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Local golfers advance to W.Va. state tourney

WHEELING — Oglebay Resort will once again be the site of next week’s WVSSAC state golf tournament, and after the conclusion of regional golf tournaments across the Mountain State on Monday, the greens of the Jones Course will have many a local team competing on them heading into the tournament, set for Oct. 12-15. The Wheeling Central Maroon Knights and John Marshall Monarchs each took home the team title for their respective regionals, while Wheeling Park and Tyler Consolidated also qualified as teams, along with multiple individual qualifiers from other schools. CLASS ...

OHSAA soccer championships moving to ScottsMiracle-Gro Field

COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced that the OHSAA soccer state championships November 13-16 will be played at ScottsMiracle-Gro Field, home of Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew. The 20,139 seat stadium in the Arena District near downtown Columbus opened in 2021 and hosted the OHSAA soccer state championships in 2021 and 2022 before the finals moved back to Historic Crew Stadium in 2023, 2024 and 2025. The OHSAA soccer finals were at Historic Crew Stadium from 1999-2020. In addition to Columbus Crew matches, the stadium has hosted the U.S. ...

Steelers place Harmon on injured reserve, sign Murphy-Bunting

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers placed second-year defensive tackle Derrick Harmon on injured reserve Monday. The club made the move four days after Harmon injured his foot in the first half of a 27-24 loss to Cleveland. Harmon will miss a minimum of four weeks, a significant ...

Guardians’ bats go cold again putting them on the brink

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Cleveland Guardians have picked a bad time for their offense to go cold again. Manager Stephen Vogt's squad had one of the worst offenses in the American League before turning it on after the Aug. 3 trade deadline en route to winning its third straight AL Central ...

Breaking down the remainder of WVU’s schedule

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football suffered another gut punch this past weekend, losing to Iowa State on the road, 45-42. The Cyclones had a new head coach in Year 1, a new staff, new players, and were picked to finish towards the bottom of the Big 12. With the help of the Mountaineers' poor defense, they beat WVU and Rich Rodriguez in Year 2. That makes it back-to-back weeks Rodriguez has lost to a new head coach. Now the season is spiraling out of control, similarly to last season. After a 3-0 start, one of the best in eight years, WVU is 3-2 and has yet to secure a victory in the ...