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WPIAL softball

Three WPIAL softball first-round playoff games involving local teams were rained out Monday and rescheduled for Wednesday. In Class 5A, Trinity will play Gateway at Baldwin (5 p.m.). In Class 2A, Chartiers-Houston will play Northgate at West Allegheny (4 p.m.) and Beth-Center plays Seton-La Salle at Baldwin (3 p.m.).

WPIAL 2A football returning to RMU

The WPIAL announced Monday that its Class 2A football championship game will be played Nov. 24 at Robert Morris University’s Joe Walton Stadium.

Washington defeated Steel Valley in last year’s Class 2A title game, which also was played at Robert Morris.

The WPIAL’s Class 6A, 4A, 3A and A championship games will be played either Nov. 16 or 17 at Heinz Field.

A site for the Class 5A title game has yet to be determined.

Browns coach to jump into Lake Erie

Hue Jackson’s shuddering season with the Cleveland Browns will include one last chill.

The coach is keeping his promise and plans to jump into Lake Erie June 1 in an event for charity and hopefully wash away two long, losing seasons.

Jackson announced Monday on the team’s Twitter account that he will take a dip into the chilly waters in a few weeks. As the Browns were staggering toward a winless 2017 season, Jackson vowed that if the team didn’t improve on its 1-15 record from the previous year that he would take the plunge.

Well, the Browns made history as the second NFL team to go 0-16 and now it’s time for Jackson to pay up.

And get wet.

Jackson pledged that for every Browns employee that joins him in the water he will donate $100 to his foundation, which combats human trafficking in Northeast Ohio. Jackson said his goal is to raise $15,000.

Jackson and his wife, Michelle, began the Hue Jackson Foundation last summer.

The team did not reveal any other details for the private event.

Despite going 1-31 in his two seasons, Jackson kept his job and now he’s hoping his splashdown can symbolize a new beginning for the Browns.

WVU adds recruit

West Virginia has signed basketball recruit Emmitt Matthews Jr.

Coach Bob Huggins announced Matthews’ signing Monday.

The 6-7 forward averaged more than 22 points, nine rebounds, two assists and two blocked shots per game last season at Woodrow Wilson High in Tacoma, Washington.

Matthews joins five others in West Virginia’s 2018-19 recruiting class. The others are Derek Culver of Boardman, Ohio; Andrew Gordon of Clearwater, Florida.; Jordan McCabe of Kaukauna, Wisconsin; Trey Doomes of Acworth, Georgia; and Jermaine Haley of Vancouver, British Columbia.

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