February 12, 2024 4:51 am
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Nick Taylor made an 11-foot birdie putt to beat Charley Hoffman on the second hole of a playoff after birdieing three of the last four in regulation Sunday, capping another wild week at the Phoenix Open with his second memorable victory. Taylor closed with a 6-under 65 to reach 21-under 263, with the 35-year-old Canadian forcing the playoff with a 9-foot birdie putt on the par-4 18th. Both players birdied the extra hole and hit the green on No. 18 a second time, and Taylor birdied the hole for the third time in less than an hour. He won his fourth PGA Tour title. Last year, he took the Canadian Open with a 72-foot eagle putt on the fourth extra hole.
February 12, 2024 4:52 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Natalie Spooner and Emma Maltais each scored twice, Ann-Renée Desbiens made 24 saves and Canada routed the United States 6-1 on Sunday in the decisive seventh game of the Rivalry Series. Marie-Philip Poulin and Ashton Bell also scored for Canada and Sarah Nurse added three assists. It’s the second straight Rivalry Series in which the United States won the first three games, only to see Canada storm back and win four straight. Grace Zumwinkle scored for the Americans. Nicole Hensley stopped 10 of 13 shots before being replaced midway thorough the game by Abbey Levy, who made six saves.
February 10, 2024 1:58 am
All WPIAL basketball playoff tickets have been claimed, including 24 teams from the Washington/Greene Counties. Nine schools have teams in both boys and girls brackets. Burgettstown, California, Chartiers-Houston, Fort Cherry, McGuffey, Peters Township, Trinity, Wash High and West Greene will have boys & girls teams placed in the brackets set to be released Monday afternoon by the League. Once posted, we’ll update all of the match-ups on our sports page. All 24 qualifiers are listed below.
Saturday Results
Boys N/C Wash High 59, Monessen 56
Girls N/C Wash High 38, Monessen 36 OT
Girls WPIAL Qualifiers (*-Section champion)
6A Peters Township*
5A Trinity*
3A Waynesburg*, McGuffey
2A Beth-Center, Burgettstown*, California, Chartiers-Houston*, Fort Cherry*, Wash High*
1A Mapletown, West Greene
Boys WPIAL Qualifiers (*-Section champion)
6A Canon-McMillan
5A Peters Township, Trinity
3A McGuffey, Wash High*
2A Burgettstown, Chartiers-Houston, Fort Cherry*
1A Avella, California, Jeff-Morgan, West Greene
February 10, 2024 12:02 am
PIAA Wrestling Team Tournament — We’ll have coverage on WJPA-AM (1450) of every Burgettstown and Trinity match all weekend. PIAA Team Tournament info: CLICK HERE
Trinity schedule Listen Here
First Round: Trinity 54, Selinsgrove 14
Quarterfinal, Bethlehem Catholic 41, Trinity 24
Round II Consolation, Trinity 45, La Salle College HS 23
Saturday, Round III Consolation, Connellsville 30, Trinity 26
Trinity lost to Connellsville for the second straight time, falling to the WPIAL champion Falcons in the PIAA Team Tournament Round III Consolations, ending the Hillers’ stay in the tournament. Major decisions for Robbie Allison and Dom Canali, wins by Blake Reihner and Zane Garner and forfeits to Bodie Morgan and Adam Watson could not overcome an early Connellsville lead. Three pins and a major decision led the Falcons into the consolation semifinals.
Facing elimination, Trinity nearly doubled up La Salle College, 45-23, to advance to Saturday’s Round III Consolations. Trinity got pins from Zane Garner, Blake Reihner, Bodie Morgan and a tech fall from TJ Allison in the win. The Hillers face Connellsville for the second time in a week. The Falcons edged Trinity last Saturday in the WPIAL Finals.
Friday afternoon, Bethlehem Catholic won the final three bouts to break a 24-all tie, beating Trinity in the 3A quarterfinals. Blake Reihner, TJ Allison and Robbie Allison scored falls to pull Trinity even with three bouts to go. Bethlehem Catholic scored two falls and a tech fall to set the final score. The Hillers drop into a Round II consolation match later Friday afternoon against District 12 champion La Salle College High School.
Thursday, Trinity rebounded from a one-point loss in the WPIAL Team Tournament final, scoring a 54-14 win over District 4 champion Selinsgrove in the opening round of the 3A bracket. Mickey Horne, Jacob Wright, Dom Canali, Zane Garner, Blake Reihner, TJ Allison, Bodie Morgan and Robbie Allison delivered pins for the Hillers. Trinity advances to the quarterfinals and will face District 11 champion Bethlehem Catholic Friday afternoon on the WJPA Sports Network.
Burgettstown schedule Listen Here
First Round: Clearfield 42, Burgettstown 27
Round I Consolation: Montoursville 42, Burgettstown 23
Friday morning, Burgettstown’s stay in the tournament ended as the Blue Devils lost to Montoursville. Rudy Brown had a pin for Burgettstown and Gaven Suica added a technical fall for the Blue Devils only bonus points.
Thursday, Burgettstown built a 27-24 lead against District 9 champion Clearfield but lost the final three bouts, losing 42-27. The Blue Devils got pins from Joey Baronick and Darius Simmons, and a technical fall from Gaven Suica.
February 11, 2024 6:59 am
WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Connor Hellebuyck made 35 saves and the Winnipeg Jets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Saturday night to end a five-game losing streak. Nino Niederreiter and Mark Scheifele scored to help Winnipeg avenge a 3-0 loss in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. Bryan Rust scored for Pittsburgh, and Tristan Jarry made 29 saves. Sidney Crosby’s nine-game points streak ended.
February 11, 2024 7:06 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Chiefs go as far as Patrick Mahomes takes them. The 49ers have Christian McCaffrey, Deebo Samuel, George Kittle and a star-studded group surrounding Brock Purdy. This Super Bowl will come down to the other side of the ball. Defense wins the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday. Kansas City is seeking to become the NFL’s first repeat champion in 19 years. San Francisco is aiming for a record-tying sixth Super Bowl title. Mahomes, Travis Kelce and coach Andy Reid get most of the attention on the Chiefs, but defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo’s unit deserves plenty of credit for carrying the team during various points of the season when the offense was inconsistent and out of sync.
February 10, 2024 7:03 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Taylor Swift make it to the Super Bowl in time? Intrepid flight trackers online seem to think so. Fans of the music superstar and aviation journalists believe they have identified Swift’s private jet, which arrived at the Los Angeles International Airport just after 3:30 p.m. local time from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Yet to be revealed are her transportation plans onward to Las Vegas. That’s where Swift’s boyfriend, NFL star tight end Travis Kelce, will play in Sunday’s Super Bowl. She has followed Kelce for much of the Kansas City Chiefs’ season. Representatives for Swift and a private aviation company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
February 9, 2024 12:01 am
Boys Basketball — Fort Cherry and Wash High boys each won road games, clinching section championships, Fort Cherry wins the 2A-4 title outright, Wash High has at least a share of the 3A-4 championships, pending tomorrow’s Yough/Mt. Pleasant game. Beth-Center lost its ‘win & in’ game at home against Frazier. Peters Township, Trinity,m McGuffey and Chartiers-Houston won their playoff tune-up finales.
Girls Basketball — Canon-McMillan did what no other team had done all year, knocking off #1 Peters Township, handing the Indians their first loss of the season. Chartiers-Houston won at Carmichaels to clinch a share of the 2A-4 championship.
Friday — Boys Basketball
6A-2 Mt. Lebanon 61, Canon-McMillan 43
5A-1 Peters Township 76, Bethel Park 66
5A-1 Trinity 74, Ringgold 43
3A-4 Wash High 47, Mt. Pleasant 40
3A-4 McGuffey 64, Waynesburg 36
3A-4 Yough 52, Charleroi 26
2A-4 Fort Cherry 56, Burgettstown 53
2A-4 Chartiers-Houston 58, Carmichaels 34
2A-A Frazier 59, Beth-Center 49 Watch Here
1A-1 Union 91, Avella 68
1A-2 Monessen 90, California 59
1A-2 West Greene 47,Mapletown 44
1A-2 Jeff-Morgan 80, Geibel 41
Playoff status–Boys (12 in, 7 eliminated, * section champion)
IN: 6A Canon-McMillan, 5A Peters Township, Trinity, 3A Wash High-*, McGuffey, 2A Fort Cherry-*, Burgettstown, Chartiers-Houston, 1A Avella, West Greene, California, Jeff-Morgan. ELIMINATED: Bentworth, Beth-Center, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Mapletown, Ringgold, Waynesburg.
Friday — Girls Basketball
6A-2 Canon-McMillan 44, Peters Township 41
2A-4 Chartiers-Houston 54, Carmichaels 22
1A-2 West Greene 59, Mapletown 35
Playoff status–Girls (12 in, 7 eliminated, * section champion)
IN: 6A Peters Township-*, 5A Trinity-*, 3A Waynesburg-*, McGuffey, 2A Burgettstown-*, Fort Cherry-*, Chartiers-Houston-*, Wash High-*, Beth-Center, California, 1A West Greene, Mapletown. ELIMINATED: Avella, Bentworth, Canon-McMillan, Carmichaels, Charleroi, Jeff-Morgan, Ringgold.
February 10, 2024 4:16 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kirill Kaprizov scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the third period and Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves as the Minnesota Wild beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-2. Matt Boldy and Jonas Brodin also scored for Minnesota, which has won five of seven. Fleury, who earned his 553rd career win, was honored in a pregame ceremony nearly a month after passing Patrick Roy (551) for second place in NHL history. He trails only Martin Brodeur, who has 691 wins. Reilly Smith and Sidney Crosby scored for the Penguins, and Alex Nedeljkovic made 27 saves.
February 10, 2024 4:18 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — New Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith has hired Tom Arth as quarterbacks coach, Zach Azzanni as wide receivers coach and Mateo Kambui as offensive assistant. Arth replaces Mike Sullivan, who held the position each of the last three seasons and spent the final weeks of 2023 calling the plays after the Steelers fired former offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Arth spent the last two seasons as the passing game coordinator for the Los Angeles Chargers.
