September 26, 2022 3:50 am
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Lamar Jackson threw four touchdown passes and ran for another score to help the Baltimore Ravens hold off the New England Patriots 37-26. New England’s Mac Jones suffered a leg injury with less than two minutes to play, hopping off the field and heading straight to the locker room. He completed 22 of 32 passes for 321 yards but threw three interceptions. Baltimore claimed its first regular-season victory at New England in seven tries. Despite being under pressure for most of the day, Jackson completed 18 of 29 passes for 218 yards with an interception. He rushed for 107 yards on 11 carries.
September 26, 2022 3:48 am
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) – Joe Burrow threw three touchdown passes and the defending AFC champion Cincinnati Bengals got their first victory of the season by rolling past the New York Jets 27-12. Burrow insisted there was no panic or Super Bowl hangover for the Bengals after they opened 0-2 with a pair of three-point losses. Burrow finished 23 of 36 for 275 yards with TD throws to Samaje Perine, Tyler Boyd and Ja’Marr Chase. Joe Flacco struggled against the Bengals in what will likely be his final start with the injured Zach Wilson expected to return next week. Flacco was 28 of 52 for 285 yards and two interceptions and was under pressure all game.
September 26, 2022 3:53 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Presidents Cup stays with the Americans, just like it always does. The Americans finished off a five-point victory. Jordan Spieth capped off a perfect week at Quail Hollow by going 5-0. His match helped set the tone for the Americans. The International team already was depleted by players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf and were not eligible. It still showed plenty of fight. It just doesn’t have a cup to show for it. The Americans won for the ninth straight time, and their only loss was in 1998 since the matches began in 1994.
September 25, 2022 1:25 am
Colton Jones threw for 173 yards and three touchdowns, all in the first half, Jacob Pugh added another 90 yards and a pair of TD passes as Washington & Jefferson rolled to a 50-7 home win against Bethany. Ray Holmes ran for a his first two touchdowns on the season, coming on in relief of starting tailback Justin Huss who left the game early with a knee injury. TJ Troxelll caught Pugh’s first pass of the game for a 43-yard touchdown. Anthony Rosati caught Jones scoring passes from 59 and 12 yards. Zach Cernuto hauled in a 13-yarder from Jones as well. Bethany turned the ball over four times in the first half, each leading to a W&J touchdown. The Presidents are now 3-1 overall, 1-1 in the Presidents Athletic Conference, a game back of Carnegie-Mellon (2-0) and Case-Western Reserve (2-0), a half-game back of Westminster (1-0). W&J will host Allegheny for Homecoming next Saturday.
September 25, 2022 7:49 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Tailback Israel Abanikanda rushed for four touchdowns and quarterback Kedon Slovis returned from injury to help No. 24 Pitt defeat Rhode Island 45-24. Abanikanda had 19 carries for 177 yards. That tied for second-most TDs in a game in program history and matched Darrin Hall’s four against North Carolina in 2017. Marquis DeShields scored a pair of touchdowns for Rhode Island, the alma mater of Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi. The Rams, playing their first-ever game against a ranked FBS opponent, trailed by 10 points at halftime before Pitt pulled away after the break.
September 25, 2022 7:48 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Sean Clifford completed 22 of 34 passes for 217 yards with four total touchdowns and No. 14 Penn State beat Central Michigan 33-14. Tight end Brenton Strange caught two touchdowns, Mitchell Tinsley caught one, and Clifford and Kaytron Allen added touchdown runs for the Nittany Lions. Penn State forced four turnovers and remained undefeated. Clifford completed 22 of 34 passes for 217 yards with three touchdowns. He ran for 23 yards and another score. Clifford marched his offense down the field and hit Tinsley over the middle from 5 yards out to start the scoring.
September 25, 2022 7:47 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Johan Oviedo tied his career high with seven strikeouts in seven innings, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 6-0 to snap an eight-game losing streak. Oviedo (4-2) retired the final 16 batters he faced, allowing just three hits on 82 pitches without issuing a walk. The right-hander went at least seven innings for the first time this season and second time in 24 career starts. The Pirates (56-96) ended Chicago’s four-game winning streak, and now must win at least seven of their final 10 games to avoid reaching 100 losses for the 10th time. Wade Miley (1-2) gave up one hit over the next three innings before leaving with left oblique tightness in the fifth.
September 24, 2022 2:15 am
Burgettstown built a 14-0 lead at the half and made it stand up as the Blue Devils downed Chartiers-Houston to pick up their first Black Hills Conference win, the second straight conference loss for the Bucs. After four non-conference games, Wash High sprinted out of the gate in its Century Conference opener, scoring the first nine times it had the ball to roll past Brentwood. McGuffey also won in the Century Conference. Charleroi and Canon-McMillan picked up non-conference wins, Charleroi getting its first win of the year. Peters Township and Trinity both led early but each suffered their first conference loss of the season. Ringgold’s loss to Connellsville is the Rams’ 10th straight. West Greene beat Bentworth to snap a 5-game losing skid.
5A Allegheny Six
Upper St. Clair 17, Peters Township 10
4A Big Seven
McKeesport 35, Trinity 6
Connellsville 20, Ringgold 6
2A Century
Wash High 62, Brentwood 7
McGuffey 63, Waynesburg 20
1A Black Hills
Burgettstown 14, Chartiers-Houston 8
OLSH 40, Ft. Cherry 24
Avella vs. Bishop Canevin at Dormont (Saturday, 7 pm)
1A Tri-County South
West Greene 49, Bentworth 33
Jeff-Morgan 28, Beth-Center 14
Monessen 28, California 20
Mapletown 42, Carmichaels 0
Non-Conference
Canon-McMillan 21, South Fayette 17
Charleroi 24, Jeannette 20
September 24, 2022 3:53 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – St. Louis Cardinals slugger Albert Pujols has hit his 700th career homer, becoming the fourth player to reach the milestone in major league history. Pujols connected his second home run of the game, a three-run drive against Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Phil Bickford in the fourth inning. The ball landed in the first few rows of the left-field pavilion, the same location homer No. 699 – a two-run shot – landed in the third inning off left-hander Andrew Heaney. Pujols has driven in all five of the Cardinals runs and they lead the Dodgers 5-0.
September 24, 2022 3:52 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Esteban Quiroz hit a go-ahead single in the eighth, his second in three innings, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 for their fourth straight win. Quiroz lined a two-out hit off Yohan Ramirez (1-1) to left in the eighth, driving in Jared Young. Two innings earlier, he chopped an infield single to cap a three-run sixth for the Cubs, who have won eight of 11. The Pirates (55-96) have lost eight straight, and must win at least eight of their final 11 to avoid reaching 100 losses for the 10th time.
