October 19, 2025 12:01 am
Three Washington/Greene County girls volleyball teams begin tournament play Monday night, among the 68 teams that qualified for this year’s WPIAL playoffs. Included are #2 seeds Beth-Center, Peters Township and Waynesburg along with #3 Fort Cherry. Monday winners will turn around and play first round games on Tuesday. WPIAL Girls Volleyball brackets
Monday, October 20, Preliminary Round
3A #15 Ringgold vs. #18 Blackhawk, 6:00 pm at Peters Township
2A #16 McGuffey vs. #17 Chartiers-Houston, 7:30 pm at Peters Township
Tuesday, October 21, First Round
3A Ringgold/Blackhawk winner vs. #2 Beaver Area, 7:00 pm at Beaver Area
3A #11 Trinity vs. #6 Greensburg Salem, 7:30 pm at Norwin
2A McGuffey/Chartiers-Houston winner vs. #1 Hopewell, 7:30 pm at Hopewell
2A #2 Waynesburg vs. Quaker Valley/Keystone Oaks winner, 7:30 pm at Waynesburg
Wednesday, October 22, First Round
4A #10 Canon-McMillan vs. #7 Hempfield, 6:00 pm at Gateway
1A #9 Carmichaels vs. #8 Rochester, 6:00 pm at Frazier
1A #7 California vs. #10 Beaver County Christian, 6:00 pm at Beth-Center
1A #2 Beth-Center vs. #15 Western Beaver, 7:30 pm at Beth-Center
1A #3 Fort Cherry vs. #14 Trinity Christian, 7:30 pm at Fort Cherry
1A #12 West Greene vs. #5 St. Joseph’s, 7:30 pm at St. Joseph’s
Quarterfinals, to be determined
4A #10 4A #2 Peters Township, first-round bye to quarterfinals, Saturday, Oct. 25
October 20, 2025 6:15 am
TORONTO (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit his sixth home run this postseason, rookie Trey Yesavage struck out seven in 5 2/3 innings and the Toronto Blue Jays forced a Game 7 in the American League Championship Series by beating the Seattle Mariners 6-2. The series will be decided Monday night in Toronto, the second Game 7 in Blue Jays history. Toronto lost to Kansas City in the 1985 ALCS. Seattle, the only big league team without a pennant, will play in a Game 7 for the first time. The winner faces the NL champion Los Angeles Dodgers in the World Series beginning Friday. Addison Barger homered and drove in three early runs, and the Blue Jays turned three double plays behind Yesavage — two of them to escape bases-loaded jams.
October 19, 2025 7:00 am
Washington & Jefferson rolled up 239 yards rushing, scoring six touchdowns, on the way to a 56-10 win at St. Vincent Saturday afternoon. Andrew Sharp ran for 104 yards and three touchdowns. Kobe DeRosa racked up 80 and a pair of touchdowns for the Presidents, who won for the fourth straight week. Both running backs tallied 17 carries. Quarterback Kellen Stahl hit 19-of-27 passes for 255 yards and a pair of first-half TDs, one each to Jacob Macosko and John Peduzzi. Stahl has now thrown for 250+ yards in all six W&J games this year. Macosko’s scoring catch moved him into a tie for seventh place all-time on the career receiving touchdowns list with 28, joining Ryan Silvis. Peduzzi is second on that list, now with 45 scoring catches. W&J improves to 4-0 in conference play, one game up on a four-team logjam: Case-Western, Geneva, Grove City and Westminster. The Presidents play the first two in the group in back-to-back games Nov. 1 & Nov. 8. W&J has already beaten Grove City & Westminster. Wash/Jeff will host Waynesburg next Saturday at Cameron Stadium and on WJPA-AM.
October 19, 2025 7:12 am
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin each had a goal and an assist, Tristan Jarry stopped 31 shots for his 22nd career shutout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 3-0. Anthony Mantha also scored for the Penguins, who improved to 4-2-0 on the season. Alex Nedeljkovic made 24 saves for the Sharks, and San Jose outshot an opponent for the first time this season but was unable to score. The Sharks, an NHL-worst 20-50-12 last season, remained the league’s only winless team at 0-3-2. San Jose has now started four straight seasons winless through five games. (Photo: AP)
October 19, 2025 7:14 am
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Iowa quarterback Mark Gronowski rushed for a career-high 130 yards and two touchdowns, and Kaden Wetjen scored the go-ahead touchdown on an 8-yard run with 3:54 to play, as the Hawkeyes defeated Penn State 25-24 on Saturday night. The Hawkeyes (5-2, 3-1 Big Ten) trailed 24-19 with 4:56 to play, but Gronowski ran 67 yards on the first play after the ensuing kickoff, setting up Wetjen’s run a play later. It was the fourth consecutive loss for the Nittany Lions (3-4, 0-4), playing their first game for interim coach Terry Smith six days after the firing of James Franklin. (Photo: AP)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — James Franklin says he was shocked when Penn State fired him hours after a loss in which the Nittany Lions also lost quarterback Drew Allar to a season-ending injury but that he cannot wait to coach again elsewhere. Franklin said Saturday on ESPN’s “College GameDay” that Penn State athletic director Pat Kraft visited him ahead of a practice last Sunday and told him the university was making a change. Franklin said he was surprised because Penn State was fighting to play for a national title six games ago and was a two-minute drive away from beating Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl last season. He said decisions were made that didn’t involve him.
October 19, 2025 7:13 am
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Quarterback Mason Heintschel ran for a touchdown as Pittsburgh beat Syracuse 30-13 on Saturday night. Pitt won its third straight game with true freshman Heintschel, while Syracuse dropped its third straight. Pitt continued its dominance over Syracuse, winning seven of the last eight meetings. Both teams struggled offensively, combining for 28 first downs and 472 yards. Heintschel threw for 143 yards with one interception, while Syracuse’s Rickie Collins threw for 126 yards with three interceptions. Pitt’s Kenny Johnson returned a punt 66 yards for a touchdown, sealing the victory.
October 19, 2025 7:18 am
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — UCF quarterback Tayven Jackson returned from injury to throw for 277 yards and two touchdowns to lead UCF to a 45-13 victory over West Virginia. Freshman receiver Chris Domercant made two fourth-down touchdown receptions in the first quarter to get the Knights the lead. They took over with 21 third-quarter points, including a strip-sack scoop-and-score as the Knights snapped a three-game losing streak.
October 19, 2025 7:01 am
The WPIAL Soccer playoff got underway Thursday with Belle Vernon’s win over Ringgold in 3A Boys preliminary round action. Saturday, Bentworth was the only winner among four Washington County boys teams in first round action. The League’s first round continues Monday & Tuesday with quarterfinals set to begin on Wednesday. Those match-ups include eight remaining boys teams from Washington County, along with five local girls squads plus Waynesburg. Peters Township, Canon-McMillan, Bentworth and Chartiers-Houston have teams in both boys and girls. Trinity, McGuffey, Charleroi and Beth-Center boys, along with the Ringgold & Waynesburg girls, also made the tournament. Peters Township is #1 seed on both 4A brackets. Canon-McMillan boys are #8 in the 4A bracket. The defending champion Bentworth boys are #1 in their bracket while the Bearcats’ girls team is #2. WPIAL Soccer Brackets
Thursday, Oct. 16, Preliminary Round
3A Boys #16 Belle Vernon > #17 Ringgold, 2-1
Saturday, Oct. 18, First Round
1A Boys #4 Beaver Co. Christian > #13 Chartiers-Houston, 5-0
1A Boys #9 Eden Christian > #8 Beth-Center, 1-0 SO
3A Boys #6 Chartiers Valley > #11 Trinity, 3-2
1A Boys #1 Bentworth > #16 Brentwood, 8-0
Monday, Oct. 20, First Round
6:30 pm 4A Girls #9 Latrobe at #8 Canon-McMillan
6:30 pm 2A Boys #9 Beaver Area at #8 Charleroi
6:30 pm 2A Boys #13 McGuffey at #4 Avonworth
Tuesday, Oct. 21, First Round
6:00 pm 1A Girls #13 Chartiers-Houston at #4 Springdale
6:00 pm 1A Girls #2 Bentworth vs. #15 Freedom — at Peters Township
6:00 pm 1A Girls #11 Waynesburg vs. #6 Winchester Thurston — at Norwin
6:30 pm 2A Girls #15 Ringgold at #15 Freeport
6:30 pm 4A Boys #12 Hempfield at #5 Canon-McMillan
Thursday, Oct. 23, Quarterfinals
7:00 pm 4A Girls #1 Peters Township vs. #8 Canon-McMillan — at Peters Township
First Round Byes4A Boys #1 Peters Township to Saturday, Oct. 25 HOME vs. North Allegheny / Central Catholic winner
October 18, 2025 7:01 am
Chartiers-Houston scored as time expired to beat Cornell and clinch a playoff spot in the Black Hills Conference. Aaron Walsh found Brody McCrerey open in the endzone to win the game, coming back from a 26-7 halftime deficit. Bentworth and Jeff-Morgan clinched playoff spots in the Tri-County South. California won to clinch a share of the conference title. Trinity locked up its first conference championship since 1986 with a road win at Laurel Highlands. Peters Township clinched a share of the Allegheny Six title with a win at Baldwin. Canon-McMillan lost late, again, keeping the Big Macs from clinching a playoff spot.
Week 8 scores:
6A Quad County
Norwin 24, Canon-McMillan 21
5A Allegheny Six
Peters Township 61, Baldwin 0
4A Big Six
Belle Vernon 48, Ringgold 6
Trinity 48, Laurel Highlands 0
2A Century
Waynesburg 47, Charleroi 12
Wash High 62, Carlynton 0
1A Black Hills
Chartiers-Houston 27, Cornell 26 Watch/Listen Here!
Serra Catholic 29, Burgettstown 0
1A Tri-County South
Jeff-Morgan 47, Avella 6 Watch/Listen Here!
Bentworth 42, Mapletown 0
California 38, Beth-Center 3
Carmichaels 28, West Greene 14
Non-Conference
Fort Cherry 42, Shenango 0
Highlands 38, McGuffey 12
October 18, 2025 4:25 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani has propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers back to the World Series with a two-way performance for the ages. Ohtani hit three mammoth home runs and pitched scoreless, two-hit ball into the seventh inning, and the Dodgers swept the Milwaukee Brewers out of the NL Championship Series with a 5-1 victory in Game 4. The Dodgers will have a chance to be baseball’s first repeat World Series champions in a quarter-century after this mind-blowing night for the three-time MVP Ohtani.
