November 19, 2023 2:20 am
Nolan DiLucia threw three first-half touchdown passes and ran 39 yards for the Indians’ final score as Peters Township topped defending champion Pine-Richland, 43-17, earning its first-ever WPIAL football championship. Mickey Vaccarrello, Ethan Wertman and Carter Shanafelt each had TD grabs in the second quarter. Vinny Sarcone and Preston Blair ran for Peters touchdowns in the third. The Indians defense held Pine-Richland to 151 yards and 9 first downs. Peters Township travels to play Cathedral Prep (Erie) next weekend in the PIAA quarterfinals.
Fort Cherry rallied from a fourth-quarter deficit to beat Bishop Canevin for the second time this season. The Rangers return to the WPIAL championship game for the first time since 2001 when they lost to Rochester in the first-ever WPIAL game at then-Heinz Field. Matt Sieg rushed for 157 yards and scored five touchdowns to lead Fort Cherry. The sophomore also passed for over 100 yards and now has put up more than 3,100 yards total offense for the year. His last two scores turned a 21-20 deficit into a 33-21 lead in the game’s final five minutes. Fort Cherry will play #1 South Side at Acrisure Stadium next Friday morning.
Wash High wasn’t as fortunate, falling to Beaver Falls. The Little Prexies got three defensive touchdowns and held the Tigers to just two first downs in the second half but committed five turnovers of their own, setting Beaver Falls up twice inside the WHS five yard line. Isaiah Thomas and Jaden Nemeth had interception return touchdowns while Zxavian Willis recovered a Beaver Falls fumble in the end zone for a score, his second touchdown of the night. Beaver Falls will face #1 Steel Valley Friday afternoon. Click for PIAA Soccer brackets WPIAL Football brackets
Saturday: WPIAL Football Championships
5A Peters Township 43, Pine-Richland 17
6A North Allegheny 44, Central Catholic 41
PIAA Boys Soccer Championship
1A Delco Christian 1, Charleroi 0
Friday: WPIAL Football Semifinals
1A Fort Cherry 33, Bishop Canevin 21
1A South Side 28, Clairton 12
2A Beaver Falls 28, Wash High 26
2A Steel Valley 34, Mohawk 21
3A Belle Vernon 49, East Allegheny 8
3A Avonworth 21, Elizabeth-Forward 10
4A Aliquippa 47, Mars 24
4A McKeesport 28, Montour 14
November 19, 2023 7:48 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Seth Jarvis broke a tie with 8:08 remaining with his first goal in six games and then added an empty-net tally as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2. Sebastian Aho and Brent Burns also scored for Carolina, which received two assists apiece from Jaccob Slavin and Teuvo Teravainen. Goalie Antti Raanta recorded 26 saves as the Hurricanes won for the fifth time in six home games this season. Sidney Crosby kept his high production going with two goals, but the Penguins lost their second game in a row following a five-game winning streak.
November 19, 2023 10:13 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. – Quarterback Jake Pugh threw six touchdown passes, four of them to Jacob Macosko, leading Washington & Jefferson to a 46-21 win over the United States Merchant Marine Academy in the ECAC James Lynah Bowl Saturday afternoon. The junior signal caller from Thomas Jefferson, named Presidents Athletic Conference Offensive Player of the Year Thursday night, set a career mark with the six TD passes in one game and 38 for the season. Macosko scored four times on five catches on the afternoon and was name the game’s Most Valuable Player. Owen Petrisek lead the W&J ground game with 11 carries for 100 yards, hitting the century mark for the first time. The Bentworth grad finished his junior year as the team’s leading rusher with 507 yards on just 64 carries, a 7.9 yds/carry average. Bruno Fabrycki intercepted USMMA quarterback Ben Carney twice, giving him seven picks on the season. The Mariners finish at 7-3 while the Presidents’ win improves their record to 9-2, the second straight nine-win season. W&J is 6-1 all-time in ECAC Bowl games and has won at least eight games in each full season since 2012
November 18, 2023 4:33 am
The NFL is investigating why the Cincinnati Bengals did not list Joe Burrow on their injury report before Thursday night’s game at Baltimore. That’s according to a person familiar with the decision who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the review is not being discussed publicly. Burrow left the game in the second quarter with a wrist injury that will end his season. The Bengals had posted and later deleted a video on social media that showed Burrow getting off a bus with his right hand in what appeared to be a soft cast. Burrow says he was wearing a compression sleeve that was unrelated to the injury.
November 18, 2023 4:35 am
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Several people familiar with the visit told The Associated Press that former Super Bowl MVP Joe Flacco worked out for the Cleveland Browns, who are still sorting through their changing quarterback situation. The 38-year-old Flacco could be an option for the Browns, who lost Deshaun Watson for the season earlier this week with a broken bone in his shoulder. Flacco is the only QB who worked out Friday, said the people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the team does not publicly disclose player workouts. A 15-year veteran, Flacco did not sign a contract before leaving. He rallied the New York Jets to an improbable comeback win over the Browns last season.
November 17, 2023 12:01 am
Fort Cherry and Wash High head to WPIAL Football semifinals Friday night with spots in next week’s title games. Peters Township plays in its third WPIAL Football Final in five years Saturday while Charleroi boys soccer chases a state championship later Saturday afternoon. Click for PIAA Soccer brackets WPIAL Football brackets
Fort Cherry & Wash High played in the first two WPIAL championship games at then Heinz Field in 2001. The Rangers are looking to get back to the finals for the first time since that day but will have to beat Bishop Canevin for the second time this season. Wash High beat Beaver Falls for the 2001 championship. The Tigers stand in the way of Washington’s fourth trip to the finals since that November afternoon. Peters Township will make its third championship game appearance in five seasons, the Indians still searching for their first WPIAL title. Peters Township will face Pine-Richland, the defending champion Rams making their 7th title game appearance in 10 years. We’ll have all three WPIAL football playoff games on-air and online this weekend.
Friday: WPIAL Football Semifinals
2A Wash High (11-1) vs. Beaver Falls (7-5) at Dormont Stadium, 6:30 pm on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
1A Fort Cherry (12-0) vs. Bishop Canevin (10-1) at South Fayette, 6:30 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
Saturday: WPIAL Football Championship
5A Peters Township (12-0) vs. Pine-Richland (9-3) at Norwin, 11:30 am on WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
PIAA Boys Soccer Championship
1A Charleroi (22-1) vs. Delco Christian (18-3-2) at Cumberland Valley, 1:00 pm
November 17, 2023 4:35 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nate Yarnell threw for 207 yards and a touchdown and ran for another score as Pittsburgh beat Boston College 24-16. Yarnell, a redshirt sophomore making his second career start, completed 11 of 19 passes. His 61-yard scoring strike to Bub Means in the third quarter gave Pitt the lead for good. The Panthers snapped a four-game losing streak to improve to 3-8. Thomas Castellanos passed for 171 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions for the Eagles. Boston College fell to 6-5 after a second straight loss.
November 17, 2023 4:39 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter and the Baltimore Ravens beat Cincinnati 34-20 after the Bengals lost star quarterback Joe Burrow to a wrist injury. The AFC North-leading Ravens completed a head-to-head sweep of Cincinnati and moved to 2 1/2 games ahead of the last-place Bengals. And that’s far from Cincinnati’s only problem. Burrow left in the second quarter after throwing a touchdown pass and wasn’t able to return. Jackson threw for 264 yards despite losing tight end Mark Andrews to an ankle injury that is likely to end his season.
November 17, 2023 4:37 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jesper Bratt, Alexander Holtz and Tyler Toffoli scored in the third period, and the short-handed New Jersey Devils beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-2. The Devils played without forwards Timo Meier, Nico Hischier and Jack Hughes, but they were still able to beat Pittsburgh for the sixth straight time overall. Vitek Vanecek made 23 saves for New Jersey, which had dropped three in a row and four of five overall. Bratt gave the Devils a 3-2 lead 2:35 into the third, beating Tristan Jarry over the shoulder to the blocker side during a 4-on-4 stretch.
November 16, 2023 4:30 am
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson will miss the rest of this season after fracturing his right shoulder in Sunday’s win over Baltimore. Watson will undergo surgery to repair the fracture, which happened when he was hit in the first quarter against the Ravens. Watson, who also injured his left ankle, stayed in the game and went 14 of 14 in the second half while leading the Browns to a last-second 33-31 win. The team says Watson is expected back next season, his third since signing a $230 million fully guaranteed contract last year despite allegations of sexual misconduct while he played for Houston that led to him being suspended for 11 games by the NFL. Coach Kevin Stefanski said rookie Dorian Thompson-Robinson will start Sunday against the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-3) in a key AFC North matchup. It will be the second start for Thompson-Robinson, a fifth-round pick from UCLA who made an emergency start on Oct. 1 against Baltimore when Watson was ruled out just before kickoff with a shoulder strain.
