February 26, 2023 1:04 am
Jack Dunbar’s 29 points led Peters Township past Gateway Saturday and into the WPIAL 5A Boys Finals. Thursday’s title tilt will mark the Indians’ first trip to the championship game since winning the 2009 Quad-A crown. Peters Township, the top seed in the bracket, will take on #2 Penn Hills at the Petersen Events Center as the final game of a championship triple-header Thursday night. Tip off is set for 9 pm.
Burgettstown girls led #1 Shenango by five at halftime of the 2A semfinal but couldn’t hold it, dropping in the third-place game Tuesday against #11 Aliquippa. Avella girls staved off elimination, beating Eden Christian while Monessen ousted West Greene. Avella and Monessen play Wednesday for the final 1A girls playoff berth.
Washington County has five teams still alive, three of them with state playoffs spots in hand: Peters Township boys and the girls teams from Burgettstown and Chartiers-Houston. Trinity clinches a berth with a win in either of its two qualifier games this week. Avella must beat Monessen to qualify. Waynesburg girls are the last Greene County team alive. The Raiders face an elimination game on Tuesday. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Saturday, Feb. 25
Semifinals
5A Boys #1 Peters Township 62, #4 Gateway 55
2A Girls #1 Shenango 54, #5 Burgettstown 44
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
1A Girls #10 Avella 53, #6 Eden Christian 51
1A Girls #4 Monessen 56, #8 West Greene 53
Monday, Feb. 27
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
5A Girls #8 Penn-Trafford at #4 Trinity, 7:50 pm WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
Tuesday, Feb. 28
WPIAL 3rd Place
2A Girls #11 Aliquippa at #5 Burgettstown, 7 pm
State Qualifier Bracket, 7th Place
2A Girls #8 Brentwood at #7 Chartiers-Houston, 7 pm
3A Girls #11 Mohawk at #8 Waynesburg, 7 pm (loser eliminated)
Wednesday, Mar. 1
State Qualifier Bracket
1A Girls #10 Avella at #4 Monessen, 7 pm (loser eliminated)
Thursday, Mar. 2, Petersen Events Center
Championship
5A Boys #1 Peters Township vs. #2 Penn Hills 8:50 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
February 26, 2023 7:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Blake Hinson knocked down six 3-pointers and scored 22 points to lead six Pittsburgh shooters into double-figure scoring as the Panthers put on an offensive show in their final home game, a 99-82 win over Syracuse. Pittsburgh won its 14th home game, its most since the 2015-16 season. After taking a 37-33 lead at intermission, the Panthers scored 62 second-half points and knocked down 11 3-pointers in the final 20 minutes.
February 26, 2023 7:51 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Bryan Rust scored the winning goal 1:16 into overtime to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues. Marcus Pettersson’s first goal of the season game on a wrist shot at 14:32 of the third period gave Pittsburgh a 2-1 lead. But the Blues came back on Justin Faulk’s goal at 17:33 to tie it. Evgeni Malkin also scored for Pittsburgh and Tristan Jarry made 25 saves to improve to 5-0 in five career games against St. Louis. Pavel Buchnevich had the other goal for St. Louis and Jordan Binnington had 46 saves, but the Blues dropped their fifth straight since the trades of Ryan O’Reilly and Noel Acciari.
February 24, 2023 3:36 am
Trinity girls dropped to the state qualifier bracket because of an ice-cold shooting night. Washington County is has five remaining teams (4 girls, 1 boys) in the WPIAL playoffs, only Burgettstown girls and Peters Township boys in the championship brackets. Greene County has two girls teams still in contention, both in the qualifier brackets. Peters Township boys, Burgettstown and Chartiers-Houston girls have already clinched state playoff spots. Saturday, we’ll feature both of those teams in quarterfinal round action. All of our broadcasts will be available online as well. The WPIAL Championships are set for the Petersen Events Center March 2-4. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Friday, Feb. 24
Quarterfinals
5A Girls #12 Woodland Hills 51, #4 Trinity 40
Trinity led by four at the half, then managed just three points over the next 12 minutes. The Hillers rallied back to within two halfway through the fourth but were outscored 14-5 down the stretch. Eden Williamson led Trinity with 19 points. Macie Justice added 10. Four Wolverines reached double figures including 12 each for Hope Hawkins, Jhalynn Wilson and Cierra Guest. Woodland Hills moves to the semifinals. Trinity drops in the state qualifier bracket to face #8 Penn-Trafford Monday.
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
2A Girls #3 Serra Catholic 50, #7 Chartiers-Houston 24
3A Girls #5 Our Lady/Sacred Heart 41, #8 Waynesburg 27
Saturday, Feb. 25
Semifinals
5A Boys #1 Peters Township vs. #4 Gateway 1:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
2A Girls #5 Burgettstown vs. #1 Shenango, 1:50 pm at Beaver Falls WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
1A Girls #10 Avella vs. #6 Eden Christian, 2 pm at Keystone Oaks
1A Girls #8 West Greene at #4 Monessen, 12 noon
Monday, Feb. 27
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I (sites/times to be announced)
5A Girls #4 Trinity vs. #8 Penn-Trafford
Tuesday, Feb. 28
State Qualifier Bracket, 7th Place (sites/times to be announced)
2A Girls #7 Chartiers-Houston vs. #8 Brentwood
3A Girls #8 Waynesburg vs. #11 Mohawk (loser eliminated)
February 25, 2023 3:39 am
It’s Week Two of the PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships Series. WPIAL AA team titlist Burgettstown is sending 11 wrestlers to Chartiers Valley, home of the WPIAL AA Individual Championships, the second step on the journey toward a state championship. Bentworth, McGuffey and Jeff-Morgan each qualified seven wrestlers, followed by Fort Cherry (6), Beth-Center (5), Wash High (3), West Greene (3) and Chartiers-Houston (2). You can hear the entire WPIAL AA Individual Championship Tournament on WJPA-AM Friday & Saturday
WPIAL AA Individual Championships, Chartiers Valley High School WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Friday, Feb. 24
4:50 pm Preliminaries, First Round, Quarterfinals, Consolation Round 1
Saturday, Feb. 25
9:50 am Semifinals, Consolation Rounds 2-4
3:20 pm Championship & Consolation Finals (1st-8th place)
AAA wrestlers begin a three-week trip to the state finals with the AAA Southern Sectional. Canon-McMillan, Peters Township, Trinity and Waynesburg wrestlers are in the field that will advance the top six in each weightclass to next week’s WPIAL AAA Individual championships. Our friends at Greene Sports will have complete coverage all day Saturday.
AAA Southern Sectional, South Fayette High School
Saturday, Feb. 25
930 am Preliminaries-Semifinals, Consolation Rounds 1-2
Championship & Consolation Finals (1st-6th place) will start 30 minutes following the end of the Consolation Round 2
February 25, 2023 4:12 am
Tick, tock, Manny Machado. Better watch that pitch clock. Baseball’s new pitch clock made its competitive debut during a limited schedule of spring training openers and Machado, San Diego’s All-Star slugger, was called for the first violation. Machado found out the hard way that the pitch clock works both ways. He wasn’t fully in the batter’s box and alert to the Seattle Mariners lefty Robbie Ray as the 15-second clock wound under 8 seconds in the first inning. Umpire Ryan Blakney called time and signaled strike one against Machado. Machado got a hit anyway.
February 25, 2023 4:11 am
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) – The NCAA has handed down a name, image and likeness-related penalty for the first time. It involves Miami, which has been placed on probation for one year. The school and the NCAA say women’s basketball coaches inadvertently helped arrange impermissible contact between a booster and two players before they signed with the Hurricanes. Coach Katie Meier already served a three-game suspension at the start of the season in anticipation of the NCAA’s decision. The NCAA did not name neither the booster nor the players involved, but referenced an April 13 tweet posted by booster John Ruiz that included a photo of him and Haley and Hanna Cavinder. The twins are not subject to sanctions.
February 23, 2023 2:47 am
Peters Township, Avella and West Greene girls all saw their WPIAL championships hopes end Thursday night with quarterfinal losses. Peters Township is eliminated. Avella & West Greene now must win two straight State Qualifier games to stay alive. Washington County is now down to five remaining teams (4 girls, 1 boys). Greene County has two girls teams still in contention, both in the qualifier brackets. Friday night, we’ve got the last of the quarterfinal games as the Trinity girls face Woodland Hills. All of our broadcasts will be available online as well. The WPIAL Championships are set for the Petersen Events Center March 2-4. WPIAL Brackets CLICK HERE
Thursday, Feb. 23
Quarterfinals
6A Girls #1 Upper St. Clair 60, #8 Peters Township 43
1A Girls#2 Bishop Canevin 84, #10 Avella 52
1A Girls #1 Union 64, #8 West Greene 20
#1 Upper St. Clair took its first lead halfway through the second quarter and never trailed again as the Panthers downed the Indians. Rylee Kalocay’s 27 points led all scorers. Peters was within with just under two minutes left in the third, but USC rolled from there, Kalocay & Samantha Prunzik combining for 24 points in the second half. Gemma Walker had 16 for Peters. Bri Morreale added 11. Avella trailed #2 Bishop Canevin, 34-12 at the end of one quarter and never recovered.
Friday, Feb. 24
Quarterfinals
5A Girls #4 Trinity vs. #12 Woodland Hills, 5:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
2A Girls #7 Chartiers-Houston at #3 Serra Catholic, 8 pm
3A Girls #8 Waynesburg vs. #5 Our Lady/Sacred Heart, 8 pm at Keystone Oaks
Saturday, Feb. 25
Semifinals
5A Boys #1 Peters Township vs. #4 Gateway 1:50 pm at Mt. Lebanon WJPA-FM (95.3) Listen Here
2A Girls #5 Burgettstown vs. #1 Shenango, 1:50 pm at Beaver Falls WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here
State Qualifier Bracket, Round I
1A Girls #10 Avella vs. #6 Eden Christian, 2 pm at Keystone Oaks
1A Girls #8 West Greene at #4 Monessen, 12 noon
February 24, 2023 3:47 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Connor McDavid scored twice and added two assists as the Edmonton Oilers embarrassed Sidney Crosby and the staggering Pittsburgh Penguins 7-2. Leon Draisaitl picked up his 35th goal as Edmonton improved to 10-1-5 in its last 16 games. Warren Foegele, Kailer Yamamoto, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Devin Shore also scored for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner stopped 22 shots but was rarely tested for most of the first two periods. Kris Letang scored early and late for Pittsburgh but the Penguins were overwhelmed while absorbing their fourth straight loss.
February 24, 2023 3:49 am
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) – Major League Baseball is introducing bigger bases this season as part of a flurry of changes designed to put more action and athleticism back in the game. The bases are expanding from 15-inch squares to 18 inches, which cuts down the distance between them by 4 1/2 inches. The distance between third and home and home and first was trimmed by 3 inches. With the new bases, major league teams could try a more aggressive approach on the basepaths. The bases also could help prevent injuries.
