November 6, 2022 1:22 am
Sophomore quarterback Jake Pugh hit 21-of-35 passes for 298 yards and four touchdowns, leading Washington & Jefferson past Grove City, 31-14, Saturday afternoon. Freshmen wideouts John Peduzzi and Ian Hansen each had over 100 receiving yards, the first time that’s happened in more than three years. Peduzzi scored on 23 and 10 yard receptions. Hansen snared a 16-yard scoring passes. Pugh’s other touchdown was on a six-yard grab by sophomore fullback Zach Cernuto. W&J rolled up 423 total yards but squandered two early scoring opportunities both inside the Grove City ‘red zone,” one a missed field goal and the other a tip-ball interception. Peduzzi’s first TD reception capped the third W&J possession, giving the Presidents a 7-0 lead late in the first quarter. Grove City answered with a nine-minute, 16-play drive to tie the score on a one-yard run from Clayton Parrish. Dylan Wyandt kicked a career-long 38 yard field goal to put W&J back in front, the Adam Rudzinski covered a loose ball on an option pitch, setting the Presidents up at the Wolverines’ 16-yard line. Hansen scored on the first play to set the halftime score at 17-7. After the break, Tyler Sabo’s third interception of the year gave W&J the ball at the Grove City 26. Two plays later, Pugh found Cernuto unguarded for the six-yard score. Puduzzi’s 10-yard scoring catch pushed the W&J lead to 31-7 late in the third quarter. Joey Guida set the final with a 20-yard touchdown run for the Wolverines. Guida finished with 17 carries for 112 yards. W&J improves to 7-2 with next week’s regular season finale at Waynesburg. Grove City drops to 6-3 and will host Thiel next week.
November 6, 2022 7:34 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Tanev scored the game-winning goal with 3:39 remaining and the Seattle Kraken beat Pittsburgh 3-2, sending the Penguins to their seventh straight loss. Tanev took a pass from Yanni Gourde and beat goaltender Tristan Jarry from point-blank range to snap a 2-all tie. It was Tanev’s first goal of the season and it came against the team he played for from 2019-21. The Kraken won their fourth straight, the longest streak for the second-year franchise. Seattle has five wins in its last six games. Vince Dunn and Gourde also had goals for the Kraken. Martin Jones stopped 36 shots after shutting out Minnesota in Seattle’s previous game. The Penguins got goals from Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel. Crosby also had his 900th career assist.
November 6, 2022 7:33 am
HOUSTON (AP) — Yordan Alvarez hit a towering three-run homer and the Houston Astros clinched their second World Series title in six seasons with a 4-1 win over the Philadelphia Phillies in Game 6. That also gave 73-year-old manager Dusty Baker his first title in 25 seasons as a manager, the last three in Houston. This was Houston’s second championship. The Astros also won in 2017, a title tarnished by their sign-stealing scandal. Alvarez’s home run in the sixth inning put Houston ahead 3-1. Astros rookie shortstop Jeremy Peña was the World Series MVP. The 25-year-old star born in the Dominican Republic also was MVP of the AL Championship Series. Houston starter Framer Valdez won his second game in this World Series.
November 5, 2022 12:05 am
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Wash High forced five Serra Catholic turnovers, two of them returned for touchdowns by Carlos Harper, as the Little Prexies beat the defending champions, snapping a three-game playoff losing streak. McGuffey struggled but finally withstood Mohawk’s upset bid. Matt Sieg put up nearly 400 yards total offense and five touchdowns, leading Fort Cherry into the 1A quarterfinals. Mapletown handled the Leechburg spread offense to secure their first school playoff win. Burgettstown, California and Carmichaels all met the end of the road with first-round losses. 6A teams had the week off before Canon-McMillan travels to North Allegheny next Friday.
2A First Round
#8 McGuffey 34, #9 Mohawk 29
#12 Wash High 49, #5 Serra Catholic 21
1A First Round
#6 Fort Cherry 56, #11 Monessen 42
#10 Union 32, #7 Burgettstown 7
#4 Mapletown 41, #13 Leechburg 28
#5 South Side Area 34, #12 California 3
#2 Laurel 53, #15 Carmichaels 8
November 5, 2022 12:02 am
Friday, Nov. 4, WPIAL 1A Boys Championship at Highmark Stadium
#2 Winchester Thurston 3, #8 Charleroi 2
Tuesday, Nov. 8, PIAA First Round
Girls 4A Peters Township at 6-1 Mifflin County / 10-1 McDowell winnner
Boys 1A Charleroi at District 9 champion
November 5, 2022 4:42 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Dusty Baker has been here before. It’s hard not to think of the last time the Astros’ manager was up 3-2 in the Fall Classic as he leads the team back to Houston Saturday night for Game 6 of the World Series against the Philadelphia Phillies needing just one win for a championship. In 2002, Baker’s San Francisco Giants entered Game 6 against the Anaheim Angels up by the same margin. The Giants squandered a five-run lead in a 6-5 loss in the sixth game before the Angels won the title with a 4-1 win in Game 7. Twenty years later in his third trip to the World Series, Baker is still looking for that elusive championship after a quarter-century as a major league manager.
November 5, 2022 4:41 am
SEATTLE (AP) – Peyton Henry made a 22-yard field goal with 8 seconds left to cap a 92-yard scoring driving, and Washington held off No. 24 Oregon State 24-21 to preserve its hopes in the Pac-12 championship game race. The Huskies took over at their own 3 with 4:33 left. Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. led a march downfield against the Beavers’ stingy defense. Penix was 9 of 13 for 66 yards on the drive. Washington won its third straight and kept alive its slim hopes of finding a spot in Las Vegas in the conference title game. Oregon State was playing its first game ranked in The AP Top 25 since the 2013 season opener.
November 4, 2022 12:02 am
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Wash High forced five Serra Catholic turnovers, two of them returned for touchdowns by Carlos Harper, as the Little Prexies beat the defending champions, snapping a three-game playoff losing streak. McGuffey struggled but finally withstood Mohawk’s upset bid. Matt Sieg put up nearly 400 yards total offense and five touchdowns, leading Fort Cherry into the 1A quarterfinals. Mapletown handled the Leechburg spread offense to secure their first school playoff win. Burgettstown, California and Carmichaels all met the end of the road with first-round losses. 6A teams had the week off before Canon-McMillan travels to North Allegheny next Friday.
2A First Round
#8 McGuffey 34, #9 Mohawk 29
#12 Wash High 49, #5 Serra Catholic 21
1A First Round
#6 Fort Cherry 56, #11 Monessen 42
#10 Union 32, #7 Burgettstown 7
#4 Mapletown 41, #13 Leechburg 28
#5 South Side Area 34, #12 California 3
#2 Laurel 53, #15 Carmichaels 8
November 4, 2022 12:01 am
Thursday, Nov. 3, WPIAL 4A Girls Championship at Highmark Stadium
#1 North Allegheny over #3 Peters Township, 2-1 SO (NA 3-2 in PK)
Friday, Nov. 4, WPIAL 1A Boys Championship at Highmark Stadium
8:00 pm #8 Charleroi vs. #2 Winchester Thurston
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Thursday, Nov. 3 PIAA 1A Qualifier
#5 Bishop Canevin over #6 Mapletown, 3-0
November 4, 2022 3:50 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Justin Verlander overcame an early jolt to grit out the World Series win that long eluded him, rookie Jeremy Peña hit a go-ahead home run and the Houston Astros beat the Philadelphia Phillies 3-2 to head home with a 3-2 lead. Buoyed by late defensive gems from Trey Mancini and Chas McCormick, the Astros moved to the brink of their second championship – the other was a scandal-tainted title in 2017. Houston went ahead just four pitches in against Noah Syndergaard on Peña’s run-scoring single. Then Philly’s Kyle Schwarber homered leading off the bottom half, harkening to the five-run lead Verlander wasted in Houston’s opening 6-5, 10-inning loss.
