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.
March 6, 2023 3:57 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Major League Baseball says it won’t impose any discipline against Chicago White Sox right-hander Mike Clevinger after completing an investigation of domestic abuse allegations. In a statement, the commissioner’s office says its investigation included interviews of more than 15 people, including Clevinger and a woman who said she is the mother of Clevinger’s child, as well as thousands of electronic communications and other documents. Clevinger has voluntarily agreed to submit to evaluations by the joint treatment boards under the CBA and to follow any recommendations.
March 6, 2023 3:58 am
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kurt Kitayama kept finishing one shot behind the game’s best players. He beat them all at Bay Hill on Sunday for his first PGA Tour victory. Kitayama made a triple bogey on the ninth hole to let everyone back into the Arnold Palmer Invitational. And then he beat them with a clutch birdie putt on the 17th hole, and a 50-foot lag putt to an inch for par on the 18th. He finished with a 72 and a one-shot win over Rory McIlroy and Harris English. Jordan Spieth, defending champion Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay and Tyrrell Hatton were two behind. Kitayama moves to No. 19 in the world.
March 5, 2023 1:59 am
The WPIAL AAA Wrestling Championships concluded Saturday evening with the top four finishers in each weight-class qualifying for next week’s PIAA tournament. Waynesburg qualified five wrestlers including Mac Church, Rocco Welsh and Eli Makel, each winning individual titles. Canon-McMillan has three wrestlers heading to Hershey, led by WPIAL champion Tanner Mizenko. Trinity will send two to states as Ty Banco won the Hillers’ first WPIAL title in 13 years. Ringgold and Peters Township each have one wrestler going to states. West Allegheny and Latrobe each won two individual titles, Thomas Jefferson, Hempfield, Kiski Area and Pine-Richland one each.
WPIAL AAA Championship Finals
107 Tanner Mizenko (Canon-McMillan) F Santino Sloboda (Butler), 2:39
114 Luke Willochell (Greater Latrobe) DEC Tyler Kapusta (Franklin Regional), 5-4
121 Ryan Klingensmith (Kiski Area) MD Brady Joling (Chartiers Valley), 11-2
127 Vinny Kilkeary (Greater Latrobe) DEC Andrew Binni (Canon-McMillan), 10-4
133 Maddox Shaw (Thomas Jefferson) DEC Ethan Lebin (Hempfield), 2-1
139 Eli Carr (Hempfield) DEC Nate Roth (Greater Latrobe), 6-5
145 Mac Church (Waynesburg) DEC Nico Taddy (West Allegheny), 8-3
152 Ty Watters (West Allegheny) F Lucas Kapusta (Hempfield), 5:36
160 Shawn Taylor (West Allegheny) DEC Dylan Evans (Chartiers Valley), 3-2 UTB
172 Rocco Welsh (Waynesburg) DEF Matthew Furman (Canon-McMillan), 12-3 3:00
189 Vaughn Spencer (Pine Richland) DEC Brody Evans (Waynesburg), 5-1
215 Eli Makel (Waynesburg) DEC Connor Jacobs (Armstrong), 5-1
285 Ty Banco (Trinity) F Joe Enick (Penn Trafford), 0:39
Third-Place
107 Dylan Barrett (Penn Trafford) DEC Ejiro Montoya (Mt. Lebanon), 8-5
114 Connor Smith (Seneca Valley) TF Caiden Harbert (West Allegheny), 15-0 3:00
121 Jacob Layton (Connellsville) F Owen Klodowski (Baldwin), 2:38
127 Hayden Coy (Penn Trafford) DEC Tyler Chappell (Seneca Valley), 6-3
133 Anthony Ferraro (Pine Richland) DEC Gabriel Ruggieri (Connellsville), 5-1
139 Blake Reihner (Trinity) DEC Lonzy Vielma (Connellsville), 3-2
145 Chris Cibrone (Peters Township) DEC Jayson Flener (North Allegheny), 7-2
152 Bode Marlow (Thomas Jefferson) F Nate Jones (Waynesburg), 2:23
160 Gavyn Beck (Franklin Regional) DEC Adam Rohan (North Allegheny), 7-0
172 Mark Gray (Kiski Area) F Tasso Whipple (Penn Trafford), 2:35
189 Juliano Marion (Franklin Regional) DEF Jake Conroy (Ringgold)
215 Owen Ott (Penn Trafford) DEC Corey Boerio (Greater Latrobe), 3-2
285 Joey Schneck (Pine Richland) F Jack Crider (Kiski Area), 2:36
March 5, 2023 1:21 am
The PIAA Southwest AA Wrestling Regional concluded Saturday evening with the top six finishers in each weight-class qualifying for next week’s PIAA tournament. Chris Vargo (Bentworth) and Joey Sentipal (Burgettstown) won regional championships. Burgettstown has four state qualifiers, Bentworth three, Beth-Center and Chartiers-Houston two each. Ft. Cherry, Jeff-Morgan and McGuffey each advanced one wrestler.
PIAA SW AA Regional Championships
107 Dominic Deputy (Chestnut Ridge) MD Cam Baker (Burrell), 12-4
114 Landon Bainey (West Branch) DEC Nico Fanella (Indiana), 4-2 SV
121 Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Gideon Bracken (United), 4-3
127 Chris Vargo (Bentworth) DEC Cooper Hornack (Burrell), 1-0
133 Peter Chacon (Montour) DEC Jamison Poklembo (Mt. Pleasant), 1-0
139 Joey Sentipal (Burgettstown) DEC Liam Cornetto (Marion Center), 6-4 SV
145 Trent Hoover (Penn Cambria) DEC Calan Bollman (Chestnut Ridge), 3-2
152 Ty Watson (Penns Valley) DEC Ryan Celaschi (Frazier), 6-0
160 Grant MacKay (Laurel) DEC Zeke Dubler (Glendale), 1-0
172 Caleb Close (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Kyle Scott (Tyrone), 5-0
189 Rune Lawrence (Frazier) F Rowan Holmes (Somerset), 1:21
215 Brenan Morgan (Central Valley) DEC Grant Mathias (Berlin Brothersvalley), 3-1
285 Gunner Singleton (Huntingdon Area) DEC Braden Ewing (Tyrone), 6-1
Third-Place
107 Antonio Boni (Central Valley) DEC Mason Beatty (Mount Union), 5-0
114 Josef Garshnick (United) DEC Jorden Williams (Chartiers-Houston), 3-0
121 Jack Kazalas (Quaker Valley) DEF Lucas Barr (McGuffey), 3-2 1:18
127 Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Kobi Burkett (Chestnut Ridge), 2-0
133 Kross Cassidy (Bedford) DEC Gaven Suica (Burgettstown), 6-2
139 Taylor Smith (Juniata) DEC Niko Ferra (Burrell), 12-8 TB2
145 Gage Heilbrun (Marion Center) DEC Logan Richey (Quaker Valley), 12-5
152 Isaiah Pisano (Hopewell) DEC Tyler Berish (Beth Center), 3-1
160 Andrew McMonagle (Huntingdon Area) DEC Chase Brandenbura (Carlynton), 11-6
172 Braedon Welsh (Fort Cherry) DEC Jessie Orbin (Chartiers-Houston), 3-0
189 Josh Ryan (Mount Union) DEC Jake Layhue (Beth Center), 4-3
215 Vitali Daniels (Bentworth) DEC Dylan Pitzer (Mt. Pleasant), 6-2
285 Daniel Williams (Glendale) DEC Christian Flaherty (Keystone Oaks), 4-0
Fifth-Place
107 Jacob Sombronski (United) DEC Caleb Hummel (Philipsburg-Osceola), 1-0 UTB
114 Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown) F Easton Mull (Chestnut Ridge), 4:44
121 Brock Holderbaum (Chestnut Ridge) DEC Sean Cain (Mt. Pleasant), 7-2
127 Anthony Orlandini (Montour) F Thanyal Miller (North Star), 1:50
133 Colten Shunk (Penns Valley) DEC Mason Weyant (Chestnut Ridge), 7-6
139 Landon Ulderich (Berlin Brothersvalley) DEC Owen Ivcic (Bentworth), 10-3
145 Gage Long (Bellefonte) F Jonah Erdely (Frazier), 4:35
152 Kaden Barnhart (River Valley) DEC Sam Albright (Chestnut Ridge), 1-0
160 Ezra Masood (Tussey Mountain) M FOR Chase Frameli (Jefferson Morgan)
172 Isaac Lacinski (Burrell) M FOR Tommy Cohenour (Southern Huntingdon High School)
189 Britton Spangle (Glendale) DEC Nick Presnell (Chestnut Ridge), 4-1
215 Christian McChesney (Greensburg Salem) DEC Kollin Brungart (Penns Valley), 4-3
285 Joseph Baronick (Burgettstown) DEC Brad Miller (River Valley), 5-2
March 5, 2023 7:37 am
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Wooga Poplar made a career-best six 3-pointers for 18 points, and 16th-ranked Miami captured the No. 1 seed for the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament with a 78-76 win over No. 25 Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Miami shares the regular-season title with Virginia, which clinched its half of the crown with a 75-60 win over Louisville earlier Saturday. Miami beat Virginia in their only meeting this season. It’s Miami’s first No. 1 seed for the ACC Tournament since 2013. Blake Hinson had 24 points for Pitt, which ended up as the No. 5 seed in the tournament.
March 5, 2023 7:36 am
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves, Sam Bennett scored in his return to the lineup and the Florida Panthers stopped Pittsburgh’s four-game win streak with a 4-1 victory against the Penguins. Bennett missed six games with a lower-body injury. Aleksander Barkov had two assists for Florida after he was sidelined for three games with a hand injury. Aaron Ekblad, Eetu Luostarinen and Carter Verhaeghe also scored as the Panthers improved to 1-1 on a seven-game homestand. Kris Letang scored for Pittsburgh, and Casey DeSmith made 38 saves.
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
