November 11, 2024 4:43 am
Oregon is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll for the fourth straight week. Georgia and Miami dropped out of the top 10 following losses and there was additional movement caused by four other ranked teams getting beat. Voters made the Ducks a unanimous No. 1 for the second straight week. Ohio State moved up one spot to No. 2 and Texas got a two-rung bump to No. 3. Penn State and Indiana rounded out the top five.
November 11, 2024 4:44 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Bernhard Langer won for the 18th straight year on the PGA Tour Champions, holing a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole to hold off Steven Alker in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club. The 67-year-old Langer closed with a 5-under 66 — shooting his age or better for the third straight day and 23rd time on the tour — for a one-stroke victory over defending champion Alker — who won the season points title and a $1 million bonus — and Richard Green. Langer pushed his tour victory record to 47, just over eight months after tearing his left Achilles playing pickelball. The German star won the season-ending event for the first time and extended his record as the tour’s oldest winner.
November 10, 2024 7:59 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Tyler Warren can feel his opponents watching him every time he walks on the football field. They know Penn State’s do-it-all tight end is going to get the football, they just don’t ever know how. Warren caught eight passes for 75 yards and ran for two touchdowns as No. 6 Penn State pulled away from Washington 35-6 on Saturday night. Playing in front of a glowing White Out crowd, the Nittany Lions (8-1, 5-1 Big Ten) rode Warren to score on their first four possession to put the game out of reach and keep their College Football Playoff hopes alive.
November 10, 2024 7:41 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Xavier Brown caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score as Virginia upset No. 23 Pittsburgh 24-19. Anthony Colandrea passed for 143 yards and ran for 40 more as the Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak to put a serious dent in Pitt’s hopes of crashing the ACC title game. The Panthers have dropped two straight following their best start since 1982. Pitt lost redshirt freshman quarterback Eli Holstein in the third quarter when he was hit high and late by Virginia’s Mike Diatta. Holstein’s replacement Nate Yarnell struggled, throwing a pair of interceptions.
November 10, 2024 7:00 am
Ryan Moessner scored just over 11 minutes into the first half lifting Bentworth to a 1-0 win over Mercyhurst Prep in the PIAA 1A boys soccer quarterfinals Saturday afternoon. Andrew Vipperman sent a pass across the face of the goal and Moessner chipped it home, his school-record 44th goal of the season. DJ Hays stopped 10 Mercyhurst Prep shots, including a spectacular diving save in the first half. The Bearcats move to the state semifinals for the second straight year, facing District 5 champion McConnellsburg on Tuesday. We’ll have the match on WJPA-AM (1450) and online. Watch/Listen Here! (Watch links are via NFHS Network, subscription required). The winner heads to Friday’s PIAA championship match at Cumberland Valley. Click for PIAA Soccer Brackets
Tuesday, Nov. 12, PIAA Soccer Semifinals at Westmont Elementary, Johnstown
1A Boys Bentworth vs. McConnellsburg, 5:45 pm, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
November 9, 2024 5:49 am
(WPXI) For a moment, both teams turned the clock back to 2017 when they were the best teams in the NHL, and the games between them were heavyweight slobberknockers. In the first 20 minutes, the Pittsburgh Penguins (6-8-2) and Washington Capitals (9-4-0) raced end to end to defend and create scoring chances as if it were one of their legendary playoff battles. The Penguins were immediately more engaged in every facet than they were just 24 hours earlier when they lost a lopsided and disjointed contest to the Carolina Hurricanes. However, the Penguins’ two-goal jinx was in full effect. For the sixth time in 12 games, the Penguins gave up a two-goal lead. This time, the team rescued themselves as Bryan Rust swept into the offensive zone and got behind the defensemen. Washington goalie Charlie Lindgren made the save on Rust, but Evgeni Malkin finished the rebound for the game-winning goal at 10:28.
November 8, 2024 12:01 am
For the second straight year, the Bentworth boys soccer team has reached the PIAA Quarterfinals. Saturday afternoon, the Bearcats take on the Mercyhurst Prep Lakers at Forker Field in Grove City. We’ll have the match on WJPA-AM (1450) and online, starting at 11:50 am.
Watch/Listen Here! (Watch links are via NFHS Network, subscription required). The winner heads to Tuesday’s state semifinals.
Saturday, Nov. 9
PIAA Soccer Quarterfinals, Click for PIAA Soccer Brackets
1A Boys Bentworth vs. Mercyhurst Prep (at Forker Field, Grove City) 11:50 am, WJPA-AM (1450) Listen Here / Watch Here (NFHS subscription required)
November 9, 2024 7:00 am
Defending champions Fort Cherry and Peters Township advanced to the WPIAL semifinals with wins Friday night. The Rangers got 180 yards rushing and three touchdowns from Matt Sieg to get past Cornell, rallying from a 12-0 deficit after one quarter. Peters Township rolled over Penn-Trafford. Nolan DiLucia threw for one score, ran for another, and Mickey Vaccarello took an interception back 45 yards to push the Indians to an early 21-0 lead.. Meanwhile, California’s season came to an end at the hands of Clairton. The Bears built a 30-0 lead in the opening quarter. Sites and times will be announced over the weekend for the WPIAL semifinals. We’ll have the Fort Cherry & Peters Township games on the WJPA Sports Network.
WPIAL Football (click for brackets): 6A 5A 4A 3A 2A 1A
Friday, Nov. 8, Quarterfinals:
5A #3 Peters Township 42, #6 Penn-Trafford 13
1A #1 Fort Cherry 27, #9 Cornell 20
1A #2 Clairton 54, #10 California 0
Friday, Nov. 15, Semifinals:
5A #3 Peters Township vs. #2 Upper St. Clair (at Bethel Park), 6:30 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3)
1A #1 Fort Cherry vs. #13 Jeannette (at Canon-McMillan), 6:30 pm on WJPA-AM (1450)
November 8, 2024 4:28 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Jack Roslovic had two goals and an assist as the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 for their eighth straight win. Jordan Martinook, Jaccob Slavin and Eric Robinson also scored for Carolina, and Jalen Chatfield had three assists. Pyotr Kochetkov stopped 35 shots. Blake Lizotte scored for Pittsburgh and Alex Nedeljkovic had 14 saves. The Penguins lost for the eighth time in 10 games (2-6-2).
November 8, 2024 4:31 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Another tight game, another loss for the Cincinnati Bengals. It’s a frustrating pattern that has put the struggling team in danger of missing the playoffs despite the outstanding play of Joe Burrow and Ja’Marr Chase. For the second time in two games against the division rival Baltimore Ravens, the Bengals blew a big lead Thursday night and lost 35-34. Cincinnati was on the cusp of reaching .500 following an 0-3 start, but those hopes vanished as quickly as its 14-point lead in the third quarter. In their previous game against Baltimore last month, the Bengals (4-6) frittered away a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter before losing 41-38 in overtime.
