Sports briefs
Wild Things make trades
The Frontier League season has been over for only 10 days but the Wild Things have already been busy on the trade market.
Washington has made two trades, each involving pitchers. On Monday, they sent righthander Steven Colon to the Lake Erie Crushers in exchange for righthander Jake Pilarski, a native of Fox Chapel. Last week, Washington dealt righthanded reliever Dan Kubiuk to West Virginia of the Atlantic League in exchange for a player to be named.
Pilarski had a 3-4 record and 5.32 ERA this season as a rookie after playing college ball at The Citadel. Pilarski struck out 66 in 66 innings. Colon also was a rookie this year. At 21, he was the youngest player on the Wild Things’ roster. He had a 2-0 record and 2.70 ERA in 10 games (six starts) before being shut down late in the season because of a sore arm. Colon struck out 39 in 36.2 innings.
Kubiuk was a key member of the Wild Things’ bullpen after being acquired in late July in a trade with Winnipeg of the American Association. Kubiuk had a 2-0 record, one save and a 1.28 ERA in 22 games. He struck out 32 batters in 21 innings and issued only three walks.
Boys soccer
Ayden Rutan stole a Mount Pleasant pass and darted through the Vikings’ defense to score the game’s only goal, with 31 seconds left in regulation, as McGuffey pulled out a thrilling 1-0 victory in Class 2A Section 3 Tuesday night.
The win moved McGuffey (6-2-1, 8-2-1) to the cusp of clinching a playoff berth as the Highlanders sit in second place in the league.
Goalkeeper Brandon Burt made five saves and recorded his fifth shutout of the season, sending Mount Pleasant to 4-3-1 in the section and the .500 mark overall at 4-4-1.
- Aidan Belcastro scored two goals and assisted on another, and a goalkeeper Ryan Torboli kept Albert Gallatin off the scoreboard as Trinity blanked the Colonials, 4-0, at Hiller Field.
The Hillers have won three in a row and improved to 7-2-2 in section, which is good for third place. Alex Tush and Kyle Fetch each had a goal for the Hillers (8-2-2 overall).
- Mason Le had one goal and three assistws, powering Canon-McMillan to a 6-2 win over host Baldwin in Class 4A Section 2.
The win keep Canon-Mac in first place in the section at 7-0-1 and 9-1-1 overall. The Big Macs took control early, leading 3-1 at halftime.
Canon-McMillan had six different players score goals. Aarik Yetter, Ethan Orr, Aidan Blatt, Jacob Glancy and Carter Tymosko were the other goal scorers.
- Chartiers-Houston scored a goal in each half and that was enough as the Bucs blanked visiting Beth-Center 2-0 in Class A Section 4.
Jared Waggett and Justus Buckingham scored the goals for C-H (3-5, 4-8-1). Goalkeeper Landon Oliverio kept B-C offr the scoreboard.
- On Senior Night, Peters Township dealt Quaker Valley its first loss of the season, 3-2, Monday night in a non-section match in McMurray.
Peters Township (11-1) had two goals by Andrew Massucci 2 and one from Alex Grim. Massucci assisted on the Grim goals.
Girls soccer
Morgan Einodshofer had a hand in all six goals as Belle Vernon rolled to a 6-2 victory over Greensburg Salem in Class 3A Section 2 Tuesday.
Belle Vernon (8-2, 11-3) is a half-game behind first-place Connellsville.
Einodshofer scored four goals – two in each half – and assisted on markers by Ava Scalise and Chloe Morgan.
- Canon-McMillan had no trouble with Baldwin, defeating the Highlanders 4-0 in a Class 4A Section match Monday.
The Big Macs (3-5, 7-5) received goals from Campbell Brown, Sarah Powell, Izzy Lewis and Abby Ault. Goalkeepers Rachel rukowski and Gianna Conti combined for the shutout as Baldwin remained winless.
In the NFL
The Kansas City Chiefs are adding Josh Gordon to their 53-man roster and the wide receiver, who was just reinstated by the NFL last week, is expected to play in Sunday night’s AFC title game rematch against the Buffalo Bills.
The Chiefs signed Gordon, who had finished his sixth suspension for violations of NFL policies, to the practice squad last week with the assumption that he would join the active roster when he learned enough of the playbook.
- The Dallas Cowboys are releasing linebacker Jaylon Smith in what could be considered a cost-cutting move because of a guaranteed salary next season in the case of an injury.
Smith’s role had been reduced after Micah Parsons was drafted 12th overall this year.
In college sports
Looking to address the growing number of transfers, the NCAA Division I Council approved a one-year waiver Tuesday that will allow college football teams to sign up to seven players to replace those that leave.
Current NCAA rules state a team can sign no more than 25 players to a scholarship in any year. That includes incoming high school prospects and college transfers. The waiver will allow teams to sign 25 players, plus as many as seven transfers – not high school players – to replace those who transfer out in the first term.
Football players still cannot transfer during the season and become eligible to compete at their new schools.