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Keselowski wins 3 straight NASCAR race and the playoff opener, gets 500th for Penske

Keselowski wins NASCAR playoff opener, gets 500th for Penske
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Brad Keselowski raced to his third consecutive NASCAR Cup victory Sunday, persevering through a wreck-filled Sunday afternoon and roaring away from the field in overtime to claim the playoff opener.
Keselowski secured team owner Roger Penske’s 500th victory across all competitions with a resourceful performance amid trying circumstances and 99-degree Las Vegas heat.
Kyle Larson was second, and defending Cup series champion Martin Truex Jr. third after a stop-and-start finish to a race that featured 12 cautions.
“To start off the playoffs with a win, that’s really strong, let alone three in a row,” Keselowski said. “We nailed the pit stops and the restarts when it counted, and we were strong.”
Eight of the 16 playoff drivers had various problems in the opener of the 10-race postseason. Four playoff drivers failed to finish — including co-leader Kevin Harvick, who wrecked with 120 laps to go when he blew his right front tire.
Michael McDowell and Kurt Busch wrecked with just two laps to go, forcing a red-flag stop and overtime. After the drivers re-fired their engines for the two-lap shootout, nobody could keep up with Keselowski’s Team Penske Ford.
“We did it, boss!” Keselowski shouted. “That’s quite a number, right? It’s really great to be a part of that, and to get the last one to get us there, that’s pretty great.”
Penske was not in attendance for his landmark victory at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, instead watching from Sonoma at the IndyCar season finale. He formed Team Penske in 1966, and it has fielded 50 winning drivers across 14 race series during the ensuing 52 years.
Keselowski won at Darlington and the Brickyard in consecutive weeks before Vegas. His late surge has added some intrigue into a NASCAR season dominated by the Big Three of Truex, Harvick and Kyle Busch, who finished seventh in Vegas even after skidding and plowing through the infield grass with 35 laps to go.
Joey Logano finished fourth, and Ryan Blaney was fifth.
Truex moved into the overall points lead over Busch and Keselowski, who leapfrogged Harvick.
Harvick’s blowout also wrecked pole-sitter Erik Jones, who couldn’t react quickly enough and rear-ended Harvick.
Harvick likely doesn’t need a fantastic result from the first set of playoff races to advance, but the veteran driver was still furious about his tire failure.
“We had a great car, and then you put a set of tires on it and you can’t hardly make it through the field,” he said. “I’m not happy about anything right now.”
Las Vegas has a second race this season for the first time, and the drivers learned that the track is much different in the waning days of summer. The temperature reached only 58 degrees during the annual March race, but the drivers were sweating in 99-degree heat from the start on Sunday.
The desert sun made the 1 1/2-mile track even slicker than usual, and it appeared to wreak havoc with some teams’ tire pressure decisions.
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Geneva 27 Thiel 14 Final on WBVP and WMBA!!!!

On a game heard on WBVP and WMBA it was a game that Geneva jumped out to a 7-0 lead early, but Thiel answered on the next possession and made it 7-7. It was all Geneva after that making it a 27-7 game in the fourth quarter and out playing Thiel in the second half. Thiel wouldn’t go down easy however. Scoring a late touchdown, but coming up just short. Geneva wins 27-14.

Pitt 24 Georgia Tech 19 Final on WBVP and WMBA!!

 

On a game heard on WBVP and WMBA, Pitt jumped out to an early 21-0 lead over the Yellow Jackets of Georgia Tech.  Pitt had the lead 21-0 at the half, but the Yellow Jacket’s wouldn’t give up, scoring out of the half to make it 21-6. Pitt answered with a field goal to make it 24-6. Georgia tech added two more scored and made it 24-19 where they tried the onside kick and failed. Final score ended with a 24-19 victory fr the Panthers as they get to 2-1 overall and 1-0 in the ACC (Atlantic Coastal Conference). Pitt takes on North Carolina next Saturday at 12:20 ET.

New Castle vs. Beaver Final on WBVP

The Red Storm rolled into Pat Tarquinio Feild against the Beaver Bob Cats and turned the ball over too many times. Beaver started out strong, but punted more in the second half than putting up points. New Castle had a chance, but couldn’t pull out the win. The final score was;

New Castle: -13

Beaver-21

Scores From Across the Valley September 14, 2018

Friday, September 14, 2018:

New Castle 
Beaver            (WBVP)		 13 
21     Final
Ambridge  6
41   Final
Highlands
Knoch		 0
0     Final
Ellwood City
Neshannock		 6
14   Final
Freedom
Mohawk		 21
27    Final
Western Beaver
Riverside		 0
24    Final
New Brighton
Avonworth		 7
35    Final
South Side
Carlynton		 54
33    Final
Cornell
Sto-Rox		 0
38    Final
OLSH
Rochester		 37
8     Final
Montour
Aliquippa		 0
62     Final
North Catholic
Central Valley		 14
13     Final
Serra Catholic
Shenango		 33
34     Final
Baldwin
Moon		 48
42     Final

Ambridge 6 vs. Blackhawk 48 Final on WMBA

File photo from Knoch vs. Blackhawk

In the Second game ever at the new Blackhawk High School Football Field ………

It was Ambridge at Blackhawk. The entire first half was completely dominated by Blackhawk. the first half ended with a score ofBlackhawk 41 Ambridge 0. The second half blackhawk put in they’re secondary which gave the Bridgers they’re only touchdown of the night. Blackhawk then tacked on one more touchdown and brought the game to a close with a final of Blackhawk 48 Ambridge 6.

Link for New Castle @ Beaver on WBVP and Trib-Live Sports Network

1230 WBVP’s Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey have the call from Beaver High School of this WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference high school football game as the Bobcats battle the Red Hurricane. Austin Bailey will provide the Freedom United Federal Credit Union side line reports throughout the game. If you can’t listen to the game click on the Trib-Live Network banner below at 7pm for the live stream of the game on the Trib-Live High School Sports Network…….

Link for Ambridge @ Blackhawk On WMBA and Trib-Live Sports Network


1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Jason Colangelo have the call from Blackhawk High School of this WPIAL Class 4A Northwest Eight Conference high school football game as the Bridgers battle the Cougars. If you can’t tune into the Broadcast and would like to listen to the game click on the Trib-Live logo below at 6:30 pm to hear the game streaming on the Trib-Live Sports Network…….