October 30, 2021 3:58 am
Canon-McMillan, Peters Township, Beth-Center and Burgettstown are heading to the WPIAL football playoffs, joining seven other Washington/Greene County teams who had already qualified heading into the final night of the regular season. The Big Macs qualify because of their work earlier in the year. The Indians, Bulldogs and Blue Devils had to win their finales to qualify. California, Chartiers-Houston, McGuffey, Wash High, Carmichaels, Mapletown and West Greene had all clinched playoff spots previously.
Wash High scored with three seconds to play to beat McGuffey, 41-34, to win the outright Century Conference title. The Highlanders scored with 20 seconds remaining, then took the lead with a two-point conversion, only to see the Little Prexies get a long run and a scoring pass from Davoun Fuse. The win is Washington’s 42nd straight at home and cap’s the Little Prexies 15th unbeaten/untied regular season.
Week 8 schedule/results:
6A Central Catholic 54, Canon-McMillan 14
5A Peters Township 35, South Fayette 7
4A Trinity 28, Ringgold 7
2A Wash High 41, McGuffey 34
2A Beth-Center 32, Waynesburg 22
2A Charleroi 33, Frazier 6
1A Burgettstown 23, Fort Cherry 0
1A Monessen 14, Avella 6
1A California 65, Bentworth 7
1A Carmichaels 40, Jeff-Morgan 6
1A West Greene 31, Mapletown 12
2A Chartiers-Houston is idle
October 30, 2021 3:58 am
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves spent much of Friday night flirting on a no-hitter. Instead, they had to settle for a 2-0 victory over the Houston Astros and a two-games-to-one lead in the World Series. Ian Anderson worked five hitless innings but was pulled after 76 pitches. He struck out four, walked three and allowed just one base runner after the first inning. Atlanta’s bullpen kept the no-hitter intact until pinch-hitter Aledmys (ah-LEHD’-mees) Diaz blooped a single leading off the eighth against reliever Tyler Matzek. Houston’s other hit came on Alex Bregman’s single leading off the ninth. Austin Riley’s RBI double in the third off Astros rookie starter Luis Garcia put Atlanta ahead. Travis d’Arnaud hit a 437-foot homer off Kendall Graveman in the eighth, his second round-tripper of the series. The Braves improved to 6-0 at home this postseason. Game 4 is Saturday in Atlanta.
October 30, 2021 4:01 am
(AP) – Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield will start Sunday against Pittsburgh, returning after missing one game with an injured left shoulder that will need management for the rest of this season. Mayfield has participated in the team’s last three practices and has been cleared by team doctors and a second medical group. He sat out last Sunday’s win over the Broncos, allowing him to improve his range of motion and reduce inflammation. The Browns host the Steelers Sunday in Cleveland. That game can be heard here on WJPA AM 1450 with pregame starting at noon.
October 29, 2021 3:54 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jacob Markstrom stopped 45 shots for his second shutout in his last three starts, and the Calgary Flames beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-0. áMarkstrom recorded a shutout for the second time in five games and the 10th shutout of his career. Markstrom, in his 12th NHL season and second with the Flames, has stopped 136 of his last 137 shots faced. Johnny Gaudreau scored his first of the season in the opening period, and Blake Coleman, Dillon Dube and Milan Lucic scored in the third as Calgary pulled away and won all five games of its road trip. The Flames never trailed during the road trip – they led for 234:05 overall – and outscored the opposition 21-7 on the trip.
October 29, 2021 3:56 am
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) – The Green Bay Packers have knocked off the NFL’s last unbeaten team. The Packers came away with a 24-21 win over the Cardinals when Kyler Murray threw an interception on second-and-goal with 12 seconds remaining. The pick came shortly after the Packers were stopped on downs near the Arizona goal line. Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes to Randall Cobb as the Packers won their seventh straight since a season-opening loss to New Orleans. Rodgers was 22 of 37 for just 184 yards and no interceptions. Murray finished with 274 yards passing and two interceptions as the Cardinals fell to 7-1.
October 28, 2021 2:19 am
WPIAL Soccer brackets CLICK HERE!
Thursday, Oct. 28 results:
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi 2, #5 Elizabeth-Forward 1 OT
Girls 4A: #6 Peters Township 2, #3 Greater Latrobe 0
Saturday, Oct. 30 schedule:
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township hosting #10 Butler, 1 pm
Boys 4A: #4 Canon-McMillan hosting #5 Fox Chapel, 12 noon
Boys 1A: #4 Bentworth vs. #5 Eden Christian, 2 pm at Canon-McMillan
Monday, Nov. 1 schedule:
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi vs. #9 North Catholic, 8 pm at West Mifflin
Girls 4A: #6 Peters Township vs. #2 Moon Area, 8 pm at Montour
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets CLICK HERE!
Thursday, Oct. 28 results:
1A #7 California 3, #2 Mapletown 1
1A #1 Bishop Canevin 3, #9 Fort Cherry 0
Tuesday, Nov. 2 schedule (sites/times to be determined):
1A #7 California vs. #3 Greensburg Central Catholic
October 28, 2021 2:11 am
This is the final week of the high school football regular season. The WPIAL will release the playoff brackets Saturday night following the Brentwood / Seton-La Salle game. Playoff qualifying is based on the number of teams in each section and order of finish. Win/loss record, head-to-head results, Gardner Points and WPIAL +10/-10 tiebreaker points are used to determine the order. Sections with eight teams qualify five playoff squads. Four berths are awarded to sections with six or seven teams. The only exception is in Class 2A where that formula would qualify 17 teams for the 16-team bracket. So, only the top three teams from the Allegheny and Three Rivers Conferences are guaranteed spots. The fourth-place finishers in those two sections will be compared with the better record getting the final spot in the field. Following is a rundown of the playoff pictures involving area teams.
Class 6A–Mt. Lebanon is first, Central Catholic second. North Allegheny visits Seneca Valley Friday. The winner is third, loser fourth. Canon-McMillan hosts Central Catholic while Baldwin is home with Mt. Lebanon. Canon-McMillan takes the final playoff spot with a win, or if Baldwin & Norwin lose, or if they maintain the +/- margin over Baldwin (currently -16 vs. -20).
Class 5A–Moon Area is first and visits West Allegheny. Upper St. Clair is at Bethel Park. The winner is second, loser third. Peters Township travels to South Fayette. Peters Township clinches a playoff berth with a win, or with a loss of less than 10 points plus a Moon win. West Allegheny is in with a win plus a South Fayette win. South Fayette is in with win by at least 10 points plus a Moon win by at least four points. If South Fayette wins by 10 points, and Moon beats West Allegheny by three, there would be a three-way tie for the final spot that would be decided by a coin flip.
Class 4A Big Eight–Belle Vernon hosts McKeesport for the top spot. The loser is second, Thomas Jefferson third and Laurel Highlands fourth. Trinity, Ringgold and West Mifflin have been eliminated.
Class 4A Parkway–Aliquippa hosts New Castle. The winner is first. Beaver is home to winless Blackhawk and can share the title with a win plus a New Castle win. Montour travels to Chartiers Valley with the winner taking the fourth and final playoff spot. The loser is out.
Class 3A Interstate–Elizabeth-Forward is first and home vs. Yough. Mt. Pleasant has clinched and visits South Allegheny. SA clinches with a win. Southmoreland travels to South Park with a spot likely going to the winner.
Class 2A Century–Wash High hosts McGuffey. Chartiers-Houston is off. Waynesburg is at Beth-Center. The Little Prexies have clinched a share of the conference title and win it outright with a win, or with a loss by a touchdown or less. McGuffey is first only with a win of eight points or more, otherwise third. Chartiers-Houston shares the title if McGuffey wins, though the Bucs would be third if the Highlanders take first place, otherwise CHHS will be second behind WHS. Beth-Center claims the fourth spot with a win or with a loss of less than seven points. Waynesburg qualifies only if the Raiders win by seven points or more. Charleroi would be included in a three-way tie with those two but cannot catch both in WPIAL tiebreaker points. This season’s games involving Frazier will not be used in tiebreaker calculations due to the Commodores’ COVID-19 issues when scheduled to play Beth-Center.
Class 1A Big Seven–Ft. Cherry hosts Burgettstown a week after the Rangers forfeited to Cornell due to COVID issues. Ft. Cherry is third with a win + a Cornell win. The Rangers are fourth with a win and an OLSH victory. Burgettstown is fifth (and qualifies) with any win. The loser is out. Cornell is first, Rochester second. Shenango has also qualified, leaving Ft. Cherry, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Burgettstown and Northgate to battle for two remaining berths.
Class 1A Tri-County South–West Greene is first and visits Mapletown. Carmichaels is second and travels to Jeff-Morgan. California is third, has clinched and is hosting Bentworth. Fourth-place Mapletown has also clinched. Avella hosts Monessen. The Eagles qualify with a win plus a Carmichaels win. Monessen is in with a win. Jeff-Morgan is in only with a win plus an Avella win plus a California win. Bentworth can tie for fifth but cannot qualify. Similar to the 2A Century Conference, the Avella/California game has been deemed a “no contest.” Therefore, any tiebreakers that include Avella will not include those teams’ games vs. California.
October 28, 2021 3:50 am
HOUSTON (AP) – The Houston Astros have come away with a split of the first two games in the World Series. Jose Altuve doubled early, homered late and scored twice as the Astros whipped the Braves, 7-2. Altuve hit a leadoff double and scored in the first inning before adding a solo homer in the seventh. Jose Siri, Martin Maldonado and Michael Brantley delivered run-scoring hits while Houston scored four times in the second inning off Braves starter and loser Max Fried. Siri’s RBI single and daring baserunning sparked the rally. Jose Urquidy picked up the win after striking out seven while allowing two runs and six hits over five innings. Travis d’Arnaud was the center of Atlanta’s attack, hitting a solo homer and scoring on Freddie Freeman’s RBI single. Fried was lifted in the sixth inning, charged with five earned runs on seven hits. Game 3 is Friday in Atlanta.
October 27, 2021 2:43 am
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Wednesday, Oct. 27 result:
Girls 1A: #3 Steel Valley 6, #6 Chartiers-Houston 2
Thursday, Oct. 28 schedule:
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi hosting #5 Elizabeth-Forward, 6:30 pm
Girls 4A: #6 Peters Township at #3 Greater Latrobe, 6:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 30 schedule:
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township hosting #10 Butler, 1 pm
Boys 4A: #4 Canon-McMillan hosting #5 Fox Chapel, 12 noon
Boys 1A: #4 Bentworth vs. #5 Eden Christian, 2 pm at Canon-McMillan
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets CLICK HERE!
Wednesday, Oct. 27 results:
3A #5 Armstrong 3, #12 Trinity 1
2A #3 Laurel 3, #14 Carmichaels 2
2A #6 Serra Catholic 3, #11 Waynesburg 1
Thursday, Oct. 28 schedule:
1A #7 California at #2 Mapletown, 7 pm
1A #9 Fort Cherry vs. #1 Bishop Canevin, 6 pm at Moon Area
October 26, 2021 2:20 am
WPIAL Soccer brackets CLICK HERE!
Tuesday, Oct. 26 results:
Boys 1A: #4 Bentworth 1, #13 Beaver Co. Christian 0
Boys 1A: #1 Greensburg Cent. Catholic 8, #16 Chartiers-Houston 0
Girls 2A: #1 North Catholic 10, #17 Waynesburg 0
Wednesday, Oct. 27 schedule:
Girls 1A: #6 Chartiers-Houston at #3 Steel Valley, 6 pm
Thursday, Oct. 28 schedule:
Boys 2A: #4 Charleroi hosting #5 Elizabeth-Forward, 6:30 pm
Girls 4A: #6 Peters Township at #3 Greater Latrobe, 6:30 pm
Saturday, Oct. 30 schedule:
Boys 4A: #2 Peters Township hosting #10 Butler, 1 pm
Boys 4A: #4 Canon-McMillan hosting #5 Fox Chapel, 12 noon
Boys 1A: #4 Bentworth vs. #5 Eden Christian, 2 pm at Canon-McMillan
WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets CLICK HERE!
Tuesday, Oct. 26 results:
4A #6 Penn-Trafford 3, #11 Peters Township 0
1A #2 Mapletown 3, #15 Apollo-Ridge 0
1A #7 California 3, #10 Eden Christian 2
1A #9 Fort Cherry 3, #8 Beaver Co. Christian 0
1A #4 Leechburg 3, #13 West Greene 0
Wednesday, Oct. 27 schedule:
3A #12 Trinity at 5 Armstrong, 7:30 pm
2A #14 Carmichaels vs. #3 Laurel, 6 pm at Avonworth
2A #11 Waynesburg vs. #6 Serra Catholic, 6 pm at South Fayette
Thursday, Oct. 28 schedule:
1A #7 California at #2 Mapletown, 7 pm
1A #9 Fort Cherry vs. #1 Bishop Canevin, 6 pm at Moon Area
