In Brief
SOUTH FAYETTE — South Fayette scored three first-quarter touchdowns en route to a 50-6 non-conference football win against visiting Summit Academy on Friday.
The Knights (0-9) scored on a 55-yard touchdown pass from Ahkeem Harris to Naquan Brown in the first quarter.
The game was originally scheduled to be played Saturday afternoon at Summit Academy's field before being moved to the Lions' turf.
Seneca Valley High School graduate Alex Bilka scored three goals for Penn State Behrend's women's soccer team in a 6-0 win over Westminster College last Thursday night.The effort gives Bilka, a junior forward, a program-record 43 career goals.Butler High products Taylor and Mackenzie Troyan split time in net and made six and three saves, respectively.SR product Cessar earns honorSlippery Rock High School graduate Anna Cessar, a senior on the Grove City College women's cross country team, earned First Team All-Presidents' Athletic Conference honors by placing fifth at the conference championship meet with a time of 24:19.The effort helped the Wolverines claim the PAC title for the 27th straight year.
NEW YORK — Salvador Perez took foul balls of his mask, collarbone and fingers, and the Kansas City catcher kept on bouncing back, like some indestructible test dummy.No bruise was too painful.No ache was too much to overcome.Not only did he anchor the pitching staff, he hit .364 (8 for 22) and was voted the Most Valuable Player in the Royals' five-game World Series win over the New York Mets that culminated in a 7-2, 12-inning victory.
NEW YORK — Ohio State, Baylor, Clemson and LSU remain the top four teams in The Associated Press Top 25 as the College Football Playoff selection committee prepares its first rankings.There was little change in the poll released Sunday with five of top 10 teams having an open date.The first selection committee top 25 will be released Tuesday night. The pairings for the four-team College Football Playoff will be revealed Dec. 6.
RICHMOND, Va. — Frank Beamer has decided this will be his last season as Virginia Tech's coach, ending a 29-year run in Blacksburg, Virginia, that made Beamer Ball synonymous with winning.Beamer announced Sunday he would retire after this season.