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VOLLEYBALL Weir High tops Edison in home opener WEIRTON — The Weir High volleyball team kicked off the home portion of its schedule on Tuesday with a four-set win over visiting Edison. The Red Riders won the match, winning sets one, two and four, 25-12, 25-19, 20-25, 25-22. Lilionna Ascencio had 28 assists, four aces and eight digs, Ella Kaufman had 17 digs, two aces and five kills, Gabby Sprouse tallied seven kills and six digs, Zoey Spencer had eight kills, Lauren Nagy tallied four aces and 12 digs, Zanyah Whitaker recorded seven kills and Alivia Maciek had nine digs. ...

Golden Bears remembering one of their own

Oak Glen football coach Derrick Stickles leads the team in prayer on Sunday following the death of team member Carter Pesacreta on Friday. Pesacreta, 16, died on Friday in an off-road vehicle accident. Oak Glen High School posted that Pesacreta’s viewing will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 ...

WVU embracing underdog mentality, using it as motivation

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football finished 4-8 last season and had the third-fewest wins in the Big 12. But that year is in the past, and now during “talking season,” experts and sportsbooks are placing their predictions for the Mountaineers' 2026 season. The team should be better on paper, with a talented recruiting and veteran transfer additions, and some experts have adjusted accordingly, but it hasn’t been the major shift like most fans want. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, WVU’s win total is set at 5.5 and has the fifth-worst odds to win the Big 12. The Athletic ...

Ryan Day likes Ohio State’s depth at receiver

COLUMBUS – Most assessments of Ohio State's receivers this football season seem to focus on the possibility the Buckeyes might not have many wing men for Jeremiah Smith now that Carnell Tate became a first-round draft choice of the Tennessee Titans. Ryan Day apparently sees it a little differently. During a press conference Monday, OSU's coach said, “Our depth at wide receiver is way better than it was last year in my opinion.There are a lot of guys you'll see play this year.” Day identified six receivers – verterans Smith, Brandon Inniss, Devin McCuin and Kyle Parker, ...

SEC joins Big Ten in banning pros from returning to college

The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against an unexpected surge of pro players trying to return to college with the NCAA mired in a ...

Position competitions being muddied by NCAA eligibility court ruling

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The eligibility chaos across college football has seeped into depth charts for several programs with the regular season fast approaching. The competition at Minnesota for the place kicking job has sure become complicated. Brady Denaburg handled that job last year for the Gophers after spending his first three college seasons at Syracuse, and he was out of the picture until a federal judge in Denver ruled on July 31 that athletes from the 2022 high school class were eligible for a fifth year. The NCAA had previously excluded that class from the new ...