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2021 WPIAL statistical leaders for rushing, passing, receiving in Week 2
Top performers for Week 2 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 288 - Max Blanc, Bethel Park (14 of 29) 284 - Anthony Mackey, Chartiers Valley (11 of 20) 281 - Nick Buckley, Keystone Oaks (27 of 36) 263 - Collin Dietz, Fox Chapel (13 of 21) 251...
Week 2 high school football roundup for Sept. 10, 2021: Chartiers Valley tops Keystone Oaks in OT
Chartiers Valley stopped a two-point conversion try by Class 3A No. 4 Keystone Oaks in overtime to pick up a 35-34 nonconference win Friday night. Chartiers Valley’s Anthony Mackey threw his fifth touchdown of the game earlier in overtime to Abe Ibrahim, and Joseph Krug kicked the ensuing extra point....
Central Valley’s Landon Alexander gets birthday wish, defeats rival Aliquippa
Landon Alexander wished for a win on his 18th birthday. The running back got that and more Friday night as Central Valley defeated rival Aliquippa, 21-12, in a nonconference win at the Quips’ Aschman Stadium. The senior rushed for 212 yards on 23 carries and scored twice in a rematch...
This date in sports history: Sept. 11Video
1886 — The Mayflower defends the America’s Cup by beating Britain’s Galatea in two straight heats. 1937 — Don Budge beats Gottfried von Cramm in five sets to win his first U.S. Open men’s singles title. Budge wins 6-1, 7-9, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1. 1964 — ABC television cancels Fight of...
Pirates farm report for Sept. 10, 2021: John Nogowski homers in Indianapolis rout
INDIANAPOLIS (Triple-A, 53-58) crushed Louisville (Reds), 12-3. RHP James Marvel (5-6, 5.24) started, allowing a run and walking three to go along with seven strikeouts over six innings. RHP Keury Mella (8.31) and RHP John O’Reilly (4.43) both pitched scoreless innings. 2B Tucupita Marcano (.228), CF Jared Oliva (.270) and...
Long interception returns for TDs highlight Leechburg’s 3rd straight win
Leechburg picked the right way to break in the new artificial turf at Veterans Memorial Stadium — with an emphasis on “pick.” An 82-yard interception return touchdown by Thomas Burke and a 100-yard pick-six by Braylan Lovelace bookended another high-scoring night for the Blue Devils in a 50-20 nonconference win...
Whitlock, Belle Vernon earn statement victory over Penn-Trafford
Belle Vernon quarterback Devin Whitlock continued to dazzle Friday night, running for three touchdowns among his 20 carries for 208 yards, as the Leopards beat Class 5A No. 1 Penn-Trafford, 27-7, in a nonconference game at James Weir Stadium. Whitlock scored on runs of 75, 50 and 1 yards for...
Pirates rally in 9th, Hayes hits winning single against Nationals
Ke’Bryan Hayes has accomplished quite a bit since making his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates a little more than a year ago. The rookie third baseman added something else to his list Friday night. Hayes had his first career walk-off RBI, a single down the right-field line with...
Sun Belt Conference sees opportunity as AAC looks into rebuildingVideo
The American Athletic Conference, a league born from the fall of Big East football eight years ago, is in rebuilding mode again. This time, it could find some competition in the market from the Sun Belt when it starts courting new members. Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston, three of the...
Pirates starter Steven Brault leaves game with left arm discomfort
Pittsburgh Pirates left-hander Steven Brault was removed after two innings from Friday night’s game because of left arm discomfort. Facing the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series at PNC Park, Brault allowed two runs and two hits. He walked two and struck out one. Cody Ponce replaced...
Red Sox left Chris Sale tests positive for covid, will miss next startVideo
CHICAGO — Boston ace Chris Sale has tested positive for covid-19 again, sidelining the left-hander while the Red Sox fight for positioning in the crowded AL playoff picture. Sale was scheduled to start Sunday in Chicago against the AL Central-leading White Sox. The seven-time All-Star also had a a mild...
No. 2 Daniil Medvedev into 3rd Grand Slam final at U.S. Open
NEW YORK — Daniil Medvedev twice was a point from finding himself tied at a set apiece in his U.S. Open semifinal against Felix Auger-Aliassime. The No. 2-seeded Medvedev surged out of that tight spot, beat a mistake-prone Auger-Aliassime, 6-4, 7-5, 6-2, on Friday and is headed to his third...
Denny Hamlin hopes to carry momentum into NASCAR playoffs stop at RichmondVideo
RICHMOND, Va. — Denny Hamlin has run up front all season, and he figured luck eventually would be on his side and a return to victory lane would follow. His first victory of the season came last weekend in the playoff opener at Darlington and now he is looking to...
Ravens’ Gus Edwards, Marcus Peters headed to IR; Latavius Murray signedVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens are putting running back Gus Edwards and cornerback Marcus Peters on injured reserve with knee injuries. Coach John Harbaugh announced the moves Friday, describing the injuries as season-ending, noncontact ligament tears from practice. “Gus made a cut — left-to-right cut — and landed...
Browns’ Odell Beckham Jr. questionable, Jadeveon Clowney back for openerVideo
BEREA, Ohio — Odell Beckham Jr.’s playing status for Sunday’s opener at Kansas City remains up in the air. Jadeveon Clowney’s good to go. Beckham, who has mounted a quicker-than-projected comeback from knee surgery, was limited in practice Friday and coach Kevin Stefanski said the star wide receiver is questionable...
Pirates notebook: Nationals first baseman Josh Bell returns to PNC Park
Like so many other fan favorites before him, Josh Bell had his first PNC Park homecoming. Bell was back in Pittsburgh on Friday for the first time since the Pirates traded the switch-hitting first baseman to the Washington Nationals on Christmas Eve for right-hander Wil Crowe and a prospect. The...
Dak Prescott, Cowboys show promise, but have to change history
If Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys are going to see Tom Brady again this season, as the star quarterback boldly told the seven-time champ, they’re going to have to change recent history. Some older stuff, too. Those were Prescott’s parting words after Brady led the Buccaneers to the winning...
Penguins hire new goaltending development coaches
The Penguins have hired Charles Grant and Kain Tisi as goaltending development coach. They replace Andy Chiodo who was promoted to goaltending coach at the NHL level in August. Grant and Tisi will work with the organization’s goaltending prospects while also serve as scouts for draft-eligible goalies and college free...
Pirates GM Ben Cherington: ‘Unlikely’ new hitting coach will be hired until after season
Ben Cherington said it’s “unlikely” that interviews for a new hitting coach will begin until after the conclusion of the season, though the Pittsburgh Pirates general manager has an idea of what he wants. The Pirates fired hitting coach Rick Eckstein after three seasons on Aug. 30, when they ranked...
Judge encouraged by Barkley’s practices for Giants openerVideo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Roughly a year after tearing his right ACL, indications are Saquon Barkley is going to play for the New York Giants in the season opener against the Denver Broncos on Sunday. Coach Joe Judge said the 2018 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year had a good...
With pro debut on tap, Steelers’ Najee Harris knows NFL is a different level than SEC
Najee Harris is eager to fulfill his dream of playing in a meaningful NFL game. About 48 hours away from that becoming a reality, the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie running back was opining about the step up in competition. Arguably, dealing with bigger, better, stronger and faster defenders isn’t even the...
Alex Highsmith practices fully, questionable for Steelers’ opener
The good news in regards to outside linebackers wasn’t limited to one player for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday. On the day a lucrative contract extension for T.J. Watt was announced, the Steelers’ other starter at the position was back to full participation in practice. Alex Highsmith officially was listed...
17th game puts some NFL records within reach
Derrick Henry now has an extra game to help him surpass Eric Dickerson’s 37-year-old rushing record. The quest for the first 2,000-yard receiving season just got a little bit easier for big-play threats like Stefon Diggs and DeAndre Hopkins. And who knows what Patrick Mahomes can do to the record...
Big 12 welcomes BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston
With Oklahoma and Texas on the way out, the Big 12 announced Friday that it has invited BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati and Houston to join the Power Five conference and said it has not ruled out further expansion in the future. The eight continuing members of the Big 12 unanimously...
Trevor Bauer won’t pitch again this season, leave extended by MLB
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer will miss the rest of the season. Major League Baseball and the players’ association extended his administrative leave through the end of the World Series on Friday. Bauer was placed on seven days’ paid leave July 2 under the joint domestic violence, sexual assault...
