MORGANTOWN — Corner Michael Coats Jr. lined up on the line for the 40-yard dash at West Virginia football’s Pro Day. He set his feet in the down start, raised his hand and was off. Coats ran through the cones past NFL scouts and representatives. All of them had stopwatches and clipboards, ...
ATHENS — After some high school March Madness in the Convo Tuesday night, Big Red is going to the Elite 8. Santino Haney drove to the paint and got a shot to fall with 2.5 seconds left in overtime, lifting Steubenville to a thrilling 74-72 victory over Columbus Bishop Hartley in the Division III, Region 11 semifinals inside Ohio University’s Convocation Center. Haney’s bucket came after the game was deadlocked three times in the final two minutes. Big Red led 72-70 with less than a minute to go before the Hawks (18-4) tied the game on a putback from an offensive rebound by ...
CHARLESTON – For the first time since 1994, the John Marshall girls’ basketball team will compete in the W.Va. state tournament. The fourth-seeded Monarchs (17-6) are set to face No. 5 Keyser (17-3) in a Class AAA quarterfinal round game tonight at 9, which is a little worrisome for head ...
RACHEL --- The North Marion Huskies, the top seed in WVSSAC Class AAA Region 1, defeated the No. 5 John Marshall Monarchs on Tuesday, 72-44, pulling away in the second half to advance to the WVSSAC Boys Basketball State Tournament, set to start next week. John Marshall and North Marion played to a virtual stalemate in the first half, with the Huskies leading by a slim 30-27 margin when both teams went back to the locker rooms. The third quarter, though, went in North Marion's favor, and John Marshall trailed 52-29 going into the fourth quarter. North Marion will go into the state ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Michigan's Yaxel Lendeborg has been selected as the Big Ten player of the year by the conference's coaches and media members. The Big Ten announced Lendeborg's selection on Tuesday, adding that the league's coaches and media chose Illinois' Keaton Wagler as freshman of ...
Quarterback Geno Smith is returning to where his career started after the New York Jets acquired him in a trade with Las Vegas, a person with knowledge of the deal said Tuesday. The Raiders could have been in position to release Smith, their starter for a 3-14 team last season, with the ...
