November 12, 2023 6:46 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan played without coach Jim Harbaugh, beating No. 9 Penn State after a judge didn’t issue a ruling Saturday on the school’s attempt to temporarily lift the Big Ten Conference’s penalty against the Wolverines for a sign-stealing scheme. Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said 90 minutes before kickoff that Harbaugh wouldn’t be at Beaver Stadium with the team. Offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore served as acting head coach and led the Wolverines to a 24-15 victory. Manuel says a hearing in the school’s lawsuit challenging the Big Ten’s punishment of Harbaugh is scheduled for Nov. 17.
November 11, 2023 3:55 am
The PIAA girls volleyball and boys/girls soccer tournaments featured quarterfinal action across the state Saturday. Semifinals are now set for Tuesday with the finals scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 17-18 on the Cumberland Valley School District campus in Mechanicsburg. Click for PIAA Girls Volleyball brackets PIAA Soccer brackets
PIAA Quarterfinals
1A Boys Soccer
Bentworth 3, Burrell 1 Ryan Colbert scored 13 minutes in, Billy Moyer found the net four minutes later, leading the WPIAL champion Bearcats (20-2) past Burrell. Hadyn Herbulock scored for Burrell before the end of the first half. After intermission, John Scott set the final score with his marker off Ryan Moessner’s free kick in the 65th minute. Bentworth beat Burrell, 2-1, in overtime in the WPIAL semifinals.
Charleroi 1, Tulpehocken 0, OT Nate Mazon put up a clean sheet and Bryce Large found the net in the 4th minute of overtime as Charleroi (21-1) got past District 3 runner-up Tulpehocken. Charleroi and Bentworth meet in the PIAA semifinals on Tuesday, the fourth meeting this season. Charleroi won the two regular season matches. Bentworth won in the WPIAL Finals.
4A Girls Volleyball
Hempfield (Dist. 3) 3, Canon-McMillan 1 The Big Macs (16-5) were led by Natalie Carr’s 15 kills but it wasn’t enough to extend the season. Hempfield remained perfect (20-0) with the four-set win (25-14, 25-18, 18-25, 25-21).
November 11, 2023 3:54 am
Canon-McMillan’s frustration on the gridiron against North Allegheny continued Friday night as the Big Macs lost to the Tigers for the 11th straight time. Peters Township saw Moon take an early lead, then responded to dominate the rest of the game, reaching the WPIAL Finals for the third time in five years. McKeesport ran a missed field goal back 102 yards for a touchdown ending the first half, up 14-0. The Tigers went on to eliminate the Hillers who were trying to get to the semifinals for just the second time ever. Tristan Reed hit Isaiah Thomas on a 20-yard pop pass for the game’s first score, and Jahvon Woods added a pair of second half touchdown runs, propelling Wash High past McGuffey, the school’s 50th all-time post-season win. Fort Cherry remained unbeaten as Matt Sieg ran for three touchdowns and passed for another, setting up a rematch with Bishop Canevin in the WPIAL semifinals. The Crusaders eliminated California, blanking the Trojans after intermission.
6A Semifinals
North Allegheny 49, Canon-McMillan 7
Central Catholic 42, Mt. Lebanon 7
5A Semifinals
Peters Township 41, Moon Area 18
Pine-Richland 16, Penn Hills 9
4A Quarterfinals
McKeesport 28, Trinity 14
Montour 51, Thomas Jefferson 21
Aliquippa 37, Latrobe 29
Mars Area 24, Central Valley 14
3A Quarterfinals
Belle Vernon 49, Deer Lakes 6
East Allegheny 28, South Park 21
Avonworth 41, Beaver Area 21
Elizabeth-Forward 42, West Mifflin 21
2A Quarterfinals
Wash High 18, McGuffey 7
Beaver Falls 14, Neshannock 13
Steel Valley 21, Western Beaver 18
Mohawk 17, Imani Christian 12
1A Quarterfinals
Fort Cherry 42, Rochester 0
Bishop Canevin 34, California 8
South Side Area 48, Greens. Central Catholic 21
Clairton 18, Union 6
November 11, 2023 3:54 am
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — No. 2 Michigan plays its biggest game of the season so far at No. 9 Penn State on Saturday. Whether Wolverines coach Jim Harbaugh will be leading his team on the sideline was is in the hands of a judge. The Big Ten banned Harbaugh from coaching the rest of the Wolverines’ final regular-season games as punishment for a sign-stealing scheme. The school almost immediately asked a judge for a court order putting the penalty on hold.
November 9, 2023 10:00 pm
Football semifinals are on Friday’s schedule for the two largest classifications, including 6A #3 Canon-McMillan and 5A #1 Peters Township. Class 1A-4A are at the quarterfinal round. The scheduling difference is the result of 5A & 6A WPIAL champions moving into the state playoff brackets one week earlier than the smaller classifications. Big school championships will be held on Saturday, Nov. 18 at Norwin High School with the small school title games on Friday, Nov. 24 at Acrisure Stadium. Click for WPIAL Football brackets
The PIAA girls volleyball and boys/girls soccer tournaments move to quarterfinal action Saturday across the state, with finals set for the weekend of Nov. 17-18 on the Cumberland Valley School District campus in Mechanicsburg. Click for PIAA Girls Volleyball brackets PIAA Soccer brackets
On-Air/Online plans: Wash High takes on McGuffey for the second time in three weeks, this time with a trip to the WPIAL semifinals on the line. We’ll have the Little Prexies & Highlanders on WJPA-FM (95.3). Trinity visits McKeesport, trying to avenge an earlier loss to the Tigers during Big Seven play. Catch the Hillers action on WJPA-AM (1450). Airtime for both is 6:30 pm. Saturday afternoon, Bentworth and Burrell boys soccer meet for the second time in 12 days, the Bearcats looking to extend their best-ever soccer season. We’ll have the match on WJPA-FM (95.3) and online starting at 1:50 pm.
Friday, Nov. 10 (all 7 pm except as noted)
WPIAL Football Quarterfinals
4A #10 Trinity at #2 McKeesport, 6:30 pm on WJPA-AM (1450) or Listen Here
2A #3 Wash High vs. #6 McGuffey at Canon-McMillan, 6:30 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
1A #2 Fort Cherry vs. #10 Rochester at West Allegheny
1A #6 California vs. #3 Bishop Canevin at Norwin
WPIAL Football Semifinals
6A #3 Canon-McMillan at #2 North Allegheny (from our colleague Randy Gore–Listen Here)
5A #1 Peters Township vs. #5 Moon Area at South Fayette
Saturday, Nov. 11
PIAA Quarterfinals
1A Boys Soccer
7-2 Charleroi (20-1) vs. 3-2 Tulpehocken (20-2), 1 pm at Greencastle-Antrim High School
7-1 Bentworth (19-2) vs. 7-3 Burrell (16-4) at Plum HS, 1:50 pm on WJPA-FM (95.3) or Listen Here
4A Girls Volleyball
7-2 Canon-McMillan (16-4) vs. 3-1 Hempfield (19-0), 12 noon at Altoona High School
November 10, 2023 4:42 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — After having a goal waved off in overtime, Bryan Rust quickly made sure it didn’t happen twice. His wraparound goal with 1:15 remaining on the clock in overtime gave the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, giving them a sweep of their California road trip for the first time since 1996-97. Rust appeared to put in his own rebound 19 seconds earlier, but the goal was waved off when he was ruled offside. Sidney Crosby had a goal and an assist as he became the 11th player in NHL history with 450 career multi-point games. He also extended his point streak to seven games.
November 10, 2023 4:44 am
CHICAGO (AP) — D’Onta Foreman ran for a touchdown and the Chicago Bears boosted their shot at the top pick in the draft, beating the Carolina Panthers 16-13 on Thursday night. The Bears (3-7) also boosted their chances at the No. 1 pick because they have Carolina’s first-rounder in 2024. They acquired the pick along with Moore last March for the top selection this year. The Panthers (1-8) are tied with Arizona — which plays Atlanta on Sunday — for the worst record in the NFL. Foreman gave the Bears a 16-10 lead in the third quarter with a 4-yard run. Chicago was clinging to a three-point lead with 1:40 remaining when Carolina’s Eddy Pineiro attempted a 59-yard field goal. The ball landed well short.
November 10, 2023 4:45 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Virginia officials say running back Perris Jones has regained movement in all of his extremities after being immobilized on a flat board and carted off the field after being injured on a play late in the third quarter against No. 11 Louisville on Thursday night. Football spokesman Jim Daves said early Friday in a text that Jones will remain at UofL Hospital overnight. Jones caught a 7-yard pass from Anthony Colandrea and fumbled after being hit on his helmet by Cam’Ron Kelly with several other Cardinals nearby. Malik Washington scooped up the ball near the right sideline and dashed down the field for the go-ahead touchdown to make 21-14. Players from both teams knelt for about 15 minutes as Jones was treated and gently lifted onto the board with his head wrapped between two pads.
November 9, 2023 4:33 am
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver George Pickens says he needs to not let frustration get the best of him. Pickens has been limited in recent weeks while opponents search for ways to stop him. That frustration may have bubbled over in a victory over Tennessee when Pickens didn’t appear to be in the mood to celebrate after teammate Diontae Johnson caught the game-winning touchdown. Pickens briefly deleted all of the Steelers-related content from his Instagram page shortly after the game, though Pickens says the “scrubbing” of the page had nothing to do with football. Some of the Steelers content has been restored.
November 9, 2023 4:36 am
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The University of Michigan warned Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti about overstepping his authority and rushing to judgement about an alleged sign-stealing scheme, saying he can’t discipline coach Jim Harbaugh under the conference’s sportsmanship policy. Two people who have seen Michigan’s response to the Big Ten’s notification of potential discipline shared some of its contents with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to share details from the letter. Michigan’s letter states that action can’t be taken by the Big Ten if a formal decision has not been made about whether rules were violated.
