WHEELING — After a season-opening five-inning, 10-run rule loss at Weir High, Wheeling Central’s baseball team has steadily showed improvement heading into the second half of the season. Monday afternoon Coach Bo McConnaughy’s Maroon Knights had the opportunity to show just how far they ...
CHICAGO (AP) — First, Brad Brach escaped a tough situation. Then Brandon Kintzler, Randy Rosario and Pedro Strop finished the job. Chicago’s beleaguered bullpen stepped up after Jon Lester departed with left hamstring tightness, leading the Cubs over the Pittsburgh Pirates 10-0 in their ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Now that, Virginia, is the way to close out a season. Led by De’Andre Hunter and his NBA-ready game, the Cavaliers turned themselves into national champions Monday night, holding off tenacious, ferocious Texas Tech for an 85-77 overtime win — a scintillating victory ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The 42nd-annual OVAC Samuel A. Mumley All-Star Basketball Games had a little bit of everything Sunday afternoon. One thing they didn’t supply was clear bragging rights for either Ohio or West Virginia. The states split the contests held at Ohio University Eastern’s ...
STEUBENVILLE — The Catholic Central softball team swept a doubleheader with Shenandoah on Sunday, winning game one, 8-5, and game two, 12-4. Jayda Jones got the win in the circle in the first game. Veronica Phillipson had four hits and four RBIs to lead Central. Kaylee Kirkpatrick ...
Hockey fans rejoice! After the long, grueling grind of an 82-game season, the most wonderful time of the year is upon us. The Stanley Cup Playoffs. Hockey, maybe more so than any other sport, is one where anything really can happen. A team that gets hot at the right time to sneak in the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Yasiel Puig looked eager to take a big swing. And not with a bat, either. An enraged Puig barreled into a bunch of Pirates during a bench-clearing fracas Sunday, and was among five ejections in Pittsburgh’s 7-5 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The trouble started in ...
MINNEAPOLIS — For Virginia and Texas Tech, doing something that had never been done before took hard work, dedication, determination — and vision. The Cavaliers and Red Raiders meet in the NCAA Tournament championship game tonight. Neither program has ever been this close to a title, ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Baylor lost a star player, then the rest of its 17-point lead. But the Lady Bears, led by the ever-poised Chloe Jackson, kept their composure. Jackson drove for a tiebreaking layup with 3.9 seconds left, and that put the game into the hands of another tournament ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Toronto was no match for Mike Clevinger, who was stopped Sunday only by upper back tightness that forced him from the game after five scoreless innings. Clevinger struck out 10 and allowed one hit to lead the Cleveland Indians over the struggling Blue Jays 3-1 for a ...
STEUBENVILLE — After getting off to a good start to the season, the Big Red baseball team ended the week in rough fashion. Steubenville, which had gotten off to a 5-0 start to the season, dropped both games of a doubleheader with Morgantown Saturday at Vaccaro Field for its ...
RICHMOND — Small ball was the recipe for success for the Edison baseball team against state-powerhouse Hiland. The Wildcats took advantage of some Hawk miscues in the field to take the lead, and Edison held on for a 4-2 victory to knock Hiland from the ranks of the unbeaten Saturday ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The premier 60 senior basketball players in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference will receive one final time to shine in their high school uniforms today. The annual OVAC Samuel A. Mumley All-Star basketball games will unfold at Ohio University Eastern’s Health and ...
BURGETTSTOWN, Pa. — The Weir High softball team won its third-consecutive three-inning contest (fourth overall) with a 15-0 win over Burgettstown on Saturday. Samantha Kaczmarek launched her first-career home run, doubled, singled and had four RBIs. She also pitched two innings in relief ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Newman put the ball in the left-center gap — the most spacious place in PNC Park — and Francisco Cervelli turned on the jets. Newman lined a double in the 10th inning and Cervelli scored from first base, diving home with the game-ending run to lift the Pittsburgh ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Carlos Carrasco smiled when asked about his overpowering performance against the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday. It’s easy to see why. Carrasco became the first Indians pitcher since at least 1908 to strike out 12 over five innings and Cleveland beat Toronto 7-2. “I ...
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — NASCAR’s second stop at a short track this season is yet another race that’s impossible to predict. There’s a new rules package, a traction strip around Bristol Motor Speedway and the general crankiness that short-track racing tends to produce. Moods were mixed ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The longest active streak of missing the NBA playoffs belongs to Sacramento, where general manager Vlade Divac has been trying to return the Kings to the league’s elite over the last four seasons. Back when the slick-passing Serbian big man was in the paint, the Kings ...
RICHMOND — Veteran Edison head coach Mike Collopy knew with senior Anthony Sinicropi on the mound his team could have confidence with any lead. Sinicropi showed why his coach has such confidence, tossing a complete-game shutout of rival Indian Creek for a 2-0 win Friday evening at ...
RICHMOND - Patience was a virtue in more ways than one for the Edison softball team on Friday. The Wildcats plated three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to rally for a 6-5 victory against rival Indian Creek to split the season series at Jefferson Lake State Park. Edison trailed 5-1 ...