Briefs
Boys basketball
Shane Cornali recorded a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds for Fort Cherry in a 66-31 win over Avella at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic at Burgettstown.
Owen Norman also scored 14 for the Rangers (10-2). Avella fell to 2-11.
n Zxavian Willis scored 18 points to help Washington edge Quaker Valley, 49-46, at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic.
Noah Jordan scored 16 for the Quakers (6-3).
Washington improved to 9-2.
n Colin Cross scored 21 points and Damarr Turner added 19 as Weir (WV) knocked off the host team at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic, 70-54.
Caleb Russell scored 19 points and Zack Schrockman had 18 for the Blue Devils (4-6).
n Brandon Bell led West Allegheny (5-7) over Chartiers-Houston, 62-50, with 24 points in a win at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic.
Nate Gregory scored 16 for Chartiers-Houston (10-3).
Girls basketball
Raney Staub poured in 22 points, while Olivia Kemp and Za’layah Edwards scored 11 each for Fort Cherry in a 68-40 victory over Avella at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic.
Katie Dryer scored 14 for Avella (6-6) and Hanna Brownlee chipped in 10.
Fort Cherry improved to 7-5.
n Kara Bridge, Kyleigh Nagy and Alyssa Minton each scored nine points as OLSH beat Chartiers-Houston, 47-21, at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic. Ava Capozzoli scored a game-high 12 points for Chartiers-Houston (7-6).
OLSH moved to 7-4.
n In nonsection play, Ruby Morgan scored 14 points and Macie Justice had 13 points as Trinity defeated Union, 49-42.
Kristina Bozek added 10 points for Trinity (6-3), which trailed by five points at halftime. Kelly Cleaver had 18 points and 10 rebounds for Union (5-5) while teammate Kylie Fruebsboofer scored 16 points.
n Ella Smith scored 13 points and Olivia Ginocchi and Ava Henke added 12 each to lead West Allegheny to a 55-33 win over Washington at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic. Olivia Woods led Washington (7-3) with 11 points. West Allegheny improved to 4-7.
n Jill Frazier hit a three-point basket with six seconds left to give Burgettstown a 57-55 victory over Weirton at the Chuckie Mahoney Classic. Weirton couldn’t get a shot after that.
Eden Rush led Burgettstown with 14 points, Kaitlyn Nease added 13, Frazier finished with 11 and Christany Bartley had 10 points.
Rena Hoover had a game-high 22 points for Weirton and Olivia Baker tossed in 13.
Dodgers cut Bauer
The Los Angeles Dodgers are cutting ties with pitcher Trevor Bauer, whose unprecedented 324-game suspension over sexual misconduct allegations was reduced two weeks ago, allowing him to resume his career with the start of the new season.
A person familiar with the situation said Friday the 31-year-old right-hander was designated for assignment, which means the Dodgers have seven days to pull off an unlikely trade or just release him. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team had not announced the roster move.
If the 2020 NL Cy Young Award winner is released, Los Angeles would remain responsible for the more than $22.5 million remaining on Bauer’s contract.
“After careful consideration, we have decided that he will no longer be a part of our organization,” the Dodgers said in a statement posted on Twitter.
Bauer said in a statement, “Following two weeks of conversations around my return to the organization, I sat down with Dodgers leadership in Arizona yesterday who told me that they wanted me to return and pitch for the team this year.