ELM GROVE - Edison and Wheeling Central were two softball teams in serious need of a victory Wednesday afternoon. With the OVAC Tournament cutoff date looming next week, both the Wildcats and Maroon Knights are teetering on the bubble of qualifying for the tourney. Edison helped its ...
MARTINS FERRY – Barnesville extended its winning streak to nine straight Wednesday night by being opportunistic and using a gutsy pitching effort in high school baseball action. The Shamrocks (9-1) took advantage of five errors by Martins Ferry (6-4) in a 7-4 victory high atop the Purple ...
STEUBENVILLE - The ball does not need to be put in play to produce at the plate. The Steubenville (7-3) baseball team gave up too many free bases against Wheeling Park (4-9) as the Patriots took advantage of six walks, four hit batters and multiple wild pitches to defeat Big Red, 11-0, via mercy rule in six innings Wednesday at the Crimson Complex. From the start of the game, it just wasn't Big Red's day. The first four batters all reached safely for the Patriots as the boys in blue tallied three runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back. The victors scored at least ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Sidney Crosby, his face cleanly shaven for now, settled into the bench inside the Pittsburgh Penguins dressing room on Thursday and pulled a black baseball cap over his head. For the first time in what felt like a long time, Crosby didn't have to spend part of a mid-April ...
MORGANTOWN — As far as facing some big boppers, 15th-ranked West Virginia is already well aware of their hits and the damage they can do. The Mountaineers (24-8) are scheduled to face even more of them this season, including today’s 5:30 p.m. matchup against Penn State (10-23) inside ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — CJ Abrams went 3 for 4 with a home run, a double and two RBIs as the Washington Nationals held off the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-4 on Tuesday night. Abrams hit a solo shot down the left-field line in the fourth inning to extend the Nationals’ lead to 4-1. He also hit the ...
