Sports briefs
Boys soccer
Nekoda Bundy scored five goals for Beth-Center, who is playoff bound after defeating California, 8-1, Tuesday night in Class A Section 2.
The Bulldogs improved to 4-4 in section and 9-5 overall.
Parker Amos, Joseph Garrett and Jordan Lowman also found the net for Beth-Center.
Darryl Ray scored for the Trojans (1-5, 3-7).
- McGuffey kept its title hopes alive in Class 2A Section 3 with a 1-0 victory over visiting Yough.
The Highlanders (9-2, 11-3) dominated play throughout, outshooting Yough by a whopping 32-4 margin. McGuffey, however, didn’t find the net until Nate Kler converted on a penalty kick 15 minutes into the second half.
McGuffey, which sits in third place in the section, has a key match Thursday at section co-leader Mount Pleasant.
- Waynesburg scored two goals in the first half and held on for a 2-1 victory over Washington in Class 2A Section 3.
Dalton Taylor and Ryan McCartney scored early goals for Waynesburg and Washington’s Dylan Wudkwych made it 2-1 with 8:23 remaining in the second half.
Raiders goalkeeper Nick Willard made 10 saves.
The loss hurts Washington’s playoff chances as the Prexies fall to 4-7 in section and 4-10 overall. Waynesburg is 3-8, 4-9.
- Ringgold scored four unanswered goals and beat laurel Highlands 5-2 in Class 3 Section 3.
Owen Haywood gave Ringgold (9-2, 11-2) a 1-0 lead 75 seconds into the match, but LH (2-8, 4-9) scored the next two goals. The Rams battled back with two goals from Nick Evans and Haywood’s second of the match to take a 4-2 lead into halftime.
The only goal of the second half was scored by Izaiah Wilson.
- Thomas Jefferson defeated Trinity 2-1 in overtime a Class 3A Section 3 match at Hiller Field.
Trinity’s goal came in the second half on a 25-yard shot by Jacob Jahn that tied the score.
- Addison Hancq scored two goals in Chartiers-Houston’s 4-1 victory over Brentwood in Class A Section 4.
Teammate Juan Melena scored a goal and had two assists as the Bucs (1-7, 2-12) avenged an earlier loss to Brentwood.
Braulio Melena also scored for Chartiers-Houston. Landen Oliverio earned the win in goal.
- Arlo McIntyre finished with four goals to lead undefeatedCharleroi to an 8-1 victory over Laurel Highlands in non-section action Monday. Landon Barcus scored twice, and Jake Chambers and Max Goodwin netted one each for Charleroi (12-0).
Girls soccer
Class 4A Section 2 leader Peters Township had goals from four different players in a 4-0 win Monday against Baldwin.
Atleigh Ciprich, Ella Neupaver, Camryn Klein and Grace O’Korn each found the net with shots as the Indians improved to 9-0-1 in section and 11-0-1 overall.
- Baldwin was a 1-0 winner over Belle Vernon in non-section play Tuesday.
Pitt-Louisville time set
Pitt’s Oct. 14 home football game against Louisville will kick off at 6:30 p.m., and be shown locally on WPNT-TV, the Atlantic Coast Conference announced.
In football
New England Patriots edge rusher Matt Judon has elected to have surgery to repair a torn biceps.
Judon is scheduled to have the procedure Wednesday and be out indefinitely. He suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of the Patriots’ 38-3 loss to Dallas last week.
In auto racing
NASCAR announced Tuesday that it will finally bring its top Cup Series to Iowa for the first time.
Cup Series drivers will race at Iowa Speedway in Newton in June 2024, a weekend that will also include the second-tier Xfinity Series at the track about a forty-minute drive east of Des Moines.