STEUBENVILLE — There was a common denominator among Week 8 winners in The Herald Star/Daily Times coverage area — big offensive numbers. Consider the following: Toronto’s now 6-2 Red Knights compiled 458 total yards (250 on the ground and 208 via the air) in their 55-14 whipping of ...
WHEELING — There’s no place like home. For the second-straight day inside WesBanco Arena, the Wheeling Nailers pocketed a thrilling victory in the final 30 seconds of action to defeat the Indy Fuel, 4-3, on Sunday. Wheeling rallied from a 2-0 deficit to complete a suspensful, yet ...
Ohio State edged past Clemson to No. 3 in The Associated Press college football poll and Wisconsin dropped to 13th after being upset ahead of its showdown with the Buckeyes. Alabama remained No. 1 on Sunday in the AP Top 25 presented by Regions Bank, receiving 24 first-place votes. No. 2 LSU ...
Now this is a serious World Series throw-down. Gerrit Cole, Justin Verlander and Zack Greinke vs. Max Scherzer, Stephen Strasburg and Patrick Corbin — all of them All-Star starters, still pitching at their peak. It’s a mound meeting that every fan can enjoy, the Houston Astros against ...
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Denny Hamlin was surrounded by Joe Gibbs Racing teammates at the front on the final restart, and that put Chase Elliott in the most difficult and precarious of situations. Somehow, he figured, he needed to find a way to beat them all to advance in NASCAR’s ...
STEUBENVILLE — Catholic Central scored three touchdowns in the opening six minutes and rolled to a 37-7 victory over Morgantown Trinity Christian Saturday inside Harding Stadium. With the win, Anthony Agresta’s Crusaders improve to 4-4 and keep their Division VII, Region 25 playoff hopes ...
STEUBENVILLE — The ball did not bounce Big Red’s way. All it takes is one in soccer, and the No. 10 seed East Liverpool boys team scored a goal on a free kick in the first half and held on to shut out No. 9 Big Red, 1-0, in a Division II Eastern District sectional final Saturday afternoon ...
WINTERSVILLE — Some losses hurt more than others. The Indian Creek boys soccer team experienced on of the team’s more painful losses in the history of the program Saturday afternoon against Morgan. The No. 12 seed Redskins led by a goal two times in the first half only to see the No. 15 ...
CAMBRIDGE — It’s reached the point of the cross country season where place is more important than time. Several area harriers and teams produced places that were good enough to extend their season for at least one more week during action at Saturday’s Eastern District Cross Country ...
TORONTO — Faced with some adversity in the week leading up to the big showdown football game with Madonna on Friday, the Toronto Red Knights scored on the first possession of the game and never looked back in a convincing 55-14 victory over Madonna at Clarke Hinkle Field. The game matched ...
RICHMOND — With all margin for error gone coming off back-to-back losses, Weir High needed someone to lead the way Friday night. Not surprisingly, that someone was Mr. Do-It-All Sebastian Spencer. The senior finished with six total touchdowns three different ways and accounted for 221 ...
WINTERSVILLE — Veteran Indian Creek coach Andrew Connor was spot on when he said Friday’s 37-7 senior night whipping of Beaver Local was a great team effort, especially in the second half. With the victory inside Kettlewell Stadium, the Redskins improved to 7-1 and moved up to the second ...
RICHMOND — Weir High got back on track and showcased its explosive offense Friday night, defeating Edison, 53-7, at Cartwright Field. “We were very explosive offensively,” Weir High head coach Tony Filberto said. “We had a lot of big plays and a lot of things going our way. The bunch ...
TORONTO — Even without head coach Josh Franke due to a suspension, the Toronto football team had little trouble with Madonna during its 55-14 victory on Friday. The lone first-quarter score came on a 2-yard run from Garrett Dozier on the first possession of the game. The PAT failed, leaving ...
WINTERSVILLE — Trevor Fante made his last regular season appearance inside Kettlewell Stadium one to remember Friday night. The talented tailback ran for 166 yards and three touchdowns, as Indian Creek used a strong second half to dust off Buckeye 8 North rival Beaver Local 37-7 on Senior ...
CADIZ — Oak Glen’s Golden Bears were just 1 yard and 16 seconds away from becoming Harrison Central’s second unbeaten victim in three weeks, but a monumental push enabled quarterback Nick Chaney to squeeze into the end zone and preserve the Bears’ perfect record with a thrilling 26-21 ...
MOUNDSVILLE — John Marshall came out and ran the ball on its first play of the game and it didn’t stop until the clock hit zero. Three Monarch backs rushed for over 100 yards, as John Marshall thumped visiting Brooke, 40-6, on homecoming night Friday at Monarch Stadium. “Our offensive ...
YORKVILLE — It was a record-setting kind of night at World War II Memorial Stadium Friday evening as the invading East Liverpool Potters took care of the homestanding Buckeye Local Panthers by a 49-8 count. While the scoreboard may have had a wide margin showing, both teams had individuals ...
Recently, I called Mrs. Britney Bowen after I discovered her telephone number on one of the Weirton Little Steelers Midget Football Association Facebook pages. She is President of the Weirton Little Steelers football program. We had never met, but I wanted to inform her that the Weirton ...