Sports briefs
Boys soccer
Steven Suchko’s goal in overtime gave Peters Township a 2-1 victory over Upper St. Clair in Class 4A Section 2 on Tuesday night.
The win keeps PT unbeaten at 5-0 in the section and 7-0 overall, and sets up a big match in McMurray tonight as the Indians host Canon-McMillan (3-0-1, 5-1-1).
The loss dropped USC to 3-1 in the section and 3-3 overall.
Abdrew Massucci had a goal in regulation for PT. Alex Grim contributed an assist.
- Canon-McMillan was a 4-1 winner over Bethel Park on Tuesday. Mitchell Lingg, Aarik Yetter, Mason Le and Ethan Orr each scored for the Big Macs.
Girls golf
South Fayette’s Marissa Malosh led seven area girls who qualified for the WPIAL Class 3A Individual Championships with their performances Wednesday at the sectional qualifier at Cedarbrook Golf Course.
Malosh was the medalist with 1-under 70. Teammates Caroline McConnell (74) and Ally Brennan (88) also qualified.
Peters Township’s Allison Poon (71), Delaney Kern (72) and Brooke Vowcheck (86), and Belle Vernon’s Adreana Scaramucci (84) also earned qualifying berths into the WPIAL Championships that will be held Oct. 7 at Hannastown Country Club.
Malosh’s round included three birdies, all on par-4 holes, and she edged both Poon and Mt. Lebanon’s Lindsey Powanda by one stroke for medalist honors.
McGuffey Faith Chapman was one of only three golfers to qualify for the Class 2A Championships out of the Section 1 qualifier at Pleasant valley Golf Course. Chapman shot 15-over 86 to finish in third place.
Girls soccer
McGuffey received goals from five different players and defeated vsitiing Brownsville 5-0 in a Class 2A Section 3 match.
Lola Yendell, Sensi Yendell, Lydia henderson, Maddy Supler and Haleight Maxwell found the net for the Highlanders (1-3, 3-4), who for the firts time in section. Brownsville (0-4, 2-5).
In baseball
Hit by a pitch two days after scooping up a Toronto scouting report and setting off a flap, Kevin Kiermaier hopes to see the Blue Jays in the playoffs.
“Oh yeah, it was intentional,” Kiermaier said after reliever Ryan Borucki hit him on the back with his first pitch in the eighth inning Wednesday.
Tampa Bay’s 7-1 victory clinched its third straight postseason berth. When asked why he wants to face Toronto again, Kiermaier replied: “The motivation is there. That’s all that needs to be said.”
“Pretty much almost went behind me,” Kiermaier said. “I thought it was a weak move, to be quite honest.”
Borucki was ejected after the umpires met, which prompted Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo and enraged pitching coach Pete Walker to storm out of the dugout to argue as played spilled onto the field. Walker also was tossed, and there were no incidents between the players.