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GOLF BEAVER TOPS BIG RED, CREEK STEUBENVILLE — The Beaver Local golf team topped Big Red and Indian Creek Monday in a tri-match at Steubenville Country Club, while a Creek golfer was the top individual. The Beavers carded a team score of 160, eight strokes better than Steubenville and 23 better than Creek, to take the top spot. Individually, Indian Creek's Riley Guskea carded a one-under par 35 to take match medalist honors by two strokes over Big Red's Andrew Matzorkis and one shot ahead of Beaver Local's Eli Stewart. Also for Big Red, which saw their overall season mark go ...

Steelers still hoping to sign Porter, but a deadline is looming

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something ...

WVU expected to start Michael Hawkins Jr. at QB in Week 1

MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez couldn't keep West Virginia football's starting quarterback a secret forever. The Mountaineers are expected to name Oklahoma transfer redshirt sophomore Michael Hawkins Jr. its starting quarterback, per On3's Pete Nakos. Hawkins beat out sophomore Scotty Fox Jr. for the starting spot. Rodriguez was mum with local media regarding who the starting quarterback would be between the two. When asked recently about the starter, Rodriguez joked no one will know until the Mountaineers march out for the first drive against Coastal Carolina, similar to last year's ...

Diagne brings much-needed size to WVU’s secondary

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s corner Chams Diagne isn’t a normal corner. He’s 6-foot-3 and has a long wingspan. The average height of an NFL corner is 5-foot-11 for some perspective. Last season, WVU had smaller corners that really struggled. There were bright spots, like Michael Coats Jr., who was fighting to make the Cleveland Browns roster, but even he said it was tough being a smaller corner in the Big 12. Rich Rodriguez wanted to add more size, even at the corner position, and that focused around Diagne. But, at some point, the size might hinder a defender. It’s ...