CAMERON — The Madonna baseball team erased a four-run, seventh-inning deficit to defeat Cameron, 6-5, on Wednesday. Dom Brncic had the eventual game-winning RBI single. He finished with two RBIs overall. Matt Amaismeier delivered two hits and two RBIs. He also got the save after Gavin ...
NEW MANCHESTER — The Weir High softball team got to Oak Glen freshman pitcher Maddie McKay and won, 11-5, on Wednesday. The Red Riders (8-9) were led by Taylor Webster. She collected a single, double and three RBIs. Bella Aperfine also singled and doubled, while driving in a pair. Mallory ...
Catholic Central senior Matt Bell signed his letter of intent on Wednesday to continue his academic and baseball careers at Walsh University. He will major in business management. Flanking him are his father, Danny, and mother, Carole. Standing, from left, are Principal Tom Costello, head ...
UNIONDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Bailey scored on a rebound at 4:39 of overtime and the New York Islanders beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-3 on Wednesday night in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Jordan Eberle had a goal and an assist, and Brock Nelson and Nick ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Lyles struck out 10 in crisp six innings to tie a career high, Francisco Cervelli and Starling Marte homered off Yu Darvish, and the Pittsburgh Pirates topped the Chicago Cubs 5-2 on Wednesday night. Lyles (1-0) allowed three hits and was sharp again in his second ...
STEUBENVILLE — Another of the area’s marquee track and field events found a new home on Tuesday with the Harding Stadium track under renovations, as the Jefferson County Relays took place at Catholic Central’s Robert L. Copeland Memorial Track at the Michael B. Carapellotti Crusaders ...
BELLAIRE — The Oak Glen softball team swept a doubleheader at Bellaire on Tuesday. In the first game, Oak Glen won, 4-3, in nine innings. Janaya Montgomery pitched the first seven innings, striking out 10 batters, and Maddie McKay pitched the final three with five punchouts. Lexi ...
RICHMOND — The Edison baseball team defeated Oak Glen on Tuesday night, 10-0, in five innings. Andrew Kinney went the distance for the shutout win on the mound with three strikeouts. He helped his own cause at the plate, too, with two hits and two RBIs. Riley Watson had three hits and ...
EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have the big-name players. The New York Islanders rely on their system for success. Perennial All-Stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin lead the high-scoring Penguins against Anders Lee, Mathew Barzal and the defensive-minded Islanders in the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pittsburgh pitcher Chris Archer was suspended for five games, Cincinnati outfielder Yasiel Puig for two and Reds manager David Bell for one on Tuesday for their parts in a bench-clearing fracas last weekend at PNC Park. The commissioner’s office said Archer has appealed ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins coach Mike Sullivan spent a significant portion of his team’s choppy season in search of healthy bodies. Ten players — including stars Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang and goaltender Matt Murray — missed at least 10 games, a spate of injuries the ...
STEUBENVILLE — When a team has a player like Steubenville junior Madison Fields, it can make a big difference. Fields had three hits and four RBIs at the plate, while shutting down Weir High in the circle to lead the Big Red softball team to a 12-2, mercy-rule victory over the Red Riders ...
STEUBENVILLE — During Big Red’s rough stretch of three consecutive defeats, the baseball squad needed something huge to turn the momentum back in its favor. It got exactly that by coming from behind on two separate occasions — once down by four and the other by three in the seventh ...
NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen softball team used a strong pitching performance from Madison McKay on Monday to top Brooke, 4-0. McKay struck out 14 batters, while throwing a complete-game two-hitter. Lexi Andrews led the Golden Bears offense with two hits. Hannah Walker and Eileen Flowers ...
CONNORVILLE — The Indian Creek baseball team defeated Buckeye Local, 14-8, Monday evening at Bill Mazeroski Field. Coy Amis went 5 2/3 innings on the mound for the win, striking out four and walking three. He also had a hit and an RBI. Colton Wietfeld led the Redskins (3-4) at the plate ...
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 ...