February 22, 2022 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Outgoing Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert says the team will look to add to its quarterback depth during the offseason. The Steelers are searching for a new starter for the first time in nearly 20 years following Ben Roethlisberger’s retirement. Colbert says the team believes in longtime backup Mason Rudolph, but will likely bring in some fresh faces to compete with Rudolph and Dwayne Haskins for the right to be the Week 1 starter. Colbert, who is stepping down after the draft, said he does not anticipate announcing his replacement until later this spring.
February 21, 2022 3:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jesper Fast scored 9 seconds into the third period to break a tie, Sebastian Aho followed with his 22nd goal of the season and the Carolina Hurricanes edged the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Sunday to move into first place in the Metropolitan Division. Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jordan Staal also scored for Carolina, which never trailed in the first meeting of the season between the teams that entered the day tied atop perhaps the league’s most competitive division. Sidney Crosby, Bryan Rust and Evan Rodrigues scored for Pittsburgh.
February 21, 2022 3:53 am
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Roger Penske received quite an 85th birthday from his rookie driver. Austin Cindric drove his brand new NASCAR ride to victory in the Daytona 500. Cindric was the leader on the restart from the top lane and pulled out to a sizeable gap. He then ducked down to the bottom line in front of his Team Penske teammate Ryan Blaney so that Blaney and Cindric could work together over the final two-lap sprint to the finish. A crash behind them brought out the caution and Cindric was ruled the leader and the winner. It’s the first career Cup victory for the 23-year-old Cindric, who was promoted from the Xfinity Series to replace Brad Keselowski in the No. 2 Ford and run for NASCAR’s rookie of the year honors. Bubba Wallace finished second in the season-opening race for the second time in his career. He was followed by a trio of Ford drivers in Chase Briscoe, Blaney and Aric Almirola.
February 21, 2022 3:52 am
CLEVELAND (AP) – Steph Curry put on a 3-point clinic at the NBA All-Star game, but LeBron James had the final word. Curry made an All-Star Game-record 16 3-pointers and scored 50 points as Team LeBron beat Team Durant, 163-160 at Cleveland. He needed one more 3-pointer to break Anthony Davis’ record of 52 points but missed his final attempt. The game MVP nailed six treys in the second quarter, but he was just getting started. He added seven in the third period, but the game was tied heading into the final quarter. LeBron James put his team at the 163-point threshold by hitting a jumper that left him 5-0 since the leading vote-getters began to choose sides for the All-Star Game. Giannis Antetokounmpo had 30 points and James finished with 24 in his old home. Joel Embiid led Team Durant with 36 points.
February 19, 2022 11:39 pm
The WPIAL AA Wrestling Championships wrapped up Saturday night Canon-McMillan High School. The top seven place-winners in each weight class qualify for the PIAA Southwest AA Regional at Peters Township March 4-5.
WPIAL AA Championship Finals
106 Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown) F Shawn Robertson (Fort Cherry), 1:53
113 Colin Bartley (Laurel) DEC Seth Burns (West Greene), 5-2
120 Chris Vargo (Bentworth) DEC Cooper Hornack (Burrell), 5-0
126 Dylan Bruce (Elizabeth Forward) DEC Timmy Cafrelli (South Side), 7-3
132 Joey Sentipal (Burgettstown) DEC Kyle Mccollum (Beth Center), 6-2
138 Ambrose Boni (Central Valley) F Damon Michaels (Elizabeth Forward), 5:41
145 Shawn Szymanski (Burrell) DEC Chase Frameli (Jefferson Morgan), 5-4
152 Justin Richey (Quaker Valley) DEC Tyler Berish (Beth Center), 3-2 TB2
160 Grant Mackay (Laurel) F Trevor Pettit (Beth Center), 0:56
172 Rune Lawrence (Frazier) F Mason Diemert (Quaker Valley), 1:56
189 Patrick Cutchember (Quaker Valley) DEC Noah Gnibus (Mt. Pleasant), 6-3
215 Dayton Pitzer (Mt. Pleasant) F Vitali Daniels (Bentworth), 1:12
285 Joseph Baronick (Burgettstown) DEC Cameron Carter-green (Washington), 4-1
WPIAL AA Consolation Finals (3rd Place)
106 Isaac Maccaglia (Quaker Valley) F Dylan Klim (Derry), 0:39
113 Giovanni Beatrice (Derry) DEF Jack Kazalas (Quaker Valley)
120 Dylan Slovick (Burgettstown) DEF Logan Richey (Quaker Valley)
126 Brandon Krul (Quaker Valley) F Davis Stepp (Beth Center), 0:26
132 Peter Chacon (Montour) DEC Greg Shaulis (Mt. Pleasant), 10-5
138 Jamison Poklembo (Mt. Pleasant) DEC Andrew Johnson (Southmoreland), 4-3
145 Ryan Celaschi (Frazier) DEC Anthony Lancos (Burgettstown), 1-0
152 Joey Boughton (Avonworth) DEC Isaiah Pisano (Hopewell), 4-2
160 Christian Hirak (Derry) DEC Damian Barr (Burrell), 3-1 SV
172 Mike Ewing (Washington) DEF Aaron Deluca (Montour)
189 Cole Clark (Burrell) DEF Brenan Morgan (Central Valley)
215 Anthony Govern (Southmoreland) DEC Landon Millward (Freedom), 9-8
285 Coltin Hill (Laurel) F Mason Neiderhiser (Southmoreland), 2:24
WPIAL AA Consolation Finals (5th Place)
106 Killian Turek (South Side) F Donovan Thomas (Valley), 2:04
113 Calio Zanella (Burrell) DEC James Walzer (Montour), 3-1
120 Tyler Clark (Frazier) F Anthony Orlandini (Montour), 2:36
126 Bryce Rodriguez (Carlynton) DEF Gaven Suica (Burgettstown)
132 Niko Ferra (Burrell) DEC Tanner Millward (Freedom), 7-1
138 Isaac Lacinski (Burrell) DEC Rudy Brown (Burgettstown), 9-3
145 Chuck Perkins (Valley) F Tyler Debnar (Beth Center), 1:56
152 Eric Kovach (Burgettstown) DEC Conor Johnson (Mt. Pleasant), 6-4
160 DJ Slovick (Burgettstown) DEF Braedon Welsh (Fort Cherry)
172 Jacob Layhue (Beth Center) MD Jacob Noyes (Burgettstown), 10-0
189 Anthony Salvini (Fort Cherry) DEC Alston Csutoros (Beth Center), 3-2 TB2
215 Luke Boylan (Burrell) DEC Ryan Dimuccio (Laurel), 4-2 SV
285 Christian Flaherty (Keystone Oaks) DEC Josh Deems (Beth Center), 6-2
WPIAL AA Consolation Finals (7th Place)
106 Derek Allen (Ellwood City) F Quinn Garda (Keystone Oaks), 3:25
113 Matt Frank (Knoch) DEC Troy Wagner (McGuffey), 9-7
120 Sean Cain (Mt. Pleasant) F Emanuel Gardner (Elizabeth Forward), 4:02
126 Gavyn Mccray (Freedom) DEF James Brown (Ligonier Valley)
132 Ryder Goe (South Side) DEF Micah Hughes (Valley)
138 Ryan Harbert (Ligonier Valley) F Matt Schultheis (Freedom), 2:30
145 Charles Krepp (Laurel) DEF Chase Brandebura (Carlynton)
152 Tristan Ice (Southmoreland) DEF Aaron Butler (Knoch)
160 Jessie Orbin (Chartiers-Houston) DEC Kyle Brookman (McGuffey), 3-2
172 Bryson Robinson (Southmoreland) F Adam Mcanany (Jefferson Morgan), 2:12
189 Chase Tinstman (Laurel) DEC Johnny Lampe (West Greene), 8-3
215 Alex Kuzma (Central Valley) F Logan Smith (McGuffey), 1:42
285 Lance Crawley (Central Valley) DEC Donavin Stifller (Ellwood City), 5-3
February 20, 2022 1:42 am
Parker Sentipal, his brother Joey and Joseph Baronick won WPIAL AA individual wrestling championships Saturday afternoon. Bentworth’s Chris Vargo picked up his second title. Eight other Washington/Greene County wrestlers, including a trio from Beth-Center, were forced to settle for silver medals. All told, 33 wrestlers from the two-county area qualified for the PIAA Southwest AA Regional Mar. 4-5 at Peters Township, the final step on the road to Hershey. Burgettstown, the WPIAL AA third-place team, claimed nearly a third of those spots, sending 10 to the regional. Beth-Center qualified eight, Fort Cherry and McGuffey three each. Bentworth, Wash High, Jeff-Morgan and West Greene have two regional qualifiers and Chartiers-Houston has one.
February 20, 2022 7:45 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brian Flores is back in the NFL. The Pittsburgh Steelers hired the former Miami Dolphins coach on Saturday to serve as a senior defensive assistant. Flores will specialize in working with Pittsburgh’s linebackers, a group that includes NFL Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt. The hiring comes less than three weeks after Flores, who is Black, sued the NFL and three teams over alleged racist hiring practices following his dismissal by Miami. Flores led the Dolphins to consecutive winning seasons before he was fired in January. Though he has returned to coaching in the league, Flores will not abandon the lawsuit. Flores joins a restructured defensive staff in Pittsburgh after longtime coordinator Keith Butler retired. Teryl Austin was promoted to take Butler’s place earlier this month.
February 20, 2022 7:47 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Michael Devoe scored 22 points, Rodney Howard scored 14 and Georgia Tech beat Pittsburgh 68-62 on Saturday night to end its three-game losing streak. Devoe made a pair of foul shots for a 28-26 lead with 3:47 left before halftime and the Yellow Jackets led the rest of the way. Later, Devoe hit a jumper with 5:43 remaining for a 63-45 lead. The Panthers applied a full-court press which helped them turn over the Yellow Jackets and a 14-0 run brought them within 63-59 in a 3:30 stretch. But Devoe buried a 3-pointer with 2:06 remaining, Kyle Sturdivant added another and the Yellow Jackets sealed it making 4 of 5 foul shots in the final 24 seconds to end Pitt’s three-game win streak. Jordan Usher added 10 points for Georgia Tech, which also ended its three-game road losing streak. Mouhamadou Gueye scored 27 points on 10-for-15 shooting and grabbed 12 rebounds for the Panthers, John Hugley scored 18 points — shooting 7 for 10 — and grabbed 11 rebounds and Ithiel Horton scored 10.
February 18, 2022 10:00 pm
The four-week individual wrestling championship series began Friday for WPIAL AA wrestlers. The League scrapped 2A Section tournaments, returning to a full, all-eligible WPIAL AA championship gathering at Canon-McMillan. We’ll have start to finish coverage all weekend on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
Saturday
9:50 am Semifinals, 2nd-3rd-4th Consolations
3:50 pm Championship & Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th, 7th place)
The WPIAL Basketball playoffs got underway Friday night including two of the 12 Washington County teams in the tournaments. Click for WPIAL brackets.
Peters Township girls got 18 points from Journey Thompson on the way to a 57-42 win over Butler, moving the Indians to Wednesday’s quarterfinals at #1 Mt. Lebanon. Charleroi’s girls were eliminated with a 61-38 loss at Laurel.
February 19, 2022 4:04 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Carolina Panthers assistant general manager Dan Morgan is among a handful of candidates who have interviewed with the Pittsburgh Steelers to replace outgoing general manager Kevin Colbert. The Steelers announced Morgan, Green Bay co-director of player personnel John Wojciechowski, Indianapolis Colts director of college scouting Morocco Brown and Tampa Bay vice president of player personnel John Spytek all sat down with the team at some point over the last two weeks. Colbert will step down following the NFL draft after more than two decades with the club.
