September 6, 2021 3:58 am
ATLANTA (AP) – Patrick Cantlay has won the FedEx Cup and its $15 million prize. Cantlay had a one-shot lead over Jon Rahm on the final hole of the Tour Championship. With Rahm just behind the green in light rough in two, Cantlay hit a 6-iron to 12 feet. Rahm narrowly missed his chip-in for eagle. That left Cantlay a safe two-putt birdie for a 69. Rahm made $5 million as the runner-up. Cantlay is now a front-runner for player of the year.
September 5, 2021 1:01 am
Justin Heacock completed 23 of 27 passes for 237 yards and three touchdowns, all caught by Andrew Wolf as #19 Washington & Jefferson knocked off #11 John Carroll, 21-14, Saturday afternoon in University Heights. The hosts broke a scoreless halftime tie with Demerius Goodwin’s 37-yard spring up the middle. Heacock and Wolf answered two plays later on a 65-yard bomb. The teams combined for just four first downs, two by penalty, over the next five possessions, leading to the end of three quarters. Heacock and connected again, giving the Presidents a lead never surrendered on a 56-yard streak route past the JCU defense. After forcing a short punt, W&J took over at the John Carroll 27-yard line. Joey Koroly carried three times, giving W&J a third down at the seven. Heacock threw a nearly perfect fade to the deep right corner with Wolf making the grab for a 19-0. Koroly caught a conversion pass to give the Presidents a 14-point lead. Two penalties and a long pass play set the Blue Streaks up at the W&J 22 yard line with just under three minutes to play. Jake Floriea scrambled away for a near sack and found Joe Torok open at the goal line. After recovering the onside kick attempt, the Presidents were able to run out the clock and seal the win. The meeting was the first between the two teams since John Carroll left the Presidents Athletic Conference following the 1988 season with W&J winning six straight times.
September 5, 2021 7:39 am
MADISON, Wis. — Penn State’s defense continually stood tall and Wisconsin kept stubbing its toe whenever the Badgers approached the end zone. Those contrasting approaches made the difference Saturday when the 19th-ranked Nittany Lions outlasted No. 12 Wisconsin 16-10 to end the Badgers’ 25-game winning streak in home openers. Jaquan Brisker and Ji’Ayir Brown intercepted Graham Mertz’s passes deep in Penn State territory in the final 2 1/2 minutes. Wisconsin had four scoreless trips inside Penn State’s 25, including three inside the 10. Penn State won despite getting just one first down before halftime and allowing Wisconsin to control possession for over 42 minutes. The victory assured Penn State would have a better start this year after losing its first five games in the pandemic-delayed 2020 season. Brisker picked off a fourth-and-goal pass at Penn State’s 2 and returned it 41 yards with 2:15 left to preserve a 16-10 lead. Brown sealed the victory with an interception on the game’s final play.
September 4, 2021 4:56 am
Most schools in the two-county area played their second games of the 2021 High School Football season Friday. A handful of others played their first. And one county team was supposed to play Friday but did not due to COVID-19 concerns with their opponent.
Maddox Truschel threw three TD passes and ran for another score, leading Fort Cherry to a 45-8 win over Avella. Dylan Rogers caught all three of the scoring passes for the Rangers. Anthony D’Allesandro returned an interception 57 yards for a score, with Nate Heinrendt and Billy Felton adding rushing touchdowns as Fort Cherry evened its record at 1-1. Avella’s only score came in the third quarter, a 10-yard run by quarterback KJ Rush as the Eagles dropped to 0-2.
Peters Township 29, Canon-McMillan 7
West Allegheny 43, Trinity 34
Ringgold 40, Yough 0
McGuffey 44, Brownsville 0
Wash High 60, Jeff-Morgan 0
California 36, Beth-Center 30
Carmichaels 42, Charleroi 7
Waynesburg 64, Bentworth 20
Burgettstown 20, West Greene 0
Fort Cherry 45, Avella 8
Mapletown 20, Northgate 14
Riverview at Chartiers-Houston postponed (COVID)
September 5, 2021 7:37 am
CHICAGO — Rookie Frank Schwindel hustled hard and sprawled for an RBI single that capped a three-run rally with two outs in the ninth inning, lifting the Chicago Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-6 Saturday for their fifth straight win. Schwindel had three hits, including a solo home run that sailed into Wrigley Field’s left-field video board. He has five homers in six games and 10 this season. Alfonso Rivas singled home a run in the ninth that drew the Cubs within 6-5 and Rafael Ortega’s third hit of the game tied it when right fielder Ben Gamel couldn’t make a diving catch. With runners on second and third, Schwindel hit a grounder that shortstop Kevin Newman gloved in the hole. Newman pivoted and made a midair throw to first that was wide, and Colin Moran came off the base to catch it. Schwindel made a dive into the bag and narrowly avoided the tag. The play withstood a video review, handing the Pirates their fifth straight loss.
September 4, 2021 4:32 am
CHICAGO (AP) – Sergio Alcantara scampered home when second baseman Wilmer Difo mishandled a popup in the 11th inning, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 for their third straight win. Rafael Ortega and Ian Happ homered for Chicago, and Alcantara logged the first three-hit game of his career. Codi Heuer got three outs for the win. Alcantara began the 11th on second base and advanced on Ortega’s sacrifice bunt. Happ then sent a high fly to second, where Difo committed the game-ending error.
September 3, 2021 3:55 am
UNDATED (AP) – C.J. Stroud passed for 294 yards and four touchdowns in his debut as the Ohio State starter and the fourth-ranked Buckeyes kept coach Ryan Day unbeaten in Big Ten play with a 45-31 victory over Minnesota on Thursday night. The Buckeyes flashed their five-star speed with two 70-plus-yard scores in the opener, one early on a run off right end by Miyan Williams and one late on a third-down screen to true freshman TreVeyon Henderson. Day, starting his third full year on the job, is 24-2 overall and 16-0 in conference games.
September 3, 2021 3:54 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Novak Djokovic has easily reached the third round of the U.S. Open with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. Djokovic improved to 15-0 in second-round matches at the U.S. Open and remained unbeaten in Grand Slam matches this season. He is trying to become the first man to win all four majors in the same year since 1969.The No. 1 seed’s biggest problem came in the second set with a heckling fan, but Djokovic regained his concentration to put away the victory.
September 2, 2021 3:50 am
CHICAGO (AP) – Rookie Gavin Sheets hit two home runs, leading the Chicago White Sox to a 6-3 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Sheets, who was promoted from Triple-A Charlotte before the game, hit a three-run homer off Max Kranick (1-3) with two out in the fourth inning to snap a scoreless tie.White Sox starter Carlos Rodon (10-5) pitched five innings of five-hit ball.
September 2, 2021 3:51 am
UNDATED (AP) – For the first time since May 30 the San Francisco Giants are looking up at another team in the NL West standings. The Dodgers took over first place in the division, moving a half-game ahead of the Giants with a 4-3 comeback win over the Braves. Los Angeles wasted a 2-0 lead and trailed 3-2 before Justin Turner and AJ Pollock delivered RBI singles in the bottom of the eighth. Max Muncy and Austin Barnes hit solo homers for the Dodgers, who have made up 4 1/2 games on the Giants in two weeks. Dansby Swanson’s eighth-inning homer put Atlanta ahead before the Braves saw their lead in the NL East trimmed to two games over the Phillies. The Brewers completed a three-game sweep of the Giants with a 5-2 victory that gives Milwaukee a 10 1/2-game lead in the NL West. Jace Peterson broke a 2-2 deadlock with an RBI single in the seventh. Lorenzo Cain added a two-run blast in the ninth to secure the Giants’ fifth loss in six games.
