Category: Sports

Syracuse blows out Pittsburgh 72-49

Hughes scores 25, Syracuse blows out Pittsburgh 72-49
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elijah Hughes scored 25 points, Joe Girard III added 16 and Bourama Sibide chipped in 13 points and 10 rebounds as Syracuse smothered Pittsburgh 72-49. The Orange won their second straight despite losing guard Buddy Boeheim to a left ankle injury in the first half. Syracuse’s defense held Pitt to 29% shooting from the field. The Panthers have lost five straight and six of seven. Justin Champagnie led Pitt with 13 points and 17 rebounds but the Panthers struggled to find open looks against Syracuse’s trademark 2-3 zone defense.

Beaver defeats Avonworth

The Beaver Bobcats girls basketball team is headed to the WPIAL Championship after defeating Avonworth tonight 46-37. The Lady Bobcats will play Mohawk this weekend. It was a low scoring, close game for most the game with Beaver going into in the half only up 2. But they came out in the second half on mission stretching their lead going into the 4th quarter.

 

 

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CCBC Players of the Game!!! 2.25.19

 

Rochester: Alexis Robison

Clairton: Taylor Jackson

Post Game: Rochester 57 Clairton 37 2.25.20

 

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Scoring Update!!! Rochester vs. Clairton HS Girls Basketball 2.25.20

 

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Altuve booed, nicked by pitch in spring debut for Astros

Altuve booed, nicked by pitch in spring debut for Astros
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — José Altuve was loudly booed, called a cheater and even plunked by a pitch in his spring training debut for the Houston Astros. Altuve and some of his high-profile teammates played on the road for the first time in the exhibition season, beating the Detroit Tigers 11-1 in Lakeland, Florida. The fans heckled the Astros who were implicated in the sign-stealing scandal that has rocked baseball. Elsewhere in spring training, Gerrit Cole struck out two in a hitless inning during his debut for the New York Yankees and Mookie Betts got two hits for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Alonso returns to McLaren for another shot at Indy 500

Alonso returns to McLaren for another shot at Indy 500
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
Fernando Alonso will again attempt to complete motorsports’ version of the Triple Crown with a return to the Indianapolis 500 in May. The McLaren team will field a third Indy 500 entry for Alonso. He will attempt to qualify driving the No. 66 Chevrolet for Arrow McLaren with sponsorship from Ruoff Mortgage. Alonso ran Indy in 2017 but his engine failed. He failed to make the race last year driving for McLaren. Alonso has won the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Monaco Grand Prix for the first two legs of the Triple Crown.

Creators of original Phanatic call redesign ‘an affront’

Creators of original Phanatic call redesign ‘an affront’
NEW YORK (AP) — The creators of the original Phillie Phanatic accused the Philadelphia Phillies of “an affront to our intellectual property rights and to Phillies fans everywhere” with the team’s redesign of the 42-year-old mascot. The Phillies unveiled the redesign of the green mascot before Sunday’s exhibition game against Pittsburgh. Philadelphia sued Harrison/Erickson, the New York company that created the Phanatic, last August in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. The team alleged Harrison/Erickson threatened to terminate the Phillies’ rights to the Phanatic as of June 15 and “make the Phanatic a free agent” unless the team renegotiated its 1984 rights deals.

Lincoln Park defeats Aliquippa in North Allegheny

 

Lincoln Park and Aliquippa traveled to North Allegheny for a playoff showdown. Aliquippa started off seeming to have control of the game early in the first quarter.  However, Lincoln Park did not take long to show that they came to play. LP began to fight back and gained the lead by the end of the first with an 8 point lead over the Quips, resulting in a score of 19-11.  Aliquippa struggled to keep up for they rest of the half, and LP continued to run the game, ending the half with a score of 37-25, in favor of Lincoln Park.  The game’s dynamic did not change much in the second half, the Quips fought and tried to come back but ultimately could not take control of the game, and Lincoln Park took the win. Final Score from North Allegheny, 75-61.