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Franciscan's Dig Pink Day coming soon
STEUBENVILLE -- The Franciscan University of Steubenville volleyball team will host its annual Dig Pink Day on Sept. 9 to support breast cancer research and local cancer care.
The 1 p.m. matchups will be Edison vs. Steubenville and Beaver Local vs. Brooke. The 3 p.m. matchups will be Jefferson County Christian School vs. Seton and Edison vs. Brooke.
Admission is $5 for adults and $2 for students, children and senior citizens. For information, visit franciscanathletics.com/DigPink.
Big Red boosters to meet
STEUBENVILLE -- The Big Red Boosters Club will meet at 6 p.m. on Tuesday at the Harding Stadium Field House.
All are welcome, memberships are available and freshmen parents are invited.
Local boxers to compete on Sunday
CHESTER -- Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort, in association with Made Men Promotions, will host a boxing card Sunday featuring a large contingent of local talent.
The event, billed as "Labor Day Eve Boxing," will be held inside the casino's Grand Ballroom. The first bell is set for 7 p.m. and gates will open at 5 p.m.
Unbeaten middleweight Joey "The Hitman" Holt from East Liverpool, Nelson Best from Knoxville and Steubenville's Branko Busick are the featured local professionals on the card.
Holt, who is 7-0 and has six wins by knockout, will be looking for his fourth consecutive KO. He will test Bellaire's John Fisher (4-2) in a six-round bout. Holt has scored three first round knockouts in his seven fights.
Best, known as the "Nightmare," is 2-0. He is scheduled to face Nick "The Brick" Messer from Kentucky. Best, also a standout MMA amateur, won both of his fights by knockout. His fight with Messer is scheduled for four rounds.
Busick will take on MMA veteran Michael Bogner from Toledo. Busick, who has scored first round knockouts in all of his MMA victories, will be making his cruiserweight debut in the four-round bout.
Other valley standouts set to appear include Steubenville's Paul "Red Dog" Eakle, Follansbee's Chris Nemeth and Wintersville's Daniel Hague. Eakle is matched with Brandon Perkins of Parkersburg, a two-time Toughman champion. Andrew Odell of Mingo Junction, the 2017 Wheeling Toughman champ, will test Nemeth and Hague is matched against Bellaire's Richie Lowe.
The event, which will feature 10 bouts, welcomes fight fans of all ages. For tickets and information, visit www.mademenboxing.com.
Haden: Joining Steelers going to be special
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Cornerback Joe Haden wished to go to a place where he felt wanted and had a chance to make the playoffs.
He believes he's found both with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
The 28-year-old Haden joined the Steelers for their preseason game Thursday night against the Carolina Panthers, but did not play after signing a three-year, $27 million contract the day before. He beamed with delight talking about his new team.
"This just feels like it's going to be something special," Haden said with a wide smile.
Haden said his new Steelers teammates have welcomed him with open arms and that it didn't take long to sense there's a different atmosphere in Pittsburgh than Cleveland, where he spent his first seven seasons and started 81 games but never made the playoffs.
"In Cleveland we were always trying to grind, always trying to get there. … You talk Super Bowls in Cleveland, but here it's just a different feeling," Haden said.
"It's just like the way coach (Mike Tomlin) talks about it and everybody talks about just winning, winning, winning.
"We were turning it over in Cleveland, but I don't know how to explain it -- especially when you have high-powered guys like Ben (Roethlisberger) in your locker room. When you have an Antonio Brown that is putting up crazy numbers.
"When you have (Martavis) Bryant and you have Le'Veon Bell. You just have those types of weapons all over the place. … These dudes just carry personalities and they are confident in their abilities."
Haden spent most of the preseason game walking alongside Steelers cornerback William Gay on the sideline, trying to pick up the defensive play calls.
He doesn't believe it will be a huge adjustment for him.
"It's the same concepts, but a little bit different terminology," Haden said.
"Obviously I have a great deal of respect for Joe Haden," Tomlin said. "He is a top-notch guy. I have known him for a long time. … We are thankful to have him."
Haden hasn't been assigned a jersey number yet. Steelers veteran safety Mike Mitchell currently wears No. 23, but Haden said if he can't get that number he'll wear something in the 20s.