March 12, 2022 10:44 pm
Championship Finals
106 Aaron Seidel (Northern Lebanon) DEC Louie Gill (Hickory), 4-2
113 Gavin Bradley (Athens Area) DEC Branden Wentzel (Montoursville), 4-3
120 Jaden Pepe (Wyoming Area) Major Decision Brock Weiss (Jersey Shore), 15-4
126 Scott Johnson (Muncy) DEC Mark Palmer (Brockway), 9-2
132 Brandan Chletsos (Notre Dame GP) DEC Owen Reinsel (Brookville), 1-0
138 Ryan Crookham (Saucon Valley) DEC Connor Pierce (Harbor Creek), 5-1
145 Conner Harer (Montgomery) DEC Eric Alderfer (Faith Christian), 3-0
152 Jackson Arrington (Forest Hills) FALL Andrew Christie (Bishop McDevitt), 1:45
160 Holden Garcia (Notre Dame GP) DEC Grant Mackay (Laurel), 2-1
172 Rune Lawrence (Frazier) FALL Jake Jones (Saucon Valley), 4:43
189 Isaac Cory (Montoursville) DEC Cole Karpinski (Greenville), 5-1
215 Dayton Pitzer (Mt. Pleasant) FALL Brad Morrison (West Perry), 1:07
285 Riley Robell (Bishop McDevitt) DEC Austin Johnson (Muncy), 5-0
3rd Place
106 Ayden Smith (Notre Dame GP) DEC Cole Hubert (Saucon Valley), 5-3 SV
113 Gauge Botero (Faith Christian) DEC Deven Jackson (West Perry), 7-2
120 Coen Bainey (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Cooper Hornack (Burrell), 1-0
126 Kaden Milheim (Warrior Run) Major Decision Jojo Przybycien (Fort LeBoeuf), 9-1
132 Conner Heckman (Midd-West) DEC Mason Barvitskie (Southern Columbia), 1-0 UTB
138 Anthony Evanitsky (Wyoming Area) DEC Cade Wirnsberger (Meadowbrook Christian), 3-1 SV
145 Kaiden Wagner (Lewisburg) Major Decision Carter Gill (Hickory), 8-0
152 Michael Duggan (Boiling Springs) DEC Cooper Price (Wyoming Area), 2-0
160 Ganon Smith (Newport) DEC Zeke Dubler (Glendale), 3-2
172 Nolan Lear (Benton) DEC Suds Dubler (Glendale), 2-1
189 Hadyn Packer (Jersey Shore) DEC Patrick Cutchember (Quaker Valley), 3-1 SV
215 Nick Woodruff (Wyalusing) DEC Abe Keep (Girard), 4-2 SV
285 Emmanuel Ulrich (Mifflinburg) FALL Kade Sottolano (Williamson), 1:52
5th Place
106 Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown) DEC Carter Beck (Saegertown), 3-1
113 Lucas Fye (Bald Eagle Area) DEC Landon Bainey (West Branch), 5-2
120 Chris Vargo (Bentworth) Major Decision Hunter Gould (Conneaut Area), 12-0
126 Dylan Granahan (Benton) DEC Charlie Robson (Conwell-Egan), 6-4
132 Calan Bollman (Chestnut Ridge) DEC Max Stein (Faith Christian), 1-0
138 Connor Saylor (Hickory) DEC Ambrose Boni (Central Valley), 5-2
145 Evan Maag (Notre Dame GP) FALL Ty Watson (Penns Valley), 3:15
152 Devon Deem (Montgomery) DEC Justin Richey (Quaker Valley), 3-0
160 Robert Schneider (Lackawanna Trail) Major Decision Aiden Zimmerman (Johnsonburg), 12-3
172 Garrett Garcia (Southern Columbia) FALL Riley Parker (Canton), 2:36
189 Landon Caldwell (Saegertown) FALL Seth Stewart (Brockway), 1:43
215 Hayden Linkerhof (Corry) DEC Bryce Rafferty (Brookville), 5-3 SV
285 Leo Muzika (Faith Christian) FALL Josh Perrine (Saegertown), 2:35
7th Place
106 Major Lewis (Trinity-Camp Hill) DEC Elijah Brosius (Cranberry), 2-0
113 Hunter Robison (Saegertown) FALL Jack Kazalas (Quaker Valley), 1:55
120 Cole Householder (Brookville) DEC Logan Richey (Quaker Valley), 3-2
126 Eli Bounds (Boiling Springs) DEC Gaven Suica (Burgettstown), 5-4
132 Jack Martinec (Cochranton) DEC Kyle McCollum (Beth-Center), 7-2
138 Cameron Milheim (Warrior Run) DEC Easton Toth (Forest Hills), 5-4
145 Trevor Weyandt (Chestnut Ridge) Major Decision Cael Markle (Saucon Valley), 11-3
152 Hunter Hohman (Grove City) DEC Tyler Berish (Beth-Center), 1-0
160 Bryant Green (Towanda) FALL Christian Hirak (Derry), 4:45
172 Garrett Tettemer (Notre Dame GP) DEC Caleb Close (Bald Eagle Area), 3-1 SV
189 Jacob Scheib (Tri Valley) Major Decision Ty Csencsits (Saucon Valley), 9-0
215 Cael Black (Eisenhower) DEC Dante Mahaffey (Saucon Valley), 10-7
285 Xavier Reyda (Corry) FALL Charles Sheppard (Hamburg), 1:51
March 12, 2022 3:55 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Jaden Ivey scored 17 points and Zach Edey had 15 to lead No. 9 Purdue past Penn State 69-61 in the Big Ten Tournament quarterfinals. The third-seeded Boilermakers will face seventh-seeded Michigan State in Saturday’s semifinals. Brandon Newman, who had been out of the rotation and hadn’t played since Feb. 10, added 12 points for the Boilermakers. Jalen Pickett scored 16 points and John Harrar had 15 points and 12 rebounds for No. 11 seed Penn State.
March 12, 2022 3:56 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Mark Friedman’s first goal in 10 months early in the third period broke open a tie game and Bryan Rust’s 20th goal of the season provided some late cushion as the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Vegas 5-2. Mike Matheson, Jeff Carter and Evan Rodrigues also scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry stopped 39 shots as the Penguins moved past the New York Rangers and into second place in the Metropolitan Division. Jake Eichel and Alex Pietrangelo scored for Vegas. The Golden Knights have dropped three straight.
March 10, 2022 11:05 pm
It’s Day Two of the State Wrestling Championships in Hershey where some gold medal hopes will be extended, some will be dashed. When the dust settles on the day, the pairings for the AA medal bouts will be set while AAA will be set for semifinals. We’ve got live, start-to-finish coverage on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here! Following is a rundown of the Washington & Greene County wrestlers still active.
AA Quarterfinals Chris Vargo (Bentworth) and Parker Sentipal (Burgettstown) advanced to the semifinals. Tyler Berish (Beth-Center) lost his quarterfinal match but won his first consolation bout and will medal. Vitali Daniels (Bentworth) and Joey Sentipal (Burgettstown) lost quarterfinals and their first consolation bouts and were elminated.
AA Consolations Gaven Suica (Burgettstown) and Kyle McCollum (Beth-Center) won two consolation bouts and will medal. Wash High’s Cameron Carter-Green won a consolation bout, then lost in overtime in the 3rd round and was eliminated.
AAA Quarterfinals Jacob Houpt (Canon-McMillan) joins Waynesburg teammates Mac Church and Rocco Welsh in the AAA semifinals. The Big Macs’ Matthew Furman, Peters Township’s Darius McMillon and the Raiders’ Colton Stoneking lost quarterfinal matches and will wrestle in the 3rd round consolations. Cole Weightman (Belle Vernon), Mac Stout (Mt. Lebanon), Dylan Evans (Chartiers Valley), Ty Watters (West Allegheny) and Thomas Jefferson teammates Maddox Shaw and Brian Finnerty also advanced to Saturday’s semifinals.
AAA Consolations Canon-McMillan: Matthew Furman. Peters Township: Darius McMillon. Trinity: Blake Reihner. Waynesburg: Zander Phatorus, Colton Stoneking, Noah Tustin.
Friday, March 11
2:05 pm AAA Quarterfinals, 2nd/3rd Consolations
7:20 pm AA Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
Saturday, March 12
8:50 am AAA Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
1:50 pm AA Championship & Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th, 7th)
6:50 pm AAA Championship & Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th, 7th)
March 10, 2022 10:03 pm
The best Pennsylvania wrestlers have gathered at Hershey’s Giant Center for the PIAA Individual Championships this weekend. Washington & Greene Counties have 12 wrestlers starting in the AA field with 13 in the AAA brackets. WJPA-AM (1450) has live, start-to-finish coverage of all the action for both AA & AAA. Listen Here!
AA Preliminaries are in the books. Bentworth (Chris Vargo, Vitali Daniels) & Burgettstown (Parker Sentipal, Joey Sentipal) have two wrestlers each into the quarterfinals along with Beth-Center’s Tyler Berish. Gaven Suica (Burgettstown), Kyle McCollum (Beth-Center) and Cameron Carter-Green (Wash High) are still alive in the consolations after Thursday’s action. Rudy Brown & Joey Baronick (Burgettstown), Bradeon Welsh (Ft. Cherry) and Chase Frameli (Jeff-Morgan) were eliminated.
AAA Preliminaries saw six of the 13 Washington/Greene qualifiers advance to the quarterfinals led by Waynesburg’s Mac Church, Colton Stoneking and Rocco Welsh. Joining the Raiders’ trio, Canon-McMillan’s Jacob Houpt & Matthew Furman and Darius McMillon, Peters Township. Two of the local contingent, Trinity’s Blake Reihner and Waynesburg Zander Phatorus, won pigtail bouts before losing in the first round and have advanced to 2nd Consolations Friday afternoon. Waynesburg’s Noah Tustin won his first round consolation bout while teammate Brody Evans lost twice and was eliminated. Canon-McMillan lost three wrestlers after a pair of losses: Tanner Mizenko, Brandon Dame and Gabriel Stafford.
Friday, March 11
8:50 am AA Quarterfinals, 2nd/3rd Consolations
2:05 pm AAA Quarterfinals, 2nd/3rd Consolations
7:20 pm AA Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
Saturday, March 12
8:50 am AAA Semifinals, 4th/5th Consolations
1:50 pm AA Championship & Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th, 7th)
6:50 pm AAA Championship & Consolation Finals (3rd, 5th, 7th)
March 10, 2022 10:47 pm
Washington County sent a dozen teams into the WPIAL playoffs. Four of them reach the PIAA tournaments. After the opening rounds, ONE remains, the Fort Cherry boys. The Rangers (24-3) held off an upset-minded West Middlesex team to reach Saturday’s second round and a match up with District 6 champion Portage (27-1). The site and time for that Saturday game will be released early Thursday. Wash High boys were in a tight game until it slipped away midway through the fourth as the Little Prexies were eliminated by Chestnut Ridge, their first-ever state playoff win. Trinity girls led by seven with under 3 1/2 minutes to play but couldn’t make it stand, losing to District 3 titlist Gettysburg. Oddly enough, the two schools were set to play a PIAA quarterfinal game two years ago when games were paused, then cancelled by the COVID pandemic. West Greene girls lost their first round game on the road and were eliminated. Click for PIAA brackets
PIAA Basketball Second Round
Friday, March 11
6A Girls Mt. Lebanon vs. Bethel Park at Peters Township, 7:15 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
Saturday, March 12
2A Boys Fort Cherry vs. Portage at Norwin, 4:15 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
5A Girls Chartiers Valley vs. Hollidaysburg at Norwin, 5:45 pm— WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
March 11, 2022 3:51 am
NEW YORK (AP) – There will be a Major League Baseball season. Players have voted to accept management’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season. Owners were unanimous in their approval of the package, which still needs ratification by all players. MLB sent the players an offer Thursday and gave them until 3 p.m. to accept in order to play a full season. The agreement calls for the luxury tax threshold to rise from $210 million last year to $230 million this season and gradually to $242 million in 2026. The minimum salary will increase from $570,500 to about $700,000 this year, with $20,000 annual increases. A new $50 million bonus pool was established for players not yet eligible for arbitration, a way to boost salaries for young stars. The agreement will allow training camps to open this week in Florida and Arizona, more than three weeks after they were scheduled to on Feb. 16. Opening day is being planned for April 7, a little more than a week behind the original date on March 31.
March 11, 2022 3:52 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Sam Sessoms scored 18 points and No. 11 seed Penn State rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half to beat sixth-seeded Ohio State 71-68 in the second round of the Big Ten tournament. The Nittany Lions ended a four-game skid against Ohio State and advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2018, where they will face No. 3 seed and ninth-ranked Purdue. Penn State (14-16) used a 14-3 run for their first lead of the game, 56-54, with about six minutes to play. It was a two-possession game inside the final minute until Jamari Wheeler hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Ohio State (19-11).
March 10, 2022 3:56 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Players have voted to accept Major League Baseball’s latest offer for a new labor deal, paving the way to end a 99-day lockout and salvage a 162-game regular season. The union’s executive board approved the agreement in a 26-12 vote, pending ratification by all players, a person familiar with the balloting said, speaking to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no announcement was authorized. MLB sent the players an offer Thursday and gave them until 3 p.m. to accept in order to play a full season. The deal was still pending approval by MLB’s owners.
March 10, 2022 3:46 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Major League Baseball has chopped off another week of the upcoming season with the lockout in its 98th day. The decision means the season won’t begin until April 14 at the earliest and comes after differences narrowed on the three most contentious economic items under discussion. Management Wednesday gave the union a new option that would allow an agreement to be cut short after the 2024 season, leading to even more bargaining. MLB continues to press for its long-held goal of an international amateur draft. Players have repeatedly rejected the proposal since it was made on July 28.
