September 16, 2024 4:37 am
DENVER (AP) — Justin Fields won his second straight start in place of an injured Russell Wilson and the Pittsburgh Steelers throttled Bo Nix in a 13-6 win over the sputtering Denver Broncos. A lingering calf injury kept Wilson on the sideline as the Steelers’ emergency QB in his return to Denver to face the team that benched him late last season and then cut him in March. Nix struggled again to find any rhythm and the Broncos had a hard time moving the ball in losing Nix’s home opener and falling to 0-2 for the second straight season under coach Sean Payton.
September 16, 2024 4:41 am
HOUSTON (AP) — C.J. Stroud threw for 260 yards and a touchdown and Ka′imi Fairbairn kicked four field goals to help the Houston Texans top the Chicago Bears 19-13. Fairbairn connected from 56, 47, 59 and 53 yards, and Houston’s defense put heavy pressure on Caleb Williams for much of the game. Stroud’s 28-yard scoring pass to Nico Collins put Houston up 10-3 early in the second quarter, and the Texans led 16-10 at halftime. Houston had trouble moving the ball in the second half, but its defense intercepted Williams twice to secure the victory. Williams, the No. 1 overall pick in the NFL draft, was 23 of 37 for 174 yards. He was sacked seven times.
September 16, 2024 4:39 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Isiah Kiner-Falefa had three hits, including a go-ahead single in the fifth inning, as the Pittsburgh Pirates avoided a three-game sweep with a 4-3 win over the Kansas City Royals on Sunday. Billy Cook lined a single to left to start the fifth and scored from first on a hit and run when Kiner-Falefa shot one to center to put the Pirates ahead 3-2. Carmen Mlodzinski pitched a perfect fifth inning in relief of Pirates starter Jared Jones, who allowed two runs in four innings. Brady Singer gave up four runs on six hits in five innings for Kansas City, which is four games back of first-place Cleveland in the AL Central.
September 15, 2024 4:05 pm
Jacob Pugh passed for 280 yards and four touchdowns, leading Washington & Jefferson College to a blowout win, 58-7, at Thiel College Saturday evening. Kobe DeRosa ran for a pair of first-half touchdowns helping the Presidents beat the Tomcats for the 40th time in the last 41 meetings. Zach Cernuto caught two scoring passes, one from Pugh, one from Kellen Stahl in relief. Zach Seaman, John Peduzzi, Anthony Rosati and Roberto Smith added TD receptions as W&J put up 506 yards total offense while the defense held Thiel to 74 total yards, -4 rushing, and just four first downs. The Presidents travel to Waynesburg for a Week 3 matchup with the Yellow Jackets.
September 15, 2024 5:48 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bobby Witt Jr. drove in his 100th run of the season with a solo homer in the first inning, and the Kansas City Royals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1. Witt also hit a sacrifice fly in the fifth and a run-scoring double in the sixth. He went 2 for 3 to raise his MLB-leading batting average to .333. He also has 31 homers and 102 RBIs. Michael Wacha gave up one run in five innings to improve to 9-1 with a 2.68 ERA in 13 starts since the beginning of July. The Royals won for the seventh time in nine games since a seven-game losing streak.
September 15, 2024 5:45 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Derrick Davis scored on a 1-yard dive with 32 seconds remaining and Pittsburgh rallied past West Virginia 38-34 in the 107th edition of the Backyard Brawl. The Panthers trailed by 10 with less than 5 minutes to go before Eli Holstein, a redshirt freshman transfer from Alabama, led a stirring comeback that added another memorable chapter in a rivalry that dates to 1895. Holstein passed for 301 yards and three touchdowns and ran for 59 more as Pitt improved to 3-0. Garrett Greene threw for 210 yards and two touchdowns and two interceptions for WVU, which fell to 1-2.
September 14, 2024 12:01 am
Jacob Stephenson ran for 119 yards and two touchdowns, threw for 80 more yards and another score as Waynesburg beat Wash High, snapping a 9-game losing streak to the Little Prexies. Waynesburg never trailed in the game and forced three second-half turnovers for the win, #385 all-time for the Raiders. 5A top-ranked Peters Township built a 14-0 lead and played at arms length the rest of the night, downing Trinity. Canon-McMillan snapped a four-game losing streak, holding off Armstrong. Central Valley blanked McGuffey while Seton-La Salle extended Charleroi’s losing streak. 1A defending champion Fort Cherry snapped Chartiers-Houston’s modest two-game win streak. West Green beat Avella, the Pioneers’ first win of the year. California scored 58 points in the first half, blowing out Bentworth. Carmichaels blanked Beth-Center, extending the Bulldogs losing streak to seven straight.
Week 3 scores:
3A Western Hills
Central Valley 49, McGuffey 0
2A Century
Waynesburg 21, Wash High 13
Seton-La Salle 48, Charleroi 8
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 42, Chartiers-Houston 6
Cornell 42, Burgettstown 0
1A Tri-County South
West Greene 23, Avella 12
California 72, Bentworth 14
Carmichaels 18, Beth-Center 0
Jeff-Morgan 62, Mapletown 14
Non-Conference
Canon-McMillan 45, Armstrong 35
Peters Township 35, Trinity 6
Greensburg Salem 7, Ringgold 0
September 14, 2024 3:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Salvador Perez and Kyle Isbel hit home runs and drove in two runs each, Alec Marsh struck out 11 in 5 1/3 innings, and the Kansas City Royals snapped Pittsburgh’s four-game winning streak with an 8-3 victory over the Pirates. Perez’s two-run shot to left-center capped a six-run second inning when the Royals broke a scoreless tie. Isbel’s solo homer in the fourth pushed the lead to 7-0. Adam Frazier added a solo home run in the eighth. Marsh (8-8) allowed only one run and the 11 strikeouts matched a career high. Pittsburgh’s Luis Ortiz (6-6) was tagged for seven runs – four earned – on five hits in four innings.
September 14, 2024 3:37 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prosecutors say the driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087. That’s above the .08 legal limit in New Jersey. At a virtual court hearing Friday, they say 43-year-old suspect Sean Higgins also has a history of road rage. A judge has ordered him detained until trial. Gaudreau, known as “Johnny Hockey,” was home in South Jersey for his sister’s wedding the next day. Defense lawyers say Higgins is a married father with no criminal history before the August 29 crash.
September 13, 2024 4:35 am
A quarterback debate could be brewing in Pittsburgh. Justin Fields says he wants no part of it. Fields will make his second start for the Steelers on Sunday in place of an injured Russell Wilson. Fields avoided mistakes in a season-opening win over Atlanta, with coach Mike Tomlin and offensive coordinator Arthur Smith praising his poise. Wilson says his injured calf is getting better but he is focusing on helping Fields get familiar with Denver, where Wilson played for two seasons before getting cut in March. The Steelers are searching for their first 2-0 start since 2020.
