Trib HSSN’s 2025 Week 8 top performers for passing, rushing, receiving
Top performers for Week 8 of high school football in Western Pennsylvania. Passing 287 - Cedric Davis Jr., Brentwood (14 of 20) 261 - Mayson Mitchell, Gateway (21 of 29) 258 - Gabe Jenkins, Imani Christian (13 of 19) 239 - Dominic Detruf, Hempfield (27 of 48) 223 - Aaron...
Shohei Ohtani’s historic performance sends Dodgers to World Series
LOS ANGELES — It was a night that will live forever in Los Angeles Dodgers history. There was the Sandy Koufax perfect game. There was the Kirk Gibson home run. And Thursday night, it was The Shohei Ohtani Game, one of the greatest postseason performances in baseball history. Ohtani hit...
Elizabeth Forward blanks previously unbeaten Southmoreland in 1st-place showdown
Elizabeth Forward set the tone early in Friday’s WPIAL Class 3A Interstate Conference first-place showdown against Southmoreland. The Warriors won the toss, and coach John DeMarco decided to put their offense on the field. The decision proved to be a good one. The Warriors put the ball in senior quarterback...
Minor league report: Penguins beat Wolf Pack, remain undefeatedVideo
A pair of goals by forward Atley Calvert led the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins to a 5-2 win against the Hartford Wolf Pack at the PeoplesBank Arena in Hartford, Conn. on Friday. Forward Danton Heinen recorded three assists for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (3-0-0-0) while defenseman Ryan Graves contributed two assists. Goaltender Sergei Murashov made...
Suarez’s grand slam lifts Mariners past Blue Jays for 3-2 ALCS lead
SEATTLE — Eugenio Suarez’s second home run of the game, an eighth-inning grand slam, broke a tie as the Seattle Mariners defeated the Toronto Blue Jays, 6-2, on Friday to regain control of the American League Championship Series. Cal Raleigh sparked the rally with a leadoff homer in the eighth...
49ers’ Mac Jones to start again as Brock Purdy, Ricky Pearsall ruled out vs. Falcons
The San Francisco 49ers will again turn to backup quarterback Mac Jones with starter Brock Purdy out for Sunday’s matchup with the Atlanta Falcons, coach Kyle Shanahan said Friday. Purdy continues to recover from a lingering toe injury that he aggravated in Week 4. Jones, who has gone 2-2 as...
Carson Wentz to start at QB again for Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are back in NFL action Sunday after their bye in Week 6 with a crucial matchup against the Philadelphia Eagles. Minnesota hosts the reigning Super Bowl champions in Week 7. A loss would drop the Vikings to last in the NFC North, and a win would move...
Former Penn State coach James Franklin to appear on ESPN’s ‘College GameDay’
The bombshell story of the college football season thus far dropped last weekend, with the Penn State Nittany Lions officially firing coach James Franklin after a 3-3 start, which featured three straight losses in the Big Ten. In the days since, athletic director and players have spoken, and just about...
Rams star WR Puka Nacua ruled out for Sunday against Jaguars in London
The Los Angeles Rams are going worldwide in Week 7 when they face the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. One of the Rams’ best players won’t be suiting up, though. Los Angeles ruled out leading wide receiver Puka Nacua for Sunday’s game, per multiple reports. The 4-2 Rams face off against...
Penn State’s Drew Allar could be healthy for pre-draft process after successful surgery
After suffering a season-ending ankle injury in Saturday’s loss to Northwestern, Penn State quarterback Drew Allar underwent surgery Wednesday. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the surgery was successful and puts Allar on track for a full recovery. He should be able to resume workouts “sometime in the upcoming months,” which...
Tight ends getting involved in multiple ways for Pitt offenseVideo
Pitt’s upset of Florida State produced plenty of highlights and explosive plays, but one call by offensive coordinator Kade Bell that wasn’t a touchdown or a massive gain was particularly interesting. In the second quarter, on third-and-2 from Florida State’s 36-yard line, quarterback Mason Heintschel lined up in the shotgun,...
Goalie Carter Hart, acquitted in Hockey Canada case, to join Knights
Goaltender Carter Hart, one of five players acquitted of sexual assault charges stemming from an incident in 2018, agreed to a tryout contract with the Vegas Golden Knights on Thursday. Hart became eligible to sign with an NHL team after his acquittal of charges that came from a time when...
5 things we learned from Steelers’ deflating division loss at Bengals
CINCINNATI — Aside from learning the Pittsburgh Steelers aren’t quite running away with the AFC North just yet, here are five other items gleaned from Thursday’s 33-31 defeat at the Cincinnati Bengals. 1. Dirty thirty Scoring 30 points is typically a benchmark any offense would take in any given NFL...
Football Footnotes: Blame the Steelers’ defense — but don’t entirely absolve the offense — for loss to Bengals
Clearly, the Steelers’ defense was the biggest culprit in the club’s 33-31 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals Thursday night. It allowed 470 yards, including a ghastly 142 on the ground against the NFL’s worst rushing attack. Not to mention 258 yards on 22 receptions and two scores to Tee Higgins...
West Virginia, UCF jousting for first Big 12 victory
The start of Big 12 play has not gone well for West Virginia and UCF. The Mountaineers and Knights join hapless Oklahoma State as the only schools off to an 0-3 start in conference action. On the plus side, somebody will earn their first Big 12 win Saturday afternoon when...
Steelers cornerbacks smarting after Bengals receivers have their way against them
CINCINNATI — Mike Tomlin remained undaunted even after his prized acquisitions in the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary wilted like dehydrated lettuce in their first significant test of the season Thursday night. When the Steelers signed Darius Slay in free agency and traded for Jalen Ramsey in the summer, adding to a...
Penguins, Dan Muse still wondering what to make of Tommy Novak
When Tommy Novak was dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins last March, he had barely taken stock of his new surroundings before suffering what wound up being a season-ending ailment. Novak, whom the Penguins acquired from the Nashville Predators in exchange for fellow winger Michael Bunting, skated in parts of just...
Could Penn State see a raft transfers with James Franklin fired?
In the current era of college football, when the transfer portal has run rampant, it’s common to see players respond to a coach’s firing by sitting out the season, preserving a redshirt and transferring at year’s end. Now that Penn State has parted with James Franklin, is that something Nittany...
Steelers vs. Bengals: What they’re saying in Cincinnati after Steelers’ loss
One headline that roared Friday morning in the Cincinnati Enquirer summarized most of what those in Ohio’s third-largest city were saying after the Cincinnati Bengals defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers the night before at Paycor Stadium: How Joe Flacco saved the Bengals’ season in win over Steelers. “See, Cincinnati Bengals can...
First Call: Ja’Marr Chase says Steelers ‘did exactly what we were expecting’; Tyler Glasnow delivers in NLCS start
In Friday’s “First Call,” Bengals receiver Ja’Marr Chase explains the predictability of the Steelers’ defense. An ex-Pirate shines on the mound during the NLCS. The Penguins prepare to close out their early West Coast road trip. And Robert Morris opened its men’s hockey season with a tough challenge against a...
College coaches make Friday night visits to WPIAL football stadiums — 5 things to watch in Week 8
Jon LeDonne can still recall the day a big-name college football coach visited his high school. “I remember in my playing days, Paterno coming to Aliquippa for Josh Lay,” said LeDonne, now Pine-Richland’s coach. “You look down the hallway and say, ‘That’s Joe Paterno. That’s awesome.’” Now is around the...
Airing of Grievances: Lousy Steelers defense manifests Mike Tomlin’s fears about Joe Flacco
After the Cincinnati Bengals upset the Pittsburgh Steelers 33-31 on “Thursday Night Football,” Joe Flacco was conducting an interview on the field with the Prime Video network team. While Flacco was speaking, a large group of remaining fans started chanting “Thank-you, Cleve-land!” over and over again. As Steelers coach Mike...
Max Scherzer turns back the clock as Blue Jays beat Mariners to even ALCS
SEATTLE — Mad Max had nearly a month to fume, seethe and boil as he waited for his October opportunity. Finally given the ball in the playoffs, he shut down the Seattle Mariners — and his own manager, too. A fiery Scherzer turned back the clock with a vintage pitching...
Bengals’ 40-year-old Joe Flacco shines, ties record for most all-time QB wins vs. Steelers
CINCINNATI — It was dubbed the Icy Hot Bowl by Cameron Heyward, who as a result earned an endorsement deal. But in this matchup of 40-something quarterbacks, Joe Flacco’s arm stayed as hot as his demeanor remained cool. The only entity that needed an over-the-counter pain relief product after Thursday’s...
Penalty kill pushes Penguins to comeback win against Kings
The Pittsburgh Penguins found a way to transform their penalty kill from a detriment to an asset. Score a short-handed goal. Penguins’ rookie forward Filip Hallander scored the winning goal during a penalty kill in a 4-2 comeback road win against the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena in Los...
