Sep 4, 2019 4 min read

Pitt defense takes another hit

Pitt junior defensive tackle Keyshon Camp will undergo season-ending surgery after sustaining a knee injury in the Virginia opener, head coach Pat Narduzzi announced.

“We are really heartbroken for Keyshon,” Narduzzi said. “He put a tremendous amount of work in during the offseason and was outstanding against Virginia before he got hurt. Keyshon is a strong young man, though, and I know he won’t let this adversity sidetrack him.”

This is the second time in a month that Pitt lost a major player on its defensive line due to injury. Junior defensive end Rashad Weaver sustained a season-ending knee injury early in training camp.

Boys soccer

Joey Fonagy and Devin Fortna each scored two goals and Canon-McMillan remained undefeated with a 5-0 victory over Brashear in Class 4A Section 2.

Nino Civitate had a goal and an assist for the Big Macs (2-0, 4-0), who have outscored their opponents 23-0.

Girls soccer

Lola Yendell scored two goals and assisted on another and her sister, Sensi Yendell, had a goal and an assist as McGuffey won its Section 2-A opener, 5-1, at Beth-Center.

Maddie Supler and Rachel Dittmer had the other goals for McGuffey (1-0, 2-1). The lone Beth-Center goal was scored by freshman Kendell Ferguson.

n Ashley Horvath scored a pair of goals and assisted on four others as Chartiers-Houston defeated Monessen, 7-1, in its Section 2-A opener.

Lexi Durkacs and Keely Acor each scored twice for C-H (1-0, 2-1). Madison Smith made seven saves for the Bucs.

Qitarah Hardison scored the lone goal for Monessen (0-1, 0-3).

n Anna Hertzler scored in each half and South Fayette defeated host Blackhawk 2-0 in Class 3A Section 4.

Hertzler scored off an assist from Cecelia Gagliardino less than eight minutes into the match and added an insurance tally at 27:48 of the second half.

n Sophomores CeCe Scott and Jillian Marvin scored goals as Peters Township opened Class 4A Section 2 play with a 2-0 victory over host Bethel Park.

PT is 1-0 and 3-0 overall.

n Lexi Wehrle and Carson Bogan scored second-half goals as Upper St. Clair defeated Canon-McMillan, 2-0, in a Section 2-AAAA game.

It was both teams’ section opener.

Canon-McMillan falls to 0-1 in the section and 1-1 overall. USC is 1-0.

n Trinity defeated West Mifflin, 3-0, in a Section 3-AAA opener. Goal scorers and other game information were not made available.

n Belle Vernon routed Uniontown 12-0 in Class 3A Section 2.

Jillian Butchki led the Leopards with four goals, two in each half. Izzy Laurita and Morgan Einodshofer each tallied two goals. Belle Vernon led 8-0 at halftime.

Women’s soccer

Sophomore McKenna Lewis scored her first collegiate goal and Washington & Jefferson had a strong defensive effort to defeat Franciscan 1-0 Wednesday night.

The win was the first for interim head coach Kendra Jones.

The goal by Lewis came off of a free kick in the 15th minute of play.

Player: Dismissal due to dreadlocks

An Arkansas university is investigating allegations that a men’s basketball player was dismissed because the coach disapproved of his dreadlocks.

Tyler Williams alleges he was dismissed from the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith’s basketball team last month after head coach Jim Boone criticized his hairstyle.

A complaint filed by Williams alleges Boone’s action amounts to “racism and bias.” Chancellor Terisa Riley confirmed in an email Tuesday the school is investigating but officials say Boone remains the men’s basketball coach.

Williams, a 22-year-old guard and honor roll student who played high school basketball in Oklahoma, has transferred to a college in the Oklahoma City area.