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.
November 4, 2021 2:38 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) – The Pittsburgh Penguins have placed star center Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin in the COVID-19 protocol after both tested positive. Coach Mike Sullivan says Crosby is dealing with mild symptoms while Dumoulin remains asymptomatic. They are the seventh and eighth members of the Penguins to test positive for COVID-19 since training camp opened in September. Pittsburgh is off to a 3-3-2 start and is currently tied for last in the NHL’s Metropolitan Division.
November 4, 2021 2:36 am
UNDATED (AP) – Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is in the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol and will miss Sunday’s game at Kansas City. Coach Matt LaFleur confirmed Wednesday that Rodgers is in the protocol but would not say if he had tested positive. LaFleur said 2020 first-round pick Jordan Love is the starter against the Chiefs. Love has thrown just seven NFL passes. The reigning NFL MVP is the latest Green Bay player to deal with the coronavirus. Wide receivers Davante Adams, a 2020 All-Pro, and Allen Lazard missed last week’s victory at Arizona because of COVID-19 protocols. With Rodgers out and third-stringer Kurt Benkert on the COVID-19 list, the Packers have signed QB Blake Bortles to the practice squad.
November 4, 2021 3:43 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – The Philadelphia Phillies declined club options for next season on outfielders Odúbel Herrera and Andrew McCutchen. Herrera gets a $2.5 million buyout rather than a $11.5 million salary, completing a $30.5 million, five-year contract. He is eligible for salary arbitration. McCutchen, signed as a free agent to a $50 million, three-year contract in December 2018, gets a $3 million buyout instead of a $15 million salary. He hit .237 with 47 homers and 143 RBIs in three seasons in Philadelphia. He will become a free agent. Herrera hit .274 in six seasons with the Phillies.
