Sep 10, 2019 4 min read

Boys soccer

Brian Hustava had a big night, scoring four goals and powering Bentworth to a 5-1 victory over Brentwood in Section 4-A Tuesday night.

Jerzy Tomlin scored the other goal for Bentworth and Tanner Kinney contributed two assists as the Bearcats improved to 2-1 in the section and 3-2 overall.

Bentworth goalkeeper Landon Urcho made four saves to drop Brentwood to 1-1-1 both in the section and overall.

• Gavin Benson scored four goals to power Waynesburg past Washington, 8-0, in a Section 3-AA match.

Jared Hogue added two and Gabe McConnville and Dalton Woods one apiece for Waynesburg (2-1, 3-2). Chase Henkins recorded his second shutout.

Wash High fell to 0-2 and 0-2.

Jets get Thomas from Pats, sign kickerThe New York Jets are getting some roster help from the most unlikely of sources: Bill Belichick and the New England Patriots.

Adam Gase’s squad acquired wide receiver Demaryius Thomas from the Patriots for a 2021 sixth-round draft pick on Tuesday, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal.

The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the teams had not yet announced the trade.

ESPN first reported the deal – the first trade between the AFC East rivals since Bill Belichick took over as the Patriots’ coach in 2000. The last trade between the teams was actually when Belichick left the Jets for the Patriots, and New York got a first-round pick.

Thomas became expendable for the Patriots when they signed Antonio Brown over the weekend.

New York signed Sam Ficken, their fourth kicker since July, to try to solve their ongoing kicking woes.

The team also announced it waived Kaare Vedvik after he missed an extra point and a 45-yard field-goal attempt in the Jets’ 17-16 season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Defensive lineman Nathan Shepherd was suspended six games by the NFL for violating the league’s policy on performance-enhancers.

Sunday hunting bill hits opposition in HouseA proposal to allow limited hunting in Pennsylvania on Sundays ran into opposition during an information hearing Tuesday and a key committee chairman said its final passage in the state House was in doubt.

After a contentious informational hearing in the Capitol, Game and Fisheries Committee Chairman Keith Gillespie said supporters will need to engage in some “damage control” if they hope to see the bill enacted.

Representatives of hunting organizations and the National Rifle Association spoke in favor of the measure, which would permit hunting on one Sunday during deer rifle season, one during deer archery season, and on a third Sunday to be designated by the Game Commission.

Pennsylvania has banned Sunday hunting since the 19th century, although there are currently exceptions for crows, foxes and coyotes, and for noncommercial private game reserves.

The bill, touted as a way to make it easier for younger people and those who work during the week to hunt, passed the state Senate comfortably in June. It would also toughen trespassing laws.

Representatives from the Keystone Trials Association and the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau told lawmakers they are opposed.

Hikers don’t want to lose three Sundays a year when they know there will not be hunters in the woods, and Farm Bureau members say even stronger provisions against trespassing are needed before they will be neutral on the bill.

Darrin Youker, a Farm Bureau lobbyist, told the committee the proposal should include a requirement that anyone hunting on Sundays have with them written permission from the landowner – although that requirement would not be in place for the other six days of the week. He said there is support from among his group’s farmers to maintain Pennsylvania’s tradition of a one-day-a-week break from hunting pressure.