October 16, 2022 7:50 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel led the way, as the Pittsburgh Penguins scored four third-period goals to defeat the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Saturday. Crosby had a goal and two assists, while Guenztel added a goal and a helper. Danton Heinen and Bryan Rust scored power-play goals, while Jeff Carter and Rickard Rakell also scored for the Penguins, who have outscored the opposition 12-4 in two games this season. Tristan Jarry made 34 saves for his second win, as Pittsburgh routed Arizona on Thursday. Steven Stamkos scored his fourth of the season and Brayden Point his first for the Lightning, who closed a season-opening three-game road trip.
October 16, 2022 7:52 am
The Houston Astros are going back to the AL Championship Series for the sixth straight year. One big swing by Jeremy Peña was enough. Peña homered in the 18th inning, and Houston beat the Seattle Mariners 1-0 for a three-game sweep of their AL Division Series. Houston awaits the winner of the New York/Cleveland series. Game 4 is Sunday night. The host Guardians lead the Yankess, 2 games to one.
Bryce Harper and the Philadelphia Phillies advanced to the NLCS with an 8-3 victory over the Atlanta Braves. It’s the first NLCS appearance for Philly since 2010. They’ll open Tuesday at San Diego in an all-wild card NLCS after the Padres stunned the 111-win Los Angeles Dodgers in four games. San Diego is in the NLCS for the first time in 24 years.
October 15, 2022 12:01 am
Fort Cherry took control of a playoff spot, though the Rangers haven’t clinched, with a win at Cornell. Wash High clinched at home while McGuffey let a chance to clinch slip through their collective fingers with a late home loss to Keystone Oaks. Trinity was officially eliminated from the Big Seven race, losing to Laurel Highlands. California moved closer to clinching, beating Carmichaels while Beth-Center stayed alive with a road win at West Greene. Canon-McMillan won a non-conference road game while Peters Township lost at home to defending state champion Mt. Lebanon in another non-conference match-up.
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 27, Cornell 7
Bishop Canevin 33, Chartiers-Houston 6
Our Lady/Sacred Heart over Avella, forfeit (Avella only 12 healthy players available)
Burgettstown 41, Carlynton 0
1A Tri-County South
Mapletown 49, Bentworth 3
Beth-Center 37, West Greene 33
California 27, Carmichaels 6
Monessen 70, Jeff-Morgan 30
2A Century
Keystone Oaks 32, McGuffey 30
Wash High 61, Charleroi 0
4A Big Seven
Laurel Highlands 20, Trinity 8
Thomas Jefferson 42, Ringgold 0
Non-Conference
Canon-McMillan 28, Upper St. Clair 24
Mt. Lebanon 6, Peters Township 3
Uniontown 28, Waynesburg 14
October 14, 2022 5:40 am
According to a report in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Avella has forfeited its football game Friday against Our Lady of the Sacred Heart because injuries have taken the team down to 12 players. Avella is the smallest school in WPIAL football and started the season with only 20 players on its roster. Avella coach Ryan Cecchini said he and school administrators decided to forfeit because of safety reasons for the players. “We beat Carlynton two weeks ago and took some lumps, but we really got beat up pretty good last week against Fort Cherry,” Cecchini said. “It became apparent Monday that we might not be able to suit up for this game. We decided to wait until Wednesday, and it got worse by then. At that point, it became a safety issue. OLSH has been great about this situation, but you can’t really play a game with 12 or 13 players. The 12 or 13 we have aren’t fully healthy, either. And a lot of the problem is that we have only three seniors and two juniors on the rosters. We would have to play a lot of young kids who haven’t been through the grind of games.”
October 14, 2022 3:49 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang started their 17th season together with a bang as the Pittsburgh Penguins raced by the Arizona Coyotes 6-2. The longtime franchise cornerstones combined for two goals and four assists. The trio joined former New York Yankee stars Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and Jorge Posada as the longest-tenured teammates in major North American professional sports history. Jake Guentzel, Jason Zucker, Bryan Rust and Kasperi Kapanen also scored for Pittsburgh. Nick Ritchie scored twice for the rebuilding Coyotes.
October 14, 2022 3:51 am
CHICAGO (AP) – Christian Holmes recovered a muffed punt by Velus Jones deep in Chicago territory to set up a 1-yard touchdown run by Brian Robinson midway through the fourth quarter, and the Washington Commanders stopped a four-game losing streak, hanging on to beat the Chicago Bears 12-7. áThe Commanders did just enough to come away with their first win since beating Jacksonville in the opener and handed the Bears (2-4) their third straight loss. Washington caught a huge break when it punted on fourth down at its 36. Jones had trouble tracking the ball, then let it hit off his arms. Holmes recovered it in a big pile at the 6, and Robinson scored two plays later.
October 14, 2022 3:57 am
HOUSTON (AP) – Yordan Alvarez and his mighty bat did it yet again, launching a go-ahead, two-run homer in the sixth inning off Seattle ace Luis Castillo that lifted the Houston Astros over the Mariners 4-2 for a 2-0 lead in the AL Division Series. Alvarez was the Game 1 hero with his gut-punch, three-run shot off reigning AL Cy Young winner Robbie Ray with two outs in the ninth inning that gave the Astros an 8-7 win. This time, Alvarez sent a drive into the short porch in left field to put the Astros on top 3-2. Game 3 in the best-of-five matchup will be Saturday in Seattle.
October 13, 2022 3:51 am
ATLANTA (AP) – Kyle Wright threw six brilliant innings to outduel Zack Wheeler, and the Atlanta Braves evened their NL Division Series at one game apiece with a 3-0 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. After rain delayed the first pitch by nearly three hours, Wright surrendered just two hits. He claimed the win when the Braves got to Wheeler for three runs in their half of the sixth. This was a game the reigning World Series champions had to have after losing the best-of-five series opener, 7-6. They had the right guy on the mound. Wright led the majors with 21 wins during the regular season.
October 13, 2022 3:48 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Manny Machado homered early and added an RBI double off Clayton Kershaw, and Jurickson Profar singled home the go-ahead run in the sixth inning as the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 to even their NL Division Series at a game apiece. Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Trea Turner went deep for the Dodgers, but LA couldn’t come up with its usual clutch hitting despite numerous chances. The best-of-five series shifts to San Diego for Game 3 on Friday. A goose landed in shallow right field in the eighth inning, causing a brief delay while the grounds crew chased it down.
October 13, 2022 3:53 am
Las Vegas Raiders receiver Davante Adams has been charged with misdemeanor assault for shoving a photographer to the ground as he left the field following a loss at Kansas City. Kansas City, Missouri, police said Adams pushed Ryan Zebley to the ground while running off the field following the Raiders’ 30-29 loss to the Chiefs at Arrowhead Stadium on Monday night. Police called it an “intentional, overt act” that caused whiplash, a headache and a possible minor concussion. Adams apologized in his postgame comments to the media and later on Twitter.
