September 29, 2024 7:14 am
MONTREAL (AP) — The Americans again are in control of the Presidents Cup with an 11-7 lead at Royal Montreal. But it took a lot of work and lot of big putts from Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay over a long day. Scheffler delivered a pair of big shots in helping he and Russell Henley to a foursomes victory. Cantlay came up with clutch putts in the morning, and he saved his best for the final putts in the dark. Cantlay drained a birdie putts from just inside 17 feet as he and Xander Schauffele beat Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim.
September 28, 2024 10:28 am
Washington & Jefferson looks to snap a four-game losing streak to Carnegie-Mellon Saturday afternoon when the Presidents hosts the Tartans at Cameron Stadium and on WJPA-AM (1450). A share of the Presidents Athletic Conference lead goes to the winner of this final PAC meeting between the two who have played 72 times coming into the game. CMU announced earlier this year that it would be leaving the League following the football season. Both teams have shown proficient offenses and stubborn defenses through the season’s first three weeks. Presidents Football Preview airs at 1:30 pm with the homecoming game kickoff scheduled for 2 o’clock. You can listen on-air on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Online!
September 28, 2024 7:00 am
Matt Sieg threw for three touchdowns and ran for two more, leading Fort Cherry to a running-clock win at Burgettstown. Avella lost a 16-point lead but rallied past Beth-Center, extending the Bulldogs losing streak to eight games. Bentworth picked up an important win in the fight for a playoff spot, beating Carmichaels while Jeff-Morgan kept a firm grip on a share of the Tri-County South lead. Charleroi snapped a 14-game losing streak, beating Sto-Rox, the Cougars’ first win win beating Waynesburg to end the 2022 season. Trinity was the only big school winner in the two-county area, rolling past Ringgold. Canon-McMillan lost in overtime while Peters Township was shutout in the second half in a loss to Upper St. Clair. McGuffey, Wash High and Waynesburg were all shutout.
Week 5 scores:
1A Black Hills
Fort Cherry 42, Burgettstown 0
Bishop Canevin 70, Chartiers-Houston 0
1A Tri-County South
Avella 22, Beth-Center 16
Bentworth 33, Carmichaels 15
California 58, Mapletown 0
Jeff-Morgan 42, West Greene 7
2A Century
Charleroi 17, Sto-Rox 6
Seton-La Salle 55, Waynesburg 0
3A Western Hills
Beaver Area 49, McGuffey 0
4A Big Six
Trinity 45, Ringgold 0
5A Allegheny Six
Upper St. Clair 21, Peters Township 7
6A Quad County
Hempfield 33, Canon-McMillan 27 OT
Non-Conference
South Park 37, Wash High 0
September 28, 2024 3:42 am
(WPXI) Bryan Reynolds recorded the seventh multi-homer game of his career to carry the Pittsburgh Pirates past the New York Yankees, 4-2, at Yankee Stadium on Friday night. Trailing by a pair of runs in the top of the sixth, Nick Gonzales got the Pirates (75-85) on the board with a solo home run to left off of Yankees starter Carlos Rodón. Bryan Reynolds followed with an opposite-field home run, giving the Bucs their fourth instance of hitting back-to-back homers this season. In the top of the eighth, Reynolds connected on a two-run shot to dead center off reliever Tommy Kahnle to put the Pirates up 4-2.
September 27, 2024 4:30 am
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Dak Prescott threw one of his two touchdown passes to CeeDee Lamb and the Dallas Cowboys taunted the Giants yet again, winning 20-15 for their seventh straight victory over New York and 14th in 15 games. Prescott has won his last 13 starts against the Giants. He found Lamb for a 55-yard catch-and-run touchdown on a play that ended with the receiver being called for taunting. There were some significant injuries in the fourth quarter with Dallas’ Micah Parsons carted off the field with a leg injury and the Giants’ Malik Nabers suffering a concussion.
September 27, 2024 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings in his last start before the postseason and Joey Ortiz was a home run short of the cycle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2. Civale allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his last nine starts. Ortiz, a rookie third baseman, tripled in the third inning and came home on Brice Turang’s ground out to open the scoring. Milwaukee hosts an NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday. The Pirates lost for the ninth time in 13 games.
September 26, 2024 5:38 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Civale pitched six scoreless innings in his last start before the postseason and Joey Ortiz was a home run short of the cycle as the Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-2. Civale allowed three hits, struck out five and walked one. He is 6-1 with a 2.57 ERA in his last nine starts. Ortiz, a rookie third baseman, tripled in the third inning and came home on Brice Turang’s ground out to open the scoring. Milwaukee hosts an NL Wild Card Series beginning Tuesday. The Pirates lost for the ninth time in 13 games.
September 25, 2024 4:30 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Liover Peguero slashed a two-run double, Luis Ortiz pitched seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1. Ortiz (7-6) allowed one run on four hits with a walk and five strikeouts in seven innings. His only mistake was a second-inning pitch to Jake Bauers that Bauers sent to the seats in right-center for his 12th homer of the season. Peguero, called up in the final week of the season, doubled off Freddy Peralta (11-9) to produce the only offense the Pirates needed to beat the NL Central champions.
September 26, 2024 4:26 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates rookie pitcher Paul Skenes says the team’s plan to bring him along slowly worked almost perfectly. The 22-year-old began the season in Triple-A. He arrived in the majors in mid-May and is 11-2 with a 1.99 ERA heading into his final start of the year against the New York Yankees. Skenes says he didn’t love the idea of starting in the minors but believes it’s one of the reasons he feels so good in late September. The hard-throwing right-hander says he expects to have fewer restrictions on his availability in 2025.
September 26, 2024 4:28 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Major League Baseball is thriving two years after introducing sweeping measures to make the game more exciting. The decision to introduce a pitch clock, ban defensive shifts and limit throwovers has produced a more compelling product for fans. Attendance is up 11% over 2022. Younger fans are buying more tickets and watching more games than they were five years ago. The increased popularity of content creators around the game has also introduced baseball to a new audience.
