WHEELING — Wheeling Central didn’t need any extra motivation entering Thursday’s home match with visiting Weir. The Red Riders always sport a solid team so the Maroon Knights were prepared. The fact Weir eliminated Central from the postseason last fall, however, didn’t hurt in the ...

Bowers scores five, Big Red boys roll at East Liverpool EAST LIVERPOOL — Cole Bowers scored five goals to lead the Big Red boys soccer team to a 7-1 victory at East Liverpool on Thursday evening. Steubenville, which improved to 3-0 on the season with the win, also got a goal each from ...

PITTSBURGH — Will Howard’s NFL career will start by watching from the sideline in sweatpants. The Pittsburgh Steelers placed the rookie quarterback on injured reserve Thursday while he recovers from a hand injury suffered early on in training camp. Howard, a sixth-round pick who helped ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Thomas Saggese hit a go-ahead RBI double and Jordan Walker homered in a three-run seventh inning to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-1 on Thursday. Miles Mikolas allowed one run on four hits and a walk and struck out five in five innings. Kyle ...

During last fall and into the winter, West Virginia defensive lineman Eddie Vesterinen was back at his apartment with his leg in the air, headset on, playing video games. “Call of Duty, of course,” Vesterinen said. Vesterinen had so much free time that he even hit prestige seven, which ...

STEUBENVILLE — After some quality losses against tough opponents to start the season, the Madonna volleyball team has reeled off four wins in its last five matches. The most recent in that total came Wednesday at Catholic Central, as the Blue Dons (4-3) swept in straight sets, 25-22, 25-13, ...