November 8, 2021 3:53 am
UNDATED (AP) – Cincinnati has held onto the No. 2 spot in The Associated Press college football poll, but the Bearcats’ performance on Saturday probably did little to raise them from sixth in the CFP rankings. The Bearcats four points ahead of No. 3 Alabama after a 28-20 victory over Tulsa. The Crimson Tide struggled with LSU before posting a 20-14 victory. Georgia is a unanimous No. 1 for the fifth straight week. Oklahoma remains No. 4 and Oregon moved up two spots to fifth following a 10-point win at Washington. Ohio State, Notre Dame, Michigan State, Michigan and Oklahoma State round out the top 10. The Spartans dropped from third with a 58-55 loss at Purdue. The CFP rankings will be revealed on Tuesday.
November 7, 2021 1:30 am
PITTSBURGH— Minnesota Wild forward Nick Bjugstad capped a frenzied five-minute rally against his former team on Saturday night, scoring the deciding goal in a shootout that came after the Minnesota Wild erased a two-goal deficit in the final five minutes of regulation to beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-4. Bjugstad, who had 16 points in 45 games during parts of two seasons with Pittsburgh, beat Tristan Jarry with a wrist shot in the shootout. The Wild pulled Cam Talbot and got a goal from Jared Spurgeon — his second of the game — with about 3:20 left in the third period. Ryan Hartman tied the game with 1.1 seconds to play in regulation after a net-mouth scramble. Kaprizov also scored in regulation and Talbot made 35 saves. Pittsburgh’s Kasperi Kapanen scored his first career hat trick in regulation, but he was stopped in the shootout. Kapanen, who netted 11 goals with Pittsburgh last season, hadn’t scored in the team’s first nine games. Jake Guentzel scored his third goal and Jarry made 36 saves, but Pittsburgh lost for the fourth time in five games.
November 7, 2021 1:06 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers have won three straight heading into a visit from the Chicago Bears. Pittsburgh’s recent surge has coincided with improved play from an offensive line featuring two rookies in left tackle Dan Moore Jr. and center Kendrick Green. The Steelers have gone over 100 yards rushing during their winning streak after topping that number just once in their previous 16 games. The Bears have dropped three in a row. Rookie quarterback Justin Fields played well in a loss to San Francisco, but will face a stiff test from a Steelers pass rush featuring star outside linebacker T.J. Watt.
November 6, 2021 1:10 am
The night started with 11 Washington/Greene County teams in the WPIAL playoffs. It ended with only Peters Township moving on to the next round. The Indians rallied from a 14-0 hole to win at North Hills. Peters Township travels to Pine-Richland next week in the quarterfinals.
North Allegheny scored twice in the opening quarter and rolled past Canon-McMillan. New Brighton stopped Washington’s two-point conversion attempt in overtime to stun the Little Prexies. McGuffey scored a safety to take a 2-0 lead but MAC champion Laurel answered with six touchdowns to end the Highlanders’ season. Top-ranked Steel Valley crushed Beth-Center while Chartiers-Houston fell to Mohawk, the Bucs playoff losing streak extends to 10 straight.
All five Class 1A teams from the two-county area were eliminated: West Greene & Carmichaels at home, Burgettstown, California and Mapletown on the road.
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Friday, Nov. 5 results:
6A #4 North Allegheny 49, #5 Canon-McMillan 26
5A #11 Peters Township 33, #6 North Hills 28
2A #13 New Brighton 21, #4 Wash High 20 OT
2A #10 Mohawk 34, #7 Chartiers-Houston 12
2A #3 Laurel 41, #14 McGuffey 2
2A #1 Steel Valley 49, #16 Beth-Center 14
1A #3 Bishop Canevin 49, #14 Burgettstown 6
1A #7 Leechburg 28, #10 California 7
1A #11 Shenango 31, #6 Carmichaels 13
1A #5 Rochester 35, #12 Mapletown 0
1A #13 Springdale 21, #4 West Greene 0
Other nearby matchups/seedings include:
6A #1 Mt. Lebanon first-round bye
5A #10 Fox Chapel 13, #7 Upper St. Clair 10
5A #9 Woodland Hills 27, #8 Bethel Park 23
4A #1 Belle Vernon first-round bye
4A #5 Thomas Jefferson 41, #12 Indiana 0
November 6, 2021 4:04 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Pirates have claimed outfielder Greg Allen off waivers from the New York Yankees. Allen hit .270 with four doubles, a triple, two RBI and five stolen bases in 15 games with New York in 2021. The 28-year-old switch-hitter played each outfield position multiple times. The Pirates have All-Star Bryan Reynolds in center field and Ben Gamel played solidly in left field but right field is wide open heading into 2022.
November 6, 2021 4:08 am
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) – Pittsburgh visits Duke this weekend in an Atlantic Coast Conference matchup. The Panthers are coming off a loss to Miami. But they still lead the league’s Coastal Division race heading into Saturday’s game. Pittsburgh quarterback Kenny Pickett says the Panthers have “no room for error” with small lead on Virginia in the standings. Duke is 0-4 in the league. The Blue Devils are also trying to improve an offense that was shut out at Virginia and nearly suffered another shutout last week at No. 10 Wake Forest. Pitt has won six of seven meetings with Duke since joining the ACC for the 2013 season.
November 5, 2021 3:46 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Kris Letang stuffed a wraparound by Carter Hart 1:57 into overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat Philadelphia 3-2. Playing for the first time since Oct. 19 after testing positive for COVID-19, Letang scored his first goal of the season and helped the Penguins end a three-game losing streak. Pittsburgh played without star center Sidney Crosby and head coach Mike Sullivan. Both have tested positive for COVID-19. Travis Konecny and Scott Laughton scored for the Flyers.
November 5, 2021 3:50 am
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – The Indianapolis Colts were winners in their first prime-time home game since December 2017. Carson Wentz threw three touchdown passes and Jonathan Taylor rushed for 172 yards and two scores to carry the Colts past the Jets, 45-30. Wentz opened the second-half scoring with a 2-yard scoring pass to offensive lineman Danny Pinter, and Taylor sealed the win with a 78-yard sprint to make it 42-10. Jets backup QB Josh Johnson threw for a career-high 317 yards and had a career-best three touchdown passes in the final 18 minutes. Johnson entered the game after Mike White injured his right forearm in the first quarter, four days after throwing for 405 yards and three TDs in his first NFL start. The Colts improved to 4-5, while the Jets dropped to 2-7.
November 5, 2021 2:34 am
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Saturday, Nov. 6 (WPIAL Championship)
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township vs. #1 Seneca Valley, 5:45 pm at Highmark Stadium
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Thursday, Nov. 4 result (PIAA qualifier, WPIAL 3rd place):
1A #7 California 3, #4 Leechburg 2
November 4, 2021 4:36 pm
(WPXI) – Another major part of the Pittsburgh Penguins won’t be available for Thursday’s game against the Philadelphia Flyers: head coach Mike Sullivan. The Penguins coach won’t be on the bench due to COVID-19 protocols. Assistant coach Todd Reirden will assume coaching duties. Sullivan is just the latest domino to fall for the team due to the virus. The team will be without Sidney Crosby, Brian Dumoulin, Kris Letang, Chad Ruhwedel and Marcus Pettersson. Crosby had only played one game so far this season after returning from injury.
