February 14, 2026 10:00 pm
WPIAL 2A Southern Sectional at South Fayette
Championships
107 Lee Dreshman (Canon-McMillan) DEC Michael Johnson (West Allegheny), 7-1
114 Nicholas Mcgarrity (Peters Township) MAJ DEC Jackson Hoy (Trinity), 16-4
121 Gionno Gardner (Canon-McMillan) MAJ DEC Gavin Bricker (Trinity), 12-4
127 Dom Canali (Trinity) MAJ DEC Evan Sala (Mt. Lebanon), 10-2
133 Cael Yanek (Moon Area) DEC Jon Emma (Canon-McMillan), 9-6 TB2
139 Collier Hartman (Canon-McMillan) TECH FALL Thomas Bencho (West Allegheny), 18-3 3:44
145 Jacob Chacon (Montour) DEC Ian Bucheli (Bethel Park), 11-8
152 Logan Slovick (West Allegheny) MED FORFETO Rook Smith (Montour)
160 Cole Gibbons (Mt. Lebanon) DEC Mason Calgaro (Canon-McMillan), 7-3
172 Liam Costa (Moon Area) DEC Behr Bruckner (Trinity), 5-0
189 Bryce Collins (Canon-McMillan) DEC Teagan Barr (Trinity), 4-1 SV
215 Roan Tustin (Waynesburg) DEC Brayden Collins (Canon-McMillan), 4-2
285 Edrick Williams (Trinity) DEC Cam Danna (West Allegheny), 3-2 TB2
Third Place
107 Bryce Thomas (Moon Area) FALL Parker Jennings (Trinity), 0:23
114 Shamil Islamov (Baldwin) DEC Hayden Seymour (Moon Area), 11-5
121 Karsten Kirchner (Moon Area) FORFEIT Floyd Huff (Waynesburg), 0-0
127 Ricky Hammel (West Allegheny) TECH FALL Landon Lower (Moon Area), 20-2 4:16
133 Jake Wright (Trinity) DEC A.J. Snatchko (West Allegheny), 6-0
139 Peter Leventis (South Fayette) DEC Caleb Crawford (Bethel Park), 7-0
145 Devin Junko (Trinity) MAJ DEC Aidan Finnigan (Canon-McMillan), 14-6
152 Carson Gerba (Trinity) DEC Colton Fisher (Bethel Park), 7-1
160 Luke Poland (Trinity) TECH FALL Bryce Catanzaro (Upper St Clair), 18-0 4:31
172 Michael Lawrence (Chartiers Valley) MAJ DEC Blake Schepis (West Allegheny), 10-2
189 Michael Olszewski (Moon Area) DEC Musabek Sadyrbekov (Chartiers Valley), 4-1
215 Ian Holub (Trinity) DEC Khalil Razipour (Moon Area), 3-1 TB2
285 Dakota Carmona (Canon-McMillan) DEC Jacob Halbedl (Montour), 4-1 SV
Fifth Place
107 Conner Dean (South Fayette) DEC Gabe Green (Peters Township), 7-4
114 Lucas Carson (West Allegheny) FALL Parker Kolarcik (Canon-McMillan), 2:21
121 Ahkmed Yusupov (Baldwin) FALL Damon Nelson (Montour), 2:42
127 Carson Elder (Bethel Park) MED FORFEIT Jason Alex (Baldwin), 6-1 4:02
133 Aiden Guthrie (Baldwin) MAJ DEC Link Miner (Waynesburg), 9-1
139 Tilek Sadyrbekov (Chartiers Valley) DEC Mike Griffiths (Baldwin), 7-1
145 Zack Regotti (Moon Area) DEC Brock Dennison (South Fayette), 11-5
152 Ben Mares (Mt. Lebanon) DEC Derek Worstell (Upper St Clair), 6-0
160 Parraish Brinson (Baldwin) FALL Max Gould (Moon Area), 3:20
172 Jack Hunter (Canon-McMillan) TECH FALL Luca Coury (Upper St Clair), 16-1 5:00
189 Landen Pusateri (Peters Township) DEC Bryce Tunno (Blackhawk), 3-1
215 Gavin Kesler (West Allegheny) DEC Wyar Alozie (Chartiers Valley), 7-2
285 Alex Zevallos (Upper St Clair) FALL Lincoln Fisher (Waynesburg), 2:22
February 15, 2026 6:07 am
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia goes into the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am with a two-shot lead. He shot a 68 on Saturday with a big run of birdies on the scoring holes early. That gave him enough of a cushion to hold on when the cold wind arrived. Bhatia is up two over Jake Knapp, Collin Morikawa and Sepp Straka. The final hour was a prelude to Sunday. The wind was whipping and golf balls were wobbling on the greens. Wind and rain are in the forecast and tee times have been moved up by an hour.
February 15, 2026 6:20 am
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William Byron chases an unprecedented third straight Daytona 500 win Sunday when he attempts to make NASCAR history. He’ll be trying to win NASCAR’s season opener for the third consecutive year in a backup car after he damaged his primary in a qualifying race. He starts near the back in 39th, but he says that does not scare him. Byron has won here with a backup before. He has also won by staying patient and avoiding trouble, not by leading lots of laps. The field also has big storylines. Kyle Busch starts on the pole while stuck in a long winless skid and Brad Keselowski races while recovering from a broken leg.
February 14, 2026 3:58 am
Vitt Emerich hit a pair of free throws with a half-second to play, giving Trinity the win at West Allegheny. The Hillers trailed by 9 points midway through the third, then built a 10-point lead halfway through the fourth. West Allegheny tied the game with just over a minute to play before Emerich was fouled just before the buzzer, sending her to the line. Peters Township built a 7-point lead at the half and held #5 Plum at arms length the rest of the way, scoring an opening-round upset. In the 3A girls bracket, #7 Waynesburg won at home while #11 McGuffey was eliminated with a road loss. Basketball pauses for the weekend with more first-round games set for Monday. Our audio coverage is available free on-air and online. Video for WPIAL/PIAA playoff games is accessible through the NFHS Network under League agreements. We are producing the video for all of our early round games. Here’s a daily schedule of games for Washington/Greene County teams. WPIAL Brackets
Friday, Feb. 13 — First Round
5A Girls #9 Trinity > #8 West Allegheny, 50-48 Watch/Listen
5A Girls #12 Peters Township > #5 Plum, 56-46 Watch/Listen
3A Girls #6 Our Lady/Sacred Heart > #11 McGuffey, 54-20 Watch/Listen
3A Girls #7 Waynesburg > #10 Deer Lakes, 55-26
Monday. Feb. 16
2A Boys #10 Winchester Thurston at #7 Chartiers-Houston, 6:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
2A Boys #13 Fort Cherry at #4 Neshannock, 7 pm
2A Boys #14 Bentworth at #3 Our Lady/Sacred Heart, 6:45 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen
2A Boys #11 Springdale at #6 Jeff-Morgan, 7 pm
1A Girls #11 Clairton at #6 West Greene, 7 pm
February 14, 2026 4:07 am
MILAN (AP) — Ilia Malinin crashed out of the Olympic figure skating podium after a disastrous free skate and Mikhail Shaidorov of Kazakhstan takes a shocking gold medal. On Friday night in Milan Cortina, Malinin fell twice and dropped from first after the short program to eighth overall. AP reports the arena sat in stunned silence as Malinin fought back tears after one of his worst performances. Shaidorov posted a career-best 291.58 points and gave Kazakhstan its first Winter Games gold medal. Yuma Kagiyama won silver again and Japan’s Shun Sato took bronze. Malinin’s long unbeaten streak was ended.
February 14, 2026 4:08 am
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia and Ryo Hisatsune share the lead at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after two days of low scoring. Bhatia is bogey-free and shot 64 at Spyglass Hill that included a chip-in for eagle. Hisatsune followed his 62 at Pebble Beach with a 67. Rickie Fowler and Sam Burns are one shot behind. They all were at Spyglass Hill and far away from the speculation at Pebble Beach over whether Taylor Swift would show up to watch fiancé Travis Kelce play at Pebble Beach. There was a big buzz and a big crowd. There was no Swift.
February 14, 2026 4:10 am
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Mike Tyson said boxing in the United States is fading, and he wants to help revive it by building stronger amateur competition. On Friday, he pointed to shrinking grassroots boxing clubs and fewer places for young fighters to test themselves. He is helping launch the Mike Tyson Invitational in Las Vegas on March 12–14 to bring top amateurs together. Tyson also worries about boxing’s shaky Olympic status, even after the IOC included it in the 2028 Los Angeles Games. He praised the UFC model for tight control and entertainment standards. Tyson said exciting fights and full seats fuel greatness.
February 12, 2026 2:22 am
Ben Hays scored 31 points, leading Bentworth past West Greene Thursday night, opening the WPIAL basketball playoffs. Beth-Center struggled in the first half and couldn’t recover, losing at Brentwood. In the 5A preliminaries, Ringgold rolled at home against Laurel Highlands. Four more Washington/Greene County teams will take the floor Friday as the League’s first round gets underway. A total of 22 teams from the two-county area have games in the prelims or first round and will play over the first four days of the tournament. We’ll have seven more games on-air and online in the opening round, including three games tonight. 1A boys #3 Avella (Wednesday) and 6A girls #1 Canon-McMillan (Thursday) are slotted into their quarterfinals and will play next week. Our audio coverable is available free on-air and online. Video for WPIAL/PIAA playoff games is accessible through the NFHS Network under League agreements. We are producing the video for all of our early round games. Here’s a daily schedule of games for Washington/Greene County teams. WPIAL Brackets
Friday, Feb. 13 — First Round
5A Girls #9 Trinity at #8 West Allegheny, 6:45 pm, WJPA-FM (95.3) Watch/Listen
5A Girls #12 Peters Township at #5 Plum, 6:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen
3A Girls #11 McGuffey at #6 Our Lady/Sacred Heart, 6:45 pm, WJPA.com Watch/Listen
3A Girls #10 Deer Lakes at #7 Waynesburg, 7:00 pm
Thursday, Feb. 12 — Preliminary Round
2A Boys #14 Bentworth > #19 West Greene, 61-44 Watch/Listen
2A Boys #16 Brentwood > #17 Beth-Center, 58-41 Watch/Listen
5A Boys #15 Ringgold > #18 Laurel Highlands, 64-39
February 13, 2026 4:23 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elroy Face, an All-Star reliever for the Pittsburgh Pirates who saved three games in the 1960 World Series to help them upset the New York Yankees, has died. He was 97. In a news release, the Pirates announced they confirmed Face’s death. Team historian Jim Trdinich said the club was contacted by Face’s son, Elroy Jr., and informed the former pitcher died Thursday at an independent senior living facility in North Versailles, Pennsylvania. No cause of death was provided. Selected to six All-Star teams, Face went 104-95 with a 3.48 ERA in 16 major league seasons with Pittsburgh, Detroit and Montreal. He compiled 191 career saves — although saves didn’t become an official statistic until 1969.
February 13, 2026 4:27 am
MILAN (AP) — Brock Nelson scored twice, four teammates had two assists apiece and the U.S. opened the Milan Cortina Olympics by rolling past Latvia 5-1 in a dominant showcase of some of the country’s best NHL players. The Americans held onto the puck for long stretches and barely let their opponents have it. Connor Hellebuyck only needed to make 17 saves. Canada beat Czechia 5-0 as the tournament favorite looked every bit like it in its first game. Sidney Crosby had a pair of assists. Switzerland blanked France 4-0, and Germany beat Denmark 3-1.
