)
2A Allegheny
Charleroi at Apollo-Ridge
3A Interstate
Mt. Pleasant at Waynesburg
6A Quad-County
Canon-McMillan at Hempfield, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
Non-Conference
Peters Township at McKeesport
South Park at Ringgold
Trinity at Mars Area
Clairton at Wash High
September 25, 2026 4:26 am
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bijan Robinson rushed for 194 yards and two touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons capitalized on the return of quarterback Michael Penix Jr. and trounced the punchless Green Bay Packers 35-14. Atlanta erased an early 7-0 deficit by scoring 27 straight points to take control of the game amid a chorus of boos at Lambeau Field. The Falcons outrushed the Packers 242 yards to 17. Green Bay lost a home opener for the first time since falling 30-22 to the San Francisco 49ers in 2012. Drake London had nine receptions for 194 yards for the Falcons.
September 25, 2026 4:24 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Joey Porter Jr. is eager to play this season, though he doesn’t know when that will happen. Porter didn’t rule out making his 2026 debut in Week 3 when Cincinnati visits. The fourth-year pro missed Pittsburgh’s first two games. Coach Mike McCarthy held him out of the opener against Atlanta. Porter then watched a loss in New England last weekend from the sideline because of back pain. Contract negotiations between Porter and the club have stalled. Porter is entering the final season of his rookie deal and wants a raise. Porter’s teammates have defended him throughout the process.
