March 10, 2026 4:29 am
Aaron Judge hit a two-run homer and Roman Anthony added a three-run drve in a big third inning to lead the United States to a 5-3 win over Mexico in the World Baseball Classic at Houston’s Daikin Park. The U.S. improved to 3-0 and will meet Italy on Tuesday night, seeking to secure a spot in the quarterfinals in Houston this weekend. Jarren Duran homered twice for Mexico, which will face Italy Wednesday night in the last game of Group B play. Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes allowed one hit and struck out seven in four innings for the U.S.
March 10, 2026 4:27 am
Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is the new running back for Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, and Miami settled on Malik Willis for a reset at quarterback after releasing Tua Tagovailoa. Indianapolis is keeping its top free agent in receiver Alec Pierce. People with knowledge of the agreements said the deals were among those reached on the opening day of NFL free agency. Two edge rushers are on the move. Jaelan Phillips is joining Carolina after Philadelphia traded for him last season. Dallas added edge rusher Rashan Gary in a trade with Green Bay.
March 9, 2026 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tommy Novak scored 17 seconds into overtime to complete a wild comeback in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-4 victory over the Boston Bruins on Sunday. Anthony Mantha scored two third-period goals to help Pittsburgh — playing without franchise cornerstones Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin — snap a three-game losing streak. Second in the Metropolitan Division, Pittsburgh has points in 16 of its last 19 games. Crosby is out a minimum of four weeks because of a lower-body injury and Malkin served the second of a five-game suspension for slashing Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin in the head. Egor Chinakhov added a power-play goal, Connor Dewar also scored and Arturs Silovs stopped 22 shots. Pavel Zacha had his second career hat trick for Boston.
March 9, 2026 4:39 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Tarik Skubal is thinking about pitching again for the United States in the World Baseball Classic after the Detroit Tigers ace had previously planned to make just one start. His mindset changed after he started for the U.S. in a 9-1 win over Britain on Saturday night. Skubal said he was talking with his agent, Scott Boras, and the Tigers about the situation but had not made a final decision.
March 9, 2026 4:38 am
Defending champion Japan became the first nation to clinch a quarterfinal berth in the World Baseball Classic, then rallied on Masataka Yoshida’s two-run homer in the seventh inning to beat Australia 4-3 at Tokyo Dome and assure first place in its first-round group. Japan advanced earlier Sunday when South Korea lost to Taiwan 5-4 in 10 innings. Japan’s win clinched first place in Pool C for Shohei Ohtani and the Samurai Warriors, who are 3-0. At Miami, Juan Soto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Junior Caminero and Austin Wells homered as the Dominican Republic routed the Netherlands 12-1 in seven innings.
March 9, 2026 4:39 am
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Akshay Bhatia has lived up to Arnold Palmer’s famous quote that “you must play boldly to win.” He was every bit of that at Bay Hill. The 24-year-old Bhatia rallied from five shots behind at the turn with four straight birdies and a 6-iron right at the pin to set up eagle. He shot 69 to force a playoff with Daniel Berger and beat him with a par on the first extra hole. Bhatia now has three PGA Tour titles and all of them have come in a playoff. Berger made bogey in the playoff, three-putting from 106 feet.
March 8, 2026 12:02 am
Peters Township never trailed but needed overtime to advance, the Indians topping Susquehannock. Peters Township sprinted to a 13-point lead early in the second quarter, then led by 10 with 10 minutes to play. In the extra period senior lina Sopko drained a three pointer 20 seconds in and the Warriors never squared the score. Trinity went to Hollidaysburg and knocked off the District 6 champion. The Jeff-Morgan boys also won a road game at a district champion to reach the second round. The PIAA Basketball Playoffs opened across the state Friday, including five Washington County teams. Canon-McMillan and Chartiers-Houston girls won their first-round games. Burgettstown and Fort Cherry girls and Ringgold boys lost and were eliminated. Winners move on to the second round Tuesday/Wednesday. We’ll have all four second round games on the WJPA Sports Network. Watch/Listen Here PIAA Brackets
Friday, Mar. 6 (PIAA District – finish)
6A Girls 7-1 Canon-McMillan > 3-8 Gov. Mifflin, 48-46 Watch/Listen Here
2A Girls 7-3 Chartiers-Houston > 9-2 Kane, 46-29 Watch/Listen Here
2A Girls 10-1 Wilmington > 7-6 Fort Cherry, 68-34
2A Girls WPIAL champion Neshannock > 7-7 Burgettstown, 80-26
5A Boys Dist. 3 champion West York > 7-8 Ringgold, 64-57
Saturday, Mar. 7
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township > 3-3 Susquehannock, 46-41 OT Watch/Listen Here
5A Girls 7-7 Trinity > Dist. 6 champion Hollidaysburg, 39-29 Watch/Listen Here
2A Boys 7-6 Jeff-Morgan > Dist. 9 champion Redbank Valley, 50-26
Tuesday, Mar. 10 (PIAA District – finish)
6A Girls 7-1 Canon-McMillan vs. 8-1 Allderdice, 5:45 pm at Peters Township, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
2A Girls 7-3 Chartiers-Houston vs. 6-1 Bishop McCort, 6:45 pm at Norwin, WJPA.com Watch/Listen Here
Wednesday, Mar. 11
5A Girls 7-7 Trinity vs. Dist. 3 champion York Suburban, 4:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
5A Girls 7-4 Peters Township vs. 3-7 Manheim Central, 6:15 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
2A Boys 7-6 Jeff-Morgan WPIAL runner-up Jeannette, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
March 8, 2026 1:45 am
Canon-McMillan’s Marlee Solomon won her second straight PIAA individual championship Saturday afternoon, the only gold medalist from the two-county area. Saturday brought the curtain down on the 2026 PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships. Medal bouts for Girls, 2A Boys & 3A Boys began just before noon with the championship finals in all three classes late afternoon. WJPA brought home complete coverage of the medal bouts and finals from the Giant Center, our 77th consecutive year with live coverage from the PIAA Wrestling Championships. WJPA-AM (1450) or online. Listen Here
Saturday: Listen Here
9:20 am 2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Consolation Semifinals
11:20 am 2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Consolation Medal Bouts (3rd Place, 5th Place, 7th Place)
3:50 pm 2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Championship Finals
Medalists from Washington/Greene County:
2A Boys Bentworth Drake McClure (6th), Owen Ivcic (8th); McGuffey Lucas Barrr (6th); West Greene Colin Whyte (3rd).
Girls Avella Abigail Dolanch (7th); Burgettstown Raya Sentipal (7th); Canon-McMillan Marlee Solomon (1st-2nd title), Yuni Ayala (6th), Audrey Calgaro (8th), Malia Ramos (8th); Peters Township Liliana Giulianelli (5th).
3A Boys Canon-McMillan Lee Dreshman (2nd), Collier Hartman (4th), Brayden Collins (5th).
March 8, 2026 6:19 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trevor Zegras scored the only goal of the shootout to help the Philadelphia Flyers defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Saturday night after falling behind three times. Owen Tippett, Alex Bump and Denver Barkey scored for the Flyers, and Dan Vladar stopped 20 shots. Tommy Novak, Rickard Rakell and Erik Karlsson scored for the Penguins, and Stuart Skinner stopped 12 shots.
March 8, 2026 6:21 am
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Pittsburgh beats Syracuse 71 to 69 in overtime and grabs the final spot in the ACC Tournament. On Saturday, Pitt ends the regular season at 12 and 19, and gets in as the last qualifier. Syracuse heads into the tournament on a five-game skid. Overtime stays scoreless until late. Pitt calls timeout with 10 seconds left. Nojus Indrusaitis drives and scores, and a goaltending call makes it the winner. Syracuse misses a last heave. Cameron Corhen scores 21 for Pitt. Naithan George drops 26 for Syracuse. Pitt plays Stanford on Tuesday. Syracuse plays SMU.
