WHEELING — Although it is still very early in the high school soccer season, Saturday’s match on the artificial pitch at the sun-drenched 16th Street Field more resembled a late-season contest.

Brooke and Wheeling Central went toe-to-toe for 80 minutes in a classic battle, with the …

PARKERSBURG — Opportunity upon opportunity presented itself to the Parkersburg South girls soccer team during Saturday afternoon’s match with Wheeling Central Catholic.

The Maroon Knights behind the presence of sophomore keeper Bella Fitzsimmons managed to fend off all comers except one. …

PITTSBURGH — Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday.

Bryan De La Cruz was hit by a pitch from Alexis Diaz (1-4) before Grandal connected for his seventh homer — a drive into the first row …








BELPRE, Ohio — Monroe Central started off strong Friday night and never let up against Belpre in a 59-12 high school football victory.

The Seminoles exploded out of the gates with 28 first-quarter points as Tucker Howell ran 43 yards for the first TD and passed 5 yards to chase Allen to …

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Lathan Norton was sick and didn’t play on Saturday at the Little League World Series. But on Sunday he scored the winning run in the championship.

Lathan raced home from second base on an overthrow at first as Lake Mary, Florida, rallied to beat Taiwan 2-1 in …

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jhonkensy Noel homered for the second straight game and Matthew Boyd pitched six effective innings for his first win in more than a year, helping the Cleveland Guardians beat the Texas Rangers 4-2 on Sunday.

Noel hit a solo shot in the second against Cody Bradford (4-2), a …