Sports briefs
Boys soccer
Trinity peppered McGuffey’s keeper with 30 shots on goal in a 3-0 non-section victory Saturday at Hiller Field.
Cooper Cincinnati scored the only goal the Hillers (8-5-1, 9-5-1) would need in the first half. Faiden Hodgson added an insurance tally in the second half and Braeden Knight put the match away after converting on a penalty kick.
Ryan Torboli earned the clean sheet.
Trinity is at Washington on Tuesday in non-section play before it begins play in the Class 3A playoffs.
The Highlanders (10-4-0, 12-5-0) have completed their regular season and await the Class 2A playoffs.
n Bentworth had a five-goal halftime lead and downed Uniontown, 8-1, on Saturday in non-section play.
The Bearcats’ Ryan Colbert had four goals. Teammates Andrew Vipperman, Aiden McMurray, Billy Moyer and Blake Lusk each scored a goal.
Ryan Moessner had three assists and Zack Pysh added a helper.
Bentworth, who finished second in Class A Section 2 with a record of 8-2-0, finished its regular season at 14-2-0.
The Bearcats’ two setbacks came at the hands of undefeated Charleroi.
Bentworth will play its next match in the playoffs. The pairings for Class A will be revealed Wednesday.
High school football
Kole Olszewski threw four touchdown passes in Bishop Canevin’s 62-0 victory over Chartiers-Houston on Saturday in Class A Black Hills Conference play.
Olszewski was 9 of 11 for 107 yards with touchdown passes to Henry Barbisch, Jason Cross, Az’Jaun Marshall and Daiveon Taylor.
Marquis Carter scored on touchdown runs of 35 and 90 yards. Carter gained 148 yards on six carries.
Ka’Vere Holeman ran 35 yards into the end zone in the third quarter. Teammate Juleon Thomas caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Damar Olds and Myontae Mott scored on a 13-yard run.
Liberty avoid elimination
Jonquel Jones and the New York Liberty wouldn’t let the season end just yet.
She scored 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-73 on Sunday in the WNBA Finals and force a Game 4.
“I was doing whatever I can to make sure this team gets the win,” Jones said.
New York struggled in the first two games against the Aces in Las Vegas, but the Liberty found their shooting touch in Game 3 behind Jones, who hit four of the team’s 13 3-pointers.
“She was huge for us,” Liberty coach Sandy Brondello said of Jones, who came to the Liberty in a trade in the offseason. “Those 3’s changed the moment of the game a bit. The ball went in. Other games the ball weren’t going in for us. We got back to our identity. Proud of the effort and commitment and connection we had. Now we’ve got to do it again.”
This was the Liberty’s first win in the WNBA Finals since Teresa Weatherspoon’s half-court shot in Game 2 against Houston in 1999. The Aces are up 2-1 in the best-of-five series and Game 4 is Wednesday night in New York.
The Liberty led by three at halftime before scoring the first eight points of the third quarter to take a double-digit lead, bringing the crowd of 17,143 to its feet. They led 61-50 after three quarters.
Behind A’ja Wilson, the Aces got to within six before Stewart hit a turnaround jumper and Betnijah Laney stole the ball from Jackie Young at half court and made a layup to extend the lead back to 10.
Las Vegas didn’t challenge the rest of the way and star guard Chelsea Gray went back to the locker room midway through the fourth quarter after inuring her foot.
“I can’t give you an update, I’ll let you know when we know,” Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon said.