WEIRTON, W.Va. — When Shawn McKinnon got his first head coaching job at Weirton Madonna in March, the Oct. 16 football game at Lisbon caught his eye. "It's something I noticed, obviously," he said. "It's my alma mater." McKinnon, a 2014 graduate of Lisbon High School where he was a ...
CANFIELD — Reed Martucci and Michael McCartney provided the scoring and the West Branch defense teamed up against Canfield for a 2-1 win in boys soccer action Thursday. West Branch improves to 12-3-1, while Canfield suffered its third loss in five matches to drop to 11-3-2. Canfield had given up nine goals all season through 16 matches, but West Branch took a 2-0 lead. Michael McCartney scored on a head from the left side with 16:13 left in the first half. Reed Martucci made it 2-0 on a pass from Kolin Kaley, who got a deflection off a Canfield save, with 34:48 to play in the ...
COLUMBIANA — Crestview's volleyball team wrapped up the Mahoning Valley Athletic Conference Gray Division slate with a 25-18, 25-10, 18-25, 25-15 win over LaBrae on Thursday. Crestview finished the regular season at 18-4 overall and 14-0 in the MVAC Gray Division. This was the final MVAC Gray volleyball match for the Rebels as most league members will be in new leagues next season. For Crestview, Bella Ciapala had 21 kills. Sophia Noling had 12 kills, two blocks and three aces. Sarah Hively had nine kills and three blocks. Cam Davidson had two kills, 34 assists and six aces. ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Known for making contact, Tampa Bay kept striking out against Cleveland in Game 3 of the American League Championship Series. Junior Caminero struck out four times and Rays batters had 13 whiffs in all during a 3-2 defeat to the Guardians on Thursday that dropped Tampa Bay into a 2-1 deficit in the best-of-seven series. "That's just a testament to their team, man," said the Rays' Chandler Simpson, who had a two-run triple. "It's just good pitching, mixing up things and keeping everything over the plate. This is really a dog fight. It's like we're looking in the ...
OBETZ HOSTS STATE OBETZ – The OHSAA state cross country meet will be held Saturday, Nov. 7, at Fortress Obetz, which is hosting the meet for the seventh year. State champions will be crowned in four divisions at the 98th annual boys and 49th annual girls meets. The OHSAA 7th and 8th grade state cross country meet will be held Sunday, Oct. 25. “We are excited to return to Fortress Obetz for our championships this fall,” said BJ Duckworth, the OHSAA’s cross country sport administrator. “The Fortress team does a fantastic job supporting our tournament manager, Dugan Hill, in ...
The page will turn on the ninth week of the season on Friday and as some teams scramble for playoff position, there are those who are duking it out for league titles. As it stands now, four area teams are in contention for league titles with two weeks to go. The pathways to those titles ...
