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Baseball regionals are set in West Virginia

WEIRTON - The West Virginia high school baseball teams are on the road to Charleston. The teams in the state learned their postseason fates when the regional brackets for all four classes were released Wednesday. The regional tournaments are set to begin Monday with the higher seed hosting the games throughout the tournament. Two teams from each region will advance to the state tournament. Madonna is competing in the Class A Region 1 Tournament. The Blue Dons are the No. 4 seed. Madonna is looking to make a return trip to the state tournament this season. The Blue Dons lost in the ...

Long fires no-hitter as Edison edges River View

RICHMOND — The Edison baseball team missed out on its share of opportunities against River View, however, the Wildcats came through in the clutch against the Black Bears. Trailing by a run, Edison responded with a run in the bottom of the sixth and another in the seventh to rally and defeat River View, 2-1, Friday evening out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. "We did find a way," Edison (17-8) head coach Mike Collopy said. "First of all, River View played an outstanding game defensively. Their pitcher kept us off-balance. It wasn't our best game, but we found a way to get the ...

Big Red’s Reed to run for Tiffin

Big Red senior Laila Reed recently signed her letter of intent to continue her academic and track and field careers at Tiffin University. Reed plans to major in forensic psychology while competing for the Dragons. Joining Laila, front, center, for the occasion were, front, from left, her ...

Schwarber, Phillies beat Pirates 11-9 in 10 innings

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Red-hot slugger Kyle Schwarber homered twice to boost his majors-leading total to 20 and the Philadelphia Phillies rallied to beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-9 in 10 innings Friday night. Philadelphia trailed by six early. Schwarber led the comeback, smashing a pair of ...

Ohio holding first girls flag football championships

COLUMBUS – Following the conclusion of the regional tournaments hosted by the Cleveland Browns and Cincinnati Bengals, eight schools have punched their ticket to the Inaugural OHSAA Girls Flag Football State Tournament this Saturday inside Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium in Canton. Hamilton Badin won the Bengals regional tournament, while Madison won the Browns regional tournament. The top four schools from both regionals qualify for the state tournament. Spectrum will have live coverage of the state tournament. The state championship game will be televised live on Spectrum News 1. ...

Big Red’s King, JM’s Blake have helped Marshall reach NCAA tournament

It’s been a season to remember for Marshall, who are entering the NCAA Regionals today for the third time in program history and first time in nine years, and at the core of their success this year have been a pair of players who call the Ohio Valley home. John Marshall alum Ava Blake and ...