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.
March 10, 2022 3:44 am
UNDATED (AP) – A person with direct knowledge of the situation tells the Associated Press the Washington Commanders have agreed to acquire Carson Wentz from the Indianapolis Colts. The deal cannot be finalized until the start of the new league year next week. A different person with direct knowledge of the move tells the AP that Washington is getting the 47th pick in the draft along with Wentz and sending Indianapolis Nos. 42 and 73 this year and a 2023 conditional third-rounder that can become a second based on Wentz’s playing time. Wentz has three years remaining on his contract. The 2016 second overall pick of the Philadelphia Eagles spent just one season with Indianapolis.
March 8, 2022 11:18 pm
Burgettstown committed 16 first-half turnovers and never recovered, losing to Homer-Center, 50-18, in the first round of the PIAA 2A Girls playoffs Tuesday night. The Blue Devils were down one late in the first quarter but allowed a 13-0 run to open the second, and another 13-0 spurt to close the half. Waynesburg’s girls lost at Chestnut Ridge, ending their season.
Three more Washington County teams, plus another from Greene County, step into the PIAA basketball spotlight Wednesday with Fort Cherry and Wash High boys, Trinity and West Greene girls playing first-round games. Only Fort Cherry plays at home. Click for PIAA brackets.
PIAA Basketball First Round
Wednesday, March 9
1A Girls West Greene vs. Portage, 6 pm at Mount Aloysius College
2A Boys West Middlesex at Fort Cherry, 7 pm
3A Boys Wash High at Chestnut Ridge, 6:45 pm — WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
5A Girls Trinity at Gettysburg, 5:45 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
PIAA Basketball Second Round
Friday, March 11
6A Girls Mt. Lebanon vs. Bethel Park, 6:45 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
March 9, 2022 3:53 am
NEW YORK (AP) – James Karnik scored 13 points, DeMarr Langford added 12 points and 13th-seeded Boston College used a 25-3 run to beat No. 12 seed Pittsburgh 66-46 in the opening game of the ACC tournament. Boston College won its first conference tournament game since 2018 to advance to play ACC player of the year Alondes Williams and No. 5 seed Wake Forest in the second round on Wednesday. This one was over early in the second half as Pittsburg went without a field goal for 11-plus minutes as Boston College extended its lead to 46-25. Pittsburgh closed the season on a five-game losing streak – with 20-plus-point blowouts to Miami, Duke, Notre Dame and BC.
March 9, 2022 3:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Anthony Duclair scored the tie-breaking goal in the second period and Carter Verhaeghe added an insurance score in the third, leading the Florida Panthers to a 4-3 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. Duclair and Verhaeghe matched career highs in goals. Duclair scored his 23rd of the season and Verhaeghe his 18th as Florida won its fourth straight game. Sam Reinhart scored his 19th, Aaron Ekblad his 15th and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 32 shots. Sidney Crosby scored his 19th with 2:09 to play as Pittsburgh lost its second straight game. Crosby extended a seven-game point streak with his third straight multipoint effort. Jake Guentzel scored his 28th goal of the season and Bryan Rust scored his 19th in his 400th NHL game. Tristan Jarry made 25 saves.
March 7, 2022 8:43 am
High school basketball moves into its third and final season tonight as the PIAA playoffs begin. Washington County has four teams in the brackets while Greene County sends two more. Burgettstown and Waynesburg girls play tonight with Fort Cherry and Wash High boys, Trinity and West Greene girls opening state tournament play Wednesday. Click for PIAA brackets.
PIAA Basketball First Round
Tuesday, Mar. 8
2A Girls Burgettstown at Homer Center, 7 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
3A Girls Waynesburg at Chestnut Ridge, 7 pm
Wednesday, Mar. 9
1A Girls West Greene vs. Portage, 6 pm at Mount Aloysius College
2A Boys West Middlesex at Fort Cherry, 7 pm
3A Boys Wash High at Chestnut Ridge, 6:45 pm — WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
5A Girls Trinity at Gettysburg, 5:45 pm — WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
