October 29, 2025 4:30 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Travis Konecny scored a milestone goal, Bobby Brink scored the shootout winner and had a goal and an assist and the Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2 on Tuesday night. Brink scored on the power play in the first by poking a rebound past Arturs Silovs for his third goal of the season. He also made a deft double deke move on a goal in the shootout. Sam Ersson made 24 saves for the Flyers. Sidney Crosby s cored his team-leading eighth goal of the season to force overtime for the Penguins. Justin Brazeau scored his sixth goal for Pittsburgh and Silovs made 32 saves.
October 29, 2025 4:32 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a two-run homer off Shohei Ohtani, Shane Bieber pitched four-hit ball into the sixth inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays shook off their epic 18-inning loss to even the World Series with a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 4. Ohtani redefined the concept of short rest by taking the mound just more than 17 hours after he reached base nine times in Game 3, but he gave up four runs and six hits while pitching into the seventh. The Blue Jays reclaimed homefield advantage and guaranteed the World Series trophy will be won at Rogers Centre in Toronto.
October 28, 2025 12:01 am
WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Monday – Semifinals
1A Boys #1 Bentworth > #4 Beaver County Christian, 2-0 Watch/Listen Here!
4A Girls #5 North Allegheny > #1 Peters Township, 1-0
Ryan Moessner scored in the 52nd minute, breaking a scoreless tie and Blake Lusk added an insurance marker 20 minutes later, leading two-time defending champion Bentworth back to the WPIAL Finals with a 2-0 win over Beaver County Christian. The Bearcats will face #2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart in a rematch of last year’s WPIAL Final.
Tuesday – Semifinals
4A Boys #4 Seneca Valley > #1 Peters Township, 3-0
1A Girls #2 Bentworth > #11 Waynesburg, 1-0 Watch/Listen Here!
Bella Moyer tallied the game’s only goal in the 36th minute as the #2 Bearcats earned their first trip to the WPIAL finals since 2018. Waynesburg had a chance to tie but a shot hit the crossbar and was cleared. Bentworth’s win is the third against the Raiders this year after sweeping the section season series.
Championship – Date/time to be announced
1A Boys #1 Bentworth vs. #2 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
1A Girls #2 Bentworth vs. #1 Sewickley Academy
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Tuesday – Semifinals
2A #11 Avonworth > # 2 Waynesburg, 3-2
Wednesday – Semifinals
6:00 pm 4A #2 Peters Township vs. #6 North Catholic (at Mt. Lebanon)
7:30 pm 1A #7 California vs. #6 Serra Catholic (at Peters Township)
October 28, 2025 4:40 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freddie Freeman homered leading off the bottom of the 18th inning, Shohei Ohtani went deep twice in another record-setting performance and the Los Angeles Dodgers outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in a World Series classic. The defending champion Dodgers took a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven matchup and still have a chance to win the title at home — something they haven’t done since 1963. Freeman connected off left-hander Brendon Little, sending a 406-foot drive to straightaway center field to finally end a game that lasted 6 hours, 39 minutes, and matched the longest by innings in postseason history.
October 28, 2025 4:42 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists to become the ninth player in NHL history with 1,700 points and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 6-3. Crosby had his 498th multi-point game, passing Mario Lemieux for the team record and sixth in NHL history on the all-time multi-point list. Evgeni Malkin had a goal and an assist to extend his point streak to seven games, while Bryan Rust had two goals and an assist. Parker Wotherspoon and Anthony Mantha also scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry made 22 saves to help the Penguins get their fifth win in six games. Jordan Kyrou, Nick Bjugstad and Mathieu Joseph scored for St. Louis. Joel Hofer stopped 20 shots.
October 28, 2025 4:44 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 299 yards and three touchdowns, and the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Washington Commanders 28-7. The game was tied at halftime, but Mahomes was nearly perfect after the break. Kareem Hunt found the end zone twice for Kansas City. One of Mahomes’ TD passes was to Travis Kelce, giving him 83 scores to tie Priest Holmes for the Chiefs career record. The Chiefs have won four of five to move to 5-3. The Commanders fell to 1-4 on the road and 3-5 overall.
October 27, 2025 4:40 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jordan Love passed for 360 yards and three touchdowns and the Green Bay Packers beat Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers 35-25. Love, who took over for Aaron Rodgers as the Packers’ quarterback in 2023, was nearly flawless in the second half. Love completed his first 16 passes after the break, including two for touchdowns as Green Bay erased a nine-point deficit. Rodgers, who won four MVPs and a Super Bowl in 18 years with the Packers, threw for 219 yards and two scores in his first game against his former club. Green Bay improved to 5-1-1. Pittsburgh is now 4-3.
October 27, 2025 4:42 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers was solid but not spectacular in his first-ever game against the Green Bay Packers. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback passed for 219 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-25 loss to the team he won four MVPs and a Super Bowl with earlier in his career. Rodgers says he was happy to see some old friends from Green Bay before the game but once the ball was kicked off, it was all business. Rodgers completed 24 of 36 passes but was outplayed by his former pupil Jordan Love, who threw for 360 yards and three scores.
October 27, 2025 4:41 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — LSU has fired coach Brian Kelly during the fourth season of a 10-year contract worth about $100 million. The move announced by athletic director Scott Woodward on Sunday night comes on the heels of a 49-25 loss to No. 3 Texas A&M in Tiger Stadium a night earlier. That was the Tigers’ second straight loss and third in four games. Kelly was hired away from Notre Dame following the 2021 season. He has gone 34-14 with the Tigers but LSU has not qualified for the College Football Playoff during his first three seasons and is virtually eliminated from contention this season. Woodward says the financial terms of Kelly’s separation for LSU are still being negotiated.
October 26, 2025 8:00 am
The WPIAL Football Playoff brackets were released Saturday afternoon. Washington/Greene County has 11 teams included in the pairings, six of those in the 1A bracket. Avella, Bentworth, California, Chartiers-Houston, Fort Cherry and Jeff-Morgan in the 1A field will be joined by Wash High and Waynesburg in the 2A bracket, 4A Trinity, 5A Peters Township and 6A Canon-McMillan. Fort Cherry, the two-time defending WPIAL champion, is the top seed and will host #16 Avella, a wild card entry. #7 Bentworth will host a WPIAL playoff game for the first time in 27 years, entertaining #10 Jeannette. #12 Chartiers-Houston visits #5 South Side Area as the Bucs seek their first playoff win since beating Clairton in the opening round 25 years ago. Wash High is seeded fifth in the 2A bracket and will host #12 Beaver Falls in the schools’ fourth playoff meeting. Waynesburg won three of its last four to get a wild card invitation. The #13 Raiders travel to #4 South Allegheny. The winners of those two 2A games meet in the quarterfinals. #2 Trinity is home with #7 Aliquippa, a rematch of last year’s opening round game at Aliquippa. The Hillers won the Big Six title while Aliquippa needed a wild card invitation to get in. Peters Township has a first-round bye in the 12-team 5A bracket and await the Bethel Park/North Hills winner. 6A Canon-McMillan is the last team to get in, surviving a three-way tie with Mt. Lebanon and Seneca Valley. The Big Macs are off this week, then play #1 Central Catholic in the semifinals. WPIAL Football Brackets We’ll have coverage on the WJPA Sports Network, including on-air & online free-to-access audio plus most of our coverage prior to WPIAL and/or PIAA Finals will be available on the NFHS Network (subscription required under League agreements).
WPIAL Football
Friday, Oct. 31 – Quarterfinals
4A #7 Aliquippa at #2 Trinity, 6:30 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen Here!
Friday, Oct. 31 – First Round (7 pm unless noted)
2A #12 Beaver Falls at #5 Wash High, 6:30 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here!
2A #13 Waynesburg at #4 South Allegheny
1A #16 Avella at #1 Fort Cherry
1A #13 Jeff-Morgan at #4 Laurel
1A #12 Chartiers-Houston at #5 South Side Beaver
1A #11 Frazier at #6 California
1A #10 Jeannette at #7 Bentworth
Friday, Nov. 7 – Quarterfinals
5A #7 Bethel Park/#10 North Hills winner at #2 Peters Township
Friday, Nov. 7 – Semifinals
6A #4 Canon-McMillan vs. #1 Central Catholic (site to be announced)
