May 11, 2022 10:44 pm
Playoff spots have either been clinched or lost for teams in the Washington/Greene area. A handful of spots are still available in other sections but those opportunities end in the next day or two. Softball section games have to be completed by the end of Wednesday, baseball one day later. The WPIAL will release playoff brackets later this week.
Softball qualifiers: 6A Canon-McMillan, Peters Township, 5A Trinity, 3A Waynesburg, 2A Chartiers-Houston, Burgettstown, Fort Cherry, Charleroi, Bentworth, Carmichaels, 1A West Greene, Mapletown, Jeff-Morgan
Baseball qualifiers: 5A Peters Township, 3A McGuffey, Waynesburg, 2A California, Bentworth, Beth-Center, Burgettstown, Fort Cherry, Chartiers-Houston, Carmichaels, 1A Avella, West Greene, Jeff-Morgan.
May 11, 2022 3:55 am
UNDATED (AP) – Tom Brady will join Fox Sports as a football announcer when his playing career ends. That announcement was made Tuesday by Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch on an investor call.
Brady had announced his retirement at the end of last season, but later renounced it and said he was going to play at least another season as the Tampa Bay Bucs quarterback. Signing the seven-time Super Bowl champion was a coup for Fox after its top football announcing team, Joe Buck and Troy Aikman, recently left for ESPN.
May 11, 2022 3:53 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) – Patrick Marleau has announced his retirement from hockey after a 23-year career and the most games played in NHL history. Marleau made the announcement at the Shark Tank in San Jose, where he played 21 of his 23 seasons. Marleau retires having broken Gordie Howe’s games played record and with 566 goals and two Olympic gold medals.
In other NHL news: The Montreal Canadiens are hosting the NHL draft in July and will have the right to the No. 1 pick. Montreal won the draft lottery on Tuesday night. Montreal will host this year’s event on July 7 and 8.
May 10, 2022 3:04 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Sidney Crosby had a goal and three assists to become the sixth player in NHL history to reach 200 career playoff points and the Pittsburgh Penguins throttled the New York Rangers 7-2 to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series. Jake Guentzel scored for the fourth consecutive game and Jeff Carter, Danton Heinen, Mark Friedman and Mike Matheson also beat Igor Shesterkin as the Penguins chased the Vezina Trophy favorite for the second time in three days to move within one game of advancing in the postseason for the first time since 2018. Shesterkin sat out the third period after giving up six goals on 30 shots.
May 10, 2022 3:04 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Jose Quintana pitched six scoreless innings for his first win since 2019 and the first victory by a Pittsburgh starting pitcher this season as the Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1. The Pirates also ended a 16-game losing streak against the Dodgers dating to 2018 and snapped Los Angeles’ six-game winning streak. Quintana allowed four hits and four walks while striking out five. His previous win came on Sept. 5, 2019 at Milwaukee while pitching for the Chicago Cubs. The veteran left-hander has been plagued by injuries and ineffectiveness in recent seasons, going 20 starts and 42 appearances between victories.
May 10, 2022 1:41 am
Baseball
Needing a win to clinch a 2A playoff berth, Chartiers-Houston blanked Carlynton in five innings, securing the post-season bid. In other playoff impact games, Charleroi lost to Yough and, with that, their 3A playoff hopes. The Cougars opened with three straight wins but lost six of their last seven section games to miss the playoffs by one game. Ringgold lost to section leader West Mifflin. The Rams have now been eliminated from the 4A playoff chase.
Chartiers-Houston 12, Carlynton 0 (5)
Burgettstown 12, Ft. Cherry 0
Carmichaels 7, Beth-Center 1
Yough 6, Charleroi 3
West Mifflin 8, Ringgold 2
Softball
Most playoff races are wrapped up in softball, though final positioning is still up for grabs in a couple sections.
Carmichaels 8, Bentworth 5
Greensburg Central Catholic 10, Avella 0
Charleroi 22, Wash High 3
May 10, 2022 3:06 am
UNDATED (AP) – The New York Islanders have fired coach Barry Trotz after missing the playoffs in his fourth season with the team. General manager Lou Lamoriello made the surprising announcement more than a week after the regular season ended. Trotz coached the Islanders to playoff appearances in each of his first three years with them.
May 10, 2022 3:07 am
UNDATED (AP) – College sports leaders are trying to send a warning to schools and boosters when it comes to paying athletes for endorsement and sponsorship deals: There are still rules and they will be enforced. The NCAA’s Division I Board of Directors has approved guidance clarifying the types of payments and booster involvement that could be considered recruiting violations. It is not clear whether the NCAA will clamp down on boosters offering money to recruits or whether it will be taken to court over it.
May 9, 2022 6:47 am
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. — For the first time since 1993, the Waynesburg University Softball program won the PAC Championship. The Yellowjackets beat the tournament host Westminster Titans 3-1 on Sunday. The PAC Softball Championship was delayed two days because of weather, and finished on Sunday afternoon. The victory gives Waynesburg an automatic qualifying bid into the NCAA D-III Softball Tournament. The selection show will air live on ncaa.com at 1 p.m. on Monday, May 9. The complete bracket for the event will be posted at ncaa.com immediately after the online webcast.
May 9, 2022 3:04 am
CINCINNATI (AP) – Colin Moran hit a grand slam and a two-run homer against his former team, powering the Cincinnati Reds to a 7-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates. Tyler Mahle pitched five solid innings and the Reds rallied from a 2-0 deficit in the sixth. Cincinnati took two of three against Pittsburgh to win a series for the first time this season, improving the majors’ worst record to 5-23. Moran’s bases-loaded drive to right field in the sixth gave Cincinnati a 5-2 lead. He homered to center with Kyle Farmer on first base in the eighth, giving him six RBIs in a game for the first time in his career. They were his first two home runs this season.
