March 3, 2023 4:05 am
Nearly 100 Class 3A wrestlers from Washington, Greene and southern Allegheny Counties head to Canon-McMillan Friday/Saturday for the WPIAL AAA Individual Championships. We’ll have live, start-to-finish coverage of all the action on WJPA-AM (1450) and online.
Canon-McMillan qualified 10 wrestlers, Peters Township and Waynesburg nine each, Trinity eight and Ringgold six, a total of 42 from the two-county area. West Allegheny lead the Allegheny County neighbors with 11, followed by Thomas Jefferson with nine and Bethel Park with eight. The top four placewinners advance to next week’s PIAA Individual Championships in Hershey.
Friday, March 3 WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
4:20 pm Preliminaries, Quarterfinals, 1st Round Consolations
Saturday, March 4 WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
9:50 am Semifinals, 2nd-4th Round & 7th Place Consolations
3:20 pm Championship & Consolation Finals (1st, 3rd, 5th Places)
March 4, 2023 4:06 am
(AP) – Max Scherzer has theorized that baseball’s new pitch clock will allow pitchers to dictate the pace of games. In the eyes of one umpire, he raced too fast even for the pitch timer Friday. Scherzer tested the boundaries of baseball’s novel pace-of-play rules during his second spring training start, trying several unusual tactics to get Washington Nationals hitters off their game Friday. At one point, he started throwing a pitch to Victor Robles the moment plate umpire Jeremy Riggs reset the clock, and Riggs called him for a balk.
March 2, 2023 11:59 pm
The WPIAL Basketball Championships got underway Thursday with three games at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland. Four games are set for Friday with five more on Saturday. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Peters Township was held 11 points under its season scoring average and fell to #2 Penn Hills in the WPIAL 5A Boys championship game. Peters led by as much as five points in the first quarter before the first of several Penn Hills runs tied the game. The teams traded the lead late in the second quarter with Peters going to the lockerroom up, 30-29. Penn Hills scored the first eight points of the third period and Peters was never able to pull even the rest of the way. The winners had several 6-0 runs and a pair of 8-0 runs to capture their 6th WPIAL title. Brendan McCullough led Peters Township with 19 points. Peters’ leading scorer for the season, Jack Dunbar, was injured in the first minute of the game and missed extended periods of the second half. The junior finished with 15 points, 11 of those in the first half. Nate Miller had 11. Daemar Kelly had game honors with 23. Noah Barren added 22 for Penn Hills. Both teams had already qualified for the PIAA tournament starting next Friday night.
Trinity girls downed Mars in the 5A fifth-place game. Both teams have already qualified for the state playoffs.
Thursday, Mar. 2
5A Boys Championship, Petersen Events Center
#2 Penn Hills 70, #1 Peters Township 65
5A Girls State Qualifier Bracket, 5th Place
#4 Trinity 46, #7 Mars Area 42
March 3, 2023 3:49 am
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Jason Zucker scored his second goal of the game 2:13 into overtime, and the Pittsburgh Penguins completed a three-game season sweep of the Tampa Bay Lightning with a 5-4 victory Thursday night. Zucker was wide-open in the slot and one-timed a shot past Andrei Vasilevskiy. The Penguins moved into the first wild card playoff berth in the Eastern Conference, a point ahead of the New York Islanders. Defenseman Jeff Petry scored twice in 25 seconds, Drew O’Connor also scored and Tristan Jarry made 27 saves for the Penguins. Ross Colton, Brayden Point, Steven Stamkos and Victor Hedman scored, and Andrei Vasilevskiymade 27 saves for the Lightning.
March 3, 2023 3:51 am
Two-time Stanley Cup-winning goaltender Jonathan Quick has been traded for a second time in under 48 hours. Vegas acquired Quick from Columbus for a seventh-round pick in 2025 and journeyman goalie Michael Hutchinson. Quick was traded from the Los Angeles Kings to the Blue Jackets earlier this week. The move solves the Golden Knights’ latest problem in goal with All-Star starter Logan Thompson out long term with injury. The NHL-leading Boston Bruins also made another move by getting pending free agent winger Tyler Bertuzzi from Detroit.
March 3, 2023 3:50 am
LeBron James is expected to miss most of March with an injured tendon in his right foot, the Los Angeles Lakers said on Thursday. And if that timetable holds, the Lakers will have to find a way to stay in the playoff race without the league’s all-time scoring leader. The Lakers did not disclose the full extent of the injury, saying that it was a tendon issue and that he will be “reevaluated in approximately three weeks.” If James misses three more weeks, starting with Thursday, that would keep him out for at least 10 of the Lakers’ final 19 games.
March 1, 2023 1:28 am
Monessen scored the first eight points of the game and Avella couldn’t recover as the Eagles’ season came to an end. Four Washington County teams have qualified for the state playoffs: Peters Township boys (5A), and girls teams from Trinity (5A), Burgettstown (2A) and Chartiers-Houston (2A). The WPIAL Championship games tip-off Thursday night, including the top-seeded Peters Township boys taking on #2 Penn Hills the 5A championship. Hear that game live on WJPA-FM starting at 8:45 pm. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Wednesday, Mar. 1
1A Girls, State Qualifier Bracket, 7th Place
#4 Monessen 48, #10 Avella 37
Thursday, Mar. 2
5A Girls State Qualifier Bracket, 5th Place
#7 Mars Area at #4 Trinity, 7 pm
5A Boys Championship, Petersen Events Center
#1 Peters Township vs. #2 Penn Hills 8:45 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
March 2, 2023 4:06 am
SOUTH BEND, Ind. — For the second straight year, shooting and mental mistakes undid Pitt on a trip to Notre Dame. This time, the loss might be far more damaging to the Panthers. Marcus Hammond sank four of six from beyond the arc on his way to a game-high 20 points and Notre Dame built a 14-point halftime lead that Pitt didn’t cut into until it was too late. Instead of locking up a first-round bye in the ACC tournament, the Panthers played gracious guests in Mike Brey’s final home game at Notre Dame, going down to an 88-81 defeat on Wednesday night at Purcell Pavilion.
March 2, 2023 4:09 am
PITTSBURGH — The busy night continued Wednesday when GM Ron Hextall executed the second Pittsburgh Penguins trade in less than one hour. First, Hextall traded center Teddy Blueger to the Vegas Golden Knights, then followed that move with accompanying salary cap space to acquire Nashville Predators left wing/center Mikael Granlund. The Pens give up a second round pick in 2023 in return. The Penguins acquired a third-rounder in the Blueger deal and upped their available salary cap space to $6.3 million.
March 1, 2023 3:51 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Jason Zucker scored with 1:39 left to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night. Sidney Crosby also scored, Bryan Rust added a late empty-netter and Tristan Jarry made 24 saves for Pittsburgh, which extended its winning streak to three games. Mark Jankowski scored and Juuse Saros made 31 saves for Nashville, which had its three-game winning streak snapped. The Predators have been sellers recently as Friday’s trade deadline approaches. The Predators are a longshot in the quest to claim one of the Western Conference’s playoff berths.
