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High School Soccer Playoffs:

Bob Cupp — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:26:42 +0000

WPIAL Soccer Playoffs:
–The Mars boys travel to Franklin Regional tonight in the WPIAL Class 3A soccer Quarterfinals. The match begins at 7pm.
–The Seneca Valley girls travel to Fox Chapel in the Class 4A Quarterfinals at 7:30pm.
–The North Catholic girls travel to Avonworth in the Class 2A Quarterfinals at 8pm.
–The Freeport girls host Deer Lakes, also in the 2A Quarterfinals at 7pm.

District 10 Boys Soccer Playoffs:
–Slippery Rock defeated Hickory in a playoff match that went to penalty kicks last night. The two teams were tied at 2-2 through regulation, but the Rockets won 4-2 via penalty kicks. The Rockets advance into the D10 Class 2A Semifinals and will meet Erie Cathedral Prep next Monday night. Cathedral Prep ousted Titusville 6-1 last night in their Quarterfinal game.

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High School Volleyball Playoffs:

Bob Cupp — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:26:13 +0000

WPIAL Girls Volleyball:
–Seneca Valley shutout Hempfield 3-0 in the Class 6A Quarterfinals. The Raiders improved to 12-5 overall and will meet Pine-Richland in the Semifinals next Monday.
–Pine-Richland improved to 14-3 with a 3-0 sweep of Mt. Lebanon last night in their Quarterfinal match.
–Knoch swept Ringgold 3-0 in their Class 4A First Round match last night. The Knights will travel to Greensburg Salem Thursday in the Quarterfinals.

Tonight – the North Catholic girls, who are 14-1 this season, will host Franklin Regional in a Class 5A First Round match at 7pm.
–Mars travels to Shaler, also at 7pm.

District 9 Girls Volleyball Playoffs:
–DuBois Central Catholic shutout AC Valley 3-0 in a Class 1A First Round playoff match. DuBois entered the playoffs as a 12th-seed. The Falcons were the #5-seed.
–In the District 10 Quarterfinals in Erie – Harbor Creek ousted Slippery Rock

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Tampa Bay holds off a Milwaukee sweep in the World Series

Bob Cupp — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:25:23 +0000

The Tampa Bay Rays held off the Milwaukee Brewers with a dramatic 12th inning rally to earn a walk-off win in Game 4 of the World Series 4-3 late last night. Cooper Pratt had hit a home run to give the Brewers a 3-2 lead in the top of the 12th, but the Rays scored twice to win the game, aided by a Milwaukee error, and hold off elimination. Last night’s game had been tied at 2-2 after five innings, followed by six scoreless innings into extra frames.

Game 5 will be played tonight in Florida at 8pm. The game will be televised on FOX. Milwaukee leads the best-of-seven series 3-1.

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Penguins Kindel returns to practice

Bob Cupp — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 11:24:44 +0000

The Pittsburgh Penguins saw the return of young forward Ben Kindel to practice in Cranberry Township Tuesday after his health scare on the team’s most recent road trip. Kindel collapsed about 10 minutes into the Penguins flight out of Utah, and the plane was forced to return to the airport. The Penguins host Utah tomorrow night, but for now, Kindel remains on Injured Reserve.

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Milwaukee Brewers a win away from first World Series title

Bob Cupp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:38:47 +0000

The Milwaukee Brewers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 last night in Game 3 of the MLB World Series. The Brewers broke open the game with an eight-run fifth inning and are one victory away from their first baseball championship. Game 4 is tonight in Florida, with Milwaukee leading the series 3-0. Game time is 8pm on FOX.

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District 9 football playoff brackets dropped/Karns City top-seed/Butler schedules new opponent

Bob Cupp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:37:40 +0000

District 9 defending champion Karns City has earned the top seed and a “bye” into the Class 2A championship game when the district playoff bracket was released Monday.

Second-seeded Central Clarion will meet #3-seed Moniteau in the semifinals this Friday night at Memorial Stadium on the campus of PennWest Clarion. Kick-off is 7pm. The winner will meet Karns City the following weekend.

With Central Clarion making the District 9 playoffs — they were scheduled to come to Butler, but the Golden Tornado have now scheduled Brashear for this Friday’s regular-season home finale.

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BC3 women’s volleyball complete regular-season with win/Head to N.C. for post-season

Bob Cupp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:35:40 +0000

The 13th-ranked Butler County Community College women’s volleyball team swept Jamestown (N.Y.) 3-0 Friday night for their 12th sweep of the season. The Lady Pioneers improved to 17-3 overall, and head to North Carolina this weekend where they will compete in the Region 20/Mid-Atlantic District championship tournament. BC3 will meet Rockingham Community College at 5pm Friday in their first match.

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High school scores from Monday/WPIAL playoff wins for North Catholic and Mars soccer

Bob Cupp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:08:30 +0000

WPIAL Playoffs:

Boys Soccer:
–North Catholic shutout Burrell 6-0 last night in the Class 2A First Round. The Trojans are now 16-1-2 this season and will meet Shady Side Academy Thursday in the Quarterfinals.
–The Freeport boys fell to Quaker Valley 2-0 in another 2A First Round match.

Girls Soccer:
–Mars defeated West Allegheny 5-0 in the Class 3A First Round. Jade Breese led the Planets with a hat trick. Mars improves to 12-1-1 overall and will face South Fayette Thursday in the Quarterfinal Round.
–The Knoch girls fell 4-1 to Montour, also in the 3A First Round.

Girls Volleyball:
–Mars shout out Indiana 3-0 in the Class 5A Preliminary Round. They will travel to Shaler in a First Round match tomorrow night at 7pm.
–Tonight — Seneca Valley will host Hempfield in the Class 6A Quarterfinals at 7pm.

Hockey:
–Seneca Valley remained unbeaten following a 4-1 victory over Upper St. Clair. The Raiders are 4-0-1.
–North Catholic improved to 5-0 with a 7-1 victory over Shady Side Academy. Will Schorr had a hat trick for the Trojans.

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SRU’s Jordan receives yet anther PSAC honor

Bob Cupp — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:07:48 +0000

Slippery Rock’s Jay Jay Jordan earned his fourth Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference-West Division Player of the Week honor in eight games, this week being named the Special Teams Player of the Week after returning two punts for touchdowns in The Rock’s Homecoming win over Lock Haven. Jordan leads the state and country in total touchdowns. He has previously earned three PSAC-West Offensive Player of the Week honors.

There were no changes this week in the latest AFCA Division II coaches rankings. The Rock remains #7 in the nation, but lead the playoff point rankings. They visit Clarion this Saturday at noon for their final road game of the regular season.

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Kyle Larson earns first superspeedway win/Takes back control of playoff “chase”

Bob Cupp — Mon, 26 Oct 2026 12:14:03 +0000

Kyle Larson won a crash-filled Nascar Cup Series race at Talladega Superspeedway Sunday. He made a dramatic charge to the finish line after losing the lead late. Larson won in a three-wide race to the finish line, holding off Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. and his teammate William Byron for the win. He also extended his championship point lead to 73 over Denny Hamlin with two races remaining.

A 12-car crash on the 132nd lap collected five Chase drivers, effectively ending the championship hopes for Ryan Blaney and Tyler Reddick. The drivers head to Martinsville Speedway this Sunday.
A later crash took out Joey Logano. His day ended on with his car on its roof.

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