May 19, 2021 2:00 am
SOFTBALL–Canon-McMillan ended Hempfield five-year stranglehold on the 6A championship, beating the Spartans in Wednesday’s opening round. Burgettstown and Chartiers-Houston picked up 2A wins while California, Charleroi, Fort Cherry & Carmichaels were eliminated. #3 Waynesburg (3A) & #1 West Greene (1A), both with first-round byes, see their first action in Thursday’s quarterfinals along with #7 Mapletown (1A). CLICK–WPIAL Softball
BASEBALL–First-round games were played Wednesday in 1A, 2A and 5A with 3A due on Thursday. West Greene and Jeff-Morgan advanced in the 1A bracket while Avella was eliminated. In Class 2A, California, Carmichaels and Chartiers-Houston all won while Bentworth, Beth-Center, Burgettstown and Fort Cherry’s seasons all ended. Peters Township topped South Fayette and moves to Friday’s 5A quarterfinals. CLICK–WPIAL Baseball
SOFTBALL — BASEBALL
Thursday, May 20
2 pm 1A #1 West Greene vs. #9 Bish. Canevin, at Waynesburg University
4 pm 1A #7 Mapletown vs. #2 Leechburg, at Norwin
4 pm 3A #4 McGuffey vs. #13 South Allegheny, at Wash & Jeff – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
5 pm 3A #3 Waynesburg vs. #11 Ellwood City, at Montour
630 pm 3A #16 Waynesburg vs. #1 Hopewell, at Wash & Jeff
Friday, May 21
11 am 5A #13 Peters Township vs. #12 Latrobe, at West Mifflin – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
12 noon 2A #9 California vs. #1 Seton-La Salle, at Burkett Complex
4 pm 6A #9 Canon-McMillan vs. #8 Upper St. Clair, at West Mifflin
4 pm 2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Carmichaels, at Burkett Complex – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Saturday, May 22
230 pm 6A #9 Canon-McMillan/#8 Upper St. Clair winner vs. #1 North Allegheny, at Shaler
Monday, May 24
1A #8 West Greene vs. #1 Eden Christian, site/time TBD
1A #6 Jeff-Morgan vs. #3 Rochester, site/time TBD
2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #3 Frazier, site/time TBD
2A #7 Burgettstown vs. #2 Laurel, site/time TBD
Wednesday, May 26
6A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #2 Norwin, site/time TBD
May 19, 2021 3:55 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) – Nolan Arenado hit a two-run homer, his fourth in four games, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2. Tommy Edman added three singles and drove in two runs for St. Louis. The Cardinals returned home after dropping three straight at San Diego to win their fourth consecutive game this season against Pittsburgh. John Gant threw 5 1/3 innings to earn the win. Alex Reyes pitched the ninth to record his 12th save in 12 chances. JT Brubaker, who had been charged with two earned runs or fewer in six of his first seven starts, gave up five runs on eight hits in 5 2/3 innings.
May 19, 2021 2:58 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Former Pittsburgh Pirate second baseman Rennie Stennett has died following a bout with cancer. He was 72. Stennett spent nine of his 11 big league seasons with the Pirates, helping the team win the 1979 World Series. Stennett hit .274 over the course of his career and twice received votes for the National League’s Most Valuable Player award. Stennett started at second base on Sept. 1, 1971 when the Pirates fielded the first all-Black starting lineup in MLB history. Stennett is also the only player in the modern era to go 7 for 7 at the plate in a nine-inning game.
May 18, 2021 2:51 am
Mapletown rolled by St. Joseph to advance to the Class 1A Quarterfinals Thursday. The Maples were the only winner from the two-county area Tuesday as Trinity and Jeff-Morgan were eliminated. Waynesburg (3A) and West Greene (1A) learned their quarterfinal opponents. Six more teams from Washington/Greene Counties begin softball tournament play Wednesday including a pair of games on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Broadcast plans listed are tentative, subject to change. Following are the first game matchups for Washington/Greene County teams. CLICK–WPIAL Softball
Wednesday, May 19
2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #11 Apollo-Ridge, Wednesday, 2 pm at Mars Area – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
2A #17 California vs. #1 Ligonier Valley, Wednesday, 2 pm at Gateway
2A #8 Charleroi vs. #9 Neshannock, Wednesday, 2 pm at Sewickley Academy
2A #12 Fort Cherry vs. #5 Shenango, Wednesday, 4 pm at Sewickley Academy
6A #6 Canon-McMillan vs. #3 Hempfield, Wednesday, 4 pm at West Mifflin
2A #7 Burgettstown vs. #10 Carmichaels, Wednesday, 5 pm at Montour – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
Thursday, May 20
3A #3 Waynesburg vs. #11 Ellwood City, site/time TBD
1A #1 West Greene vs. #9 Bish. Canevin, site/time TBD
1A #7Mapletown vs. #2 Leechburg, site/time TBD
May 18, 2021 2:50 am
The WPIAL baseball playoffs open Wednesday including match-ups for 11 of the14 Washington/Greene County teams. Following are the first game matchups for Washington/Greene County teams as well as our broadcast plans. CLICK–WPIAL Baseball
Wednesday, May 19
1A #8 West Greene vs. #9 Sewickley Academy, 2 pm at Peterswood Park
1A #6 Jeff-Morgan vs. #11 Leechburg, 2 pm at Mt. Pleasant
1A #10 Avella vs. #7 Riverview, 2 pm at Plum
2A #12 Beth-Center vs. #5 Laurel, 2 pm at Burkett Complex
2A #6 Chartiers-Houston vs. #11 Riverside, 430 pm at Peterswood Park
2A #3 Carmichaels vs. #14 Apollo-Ridge, 430 pm at Mt. Pleasant
2A #9 California vs. #8 Shady Side Academy, 430 pm at Hempfield
2A #10 Burgettstown vs. #7 Neshannock, 430 pm at Hampton
2A #16 Bentworth vs. #1 Seton-La Salle, 430 pm at Bethel Park
5A #13 Peters Township vs. #4 South Fayette, 430 pm at Wash & Jeff
2A #13 Fort Cherry vs. #4 Serra Catholic, 7 pm at Peterswood Park
Thursday, May 20
3A #4 McGuffey vs. #13 South Allegheny, 4 pm at Wash & Jeff – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
3A #16 Waynesburg vs. #1 Hopewell, 630 pm at Wash & Jeff
Friday, May 21
6A #9 Canon-McMillan vs. #8 Upper St. Clair, 4 pm at West Mifflin – WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
May 18, 2021 4:01 am
UNDATED (AP) – Brad Marchand scored 39 seconds into overtime and the Boston Bruins rallied to beat the Washington Capitals 4-3 and even the East Division first-round series at a game apiece.
Marchand was Boston’s OT hero in a game in which he made more noise for taking post-whistle penalties than producing. The Bruins’ leading scorer, who ranked third in the NHL in points, looked more like himself on the one-timer he ripped past Craig Anderson in overtime. Taylor Hall tied it with 2:49 left in regulation for the Bruins. Game 3 is Wednesday night in Boston.
May 18, 2021 4:00 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Albert Pujols has signed a major league deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 41-year-old slugger is moving 30 miles north to extend his remarkable career with the defending World Series champions after leaving the Los Angeles Angels. Pujols was unceremoniously cut by the Angels earlier this month in an abrupt end to his largely unsuccessful 10-year, $240 million tenure with the Orange County club.
May 17, 2021 3:58 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kyle Palmieri’s second goal of the game 16:30 into overtime lifted the New York Islanders to a 4-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 1 of their first-round series. Palmieri collected a pass from Jean-Gabriel Pageau near the goal line and lifted it over Tristan Jarry and into the net. The victory was the first for New York in five tries at PPG Paints Arena this season. Sidney Crosby scored his 69th career playoff goal, but the Penguins lost for the 10th time in their past 11 postseason games.
May 17, 2021 3:56 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Alex Wood pitched six innings while keeping his perfect record intact and Mike Yastrzemski hit a game-sealing home run as the San Francisco Giants beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1. Wood improved to 5-0. He gave up one run while scattering eight hits. He struck out six and walked one as NL West-leading San Francisco gained a split of the four-game series. It has been a resurgent season for Wood, who went a combined 1-4 with a 5.96 ERA in 2019 and 2020 with the Cincinnati Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers while hampered by back problems.
