October 20, 2022 2:51 am
A disappointing start to Week 8 of the High School Football season. Wednesday, Trinity was notified that Carrick, the Hillers’ opponent for Senior Night, was not going to be able to play the game. Playing an independent schedule out of the City League, Carrick did not feel they had enough healthy players to safely play the game against Class 4A Trinity. The Hillers tried without success to find another opponent. However, plans to recognize the senior football players, band members and cheerleaders will proceed as scheduled Friday night, starting at 6:30 pm. The parking restrictions a Trinity Middle School remain in effect with shuttle service offered from Trinity High School.
October 21, 2022 3:53 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Tristan Jarry stopped 39 shots and the Pittsburgh Penguins drilled the Los Angeles Kings 6-1. Jan Rutta, Jeff Petry and Ryan Poehling scored their first goals for Pittsburgh as the Penguins improved to 3-0-1. Jake Guentzel, Rickard Rakell and Jeff Carter also scored for the Penguins. Pittsburgh took a quick 3-0 lead in the first period to chase Los Angeles starting goaltender Cal Petersen. Carl Grundstrom scored late for the Kings to spoil Jarry’s shutout bid.
October 21, 2022 3:57 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – Marco Wilson and Isaiah Simmons scored touchdowns on two pick-6s late in the first half and used that stunning change in momentum to lift the Arizona Cardinals over the New Orleans Saints 42-34. The Cardinals snapped an eight-game home losing streak that was the franchise’s longest since 1958. The game was tied at 14 when Saints quarterback Andy Dalton threw the game-changing interceptions on consecutive drives that were barely a minute apart just before halftime.
October 21, 2022 3:55 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Alex Bregman hit an early three-run homer, Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings and the Houston Astros edged the New York Yankees 3-2 to take a 2-0 lead in the AL Championship Series. Yankees slugger Aaron Judge just missed a two-run homer in the eighth when his drive was caught just in front of the short wall by right fielder Kyle Tucker. The ball would’ve landed in the short right-field porch at Yankee Stadium, Statcast showed – with the roof open at Minute Maid Park, the wind might’ve knocked down Judge’s bid. The Astros improved to 5-0 this postseason. A night after Justin Verlander fanned 11 to begin the best-of-seven series, Bregman’s third-inning homer was all the offense Houston needed. The Astros improved to 5-0 this postseason.
October 20, 2022 3:46 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Justin Verlander struck out 11 in six strong innings and Yuli Gurriel, Chas McCormick and Jeremy Peña all homered to power the Houston Astros to a 4-2 win over the New York Yankees in their AL Championship Series opener. The Astros are in their sixth consecutive ALCS, looking to reach the World Series for the fourth time in that span, against a New York team in the LCS for the first time since being eliminated by Houston in 2019. The game was tied 1-all in the sixth when Gurriel connected off reliever Clarke Schmidt for a solo shot that put Houston on top. Two batters later, McCormick sent a sinker from Schmidt into right field to make it 3-1.
October 20, 2022 3:49 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Brandon Drury hit a go-ahead, two-run single during a five-run rally in the fifth inning and the San Diego Padres stunned Aaron Nola and the Philadelphia Phillies 8-5 to tie their all-wild card NL Championship Series at one game apiece. The outburst started with Padres catcher Austin Nola hitting an RBI single off his younger brother that brought the sellout, towel-twirling crowd of 44,607 at Petco Park to life. Three innings earlier, the Phillies took a 4-0 lead with a rally that included bloop hits, a sun-aided double on a gorgeous, 92-degree afternoon and some shoddy Padres defense.
October 19, 2022 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – Kenny Pickett is scheduled to practice fully on Wednesday, according to Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin. The announcement from Tomlin comes days after Kenny Pickett suffered a concussion against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Pickett, the team’s starting quarterback on the depth chart, left the game in the third quarter with the Steelers leading over the Buccaneers. Mitch Trubisky then closed the door, leading to a potential quarterback controversy. However, Tomlin shut down any of that noise, as the Steelers will start Pickett if he is healthy. “If he can play, he will play,” Tomlin said. Tomlin noted that he did not want to ‘blow in the wind’ or ‘flip the script’ on the quarterback situation. That has been consistent messaging on Tomlin’s part, as he wants the team to know which quarterback to rally around on a week-to-week basis.
October 19, 2022 3:47 am
SAN DIEGO (AP) – Bryce Harper homered again, Kyle Schwarber hit a jaw-dropping, 488-foot drive and Zack Wheeler was brilliant in throwing one-hit ball for seven innings to lead the Philadelphia Phillies over the San Diego Padres 2-0 in the opening game of the all-wild card NL Championship Series. Wheeler and two relievers combined on a one-hitter for the Phillies, who will try to take a 2-0 lead when they send Aaron Nola to mound to oppose Blake Snell on Wednesday afternoon. Schwarber’s incredible shot on Yu Darvish’s first pitch of the sixth had an exit velocity of 119.7 mph. Harper homered in his third straight playoff game.
October 19, 2022 3:50 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge staggered Cleveland with early homers, and the New York Yankees rocked past the Guardians 5-1 in the decisive Game 5 of their AL Division Series to set up another rematch with Houston for the pennant. Yankees manager Aaron Boone won his gamble by starting Nestor Cortes on three days’ rest over Jameson Taillon, making the late switch after Monday night’s rainout. Cleveland starter Aaron Civale struggled. With two on and two outs in the ninth and ace Gerrit Cole warming up in case, Yankees second baseman Gleyber Torres stepped on the bag to end it, then mimicked rocking a baby with the ball — a jab at Guardians slugger Josh Naylor, who made the motion rounding the bases after a homer off Cole in Game 4.
October 18, 2022 3:48 am
MONTREAL (AP) – Kirby Dach scored 3:09 into overtime, lifting the Montreal Canadiens to a 3-2 victory over Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Nick Suzuki had a goal and an assist for Montreal, which trailed 2-0 after two periods. Cole Caufield also scored, and Kaiden Guhle had two assists. It was Dach’s first goal since he was acquired in a July trade with Chicago. Evgeni Malkin had two goals for Pittsburgh, and Bryan Rust had two assists. DeSmith made 36 saves.
