High School Football Playoffs tonight:

–Karns City and Central Clarion meet in the District 9 Class 2A championship game. Kick-off is 7pm at Brookville high school.

–Freeport will host West Mifflin in the WPIAL Class 3A First Round. Kick-off is 7pm.

–North Catholic will meet Beaver, also in the Class 3A First Round. Kick-off is 7pm at Mars high school.

College Football Saturday:

–The #6-ranked Slippery Rock University football team will host Edinboro for a 4pm kick-off. It is their annual “Salute to Military and First Responders” game and also their senior day. Hear the game on The Rock Station beginning with the Coach Shawn Lutz Show at 3:30pm.

The Rock will host the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference championship game next Saturday afternoon. At the moment, it appears East Stoudsburg will be the PSAC-East opponent – but ESU still needs a win at Millersville tomorrow to lock that up. The Bloomsburg at Kutztown game will be important should ESU become an upset victim.

–Grove City will host Case Western Reserve for a 1pm kick-off.

–Westminster travels to Thiel at 1pm.

–Pitt is idle this week.

–Penn State will visit Washington for a 3:30pm kickoff. The Nittany Lions are 4-4 this season. Washington is 5-3 and are 2-1/2 point favorites.

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In the WPIAL Soccer Championship games at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh last night:

–The Freeport girls soccer team defeated Burrell 2-1 in double overtime last night to win the Class 2A championship for the second straight season. Cecilia Schlegel scored the game-winning goal for the Yellow Jackets.
–The North Catholic boys defeated Ambridge 2-1 in overtime last night to win their WPIAL Class 2A Consolation game, finishing in third place in the tournament.

Tonight – the Seneca Valley boys will face North Allegheny for the WPIAL Class 4A championship. Game time is 8pm at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh.

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This is Nascar’s final race weekend. All three of their top series race at Miami-Homestead Speedway. The Truck Series will crown a champion after tonight’s race. Kaeden Hoenycutt leads Layne Ruggs by 20 points for the title.

The O’Reilly Auto Parts Series crowns a champion tomorrow evening. There are still several drivers still in the “chase”. Justin Allgeier leads Jesse Love by 22 points. Corey Day is 23 points back. Carson Kvapil is 31 behind. Sheldon Creed still mathematically eligible at 42 points back.

The Cup Series race is Sunday and can be heard on WBUT beginning at 2pm. Kyle Larson needs eight points to clinch the title.

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The Boston Bruins defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 6-2 last night at PPG Paints Arena. The loss was the Penguins fourth in a row. Justin Brazeau, who returned to the Penguins lineup this week after missing the start to his season because of injury, opened the scoring midway through the first period, but it was all Boston after that. The Bruins went on to score the next three goals and scored three more after Nick Robertson scored his seventh goal of the year midway through the second period.

Penguins goaltender Arturs Silovs stopped 18 of 24 shots in net last night.

The Penguins will be in California for their next three games. They visit the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night at 9pm. WISR pre-game begins at 8:30pm.

Sunday the Pens visit Anaheim for an 8pm face-off. WISR pre-game begins at 7:30pm.

The Pens also visit San Jose next Wednesday.

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Saturday–the Mars and Shaler girls meet for the WPIAL Class 3A championship. The match begins at 3:30pm at F.N.B. Stadium in Pittsburgh.
Two Butler County girls Volleyball teams will be going for WPIAL titles Saturday in Peters Township:
–Undefeated Freeport will face Avonworth for the Class 3A title at 1pm.
–North Catholic and Peters Township meet for the Class 5A championship at 5:30pm.

District 10 Class 3A girls Volleyball championship last night – Cathedral Prep defeated Franklin 3-0.

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The Pitt men’s basketball team overcame a slow start to win their second game of the year by a score of 80-61 over Buffalo last night at the Petersen Events Center. Baye Ndongo led the Panthers with 23 points and 21 rebounds. It was the first 20-20 performance by a Pitt player in six years. Chase Foster added 20 more points as Pitt rallied from a 13-points halftime deficit.

Pitt will face Penn State Sunday at the Palestra in Philadelphia beginning at 8pm. The game will be televised on ESPN2.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Boston Bruins tonight at PPG Paints Arena. Face-off is 7pm. WISR pre-game begins at 6:30pm.

The Penguins enter the game on a three-game losing streak. They have fallen to 5-8-2 overall, while the Bruins have the second-best record in the Eastern Conference. They are 11-4-1.

The Pens head to California for their next three games, including back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday.

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In the WPIAL girls volleyball semifinals last night:

Freeport lost their first set last night 25-27 to Seton LaSalle in the Class 3A semifinals, but then stormed back with set wins of 25-15, 25-16 and 25-15 to move into the WPIAL title game against Avonworth Saturday afternoon. Freeport improved to 21-0 this season. Avonworth defeated Waynesburg 3-1 in the other Class 3A semifinal. The match will be played at Peters Township high school Saturday at 1pm.

The North Catholic girls have also reached the WPIAL Class 5A championship game following a 3-1 semifinal win over Shaler. The Trojanettes, who are now 17-1 this season, will face Peters Township in the title game Saturday at 5:30pm, also at Peters Township.

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The Freeport and Burrell girls soccer teams meet tonight in the Class 2A WPIAL championship game. It will be played at Pittsburgh’s F.N.B. Stadium beginning at 6pm. The Yellow Jackets enter the game 16-2-1 overall. Burrell is 16-1-4.

The Karns City girls soccer team fell 2-0 last night to Elk County Catholic in the District 9 Class 1A championship game. The Gremlins had defeated Elk County Catholic 7-1 in last year’s title game.

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The Pitt men’s basketball team will host Buffalo tonight at the Petersen Events Center. Tip-off is 7pm.

The Panthers opened their season earlier this week with a 95-57 win over Rider Monday.

They will visit Butler Friday, November 13th in Indiana – a game that will be televised on the Peacock Network.

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