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Buckeye Local’s Lander Outduels Bulldogs’ Brewer

CONNORVILLE – Hits were at a premium Saturday afternoon when Buckeye Local hosted Bridgeport in a mutual high school softball season-opener. Both teams collected just two safeties, but the Panthers recorded both theirs – a double and triple – in the same inning (3rd) and bunched them ...

Wheeling Central Boys Basketball Wins Back-To-Back State Championships

CHARLESTON — There was simply no stopping the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights boys basketball team this season. Wheeling Central capped off an undefeated 23-0 campaign with a WVSSAC Class AA state championship on Saturday, getting to the mountaintop in back-to-back fashion with a 55-39 ...

Pirates Reassign Heralded Prospect Konnor Griffin To Minor League Camp

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates debut for highly touted 19-year-old prospect Konnor Griffin will have to wait. Griffin was reassigned to minor league camp on Saturday after the shortstop spent the last few weeks showcasing the skills that have made him baseball’s No. 1 ...

Fitzpatrick Goes From Disappointment To Winning At Valspar Championship

PALM HARBOR, Fla. (AP) — Matt Fitzpatrick put the disappointment of a close call at Sawgrass behind him Sunday when he birdied the 18th hole from just inside 15 feet to cap off a 3-under 68 and win the Valspar Championship by one shot over David Lipsky. Fitzpatrick managed to play bogey-free ...

High School Roundup: John Marshall, Wheeling Park Sweep Doubleheaders

MOUNDSVILLE — The John Marshall Monarchs had a ball Saturday, defeating visiting Fairmont Senior in both ends of a double-header, 16-0 and 15-0. In the first game, the Monarchs’ Masyn Inclan drove in four runs on three hits to lead John Marshall past Fairmont Senior 16-0 at John Marshall ...