March 8, 2023 12:01 am
The PIAA Wrestling Championships is Pennsylvania’s most-popular high school championship event, and WJPA Radio has brought home the excitement for over 70 years. Class 2A starts Thursday morning, including 14 wrestlers from Washington & Greene Counties. A dozen more from the two-county area are in the Class 3A brackets that open up Thursday afternoon. This eight-session tournament runs through the finals on Saturday with all the action live on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Mark Uriah will call the action for the 40th consecutive year. He’ll be joined by Greg Warnock and Greg Smith in the booth. PIAA Wrestling Homepage
The Class 2A field is led by WPIAL team champion Burgettstown’s four qualifiers: Parker Sentipal, Gaven Suica, Joey Sentipal and Joey Baronick. Bentworth’s Chris Vargo, Owen Ivcic and Vitali Daniels are joined by Beth-Center neighbors Tyler Berish and Jake Layhue. Chartiers-Houston, which did not wrestle a dual meet schedule, qualified Jorden Williams and Jessie Orbin. Braedon Welsh (Ft. Cherry), Lucas Barr (McGuffey) and Chase Frameli (Jeff-Morgan) round out the local entrants.
Class 3A includes a “fantastic five” from Waynesburg: Mac Church, Rocco Welsh, Brody Evans, Eli Makel and Nate Jones. WPIAL team champion Canon-McMillan has three qualifiers including Tanner Mizenko, Andrew Binni and Matthew Furman. Trinity’s Blake Reihner and Ty Banko will be joined by Chris Cibrone (Peters Township) and Jake Conroy (Ringgold).
PIAA Wrestling Championships WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here!
Thursday, March 9
8:50 am 2A Preliminaries, 1st Consolations
3:50 pm 3A Preliminaries, 1st Consolations
Friday, March 10
8:50 am 2A Quarterfinals, 2nd/3rd Consolations
2:05 pm 3A Quarterfinals, 2nd/3rd Consolations
7:20 pm 2A Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
Saturday, March 11
8:50 am 3A Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
1:50 pm 2A Championship & Consolation Finals (1st-8th place)
6:50 pm 3A Championship & Consolation Finals (1st-8th place)
March 9, 2023 4:08 am
GREENSBORO, N.C, (AP) — Jamarius Burton scored 21 points, Federiko Federiko added 19 and Pittsburgh ousted Georgia Tech 89-81 in the second round of the ACC Tournament. The Panthers play fourth-seeded and No. 21-ranked Duke in Thursday’s quarterfinals. All the Pitt starters were in double figures. Greg Elliott scored 16 points, Blake Hinson added 12 points and Nelly Cummings had 11 points. The fifth-seeded Panthers shot 56% and made 20 of 25 free throws. Ja’von Franklin had 19 points and 15 rebounds to lead the 13th-seeded Yellow Jackets. Deebo Coleman added 17 points and Miles Kelly and Kyle Sturdivant scored 16 points each.
March 9, 2023 4:10 am
Daniel Jones turned one decent season into a mega-money contract that raises the standard in the NFL. Once the New York Giants gave Jones a deal worth $160 million over four years — $82 million is reportedly guaranteed for the first two seasons — the price tag went up for quarterbacks around the league. Way up. If Jones can join Patrick Mahomes, Josh Allen and six others in the $40 million-per-year club after a breakout season in which he threw just 15 touchdown passes and ran for seven more, how much money will more accomplished QBs get paid?
March 8, 2023 3:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby’s power-play goal 2:45 into overtime finished off a frantic rally as the Pittsburgh Penguins slipped by the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-4. The Penguins trailed the Blue Jackets by four early in the second period but found a way to win for the fifth time in six games. Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker and Danton Heinen scored in a 3:38 span early in the third period to pull the Penguins even. Crosby’s 28th goal of the season allowed Pittsburgh to escape. Patrik Laine scored his 20th for Columbus but it wasn’t enough to give the Blue Jackets their first win in Pittsburgh since November 2015.
March 8, 2023 3:54 am
The Baltimore Ravens say they are designating Lamar Jackson as their franchise player. That prevents him from becoming an unrestricted free agent this month after the expiration of his rookie contract. The nonexclusive franchise tag means Jackson can negotiate with other teams, but the Ravens would have a chance to match any agreement. If they choose not to match, they’d receive two first-round draft picks in return. If Jackson plays this season on the franchise tag, he’d make $32.4 million. Jackson becoming available could shake up NFL free agency, which opens later this month.
March 8, 2023 3:55 am
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — The New York Giants have reached a new four-year contract with quarterback Daniel Jones and put a franchise tag on running back Saquon Barkley. The Giants confirmed the deal with Jones on Tuesday night. The team reached an agreement with Jones’ representatives with with the deadline for a franchise tag minutes away. The team announced that Barkley received a nonexclusive franchise tag, which means he’s able to negotiate a contract with other teams. He will earn more than $10 million this season if he does not agree to a long-term deal before training camp.
March 6, 2023 2:29 am
California University Women went wire-to-wire Sunday, knocking off #2 Gannon on the Knights’ home floor to win the PSAC tournament championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament. The Vulcans beat the top team in each PSAC Division over the weekend to claim their seventh conference championship, the first since winning back-to-back crowns in 2015 and 2016. Cal U will open NCAA Regional play at Glenville State Friday against third-seeded West Chester, the team the Vulcans beat in the PSAC semifinals. Tip-off is 12 noon. Gannon is the #2 seed and will face Charleston WV in the first round Friday at 2:30 pm. The hosts are the defending regional and national champions and play Elizabeth City at 5 pm, followed by Shippensburg vs. West Virginia State. The regional semifinals are Saturday (5:00 & 7:30 pm), finals on Monday (7:00 pm). Atlantic Regional Site NCAA Women’s DII Home
March 6, 2023 2:06 am
The WPIAL basketball playoffs ended Saturday night. Sunday afternoon, the PIAA announced sites and times for the first round of the state playoffs that begin Friday night. Those match-ups include Peters Township boys, plus girls teams from Burgettstown, Chartiers-Houston, Trinity and Waynesburg. We’ll have live coverage of the Burgettstown and Trinity girls games this weekend on WJPA-FM (95.3) PIAA Brackets CLICK HERE
PIAA Basketball First Round
Friday, March 10 (winners advance to Sweet 16 Tuesday)
2A Girls Burgettstown vs. United at Central Cambria HS, 6:50 pm WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
2A Girls Chartiers-Houston vs. Homer Center at Homer Center HS, Homer City, 7 pm
3A Girls Waynesburg vs. Mercyhurst Prep at Hagerty Family Events Center, Erie, 6 pm
5A Boys Peters Township vs. Milton Hershey at AHN Arena, Peters Township, 6 pm
Saturday, March 11 (winners advance to Sweet 16 Wednesday)
5A Girls Trinity vs. Cathedral Prep at Hagerty Family Events Center, Erie, 4:20 pm WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
March 7, 2023 3:51 am
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – Major League Baseball’s new limits on infield shifts are raising batter spirits this spring. They might be bosltering batting averages, too. Batting averages across the league are up slightly from last spring training, from .259 to .263. Left-handed hitters seem to be benefitting most, with their collected average up from .255 to .274. Sluggers like the New York Yankees’ Anthony Rizzo are enjoying taking at-bats without a wall of defenders in shallow right field. Rizzo says that “young left-handed hitters will be introduced to the 3-4 hole that’s been gone for about seven to eight years.”
March 7, 2023 3:49 am
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The New Orleans Saints say former Raiders quarterback Derek Carr has agreed to a four-year contract. A person familiar with the situation said the deal could be worth up to $150 million. The person spoke to The Associated Press about the contract’s value on condition of anonymity because financial terms were not released. Carr turns 32 this month. He played nine seasons for the Raiders and holds team records for yards and touchdowns passing. Saints coach Dennis Allen was the Raiders’ coach when the team selected Carr in the second round of the 2014 draft. Las Vegas released Carr on Feb. 14 to avoid guaranteeing him $40.4 million of his contract over the next two years.
