Oct 12, 2023 3 min read

Girls soccer

Charleroi won the Class A Section 2 outright title by defeating South Allegheny 2-0 Thursday night.

Bella Carroto and McKenna DeUnger, the two leading scorers for the Cougars (10-1, 13-1) all season, each had a goal in the first half. For Carroto, it was her 100th career goal.

Goalkeeper Addison Conrad made five saves for the shutout.

Boys soccer

Belle Vernon clinched the outright Class 2A Section 3 title with a 4-0 win Thursday night over visiting McGuffey.

• Peters Township routed Hempfield 6-0 in Class 4A Section 2 action.

The Indians (9-10-3-1, 11-3-1) generated goals by Brett Martin, Nathan Froelich, Connor Heinsen, Dean Cada, Matthew Pollock, and Brady Utchel.

• Goals in the first half by Andy Palm and John Garcia gave Trinity the lead and the Hillers went on to a 3-1 win over Laurel Highlands in Class 3A Section 3.

Tyler Johnson added a second-half tally for the Hillers, who improved to 8-5-1.

• Mount Pleasant was a 3-0 winner over host Waynesburg in Class 2A Section 3.
• Beth-Center used goals by Mikey Rodriguez and Nekoda Bundy to pull out a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Ligonier valley in Class A Section 2.

The win evened B-C’s section record at 5-5. The Bulldogs are 10-6 overall.

In golf

Maja Stark and Wichanee Meechai each shot 6-under 66 on Thursday to take a two-stroke first-round lead at the LPGA Shanghai event in the tour’s return to China after the COVID-19 pandemic.

Youth coach shot

A youth football coach in St. Louis has been hospitalized in critical but stable condition after being shot at practice, allegedly by a father who was upset about his son’s playing time, authorities said.

Shaquille Latimore, 30, was shot multiple times Tuesday evening at Sherman Park. Daryl Clemmons, 43, later turned himself in, police said. He was charged Wednesday with first-degree assault and armed criminal action.

Former Cowboys RB Garrison dies

Walt Garrison, who led the Big 8 in rushing for the Oklahoma State Cowboys, won a Super Bowl as a fullback with the Dallas Cowboys and competed as a rodeo cowboy, has died. He was 79.

The NFL team said in a story posted on its website Thursday that Garrison died overnight. It did not give a cause of death.

A fifth-round draft choice out of Oklahoma State, the 6-foot, 205-pound Garrison played nine years in Dallas and retired in 1974 as the No. 3 rusher and No. 4 receiver in franchise history.

He’s still fourth on Dallas’ career list with 4.32 yards per carry and ninth with 3,491 yards rushing.