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Young Crusaders get their first victory of the season

STEUBENVILLE - Youth was served for the Catholic Central boys' soccer team in its match against Heartland Christian. Catholic Central netted one goal in each half en route to a 2-0 victory against Heartland Wednesday evening down at the Tony Recinella Soccer Field. The Crusaders led the Lions 1-0 in the second half before freshman Gus Symington netted an insurance goal giving the Blue-and-Gold a two-goal advantage with about 10 minutes left to play. "That was a big second goal," Catholic Central (1-1-1) head coach Steve Kopcha said. "We told the guys at halftime that one goal is ...

JM sweeps Brooke in volleyball opener

MOUNDSVILLE – Wednesday night’s high school volleyball match between W.Va. Class AAA rivals Brooke and John Marshall might have been a season-opener, but one team looked in mid-season form while the other didn’t. The homestanding Monarchs, who are coming off of a 2025 campaign that saw ...

Lowe, Flores rally Pirates past the Tigers

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday. Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in ...

Bericoto, Wilkinson’s debut as an opener help Giants blank Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night. The 23-year-old Wilkinson allowed one ...

Ready for the season

Members of the Steubenville Kiwanis Club heard from three area football coaches during Tuesday's meeting at the Sycamore Youth Center. Participating were, from left, Greg Bahen of Catholic Central, Andrew Connor of Indian Creek and Reno Saccoccia of Steubenville Big Red. The three offered a ...

Pay dispute between soccer refs, OVAC resolved

Let the games begin in West Virginia and continue in Ohio as far as OVAC boys’ and girls’ high school soccer goes. The Mountain State debuts Wednesday while the Buckeye State has been playing for nearly a week. Following an ongoing pay increase dispute between the OVAC and the Ohio Valley Soccer Referee Association, both sides reached an agreement late Tuesday morning. According to an email from Wheeling attorney David Delk, representing the soccer officials, “The individual schools are paying the requested rate. … The soccer referee association is not dealing with the ...