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WVU football's defense faces big test against No. 25 Virginia's veteran offensive line

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MORGANTOWN — Age is just a number, but for No. 25 Virginia football, the Cavaliers used it as a tool to create one of the best offensive lines in college football. Virginia’s offensive line consists of two seventh-year players, who are the last of their kind, two sixth-years and a fifth-year. The average age of the unit is 24, which is two years over the average graduating age. On the field, Virginia’s offensive line has totaled over 11,000 snaps. Now, West Virginia football gets a taste of all that experience when the Mountaineers head to Charlotte on Saturday. “It’s ...

Guardians' late-season rally flips the AL Central race

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Stephen Vogt and the Cleveland Guardians are used to the late-season pressure of trying not only to clinch a postseason spot, but also to win a division title. That experience showed during their series against the Chicago White Sox. After dropping Monday's opener, the ...

Griffin has big hit, Pirates hold off Brewers 7-4

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Konnor Griffin hit a two-run single to key a five-run second inning and Henry Davis tacked on a two-run homer to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates over the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers 7-4 on Thursday. Milwaukee, a major league-best 95-58, leads the Los Angeles Dodgers ...

Prep Roundups

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VOLLEYBALL OAK GLEN SPLITS AT A TRI MORGANTOWN — The Oak Glen volleyball team split a tri match on the road on Thursday at University, topping Parkersburg South 2-1 while falling 0-2 to the host Hawks. In a close first match, the Golden Bears won by scores of 25-12, 24-26, 17-15. Caetlyn Six had nine kills, Naomi Ayers and Mikalyn Balch had five kills each, Audrina May, Laikynn Eckleberry, and Mattie Carney had four kills each, Mikalyn Balch had 20 assists and Bryson Adams had 10 assists. Keira Vick had 18 digs and two assists and Kendall Six had eight digs. Against ...

Big Red bounces back, sweeps Edison

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RICHMOND — The Big Red volleyball team showed off a couple of the qualities it has been working on this season Thursday night at Edison — the ability to bounce back, and the ability to finish. Steubenville came out swinging, putting a tough five-set loss to Wheeling Central Tuesday in ...