Oct 20, 2022 3 min read

WPIAL soccer

The WPIAL playoffs began Thursday night with two preliminary round matches, both involving Washington County schools.

In Class 3A boys, Ringgold controlled play throughout and defeated host Connellsville 3-0 in a match pitting Section 3 rivals.

The win advances Ringgold (10-10) to the first round Saturday (2 p.m.) at top-seeded Moon.

Sam Alvarez scored two goals for Ringgold, including the initial tally 10 minutes into the contest. Nick Evans made it 2-0 before halftime and Alvarez closed the scoring with a goal in the final 10 minutes.

In Class A girls, Bishop Canevin scored in overtime to edge Bentworth, 2-1, in a match played at Peters Township.

Bishop Canevin scored on a penalty kick in the first half and maintained the 1-0 lead until Bentworth’s Tessa Charpentier tied the score on a goal with only 12 minutes remaining in regulation.

The Crusaders scored the game-winner with 4:25 remaining in overtime.

The Bearcats end the season with a 6-10-1 record.

In college football

The third in-person meeting of conference commissioners who manage the College Football Playoff since an August directive from their bosses to expand the postseason format ended without a resolution, but not without optimism.

“There’s a will to try and that will is still there,” Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey said Thursday.

The CFP management committee, comprised of 10 major college football conference commissioners and Notre Dame’s athletic director, met for six hours at an airport hotel to work on a plan to triple the number of playoff teams from four to 12 for the 2024 season.

“We’re not finished,” CFP Executive Director Bill Hancock said. “It is true that time is not on our side, but we haven’t given ourselves a deadline. It’s more important to get the work done right.”

In golf

Tom Kim felt as much a spectator as a player Thursday in the CJ Cup, amazed at how Rory McIlroy produces so much power with so little effort.

Kim wasn’t too bad himself.

They were the star attractions on a beautiful morning at Congaree Golf Club, one of them pursuing the No. 1 world ranking, the other a 20-year-old who is quickly becoming one of the more popular players among his peers.

Trey Mullinax and former U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland each had a 6-under 65. McIlroy and Kim, who played together in the same group with Rickie Fowler, were among those another shot back at 66.

In boxing

Tyson Fury will defend his WBC heavyweight title against fellow Briton Derek Chisora in London on Dec. 3.

It will be the unbeaten Fury’s first fight since knocking out another British heavyweight, Dillian Whyte, in front of 94,000 spectators at London’s Wembley Stadium in April – after which Fury said he was retiring.

The latest fight will take place at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.