Jan 3, 2019 4 min read

W&J adds

to football staff

Mike Schuff was added to the Washington & Jefferson football coaching staff, the school announced Thursday. Schuff will be the Presidents’ special teams coordinator. He will also serve as the assistant recruiting coordinator and will help with some defensive responsibilities.

Schuff joins the Presidents after spending last year as the passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Thiel. He also coached Akron and at Augustana.

Schuff’s first coaching stop was at his alma mater, Mount Union, where he was the running backs and tight ends coach from 2013-16. He was part of a Purple Raiders program that made three consecutive trips to the NCAA Division III national championship game, which included winning the national title in 2015.

Prior to coaching, Schuff was a player on the Mount Union football team until an injury forced him to become a student assistant. A 2013 graduate of Mount Union, Schuff is a native of Wexford and a Pine-Richland High School graduate.

Wrestling

Chartiers-Houston scored all of its points in six-point chunks, including four pins, but they were not enough as South Park edged the Bucs 42-30 Thursday night in a Class AA Section 1 match.

Chartiers-Houston received pins from Ty Mazutis (132), Anthony Lento (152), Austin Juslock (195) and heavyweight James Dillie. The Bucs were unable to overcome six poins by South Park. Of the 10 bouts contested, none went the full six minutes.

PSU’s Sanders

to enter NFL draft

Miles Sanders is turning pro after one season as the starting running back at Penn State. The junior announced his decision Thursday, becoming the fifth Nittany Lions underclassman to enter the draft.

Sanders rushed for 1,274 yards during the 2018 season. In his three-year career, Sanders rushed for 1,649 yards and 12 touchdowns on 276 carries. He also caught 32 passes for 193 yards and a touchdown.

Sanders was a standout player in the WPIAL aqt Woodland Hills.

Robert Morris wins

Charles Bain and Matty McConnell scored 15 points each to lead four Colonials in double figures and Robert Morris defeated Fairleigh Dickinson 69-62 in a Northeast Conference opener Thursday night.

Yannis Mendy and Malik Petteway added 13 points apiece for the Colonials (6-8), who have won two straight after losing five in a row.

RMU came in with the conference’s leading scoring defense at 69.4 a game and held the Knights (5-8), who lost their third straight, well under their 73.5 average. The Colonials also held a big advantage at the free-throw line, making 16 of 24 to 7 of 11 for the Knights.

In the NHL

Zach Parise broke a tie off a turnover early in the third period and the Minnesota Wild rallied to beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Thursday.

Auston Matthews lost the puck to Parise, who beat goalie Michael Hutchinson high over his glove at 4:21 for his 18th goal of the season.

Phils get bullpen help

The Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a two-year contract with reliever David Robertson.

Terms of the deal, which also includes a club option for the 2021 season, were not announced Thursday. Robertson, 33, went 8-3 with a 3.23 ERA and five saves in 69 games last season for the New York Yankees.

An 11-year veteran and 2011 All-Star, Robertson has appeared in at least 60 games in nine straight seasons.

The right-hander could compete for the closer’s role in Philadelphia, which hasn’t made the playoffs since 2011. Seranthony Dominguez led the Phillies with just 16 saves last season.