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Mustangs win shootout at Trinity to clinch playoff spot.
Noah Mitchell's 4-yard touchdown pass to Tyson Hill with 11 seconds left lifted fifth-ranked California University of Pa. to a 38-34 comeback victory over No. 23 Indiana University of Pa. in the 12th Coal Bowl on Saturday afternoon.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Over the course of an unprecedented nine overtimes, Illinois survived Penn State’s botched attempt at a trick play, lost its quarterback and a powerful running back to injury, and failed to gain just three measly yards again and again.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Leddie Brown ran for three touchdowns, and West Virginia overcame Derius Davis’ 100-yard return for a score on the opening kickoff in a 29-17 victory over TCU on Saturday night.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins were missing several key regulars, but they didn’t have any problem with a high-powered Toronto team stuck in an early slump.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kenny Pickett is well-versed in how it goes when you play for Pittsburgh. You flirt with great expectations. You pull off an unlikely win or two. Then when things get tight, things tend to fall apart.
Waynesburg Central won the rubber match with McGuffey Saturday afternoon, advancing the Lady Raiders to the first round of the WPIAL Class AA soccer playoffs.
Carmichaels rode its potent one-two punch of Trenton Carter and Michael Stewart to a convincing 63-22 Tri-County South victory over Avella on Friday night.
At 91 years old Dave Simon is a living link to Western Pennsylvania football history.
Mustangs win shootout at Trinity to clinch playoff spot.
The weather was drab and wet on Friday night but that seemed to suit Albert Gallatin's Caleb Matzus-Chapman just fine.
Kyle Brookman scored twice in the first quarter Friday night in McGuffey's 35-8 victory over visiting Beth-Center in Century Conference action.
Yough won the Interstate Conference game between two winless teams Friday night with the Cougars defeating visiting Brownsville, 49-26.
Landan Stevenson ran for over 200 yards and two touchdowns Friday night as Mapletown clinched a Tri-County South Conference playoff berth with a 50-15 victory at Bentworth.
California put the Tri-County South Conference game away with 13 points in the fourth quarter Friday night for a 23-0 victory at Monessen.
Gateway scored 48 points in the first half Friday night on its way to a 55-0 Big East Conference victory over visiting Connellsville.
Chartiers-Houston scored 15 points in the fourth quarter Friday night to rally for a 27-24 victory over visiting Waynesburg Central in a Century Conference game.
Mount Pleasant positioned itself into securing an Interstate Conference playoff berth Friday night with a 28-6 victory over visiting South Park.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia’s Bob Huggins enters his 40th season as a head coach with 900 career wins and a new two-year contract extension.
The Mapletown girls volleyball team made program history this season by securing their first undefeated section title.
West Greene scored 34 points in the first quarter Friday night for a 56-8 win over visiting Jefferson-Morgan to clinch the Tri-County South Conference title.
Elizabeth Forward scored four touchdowns of 35 yards or more Friday night to clinch the Interstate Conference title with a 56-13 victory at Southmoreland.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Canada keeps insisting he’s got the best job in America. The first-year Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator has quickly learned it might also be among the most scrutinized, at least in his chosen profession.
CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins star Sidney Crosby still isn’t sure when he will be cleared to return after he had left wrist surgery last month.
Albert Gallatin got the upper hand against Uniontown in Thursday night's Section 3-AAA girls volleyball match but the needle is pointing up for both programs.
Laurel Highlands faces a clear-cut scenario as the high school football season enters Week Eight tonight.
Cal is the lone unbeaten team in the PSAC.
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Ringgold's Ryan Pajak and Uniontown's Hope Trimmer prepared for next week's WPIAL Championship with first-place finishes Thursday afternoon in the TSTC Invitational.
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The Frazier girls won the first, third and fifth sets Thursday night to end the regular season with a Section 3-AA victory at Southmoreland.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jeff Capel is entering his fourth season at Pittsburgh. It still sort of feels like the first.
The Bentworth boys soccer team closed the regular season Wednesday night with a 4-3 overtime non-section victory at Washington.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kenny Pickett didn’t return to Pittsburgh for one last run to launch a dark horse Heisman Trophy campaign. Or to zoom past the likes of Hall of Famer Dan Marino in the school record books. Or to cash in on name, image and likeness deals so he could treat his offensive linemen to weekly feasts.
PITTSBURGH — A week ago, Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi lamented the lack of attention being paid to the Panthers.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says he still hasn’t received any “clarity” on why replay officials halted play in the final seconds of regulation last Sunday against Seattle.
Laurel Highlands coach Jerry Rogers was checking the numbers and trying to anticipate where his Mustangs soccer team might be slotted when the WPIAL released its playoff pairings on Wednesday.
The Mapletown girls volleyball team added to its historic season Tuesday night with a 3-0 victory over visiting Avella to finish undefeated in Section 2-A play for the first time.
Uniontown senior Adena Rugola closed her high school career Tuesday with a state medal after placing in the top 10 in the PIAA Girls Class AAA Individual Golf Championship played at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.
Uniontown graduate Danae Rugola tied for 15th place Tuesday to pace Youngstown State University at the Dayton Flyer Invitational.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Pavelski and Alexander Radulov scored in a shootout to lift the Dallas Stars over the Pittsburgh Penguins, 2-1, on Tuesday night.
Kyle Szewczyk had a big decision to make and he knew who to ask about it.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Devin Bush scooped up the loose ball and amid the chaos, immediately started running in the wrong direction before finding his bearings.
Jobe McCartney’s goal with 42.8 seconds left lifted visiting Waynesburg Central to a 3-2 victory over host Brownsville in a Section 3-AA boys soccer clash on Monday night.
Greensburg Central Catholic's Meghan Zambruno managed to stay away from big numbers Monday, and her consistency paid off with a share of second place at the PIAA Girls Class AA Individual Golf Championship at Heritage Hills Golf Resort in York.
Ringgold's Ryan Pajak held off Peters Twp.'s Brett Kroboth to win the Washington County Coaches Association Cross Country Championship title Monday on his home course at Mingo Park.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin insists there is nothing “mystical” to the way outside linebacker T.J. Watt goes about his business.
Ashlyn Basinger fired in six goals and added an assist as Waynesburg Central blanked host Monessen, 7-0, in a girls soccer non-section match on Monday.
Matt Lucas scored three goals and added an assist as Laurel Highlands defeated visiting Charleroi, 5-1, in a non-section boys soccer game that featured two top-tier WPIAL playoff teams.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins are doing just fine so far without injured stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin.
West Greene held a 14-0 lead after three quarters Friday night and then fended off Monessen for a 28-12 road victory for a key Tri-County South Conference win.
