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Panthers looking to bounce back hosting the River Pilots

CONNORVILLE — Buckeye Local drew the unfortunate distinction of being the first regular season opponent for Bellaire’s Raekwon Pettigrew coming off a 2025 injury. Bellaire’s dynamic offensive weapon caught two passes, including one for a 24-yard TD and also returned not one, but two ...

St. Clairsville tops the Bruins

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – It’s nice to have a 1-2 scoring punch in high school soccer. The St. Clairsville boys definitely do. James Parsons and Trevor Tuttle continued their red-hot play Tuesday night as the Red Devils (3-1) bounced back from their first setback with a 4-2 doubling up of ...

Crites leads Big Red past CCHS 4-2

STEUBENVILLE — Jaylin Crites contributed a hat trick enabling the Big Red girls' soccer team to gain city bragging rights against Catholic Central. Big Red scored the first two goals against Steubenville city-rival Catholic Central, but the Crusaders battled back and pulled to within a goal, however, Big Red rose to the occasion and ended up defeating Catholic Central, 4-2, Monday night on Reno Saccoccia Field inside Harding Stadium. "We had two games to start the season against Dover and Wheeling Central back-to-back with a football Friday night in between," Big Red (1-1-1) head ...

Prep Roundups

VOLLEYBALL Weir High tops Edison in home opener WEIRTON — The Weir High volleyball team kicked off the home portion of its schedule on Tuesday with a four-set win over visiting Edison. The Red Riders won the match, winning sets one, two and four, 25-12, 25-19, 20-25, 25-22. Lilionna Ascencio had 28 assists, four aces and eight digs, Ella Kaufman had 17 digs, two aces and five kills, Gabby Sprouse tallied seven kills and six digs, Zoey Spencer had eight kills, Lauren Nagy tallied four aces and 12 digs, Zanyah Whitaker recorded seven kills and Alivia Maciek had nine digs. ...

Golden Bears remembering one of their own

Oak Glen football coach Derrick Stickles leads the team in prayer on Sunday following the death of team member Carter Pesacreta on Friday. Pesacreta, 16, died on Friday in an off-road vehicle accident. Oak Glen High School posted that Pesacreta’s viewing will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. and 5 ...

WVU embracing underdog mentality, using it as motivation

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football finished 4-8 last season and had the third-fewest wins in the Big 12. But that year is in the past, and now during “talking season,” experts and sportsbooks are placing their predictions for the Mountaineers' 2026 season. The team should be better on paper, with a talented recruiting and veteran transfer additions, and some experts have adjusted accordingly, but it hasn’t been the major shift like most fans want. According to FanDuel Sportsbook, WVU’s win total is set at 5.5 and has the fifth-worst odds to win the Big 12. The Athletic ...