ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Orel Hershiser said that baseball is a game of adjustments. The Wheeling Central Maroon Knights concurred Tuesday, showing that they have shaken off a couple of early-season losses with back-to-back victories, including Tuesday’s 15-1 thumping of Fort Frye on the ...
BARNESVILLE – Homestanding Barnesville built a 6-0 lead after three innings and cruised to a 7-3 victory over Shenandoah in high school softball action Tuesday night on the Memorial Park diamond in western Belmont County. The win was the fifth straight for the Shamrocks (5-6). Peyton Loudin drove in two runs with a single and double and also picked up the win inside the circle in relief of Ella Betts. Loudin struck out two and didn’t walk a batter. Betts chalked up three Ks. They yielded a combined seven hits. Betts and Aubrey Johnson each singled twice and drove in one run. ...
WHEELING - All good things must come to an end, and on Tuesday night at WesBanco Arena, the Wheeling Nailers saw their ten-game winning streak come to an end. Ryan Kirwan snapped a 2-2 tie during the third period for the Cincinnati Cyclones, who got a 38-save effort from Ken Appleby in a 4-2 ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy might have set the tone for the 90th edition of the Masters shortly after he finally won that coveted green jacket. “What are we all going to talk about next year?” he said. It was a reference to how long he tried to win the green jacket for the career ...
MARTINS FERRY – The junior combination of Giana Chirpas and Maddie Lucas was too much for visiting Cambridge to handle Monday afternoon as the Purple Riders (10-0) remained unbeaten, 13-0, in five innings in high school softball action. Chirpas, who set a new program record for career RBI Friday, blasted a pair of homers to account for six runs batted in. The Ohio University recruit also scored three runs. Lucas, who doubled in a run, struck out seven, walked four and limited Cambridge to one single. She threw 76 pitches, with 47 being strikes and faced 20 Bobcat batters. Gracie ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — High-scoring Michigan had to get down and dirty to dig out the national title Monday, making only two 3-pointers all night but still muscling its way to a 69-63 victory over stingy, stubborn UConn. Elliot Cadeau led the Wolverines with 19 points, including the team’s ...
