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Toronto makes history with district title win

CARROLLTON — History has been made in the Gem City. For the first time in school history, Toronto High School has a district championship trophy in girls sports, and the Red Knights volleyball team is the team who got the job done. The Knights accomplished the feat in thrilling fashion ...

Weir looks to keep improving after bye

WEIRTON — The youthful Red Riders football team had made some strides before their bye week last week. First-year coach Chris Hill sees the week to regroup and as having come at a good time for Weir High to heal up and refine some things as they look to finish their season strong. They get back on the field Friday night when they host Moorefield at Jimmy Carey Stadium for a 7 p.m. kick. “Absolutely the bye week was good for us,” Hill said. “We were able to take some of the things that we started finding success with and added a few different wrinkles in them. We’ve been ...

Wheeling Central tops Oak Glen in regional final

WHEELING — The defending state champions have earned a trip back to Beckley. The Wheeling Central Maroon Knights girls soccer squad broke through in the second half to claim a WVSSAC Class AA/A Region 1 championship over Oak Glen, 7-0. “Super excited,” Wheeling Central head coach ...

Crusaders strong season ends in district final

MAGNOLIA - The Catholic Central girls' soccer team battled, but the Crusaders were not able to overcome their early deficit. Hiland - the No. 4 seed - scored less than seven minutes into the game, and the Hawks added another one late in the first half as Hiland defeated No. 2 seed Catholic Central, 3-0, in an Ohio Division V Eastern District Final Wednesday night up at Sandy Valley. "Our kids played really hard," Catholic Central (12-6-1) head coach Jonathan Hoover said. "We had a good gameplan. They scored a quick goal. We got down, and we had to chase the game. It was tough ...

OHSAA looking into incident

STEUBENVILLE — The Ohio High School Athletic Association is looking into an incident that occurred late in the Steubenville-New Philadelphia boys soccer match on Tuesday night. With less than six minutes to go in the game, a Steubenville player contacted an official that was displaying a ...

Brewers beat the Rays in Game 5 to win the first World Series title

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The small-ball Milwaukee Brewers playing in the smallest market in the majors are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history. Hey, Milwaukee: grab a brat, raise a beer and prepare for that parade. Young ace Jacob Misiorowski threw 5 2/3 ...