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Nailers Win In OT To Clinch North Division

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READING, Pa. - The Wheeling Nailers are the 2025-26 North Division champions for the first time since 2004. Wheeling secured the title in the most dramatic of fashions Sunday against the Reading Royals at Santander Arena. The Nailers trailed 1-0 for most of the day. With just under one minute remaining, Ryan McAllister clinched the division title with the tying goal. Then, with 56.7 seconds left in overtime, Blake Bennett delivered the ultimate heroics with the winning goal in a 2-1 triumph. Gabriel D'Aigle earned his first pro victory with a remarkable 38-save performance. The ...

Martins Ferry Defeats Monroe Central In Key Softball Battle

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MARTINS FERRY – There was no sign of a prom hangover from the Martins Ferry softball Saturday afternoon when it hosted Monroe Central in a battle of one-loss teams. Junior Maddie Lucas struck out a career-high 13 Seminoles and classmates Gracie Lucas drove in three runs and Giana Chirpas ...

The final day of the NBA regular season awaits, with a whole lot left to be decided

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Sunday is the final day of the NBA regular season, and here's a full listing of all the playoff and postseason matchups that have been decided. — None. There are 10 teams that are locked into specific seeds in the Eastern and Western Conferences, there are 10 other teams that know their seasons will end on Sunday and 10 more still have some level of uncertainty going into the final day of the six-month grind that precedes the NBA postseason. By the end of Sunday, four first-round series matchups — those starting next weekend — will be known, as will the first four play-in ...

NASCAR drivers on the gas as Cup Series returns to action at Bristol Motor Speedway

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After a rare weekend outside of a race car, Kyle Larson returns to Bristol Motor Speedway raring to go. The defending NASCAR champion spent the first of only two off weeks in a 36-race schedule on a family vacation in his native California. While he enjoyed watching his kids race, the Hendrick Motorsports star who frequently moonlights away from the Cup Series on dirt tracks was ready for the break to end. "I wish I could get more of it, but at the same time, I just want to race to get better," said Larson, who is mired in a 31-race victory drought dating to last May. "You take a ...