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The PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships open Thursday morning in Hershey. For the 77th consecutive year, WJPA will bring home the action, specifically highlighting the Washington & Greene County qualifiers.  You can listen on-air on WJPA-AM (1450) or online. Listen Here There are 12 qualifiers from the two-county area in 2A boys, 14 in the girls tournament and 11 in the 3A boys brackets.

Thursday:
8:50 am  2A Boys Preliminaries & First Round + Consolation Round 1
1:50 pm  Girls First Round + Consolation Round 1
4:20 pm  3A Boys Preliminaries & First Round + Consolation Round 1

Friday:
7:50 am  2A Boys Quarterfinals + Consolation Rounds 2-3
11:35 am Girls Quarterfinals + Consolation Round 2
2:05 pm  3A Boys Quarterfinals + Consolation Rounds 2-3
6:50pm  2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Semifinals + Consolation Rounds

Saturday:
9:20 am  2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Consolation Semifinals
11:20 am 2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Consolation Medal Bouts (3rd Place, 5th Place, 7th Place)
3:50 pm  2A Boys, Girls, 3A Boys Championship Finals

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chauncey Wiggins scored 18 points with the help of 4-of-7 shooting from 3-point range and Lajae Jones scored 18 points, and Florida State withstood Pittsburgh’s rally to beat the Panthers 75-74 on Wednesday night. Robert McCray V scored 14 points for Florida State (16-14, 9-8 ACC) which shot 48% (28 of 58). Barry Dunning Jr. scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds, reserve Nojus Indrusaitis scored 17 points, Cameron Cohren 14 and Damarco Minor scored 10 points and grabbed 10 rebounds for Pitt (11-19, 4-13).

Lou Holtz, the College Football Hall of Fame coach who led Notre Dame to a national championship and won 249 games over 33 seasons at six schools, has died. He was 89. Notre Dame announced on Wednesday that Holtz died in Orlando, Florida, surrounded by his family. Spokeswoman Katy Lonergan said a cause of death was not provided by the family. Holtz became the first and so far only coach to lead six different teams to bowl games during a career in which he compiled a record of 249-132-7. At Notre Dame, he went 100-30-2 in 11 seasons.

The New England Patriots have informed wide receiver Stefon Diggs that he’ll be released when the new league year begins next week, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team hasn’t announced its intention. Diggs posted a goodbye on social media, thanking the Patriots for the season. Diggs led the team with 85 receptions and 1,013 yards receiving with four touchdowns in his only season in New England, helping the Patriots reach the Super Bowl.