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Creek takes opening night spotlight

WINTERSVILLE — For more than a decade, Indian Creek and Cambridge have been clashing to open the football season. This year, the annual mutual opener will have a big spotlight as the Redskins and Bobcats are set to open up the season tonight, getting the bulk of the attention locally ...

Big Red has tough opening opponent

STEUBENVILLE — Big Red's opening night opponent will be far from a walk in the park.  After a long summer of hard work, the Big Red football team will make the walk up the ramp into what is sure to be a packed Harding Stadium for the first time in 2026 on Friday night to host Painesville ...

Hayden Daley era at Buckeye begins with a trip to Bellaire

CONNORVILLE — The Hayden Daley era begins Friday night under the lights at Nelson Field. There Buckeye Local will face a talented Bellaire team coming off a injury-riddled 3-7 season as the Big Reds look for their first winning record since 2022. And the Red and Black is in prime position ...

Young Crusaders get their first victory of the season

STEUBENVILLE - Youth was served for the Catholic Central boys' soccer team in its match against Heartland Christian. Catholic Central netted one goal in each half en route to a 2-0 victory against Heartland Wednesday evening down at the Tony Recinella Soccer Field. The Crusaders led the Lions 1-0 in the second half before freshman Gus Symington netted an insurance goal giving the Blue-and-Gold a two-goal advantage with about 10 minutes left to play. "That was a big second goal," Catholic Central (1-1-1) head coach Steve Kopcha said. "We told the guys at halftime that one goal is ...

JM sweeps Brooke in volleyball opener

MOUNDSVILLE – Wednesday night’s high school volleyball match between W.Va. Class AAA rivals Brooke and John Marshall might have been a season-opener, but one team looked in mid-season form while the other didn’t. The homestanding Monarchs, who are coming off of a 2025 campaign that saw ...

Lowe, Flores rally Pirates past the Tigers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday. Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in ...