Sep 29, 2018 4 min read

Plan to name road for

Crosby hits snag

How’s this for a slap shot to the ego: Sidney Crosby is not getting a road named for him in his home province of Nova Scotia.

It seems one of hockey’s greatest players does not meet the criteria for commemorative naming because he has not yet retired. When it comes to changing the name of Dartmouth’s Forest Hills Parkway to Sidney Crosby Parkway a roadblock is now up.

A report by Halifax city staff acknowledges the “broad range of positive impacts” of Crosby’s achievements, but renaming the street would conflict with municipal policies. Instead, other tributes are suggested: declaring a “Sidney Crosby Day,” naming a community rink after him or installing a public art project in his honor.

Ringgold

scores, loses

Brodie List three three touchdown passes, Gino Mavero scored four times, including returning the second-half kickoff, as Beaver defeated visiting Ringgold 49-7 in a nonconference football game Saturday night.

Ringgold (0-6) scored its second touchdown of the season when Wyatt Nicklow ran five yards to the end zone in the third quarter.

Beaver (4-2) led 42-0 at halftime. List threw TD passes of 57 and 55 yards to Zach Hanson, 30 yards to Charlie Hugge and Mavero had first-half TD runs of five, 22 and five yards.

Boys soccer

Trinity rallied for two goals in the final eight minutes and defeated Chartiers-Houston, 2-1, in non-section play Saturday.

The Bucs (3-7-2) took a 1-0 lead after a goal by Jared Waggett. Matt Bucha assisted on the goal. Jonah Spencer tied it at 1-1 with seven minutes left, and then the Hillers (6-5) took the lead with 24 seconds remaining after a free kick goal by Jacob Paez. Chris Retchage made eight saves for C-H.

• Belle Vernon suffered a 3-0 defeat to Mt. Pleasant in a non-section match.

Girls soccer

Trinity increased its winning streak to four with a 3-0 triumph over Chartiers-Houston in non-section action Saturday.

Samantha Schury, Holley Jenkins and Alyssa Clutter each had a goal for the Hillers (9-2). Kasey Scears registered 25 saves for the Bucs (7-5).

• Waynesburg steamrolled to a 10-0 victory over Derry on the road in Section 3-AA.

Rhea Kijowski had four goals and three assists for the Raiders (7-1, 9-2), and Kylie Sinn garnered three goals and an assist. Elise Benke, Abby Lipscomb and Regan Carlson each had one goal.

Girls field hockey

Peters Township took a 5-2 victory over Penn-Trafford in Division I action Saturday. Maura Farinelli had a hat trick for PT, and Lexi Lawrence and Nica Schratz each scored a goal.

Women’s field hockey

Washington & Jefferson’s Alana Boyd scored two goals and the Presidents remained first place in the Empire 8 with a 2-1 win over St. John Fisher Saturday.

Boyd gave the Presidents (3-0, 8-0) a 1-0 lead 25:02 into the game but the Cardinals tied it five minutes later. With less than 12 minutes remaining, Boyd dribbled in from the 25-yard line and drew Fisher’s goalie out of the cage and was able to go past her and record the game-winning goal.

Women’s soccer

Washington & Jefferson opened Presidents’ Athletic Conference play with a 3-0 win over Thiel on Senior Day at Alexandre Stadium.

The victory was W&J’s second win in a row, which improved the Presidents’ record to 4-5-1.

Brianna Floryshak, Katie Hahn and Patty Eshenbaugh each scored one goal for W&J.

Men’s soccer

Two first-half goals by Christian Payne helped Washington & Jefferson to a 4-0 win over Thiel in the PAC opener Saturday. Payne had his way with the Thiel defense, scoring twice in the first 10 minutes. Connor Anderson and Joel Winters scored W&J’s other goals, each in the second half. Nick Stasko made start in goal for W&J (1-0, 3-5-1) and made four saves.