November 15, 2025 12:01 am
Peters Township rolled past Upper St. Clair, advancing to a third straight WPIAL championship game. Wash High and Fort Cherry each hit the end of the road with semifinal losses. Wash High led at the half but finished with four turnovers and lost to Seton-La Salle for the second time in four weeks. Fort Cherry hadn’t lost to a WPIAL opponent in more than three years but the Rangers defense struggled against the power running game from Laurel. The two-time defending champions led 14-13 at the half but were shutout after intermission. WPIAL Brackets
WPIAL Football Scores, Friday
1A Semifinals
#4 Laurel 24, #1 Fort Cherry 14, Listen Here
#2 Clairton 42, #3 Bishop Canevin 22
2A Semifinals
#1 Seton-La Salle 27, #5 Wash High 19, Listen/Watch
#3 Steel Valley 34, #2 Western Beaver 7
3A Semifinals
#1 Avonworth 44, #5 North Catholic 24
#2 Imani Christian 48, #3 Central Valley 0
5A Semifinals
#1 Pine-Richland 34, #5 Moon Area 24
#2 Peters Township 31, #6 Upper St. Clair 6, Listen/Watch
WPIAL Football Scores, Saturday
4A Championship
#7 Aliquippa 21, #1 McKeesport 12
6A Championship
#1 Central Catholic 42, #2 North Allegheny 7
November 15, 2025 4:44 am
The Pittsburgh Penguins got off to a rocky start in Stockholm, Sweden in the NHL Global Series. The Penguins led the game 1-0 until Filip Forsberg scored the tying goal with 1:10 left in regulation. Steven Stamkos scored the winner 44 seconds into overtime to give the Predators the win. Rookie goaltender Arturs Silvos had 28 saves. His record falls to 4-2-4. Evgeni Malkin scored the lone Penguins Goal. The two teams meet again Sunday at 9:00 AM.
November 15, 2025 4:25 am
The Pittsburgh Steelers will try to snap out of a month-long funk when the Cincinnati Bengals visit Acrisure Stadium. Pittsburgh is still atop the AFC North at 5-4 but has also dropped three of four games, starting with a 33-31 upset loss at the hands of Joe Flacco and the Bengals last month. The Bengals have lost two straight since that victory over the Steelers, thanks largely to a defense that is surrendering an NFL-worst 33 points per game. Cincinnati star quarterback Joe Burrow returned to practice this week while recovering from a toe injury but is not expected to play until around Thanksgiving.
November 14, 2025 4:25 am
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Harlan Obioha had 19 points, Honor Huff scored 11 of his 15 points in the second half, and West Virginia beat Pittsburgh 71-49 on Thursday night in the 192nd Backyard Brawl. West Virginia (4-0) has won seven of the last nine meetings in the series, with blowout losses the past two seasons, to take a 102-90 all-time advantage. Jasper Floyd had 13 points, five rebounds and seven assists for West Virginia. DJ Thomas added 10 points. Obioha made 8 of 9 shots and Huff made up for 2-of-10 shooting by making 9 of 12 free throws. Cameron Corhen had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Pittsburgh (3-1), and Omari Witherspoon added 11 points. The Panthers shot 37.6% from the field and attempted just six free throws.
November 14, 2025 4:26 am
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are winners of eight straight games. Rookie TreVeyon Henderson rushed for two touchdowns and made a TD catch as the Patriots beat the New York Jets 27-14 on Thursday night. Drake Maye threw for 281 yards and a TD. New England is 9-2, the best record in the NFL pending this weekend’s games. The Patriots matched their longest winning streak since Tom Brady’s final season with the team in 2019. New York’s Justin Fields threw a touchdown pass to John Metchie III but was otherwise ineffective through the air as the Jets fell to 2-8.
November 14, 2025 4:24 am
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time. Ohtani won a MVP for the third straight year, his second in the NL with the Los Angeles Dodgers after two in the AL with the Los Angeles Angels. All four have been unanimous. Judge became the New York Yankees’ fourth three-time winner, edging Seattle’s Cal Raleigh with 17 first-place votes to 13 for the switch-hitting catcher. The vote was the closest for an MVP since the Angels’ Mike Trout topped Houston’s Alex Bregman by 17-13 in 2019.
November 13, 2025 4:23 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes has won the National League Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote, becoming the first pitcher in 40 years to win Rookie of the Year one season and a Cy Young Award the next. The 23-year-old right-hander led the majors with a 1.97 ERA and struck out 216 batters for the Pittsburgh Pirates. Detroit Tigers ace Tarik Skubal won his second straight American League Cy Young Award. Skubal posted a 13-6 record with a 2.21 ERA. Skubal is the 12th pitcher in MLB history to capture a Cy Young in back-to-back seasons.
November 13, 2025 4:25 am
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Flacco’s time as the Cincinnati Bengals’ starting quarterback may be limited. The team has opened the 21-day window for Joe Burrow’s return from a turf-toe injury, which could make Sunday’s game against Pittsburgh one of Flacco’s last starts this season. Flacco, who joined the Bengals in October, has led the team to an explosive offense despite dealing with a shoulder injury. He remains focused on the upcoming game against the Steelers, not on his future with the team. Flacco’s arrival was due to Jake Browning’s poor performance after Burrow’s injury.
November 13, 2025 4:27 am
A Miami judge ordered that former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown will be released on $25,000 bail and must wear an ankle monitor. He has pleaded not guilty to the second-degree attempted murder charge in Florida. That carries a potential 15-year prison sentence and a fine up to $10,000 if he’s convicted. His lawyer said the 37-year-old Brown would return to his home Florida while the case proceeds. Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match on May 16 and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier. Brown’s lawyer says it was his own gun.
November 13, 2025 4:28 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Cleveland Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz has pleaded not guilty to charges he took bribes to help gamblers win bets placed on pitches he threw. His teammate, Guardians former closer Emmanuel Clase, has also been charged in the alleged scheme. Ortiz appeared Wednesday in Brooklyn federal court, Clase, the Guardian’s former closer, will be arraigned at the same courthouse Thursday. The two natives of the Dominican Republic have been on paid leave since July, when Major League Baseball began investigating what it said was unusually high in-game betting activity when they pitched. Following the indictments, the league announced new limits on betting on individual pitches.
