May 29, 2024 12:01 am
The WPIAL Baseball Championships are in the books. Avella lost to Carmichaels twice in the regular season. Wednesday, the Eagles turned the tables, scoring a 6-2 win and clinching the final 1A playoff berth in the process. Avella joins Burgettstown baseball, Bentworth, Chartiers-Houston, Carmichaels and West Greene in the state playoff brackets starting Monday.
Now, the softball championships take center stage at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field. Our on-air coverage of Championship Week includes the Bentworth / Neshannock and Chartiers-Houston / Union softball championship games. We’ll also provide online coverage of all six softball finals. Finally, WJPA Sports Network will produce the NFHS video of all six WPIAL softball title games in conjunction with GreeneSports. All of our broadcasts are linked Watch/Listen Here
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Wednesday, May 29
Baseball 3rd Place
1A #6 Avella 6, #8 Carmichaels 2 (Eagles to PIAA)
5A #6 Franklin Regional 3, #1 West Allegheny 2 (Panthers to PIAA)
Baseball Finals
2A #3 Seton-La Salle 5, #1 Serra Catholic 0
4A #6 North Catholic 7, #9 Indiana 5
6A #3 North Allegheny 1, #1 Mt. Lebanon 0
Thursday, May 30
Softball Finals Watch/Listen Here
2A #1 Neshannock 3, #2 Bentworth 0
5A #1 Armstrong 9, #10 Thomas Jefferson 3
4A #1 Elizabeth-Forward 10, #2 Hampton 2
Friday, May 31
Softball Finals Watch/Listen Here
10:45 am 1A #1 Union vs. #3 Chartiers-Houston, WJPA-AM (1450) Watch/Listen Here
1:00 pm 6A #2 Seneca Valley vs. #5 Norwin
3:30 pm 3A #3 South Park vs. #4 Mohawk
May 30, 2024 4:30 am
DETROIT (AP) — Paul Skenes struck out nine and earned his second career victory and the Pittsburgh Pirates salvaged a doubleheader split with a 10-2 win over the Detroit Tigers. Skenes, making his fourth major league start, gave up two runs and three hits in six innings. Andrew McCutchen had a three-run homer in the third inning for his 1,600th career hit. McCutchen had three hits and a walk while driving in four runs. Nick Gonzales also had three hits, including a solo homer. In the opener, Matt Vierling had a three-run homer and drove in four runs in Detroit’s 8-0 victory.
May 30, 2024 4:32 am
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, a local prosecutor, asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffler. Scheffler was not required to be in the courtroom Wednesday. Scheffler was charged with a felony for assaulting a police officer with his vehicle, along with three misdemeanors. Scheffler has said he simply misunderstood the commands coming from traffic officers.
May 30, 2024 4:33 am
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Mattias Janmark and Leon Draisaitl scored in a 51-second span in the second period and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Dallas Stars 5-2 on Wednesday night in Game 4 to even the Western Conference final. Janmark tied it on a short-handed, 2-on-1 break with Connor Brown with 5:29 left in the period, and Draisaitl followed with his 10th of the postseason with 4:38 to go. Game 5 is Friday night in Dallas. Ryan McLeod, Evan Bouchard and Mattias Ekholm, into a empty net with 1:53 remaining, also scored for Edmonton. Stuart Skinner made 20 saves. Wyatt Johnson and Esa Lindell scored as Dallas raced to a 2-0 lead in the first 5 1/2 minutes. McLeod and Bouchard countered for Edmonton late in the period.
May 29, 2024 5:24 pm
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Criminal charges against Scottie Scheffler have been dismissed, ending a legal saga that began with images of the world’s top golfer being arrested and handcuffed in Louisville during the PGA Championship. Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell, a local prosecutor, asked a judge Wednesday afternoon to drop the four charges against Scheffler. Scheffler was not required to be in the courtroom Wednesday. Scheffler was charged with a felony for assaulting a police officer with his vehicle, along with three misdemeanors. Scheffler has said he simply misunderstood the commands coming from traffic officers.
May 28, 2024 4:34 am
DETROIT (AP) — The game between the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates has been postponed because of storms in the area. It will be made up as part of a doubleheader starting at 12:40 p.m. on Wednesday. Left-hander Tarik Skubal and righty Jack Flaherty are expected to start the doubleheader for the Tigers, while right-hander Jared Jones and righty Paul Skenes will pitch for Pittsburgh. Skenes was the first overall pick in the 2023 draft. He will be making his fourth career start on his 22nd birthday.
May 29, 2024 4:30 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Gibson became Major League Baseball’s career leader with a .372 batting average, surpassing Ty Cobb’s .367, when records of the Negro Leagues for more than 2,300 players were incorporated after a three-year research project. Gibson’s .466 average for the 1943 Homestead Grays became the season standard, followed by Charlie “Chino” Smith’s .451 for the 1929 New York Lincoln Giants. They overtook the .440 by Hugh Duffy for the National League’s Boston team in 1894. Gibson also became the career leader in slugging percentage at .718 and OPS at 1.177, moving ahead of Babe Ruth in each statistic.
May 29, 2024 4:29 am
Scholarships are not going away in college athletics. But how many there are and which sports they will apply to in coming years are among the many questions stemming from a mammoth antitrust settlement and athlete revenue-sharing plan proposed by the NCAA and its five largest conferences. Nearly $2.8 billion in damages over 10 years must come from somewhere. Schools are scrambling to find out how much more money will be necessary to compensate athletes in sports like baseball and softball, many who previously only got a fragment of what their classmates who play football or basketball received.
May 28, 2024 12:01 am
WPIAL Championship Week for Baseball & Softball is underway with League titles and PIAA playoff spots on the line. Baseball championship games will be played at Wild Things Park with third-place games next door at W&J’s Ross Memorial Park. Softball third-place games will all be played on Tuesday (weather permitting) at Gateway, Jeff-Morgan and North Allegheny. Softball championship games will be played Wednesday & Thursday at PennWest-California’s Lilley Field.
Our on-air coverage of Championship Week includes baseball third-place games between Burgettstown/OLSH and Avella/Carmichaels. We’ll also broadcast the Chartiers-Houston/Union and Bentworth/Neshannock softball championship games. We’ll also provide online coverage of all four of those games, plus the other four softball finals. Finally, WJPA Sports Network will produce the NFHS video of all six WPIAL softball title games in conjunction with GreeneSports. All of our broadcasts are linked Watch/Listen Here
WPIAL Bracket Links: Softball Baseball
Tuesday, May 28
Baseball Finals
1A #4 Bishop Canevin 10, #2 Eden Christian 3
3A #7 Avonworth 4, #1 Riverside 3 (14 innings)
5A #7 Penn-Trafford 4, #4 Bethel Park 3
Baseball 3rd Place
3A #4 South Allegheny 8, #14 Burrell 2 (both to PIAA)
2A #4 Burgettstown 8, #2 OLSH 2 (Burgettstown to PIAA)
4A #4 Montour 3, #2 Thomas Jefferson 2 (11 innings) (both to PIAA)
Softball 3rd Place
1A #2 Carmichaels 7, #5 West Greene 6 (both to PIAA)
2A #3 Laurel 10, #5 OLSH 0 (Laurel to PIAA)
3A #2 Ligonier Valley 4, #1 Avonworth 0 (both to PIAA)
4A #4 Chartiers Valley 6, #11 Blackhawk 4 (Chartiers Valley to PIAA)
5A #4 Penn-Trafford, 4, #11 Great Latrobe 1 (both to PIAA)
May 28, 2024 4:37 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Longtime umpire Ángel Hernández, who unsuccessfully sued Major League Baseball for racial discrimination, is retiring immediately. During a career that lasted more than three decades, the 62-year-old Hernández was often scorned by players, managers and fans for missed calls and quick ejections — some in high-profile situations. Hernández issued a statement through MLB on Monday night saying he has decided he wants to spend more time with his family.
