Category: Sports

Duquesne is NEC champion

Crawford pulls in winning TD pass, Duquesne is NEC champion
NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (AP) — Nehari Crawford pulled in a pass over the middle from Daniel Parr and took it 56 yards for the winning touchdown with less than a half-minute to play Saturday and Duquesne defeated Central Connecticut 38-31 to win its fifth Northeast Conference title and earn the automatic bid to the NCAA FCS playoffs.
The catch on the winning TD gave Crawford 10 receptions on the day for 124 yards and placed him as the all-time leader in career catches for the Dukes (8-3, 5-1).
CCSU (6-5, 4-2) knotted the score at 31 with 5:35 to play when Jacob Dolegala, who had already passed for three touchdowns, ran it in from the 5.
Parr completed 23 of 33 passes for 277 yards and two TDs, while A.J. Hines carried the ball 31 times for 125 yards and two touchdowns
Dolegala passed for 219 yards and three touchdowns for the Blue Devils. He connected with Tyshaun James for two scores and tossed one to Aaron Dawson.

Robert Morris beat Mississippi Valley State 68-59

Petteway, Robert Morris beat Mississippi Valley State 68-59
MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — Malik Petteway scored a career-high 26 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to help Robert Morris beat Mississippi Valley State 68-59 on Saturday night.
Petteway, who made his first start of the season, shot 10 of 11 from the field and 6 of 6 from the free-throw line. Josh Williams added 13 points, including four 3-pointers, and Koby Thomas had 10 points for Robert Morris (2-2).
Williams hit a 3-pointer that sparked a 20-5 run over a nearly six-minute span that gave Robert Morris a 23-12 lead midway through the first half and the Colonials led the rest of the way. They made eight consecutive field-goal attempts and Petteway scored eight points during that stretch.
Lorenzo Hunt made two free throws and then a layup to pull MVSU (0-5) within six points with three minutes to play. but Williams answered with his final 3-pointer and the Delta Devils got no closer.
Dante Scott had 16 points for MVSU, which has lost seven in a row dating to last season.

Stone, Duchene each score twice, Senators beat Penguins 6-4

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Mark Stone and Matt Duchene each scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-4 on Saturday night.

Duchene also had an assist for a three-point night, Brady Tkachuk and Cody Ceci added goals, and Craig Anderson made 31 saves. The Senators have won two straight to improve to 9-8-3.

Pittsburgh captain Sidney Crosby missed his second straight game because of an upper-body injury. The Penguins are 1-7-1 in their last nine and 7-8-3 overall.

Kris Letang, Zach Aston-Reese, Matt Cullen and Patric Hornqvist scored for Pittsburgh. Matt Murray allowed three goals on 10 shots in the first period, and Casey DeSmith gave up three goals on 15 shots in relief.

After struggling through the first two periods and finding themselves down four goals, the Penguins rallied early in the third when Aston-Reese put in his first of the season and Cullen followed to make it 5-3.

But Drake Batherson fed Duchene for a breakaway to make it 6-3. With just under four minutes remaining, the Penguins pulled DeSmith and were able to take advantage when Hornqvist tipped a shot past Anderson.

NOTES: Ottawa’s Max McCormick and Christian Jaros were healthy scratches. … Derick Brassard returned to the Penguins’ lineup after missing nine games with a lower-body injury. Brassard returned to Ottawa for the first time since being acquired by Pittsburgh on Feb. 23.

UP NEXT:

Penguins: Host Buffalo on Monday night.

Senators: Host Florida on Monday night.

OLSH Wins 1st WPIAL Football Championship 28-6 Over Rochester

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

For Our Lady Of The Sacred Heart, it’s a feeling they’ve never felt before.

For the Rochester Rams, it’s a feeling of deja vu.

Like Week 3 of the season, the Rams couldn’t figure out Dan Bradley’s defense as the OLSH Chargers held off Rochester’s running attack en route to a comfortable 28-6 victory in the WPIAL 1A Championship at Heinz Field. For OLSH (12-1), it’s their first football championship in the nine years of their football program. Rochester’s strong season comes to an unfortunate end at 11-2; both losses coming at the hands of the Chargers.

OLSH will have a bye week before playing in the PIAA semifinals.

If you would like to hear the broadcast and again on the Trib-Live Sports Network click on the logo below ….

Link for Aliquippa vs. Derry on WBVP, WMBA, and Trib-Live High School Sports Network

Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays have the call from Heinz Field on the North Shore of Pittsburgh of this 2018 WPIAL Class 3A Championship high school football playoff game as the Aliquippa Quips  battle the Derry Trojans. Austin  Bailey will provide the Freedom United Federal Credit Union Sideline reports during the game.

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Link for Rochester vs. O.L.S.H. on WBVP-WMBA and Trib-Live High School Sports Network

Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA’s Bob Barrickman and Tom Hays have the call from Heinz Field on the North Shore of Pittsburgh of this 2018 WPIAL Class 1A Championship high school football playoff game as the Rochester Rams battle the Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Chargers. Austin  Bailey will provide the Freedom United Federal Credit Union Sideline reports during the game.

If you are unable to listen to the broadcast and would like to hear it streaming live on the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at game time……