February 18, 2026 2:50 am
After 20 years as an athletic director, the last 15 at Peters Township, Brian Geyer has agreed to become associate executive director at the WPIAL. Geyer has been president of the WPIAL Board of Directors and a member of the PIAA Board. He will leave those positions effective at the end of February. Under Geyer’s leadership, Peters Township has won a PIAA girls basketball championship, multiple WPIAL titles and has hosted numerous championship and playoff events at the newly-constructed AHN Arena. The League’s associate position has been vacant since mid-December when Vince Sortino succeeded Scott Seltzer as Executive Director. Justin Pyles, assistant athletic director at Peters Township, will oversee the day-to-day operations when Geyer departs at the end of the month. The District will then name a permanent successor (Photo courtesy WPIAL)
February 18, 2026 4:24 am
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Tony Clark has resigned as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, the union announced said, as a possible salary cap fight looms during a federal investigation of its finances. Clark was asked to resign by the eight-man executive subcommittee of the players’ association after an investigation by the union’s outside counsel discovered evidence that Clark had an inappropriate relationship with his sister-in-law, a union employee since 2023, a person familiar with the union’s deliberations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because that was not announced.
February 18, 2026 4:25 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The immediate future of Tiger Woods is in the boardroom instead of the golf course. Woods still won’t rule out returning to the Masters. All he says is that playing the first major of the year isn’t off the table. But he is coming off a year in which he didn’t compete in a single tournament for the first time in his career. He had disk replacement surgery in October. Most of his time is occupied in the PGA Tour boardroom as head of the committee reshaping the schedule. Also on hold is being Ryder Cup captain.
February 16, 2026 12:01 am
Jeff-Morgan beat Springdale in the first round of the 2A boys playoffs, clinching the Rockets first trip to the state tournament in 26 years. Chartiers-Houston rallied to within two points halfway through the fourth before Winchester Thurston scored the final 12 points, eliminating the Bucs. Bentworth held a five-point lead at the half but lost at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart. Fort Cherry lost at Neshannock, ending the Rangers’ season.
The WPIAL Basketball sprint to the finish continues this week with games every night through Saturday. Tuesday is the busiest night of the first round for local teams with nearly half of the original 24 Washington/Greene County squads in action. Our coverage includes Wash High boys at Southmoreland, and Chartiers-Houston and Fort Cherry girls hosting games. Through the tournament, our audio coverage is available free on-air and online. Video coverage for WPIAL/PIAA playoff games is accessible through the NFHS Network. We will produce the video for all of our broadcasts through at least Wednesday’s quarterfinals. Here’s a daily schedule of games for Washington/Greene County teams. WPIAL Brackets
First Round
Monday. Feb. 16
1A Girls #6 West Greene > #11 Clairton, 50-21
2A Boys #6 Jeff-Morgan > #11 Springdale, 49-35
2A Boys #10 Winchester Thurston > #7 Chartiers-Houston, 56-42 Watch/Listen
2A Boys #4 Neshannock > #13 Fort Cherry, 57-40
2A Boys #3 Our Lady/Sacred Heart > #14 Bentworth, 54-40 Watch/Listen
Tuesday, Feb. 17
2A Girls #14 South Side Beaver at #3 Chartiers-Houston, 6:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
2A Girls #13 Riverview at #4 Fort Cherry, 6:45 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen
2A Girls #10 Jeannette at #7 Burgettstown, 7 pm
2A Girls #9 Laurel at #8 California, 7 pm
2A Girls #11 Beth-Center at #6 Aliquippa, 7 pm
2A Girls #15 Bentworth vs. #2 Winchester Thurston, 6 pm at Keystone Oaks
3A Boys #10 Charleroi vs. #7 Seton-La Salle, 6 pm at Peters Township
3A Boys #12 Wash High at #5 Southmoreland, 6:45 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen
3A Boys #16 Waynesburg at #1 Mohawk, 7 pm
5A Boys #10 Hampton at #7 Peters Township, 7:30 pm
5A Boys #15 Ringgold at #2 Lincoln Park, 7 pm
Quarterfinals
Wednesday, Feb. 18
3A Girls #7 Waynesburg vs. #2 Beaver Falls, 6:00 pm at Peters Township
1A Boys #6 Serra Catholic at #3 Avella, 6:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
5A Girls #12 Peters Township vs. #4 Baldwin at Bethel Park, 7:15 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen
5A Girls #9 Trinity vs. #1 South Fayette at Peters Township, 7:15 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen
Thursday, Feb. 19
6A Girls #9 Mt. Lebanon at #1 Canon-McMillan, 5:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
2A Boys #6 Jeff-Morgan vs. #3 Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
1A Girls #6 West Greene at #3 Union, 7 pm
February 17, 2026 4:25 am
Michigan is No. 1 in The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll for the first time in 13 years, ending Arizona’s nine-week reign. The Wolverines claimed 60 of 61 first-place votes in Monday’s new poll to climb one spot and supplant the Wildcats. Arizona had been unbeaten entering last week before falling at Kansas and at home to Texas Tech. It marks Michigan’s first No. 1 ranking since January 2013. Houston, Duke, Arizona and UConn rounded out the top five. No. 24 Wisconsin and No. 25 Alabama were the week’s new additions. They replaced Clemson and Kentucky.
February 17, 2026 4:24 am
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Dolphins are releasing star receiver Tyreek Hill, ending the All-Pro’s four-year tenure in Miami. Hill is recovering from a season-ending injury suffered in a game against the New York Jets on Sept. 29 that required surgery to repair significant damage to his left knee, including a torn anterior cruciate ligament. It is one of several major roster cuts the Dolphins made on Monday. The Dolphins acquired Hill in a trade with Kansas City ahead of the 2022 season and gave him a $120 million, four-year contract extension.
February 17, 2026 4:21 am
MILAN (AP) — The United States and Canada will face off for Olympic gold for a seventh time since women’s hockey debuted at the 1998 Nagano Games in a border rivalry that never gets old. And this time, the Americans are the favorites at the Milan Cortina Games. The U.S. clinched its berth with a 5-0 win over Sweden in semifinal play. And the defending champion Canadians followed with Marie-Philip Poulin scoring twice to set the Olympic career goal record in a too-close-for-comfort 2-1 victory over Switzerland. The outcomes set up the latest showdown between the sport’s global powers in the gold medal final on Thursday.
February 16, 2026 4:26 am
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Collin Morikawa had to wait more than two years to win again on the PGA Tour. First he had to wait 20 minutes on the 18th hole at Pebble Beach to try to make birdie. He delivered in the clutch for a 67 to win by one shot over Sepp Straka and Min Woo Lee in the cold wind at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am. He also had to respond to a Sunday charge by Scottie Scheffler. The world’s No. 1 player made three eagles in his round of 63. He settled for an 18th consecutive top 10.
February 16, 2026 4:28 am
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tyler Reddick won the Daytona 500 in a car owned by Michael Jordan when Chase Elliott crashed as he and Reddick were battling for the win. Reddick, in a Toyota for 23XI Racing, led only one lap: the one to the checkered flag for the team owned by the NBA Hall of Famer and three-time Daytona 500 winner Denny Hamlin. Jordan was the face of the December federal antitrust lawsuit that NASCAR settled on the ninth day of trial. The settlement changed the revenue-sharing model in the United States’ top motorsports series.
February 16, 2026 4:27 am
CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Controversy is swirling in curling at the Winter Olympics. The Canadian men’s and women’s teams, as well as the British men’s team, have now been accused of the same infraction: double-touching the curling stone after it is released. It comes as Canada, a historic curling powerhouse, finds its ego bruised. Its mixed doubles team didn’t even play for a medal, and the women’s team can’t afford to lose more matches if it wants to reach the medal round.
