CHICAGO (AP) — Pretty typical game for José Ramírez, and that was a big deal for the Cleveland Guardians. Ramírez broke out of his batting slump Wednesday, helping Cleveland avoid a sweep in its AL Division Series against the Chicago White Sox. The seven-time All-Star had two hits, ...
West Virginia football has its weekly press conferences on Tuesday around noon. Rich Rodriguez goes first for around 20 minutes, followed by defensive coordinator Zac Alley, and then select players. Usually, everyone looks forward to hearing what Rodriguez has to say, but for the second straight week, all eyes and ears were on Alley. Alley walked to the stage with his hat on, shading his eyes. He usually keeps his facial hair well-groomed, but you could tell it wasn’t tended to. It’s been a rough two weeks. “It’s hard to sleep currently,” Alley said. “I’m not doing a lot ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Big Red football team has shown the ability to bounce back before. They’ll be looking to do it again on Friday night. After falling 44-40 in a slugfest against Ursuline that came down to the final play in what was their final road test, Big Red begins a stretch of three-straight home games to close the regular season when Buffalo Health Sciences/Academy of Science/Global Concepts comes to Harding Stadium for a 7 p.m. kick. “They’re just very talented, very good offensively, a good front four defensively, and we’ve just got to keep on working,” Big ...
WEIRTON — One of the teams set to do battle Friday night at Jimmy Carey Stadium is going to finally get their elusive first victory. The Weir High Red Riders are set to host the Cambridge Bobcats in a battle of teams seeking to get in the win column. Weir High comes in 0-6, coming off a 45-3 loss at state-ranked Keyser last week. Prior to the long trek to face a tough opponent, the Red Riders had started to get some things going and Weir head coach Chris Hill hopes they’ll continue that trend. He also knows the Bobcats are coming to town hungry. Under first-year coach ...
BRIDGEPORT — The Catholic Central football team is on a roll, having won three-straight and played itself back into the thick of the playoff race. The now 4-3 Crusaders, after a pair of big wins at home, now look to take the show on the road and keep the momentum going as they head down Ohio Route 7 to take on the Bridgeport Bulldogs. “We’re just trying to be consistent and build off a positive performance and kind of continue to learn from some mistakes in a win,” Central head coach Greg Bahen said. “Our goal is to keep growing every week. I feel like the last few weeks ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Friday will be a duel between two Brooke High School alumni as the Bruins visit St. Clairsville at Red Devil Stadium for the first clash between the two teams since Brooke joined the Buckeye 8 sub-conference in 2024. The Bruins, helmed by Frank Sisinni, a member of the 1990 Brooke graduating class, has his team humming with a 4-1 record after a gutsy 19-13 comeback victory over Ripley last week. “At this point of year, we’re seeing everything come to fruition when it comes to how we prepared after last year’s season and into the offseason,” Sisinni said. ...
