Sports Briefs
Boys soccer
Charleroi steamrolled to a 9-0 victory on the road over Yough Thursday night to clinch the Section 3-AA title.
The Cougars (10-0, 12-0) have outscored their opponents by a staggering 111-8 margin.
Cullin Woytovich led the offensive onslaught with four goals. Jace Kepich added a goal and two assists. Nick Laskey, Phil Banks and Evan McGuire all tallied a goal and an assist in the lopsided win.
Tanner Shepard had the other goal, while Jake Caruso and J.D. Fleming each totaled assists.
Yough is 1-9 in section and overall.
- Mason Pendergast scored three goals to send Trinity to its fifth consecutive victory, 7-1, over host Albert Gallatin in Section 3-AAA.
Italo DeLuca, Elliott Salvatori, Elijah Cincinnati and Jeremy Naser each tallied a goal for the Hillers, who improved to 5-4 in the section and 8-5 overall.
Albert Gallatin is 1-9, 4-10.
- South Fayette moved into second place in Section 4-AAA by winning 3-0 over visiting Thomas Jefferson in Section 4-AAA.
The Lions (7-2-1, 8-4-1) moved a half-game ahead of the third-place Jaguars (7-3-1, 8-4-1). South Fayette received goals from Chad Eldridge, Gavin Eldridge and Jackson DeWitt.
Girls soccer
Canon-McMillan received goals from four different players and won 4-1 at Shaler in a nonsection contest Thursday night.
Annabel Thomas gave Canon-McMillan (9-5-1) a 1-0 lead and Leah Godfrey made it 2-0 on a goal off an assist by Thomas.
Maura O’Donoghue and Sami Snyder also scored for C-M. Goalkeeper Abby Hipkins stopped all but one shot by Shaler (1-12).
Field hockey
Peters Township and Mt. Lebanon battled to a 0-0 tie Thursday night.
Mickelson is 2 back
Phil Mickelson had six straight birdies and shot a 7-under 65 on Thursday to pull within two strokes of leader Sepp Straka in the PGA Tour’s season-opening Safeway Open.
Coming off a winless performance in the U.S. Ryder Cup loss to Europe, the 48-year-old Mickelson birdied Nos. 9-14 and closed with four straight pars on the North Course at Silverado Resort and Spa.
“I don’t know exactly what got round going for sure, but the birdie on nine was good,” Mickelson said. “I made good long putts on 12 and 13.”
Straka birdied the final three holes for a 63. The Austrian played alongside Mark Mulder, the former major league pitcher who opened with a 75.
Chase Wright had a 64, playing the last three holes in 4 under with an eagle on the par-5 16th and two birdies. He’s playing in his second career PGA Tour event after earning a card in the Web.com Tour Finals.
PA Fairs finals
at Meadows
When The Meadows hosts Saturday’s $200,000 Pennsylvania Fairs Championships, the final for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers might be billed “Clash of the Titans II.”
That’s because Cirrus De Vie and Venier Hanover, who dueled in last year’s Fairs final, are the Top 2 in points this year and will square off in the glamor division once more. They’ll meet in race 8 when Venier Hanover goes from post 5 and Cirrus De Vie from post 7 as part of an entry.
Each of the eight championships carries a purse of $25,000. The program begins at 12:35 p.m.
In last year’s championship, Venier Hanover was pounded down to 1-9 but couldn’t get past the 25-1 Cirrus De Vie, who took the crown while Venier Hanover settled for show.