September 8, 2025 4:33 am
Ohio State, Penn State and LSU remain the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25. No. 4 Oregon is back in the top five and No. 18 South Florida is ranked for the first time in seven years. Georgia’s uninspired win caused them to slip to No. 6 behind Miami. Texas, Notre Dame, Illinois and Florida State round out the top 10.
September 8, 2025 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Vaughn had four hits and Jacob Misiorowski cruised through seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs off top prospect Bubba Chandler to complete a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-2 win Sunday. Chandler (2-1) let up nine hits and three walks with three strikeouts in his first major-league start after making three appearances out of the bullpen. Jacob Misiorowski (5-2) allowed one run and three hits, striking out eight while going more than six innings for the first time in the majors.
September 8, 2025 4:32 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz has reasserted his superiority over Jannik Sinner with a 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 victory in the U.S. Open final. Sunday’s showdown was the third Grand Slam tournament in a row where these elite, young rivals met to decide the champion. Alcaraz claimed his second trophy at Flushing Meadows and sixth overall at a major. President Donald Trump sat in a sponsor’s suite in Arthur Ashe Stadium and received a mix of cheers and boos when he offered a wave beforehand and again when he was shown on videoboards after the first set. The match’s start was delayed by about a half-hour because of extra security.
September 7, 2025 7:40 am
Quarterback Tyler Szalkowski threw for 528 yards and four touchdowns leading Utica to a 49-31 win over Washington & Jefferson Saturday afternoon. Tyshawn Taylor, Antonio Cianfarani and Bryce Palmer each had more than 100 receiving yards and a touchdown catch for the Pioneers. W&J took an early lead, scoring on the opening drive but the Presidents defense struggled to pressure Szalkowski and to cover the receivers, the top six each with a catch of at least 14 yards. Kellan Stahl got his first career start at quarterback for W&J, passing for 330 yards and two touchdowns, adding a rushing score from 11 yards out. The loss on opening day was the first for the Presidents since 2010.
September 6, 2025 7:00 am
Top-ranked Peters Township rolled past Mt. Lebanon Friday night, in a game ultimately shortened due to weather. Trinity took a one-point lead early in the third quarter but couldn’t stop Montour’s rally as the Hillers lost to the Spartans for the 14th time in 16 meetings.
Week 2 scores:
Avella 35, Springdale 6
Bentworth 45, Charleroi 0
Monessen 20, Beth-Center 3
Jeff-Morgan 26, Burgettstown 10
Waynesburg 27, California 20
Canon-McMillan 37, South Fayette 28
Frazier 31, Carmichaels 14
Chartiers-Houston 35, Mapletown 28
Fort Cherry 55, West Greene 8
West Allegheny 65, McGuffey 7
Peters Township 35, Mt. Lebanon 0 Watch/Listen Here!
Ringgold 40, Yough 0
Montour 35, Trinity 27 Watch/Listen Here!
Wash High 44, Union 6
Most teams in the two-county area move into conference play next week though the top three classifications have two more weeks of non-conference action. In the 1A Tri-County South, Avella & Jeff-Morgan went 3-0 in exhibition action. Bentworth and California are 2-1, while Carmichaels went 1-1. Beth-Center is 0-3, along with West Greene. Black Hills Conference action begins next week with #1 Fort Cherry unbeaten at 3-0. Chartiers-Houston is 2-1, Burgettstown 1-1.
Century Conference (2A) begins next week with Wash High at Waynesburg. Both teams went 2-1 in non-conference games. Charleroi is 0-3 this year and has lost seven straight games. 3A Western Hills games begin next week. McGuffey has lost 13 straight games.
September 7, 2025 7:38 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jake Bauers and Jackson Chourio hit two-run home runs, and Brandon Woodruff pitched six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1. Bauers connected with two outs in the fourth inning off Mitch Keller (6-14) to break a scoreless tie immediately after William Cotreras singled. It was the sixth home run of the season for Bauers, who had two hits. Chourio hit his 19th homer in the eighth off Evan Sisk to double the NL Central-leading Brewers’ advantage. Woodruff (6-2) allowed just two hits while striking out eight and walking none. Aaron Ashby, the fourth Brewers’ reliever, got the last four outs for his third save.
September 7, 2025 8:09 am
The contract dispute between the Pittsburgh Steelers and defensive captain Cam Heyward is over. The Athletic was first to report that Heyward and the Steelers agreed to restructured incentives to increase Heyward’s pay this season. Heyward signed a contract a year ago, but was unhappy with the terms after his All-Pro performance in 2024, and his pay in relation to other defensive linemen around the NFL. Heyward “held in” for a good part of training camp and did not play in the pre-season. It’s not known whether he would’ve held out of an actual game.
September 7, 2025 7:57 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka has outplayed Amanda Anisimova to win the U.S. Open final 6-3, 7-6 (3) and become the first woman to win the tournament’s trophy in consecutive years since Serena Williams more than a decade ago. The victory Saturday allowed the No. 1-ranked Sabalenka to pick up the fourth Grand Slam title of her career, all on hard courts. She also avoided becoming the first woman to lose three major finals in a single season since Justine Henin in 2006. Sabalenka is a 27-year-old from Belarus who was the runner-up at the Australian Open and the French Open. At Wimbledon, she was eliminated by Anisimova.
September 6, 2025 8:42 am
Saturday marks the beginning of the 2025 W&J College football season as the Presidents host Utica College in the schools’ first-ever meeting in football. W&J returned to the NCAA Division III national playoffs a year ago, ending a six-year absence. The Red & Black will have to replace All-Conference quarterback Jake Pugh and Owen Petrisek, the team’s leading rusher the past two years. But QB Kellen Stahl will have a pair of All-American wide receivers to work with in John Peduzzi & Jacob Macosko, both moving up the all-time records lists for receptions, yards and touchdowns. Presidents Football Preview airs at 11:30 am with kickoff slated for just after 12 noon. Hear W&J Football on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
September 6, 2025 4:58 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Quinn Priester went seven innings for his franchise-record 11th consecutive win, Jake Bauers drove in a pair of runs, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2. Priester (12-2) gave up two runs and six hits while striking out six and walking one to break the mark set by Chris Bosio and Cal Eldred, who won 10 consecutive decisions in 1992. Abner Uribe pitched a perfect ninth for his fifth save. Bauers’ two-run single off Carmen Mlodzinski (3-8) put the Brewers ahead 3-2 in the sixth inning. Priester was the Pirates’ first-round pick in the 2019 amateur draft.
