June 11, 2022 4:17 am
ST. ALBANS, England (AP) – Former U.S. Open champion Bryson DeChambeau has become the latest big name to sign on with the Saudi-funded breakaway LIV Golf series. DeChambeau confirms he will play upcoming events in the United States. It is an about-turn by DeChambeau, who had previously said he would continue playing on the PGA Tour. That may not be possible now, as the PGA Tour announced Thursday that players who defect to the renegade series will face banishment from future tour events. DeChambeau will be joining a series that already features Dustin Johnson and Phil Mickelson, who are contesting the first LIV Golf event outside London this week.
June 9, 2022 11:44 pm
Burgettstown scored four runs in the third, two more in the fourth, all after two out and held off Redbank Valley to reach the PIAA semifinals for the first time ever. Andrew Bredel delivered a pair of two-run singles for the Blue Devils. Winning pitcher Nathan Klodowski went the distance, striking out a dozen batters including three straight in the seventh with the tying runs in scoring position. Burgettstown will take on Neshannock, an 11-inning winner over Riverside, in Monday’s semifinals. We’ll have the game for you on WJPA-AM (1450).
West Greene softball hit the end of the road with a lopsided loss to DuBois Central Catholic. Bethel Park baseball blanked West Allegheny, ending the Indians’ season.. Meanwhile, Upper St. Clair’s baseball season ended with a loss to District 3 champion Warwick.
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Quarterfinals, Thursday, June 9
Baseball
6A Warwick 5, Upper St. Clair 3
5A Bethel Park 7, West Allegheny 0
2A Burgettstown 6, Redbank Valley 4
Softball
1A DuBois Central Catholic 8, West Greene 2
Semifinals, Monday, June 13
Baseball
2A 7-4 Burgettstown vs. 7-2 Neshannock, 6:50 pm at North Alleghney — WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here!
4A 7-1 Montour vs. 7-1 West Mifflin, 3;30 pm at North Allegheny
5A 7-3 Bethel Park vs. 3-4 Donegal, 4:30 pm at Mt. Aloysius College
June 10, 2022 4:00 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Kinzie Hansen and Grace Lyons hit three-run homers, Jayda Coleman made two spectacular defensive plays and No. 1 seed Oklahoma defeated unseeded Texas 10-5 to win its second straight Women’s College World Series title. The Sooners claimed the best-of-three series 2-0 after winning Game 1 16-1. Jocelyn Alo, the two-time USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year who had been dominant throughout the World Series, hit a hard single in her final at-bat in the sixth inning. She ends her career with a Division I record 122 home runs. It was Oklahoma’s sixth overall championship and fifth in the past nine World Series.
June 10, 2022 3:58 am
ATLANTA (AP) – Max Fried won his sixth straight decision by pitching six tough innings and the Atlanta Braves earned their eighth consecutive victory, 3-1 over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Adam Duvall, Dansby Swanson and Travis d’Arnaud each drove in a run for the defending World Series champion Braves, whose winning streak is their longest since they took nine in a row last August. Atlanta has outscored opponents 55-21 during the streak.
June 10, 2022 3:56 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Ondrej Palat scored on a deflection with 1:50 remaining to break a tie and lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 3-1 victory over the New York Rangers on Thursday night for a 3-2 lead in the Eastern Conference final. Mikhail Sergachev and Brandon Hagel also scored to help the two-time defending champion Lightning get their third straight win, the first by a road team in this series. Andre Vasilevskiy stopped 24 shots. Ryan Lindgren scored for New York, which had won eight straight at home. Igor Shesterkin finished with 24 saves. Game 6 is Saturday night in Tampa, Florida.
June 9, 2022 2:51 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Miguel Cabrera hit a go-ahead RBI single in the eighth and the Detroit Tigers completed a two-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 3-1 victory. Harold Castro led off the eighth with a single off Wil Crowe and Jonathan Schoop followed with a bloop to shallow center. Cabrera stepped in and delivered a sharp single up the middle, scoring Castro from second as Reynolds’ throw home sailed well up the first-base line. Daz Cameron doubled and tripled while driving in two runs for Detroit. Pittsburgh rookie outfield Jack Suwinski hit his seventh home run for the Pirates.
June 9, 2022 3:54 am
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – Jocelyn Alo and Tiare Jennings fueled Oklahoma’s record-setting offensive burst to help the Sooners move a victory away from successfully defending their Women’s College World Series title. Alo and Jennings each hit two home runs and top-seeded Oklahoma rolled past unseeded Texas 16-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three championship series. Oklahoma set a World Series record with six home runs and matched records for runs and victory margin. Alo and Jennings each have five home runs in the World Series, surpassing the single-series record of four set by several players, including Alo last year. Alo increased her career Division I homer record to 122, and Jennings drove in five runs to set a record for RBIs in a series with 14.
June 9, 2022 3:51 am
BOSTON (AP) – Jaylen Brown scored 27 points, Jayson Tatum added 26 and the Boston Celtics beat back another third-quarter onslaught by the Golden State Warriors in a 116-100 victory Wednesday night that gave them a 2-1 lead in the NBA Finals. Marcus Smart added 24 points and helped lead a defensive effort that held the Warriors to 11 points in the fourth quarter. Stephen Curry led Golden State with 31 points and six 3-pointers. He had 15 points in a 33-25 third quarter by the Warriors but was hurt late in the fourth after Al Horford rolled into his leg on a loose ball. It was similar to a play during the regular season in which Smart dove into Curry’s legs while chasing a loose ball. Klay Thompson broke out of a finals slump and finished with 25 points and five 3s. But the Warriors’ shooting couldn’t save them on a night the more athletic Celtics outmuscled them for a 47-31 rebounding advantage. Game 4 is Friday in Boston.
June 9, 2022 3:47 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – Brian Flores says he’s focused on his new job with the Pittsburgh Steelers and not his class-action lawsuit against the NFL. Flores took the league and three of its teams to court in February shortly after being fired as head coach of the Miami Dolphins. Flores claims in the lawsuit that the league is “rife with racism.” Now an assistant coach with the Steelers, Flores says he’s excited for the opportunity to continue his career and not think too much about what’s happened in the past. The lawsuit is making its way through the federal court system in New York. Written arguments on whether the case should head to arbitration are due in August.
June 8, 2022 7:29 am
The Women’s College World Series is set. Oklahoma is looking for back-to-back titles as they go up against a Texas team that is the first unseeded team to reach the finals in NCAA history. Arguably the decade’s most dominant softball program, Oklahoma is in its third straight championship series and seventh in the past ten years. The Sooners are 57-3 and look to end an historic season with a sixth national championship in program history. The Longhorns, meanwhile, are 47-20-1 and are 4-1 in the WCWS. A stark contrast to its 5-7 record to start the season. You can hear complete coverage of the Women’s College World Series on WJPA 1450AM.
