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Tuesday, Oct. 22, First Round
Girls 1A #10 Riverview at #7 Waynesburg, 6:00 pm
Boys 2A #15 McGuffey at #2 Avonworth, 6:00 pm (moved from Monday)
Boys 4A #9 Gateway at #8 Canon-McMillan, 6:30 pm
Girls 2A #16 McGuffey at #1 Mt. Pleasant, 6:30 pm
Girls 1A #3 Bentworth vs. #14 Our Lady/Sacred Heart, 8:00 pm at Waynesburg
Girls 1A #11 Chartiers-Houston vs. #6 Winchester Thurston, 8:00 pm at Avonworth (location/time change)

WPIAL Girls Volleyball (click for brackets)
4A   3A   2A   1A

The WPIAL Girls Volleyball playoffs get underway Monday with 11 Washington/Greene County teams included.  Canon-McMillan is seeded second in the 4A bracket and received a first-round bye while Carmichaels is #5 in the 1A bracket. Peters Township (4A) and Waynesburg (2A) both are slotted sixth.

Monday, Oct. 21, Preliminaries
2A #19 Bentworth at #14 McGuffey, 7:00 pm

Tuesday, Oct. 22, First Round (all 7:00 pm)
4A #11 Kiski Area at #6 Peters Township
1A #9 Beth-Center at #8 Serra Catholic
1A #12 California at #5 Carmichaels
1A #14 West Greene at #3 Greensburg Central Catholic

Wednesday, Oct. 23, First Round (all 7:00 pm)
3A #11 Ringgold at #6 Freeport
2A #11 Avonworth / #22 Mohawk at #6 Waynesburg

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson threw for two touchdowns and ran for another score in his Pittsburgh debut to lead the Steelers to a 37-15 win over Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets. The 35-year-old Wilson, who spent the first six weeks watching from the sideline while recovering from a calf injury, completed 16 of 29 passes for 264 yards as Pittsburgh won its second straight. Rodgers threw for 276 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. Davante Adams has three receptions for 30 yards in his Jets debut. The Steelers are 5-2. The Jets dropped to 2-5.

WINNIPEG, Manitoba (AP) — Adam Lowry and Mason Appleton scored a pair of quick third-period goals to help the Winnipeg Jets defeat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-3 to remain the only unbeaten NHL team. The victory extended Winnipeg’s franchise-record, season-opening win streak to five games. Kyle Connor, Mark Scheifele, Vladislav Namestnikov and Nino Niederreiter scored for Winnipeg. The game was tied at 3 in the third period before the Jets scored three consecutive goals to win. Both teams had backup goaltenders starting for the first time.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered to send Shohei Ohtani into the World Series for the first time, and the Los Angeles Dodgers eliminated the New York Mets with a 10-5 victory in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series. The Dodgers clinched their record 25th NL pennant and first at home since 1988, when they beat the Mets in seven games. They moved on to their 22nd World Series — 13th in Los Angeles — and first since 2020, when they beat Tampa Bay during the pandemic-delayed season. Next up for Ohtani and company is Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, who are back in the World Series for the 41st time. Game 1 is Friday at Dodger Stadium.

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty finally have a WNBA championship after beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night. Jonquel Jones scored 17 points to lead New York, which was one of the original franchises in the league. The Liberty made the WNBA Finals five times before, losing each one, including last season. This time they wouldn’t be denied, although it took an extra five minutes. The win gave the city of New York its first basketball title since 1976 when the Nets won the ABA title.