Sports briefs
Girls soccer
Chartiers-Houston was awarded a 1-0 forfeit win over Monessen in Class A Section 2 on Monday. The Bucs improved to 8-3 in section and 12-3 overall. Monessen is 1-8-1, 4-9-1.
- McGuffey and Keystone Oaks played to a 2-2 double-overtime tie in Class 2A Section 4.
The Highlanders’ Haleigh Maxwell scored a goal in the second half that made the score 2-2. Gabby Bloom tallied the first goal of the night for McGuffey (2-6-1, 3-7-1).
- Belle Vernon had goals from four different players and beat Ringgold 4-1 in Class 3A Section 2.
The win keeps the Leopards’ playoff hopes alive.
Boys soccer
Serra Catholic blanked California 5-0 in a non-section match Monday.
The loss dropped California’s record to 3-9.
Penguins set roster
The Pittsburgh Penguins have finalized their opening night roster for the 2023-24 season.
Pittsburgh will enter the season with 22 players on the roster, including 12 forwards (Noel Acciari, Jeff Carter, Sidney Crosby, Lars Eller, Jake Guentzel, Jansen Harkins, Evgeni Malkin, Matt Nieto, Drew O’Connor, Rickard Rakell, Bryan Rust and Reilly Smith), eight defensemen (Ryan Graves, P.O Joseph, Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, John Ludvig, Marcus Pettersson, Chad Ruhwedel and Ryan Shea) and two goaltenders (Tristan Jarry and Alex Nedeljkovic).
Forward Raivis Ansons and defenseman Will Butcher have been designated as injured non-roster.
In the NFL
The Indianapolis Colts know one thing about Anthony Richardson’s shoulder injury: It will keep him out of next weekend’s game at Jacksonville.
Everything else remains unclear.
One day after the rookie quarterback injured the AC joint in his right shoulder on an awkward 4-yard run against Tennessee, coach Shane Steichen announced Gardner Minshew would make his second start of the season, this time against his former team.
“It’s tough,” Steichen said, referring to the latest injury. “You know a guy gets dinged up like he gets dinged up and he’s, obviously, a very talented player and it’s tough. But you know we’ve got a lot of faith in Gardner to step in and go operate the way he has been.”
- Already thin at the cornerback spot, the Buffalo Bills defense will be further depleted with starting linebacker Matt Milano and starting tackle DaQuan Jones out indefinitely because of injuries.
Coach Sean McDermott on Monday said Milano will require surgery to repair an injury to his lower right leg, and Jones will require surgery to repair an injured pectoral muscle. McDermott did not provide any further details on the severity of the injuries, and said it was too early to determine a timetable on how much time both players will be sidelined.
In Olympic sports
The NFL’s ongoing push for worldwide exposure got another boost Monday when organizers for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics delivered a proposal to put flag football on the program when the Summer Games return to the United States for the first time in 32 years.
The International Olympic Committee will vote on the proposal at meetings in Mumbai, India, that begin later this week. Also on the LA proposal were baseball and softball, which have been bouncing on and off the program for decades; lacrosse; squash; and cricket – a fitting contrast to flag football in that it is virtually unknown in the United States but immensely popular over wide swaths of the globe.