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Dedrick Parson’s 2 TDs help Hawaii beat Duquesne
HONOLULU — Dedrick Parson ran for two first-half touchdowns, Penei Pavihi returned and interception 50 yards for a touchdown and Hawaii beat Duquesne, 24-14, early Sunday morning. Parson finished with 11 carries for 52 yards. Duquesne (1-2) took nearly 8 minutes off the clock with a 14-play, 56-yard drive in...
Plenty of good on the field, some bad off it, but Pitt found a way to win
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Pat Narduzzi should have been happy with all that happened at Waldo Stadium on Saturday night. He was not. Make no mistake, Pitt’s coach was pleased with the 34-13 victory against Western Michigan that marked a couple of achievements: • The eighth time in 10 games, dating...
Embracing relief role, freshman Nate Yarnell steps behind center, leads Pitt to 34-13 victory
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Nothing Nate Yarnell did Saturday night surprised Pat Narduzzi. But he couldn’t say the same for something he saw from his redshirt freshman quarterback earlier in the day. In his first start since his junior year at Lake Travis (Texas) High School three years ago, Yarnell stepped...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 17, 2022: Connor Scott homers twice in Altoona win
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-69) gave up two runs in the top of the eighth and lost 8-7 to Toledo (Tigers). DH Brendt Citta (.266) went 2 for 4 with a two-run homer, his fourth. LF Blake Sabol (.315) was 1 for 2 with his fourth homer and three walks. 2B Josh...
Pirates go down swinging in loss to Mets, setting single-season strikeout record
That the Pittsburgh Pirates set a single-season franchise record for strikeouts Saturday night was fitting, given the way they whiffed a dozen times against the New York Mets. The Pirates began the game with a strikeout by Oneil Cruz (his first of four), had four innings start with a strikeout...
District college football roundup: IUP takes it to Shippensburg
Mak Sexton threw for 339 yards and two touchdowns as IUP racked up 552 yards of offense in a 44-21 win over Shippensburg (1-2) on Saturday. Apollo-Ridge grad Duane Brown caught eight passes for 160 yards for IUP (2-0) while teammate Hilton Ridley added five receptions for 126 yards and...
Freshman backs power No. 22 Penn State to dominant win at AuburnVideo
AUBURN, Ala. — Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen combined for 176 rushing yards and four touchdowns as No. 22 Penn State cruised to a 41-12 win at Auburn on Saturday. The Nittany Lions’ freshman running backs were instrumental in the red zone. Penn State (3-0) scored touchdowns on each of...
Pitt’s Nate Yarnell starts Western Michigan game, replacing Kedon Slovis
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Redshirt freshman Nate Yarnell stepped under center to start Pitt’s game Saturday night against Western Michigan. The game represented his first snaps as a collegian. Regular starting quarterback Kedon Slovis was in uniform and warming up before the game. But he apparently wasn’t recovered sufficiently after getting...
Western Michigan tailgaters don’t ask ‘Where’s Waldo?’ or ‘Where’s Elvis?’ before Pitt game
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — On an asphalt sidewalk adjacent to the Western Michigan track, a gang of several students was walking away from Waldo Stadium. They didn’t have to ask, “Where’s Waldo?” They already knew, but they had other pursuits in mind. “Isn’t there a game tonight? Where are you going?”...
Ke’Bryan Hayes on sunflower seed incident: ‘Moving forward, I’ll be more mindful of that’
After being caught on camera pulling sunflower seeds out of his back pocket as a New York Mets runner rounded third base on Friday, Ke’Bryan Hayes shrugged off criticism and was back in the starting lineup for Saturday night’s game. The Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman was ripped by SNY analyst...
CJ Donaldson, Tony Mathis combine for 5 TDs as West Virginia rolls past TowsonVideo
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Tony Mathis rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns, CJ Donaldson ran for 101 yards and three scores, and West Virginia breezed to a 65-7 victory over Towson on Saturday. On a day when West Virginia held a ceremony to honor some of its greatest offensive players,...
Understudy no more, Alex Highsmith will take lead at outside linebacker in T.J. Watt’s absence
Alex Highsmith is used to being the sidekick to T.J. Watt among the Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker group — the Robin to Watt’s Batman persona. The role suited Highsmith last year, his first as an NFL starter, and he took advantage of the attention paid to the NFL’s reigning Defensive...
Mark Madden’s Hot Take: Ke’Bryan Hayes’ gaffe again makes Pirates a national punchline
Ke’Bryan Hayes had no glove on. He was eating sunflower seeds. The ball was in play. A runner was rounding the base he was standing next to. Beat ’em, Bucs! The usual suspects say what happened Friday night is no big deal, that every athlete does something stupid occasionally. But...
Mets analyst rips Pirates’ Ke’Bryan Hayes: ‘He doesn’t even have a glove on’Video
Welcome to Pittsburgh Pirates baseball in September. The New York Mets defeated the Pirates, 4-3, on Friday night, despite a towering 429-foot two-run home run by Oneil Cruz to straightaway center field. But it wasn’t Cruz’s exit velocity — 112.4 mph for those who keep track of that — that...
4 Downs: Ben Roethlisberger’s gone, but Steelers still use quick passes with Mitch Trubisky
1. Quick to the draw Much was made last season about how quickly Ben Roethlisberger got rid of the ball after receiving a snap. And while the Mitch Trubisky debut as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback didn’t quite match Big Ben’s pace, it still was an exercise in quick passes. Only seven...
WPIAL Class 3A football roundup: Jakub Pickett’s record-setting effort lifts Quaker Valley to victory
Jakub Pickett caught five passes for a school-record 163 yards and two touchdowns as Quaker Valley earned a 40-22 victory over Seton LaSalle (0-4, 0-1) in the Class 3A Western Hills Conference on Friday night. Troy Kozar threw for 237 yards and three touchdowns and ran for two TDs for...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 16, 2022: David Bednar pitches 1-2-3 inning on rehab assignment
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 70-68) lost 9-6 to Toledo (Tigers). RHP David Bednar (4.50) pitched a perfect inning as he rehabs a back injury. RHP Jerad Eickhoff (6-7, 5.06) started and was touched up for seven runs, six earned, on six hits and a walk in three innings. RHP Junior Fernandez (5.36)...
Penguins defensive prospect Ryan McCleary offers different game from his father
Pittsburgh Penguins defensive prospect Ryan McCleary looks up to his father. And former NHL forward Trent McCleary does the same with his son. Literally. At 6-foot-2, Ryan has something of a vertical advantage over Trent. “I barely scraped six feet,” said Trent McCleary, who suggested that extra height came from...
WPIAL Class 6A/5A football roundup: Mt. Lebanon upsets No. 1 Central Catholic on last-second field goal
Ben McAuley’s 18-yard field goal in the final seconds capped No. 4 Mt. Lebanon’s 17-16 comeback win over top-ranked Central Catholic (2-2, 0-1) in a Class 6A Conference football game Friday night. Mt. Lebanon (2-2, 1-0) trailed 16-0 heading into the fourth quarter. David Shields hit Fred LaSota with a...
Franklin Regional controls ground game, stuns top-ranked Gateway
Franklin Regional already had momentum from a strong start. But when the Panthers added a purpose — to play for an injured teammate — nobody was stopping them. Nobody. Not even No. 1 Gateway. With the straight-ahead strength of a dominant power running game, and an opportunistic defense, the Panthers...
Peters Township overcomes 5 turnovers to defeat South Fayette in Allegheny Six opener
Peters Township freshman Reston Lehman scored his first two career touchdowns a minute apart Friday night, one to tie and one to take the lead as the Indians defeated South Fayette, 42-28, in an Allegheny Six opener filled with unpredictable moments. Maybe most unpredictable was that South Fayette’s defense intercepted...
Kalkstein’s big play helps Penn-Trafford earn narrow win over Belle Vernon
When Penn-Trafford needed to make a big defensive play with less than two minutes to go in a six-point game Friday night, Tommy Kalkstein answered the call. On a third-and-8, the 6-foot-2, 182-pound senior defensive back came up with a late interception of Belle Vernon’s Braden Laux to revive some...
Highlands stifles North Catholic, ends Trojans’ conference winning streak
All week, Highlands coach Matt Bonislawski told his team the Greater Allegheny Conference opener with North Catholic was a statement game. Statement made. The Golden Rams were dominant on defense and made key plays on offense on their way to a 17-7 win over the Trojans on Friday night at...
All-Star closer Edwin Diaz earns 30th save as Mets hand Pirates their 90th loss
Soon after Oneil Cruz hit a majestic two-run homer to straightaway center, the trumpets sounded at Citi Field and New York Mets fans started clapping in celebration. It was not in appreciation of Cruz’s 429-foot blast but rather the excitement for the entrance song, “Narco,” of All-Star closer Edwin Diaz....
Chastain watching his mirrors in NASCAR elimination race
Ross Chastain, the driver with a growing list of enemies, heads into the first elimination race of NASCAR’s playoffs in a pretty comfortable position above the cutline. It’s Kyle Busch, and Austin Dillon, Chase Briscoe and Kevin Harvick, who are trying to stave off elimination Saturday night at Bristol Motor...
