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Hilltoppers Return To National Top 25 For First Time Since 2010

Local Sports October 27, 2026

WEST LIBERTY — For the first time in more than 16 years, the West Liberty University football team is back in the national rankings, earning the No. 23 spot in the latest American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Division II Coaches Poll released Monday. The ranking marks West Liberty’s first appearance in the AFCA Division II Top 25 since Week 4 of the 2010 season, with the poll released Sept. 21, 2010. The Hilltoppers received 67 points in this week’s poll after improving to 7-1 overall and 5-0 in Mountain East Conference play with a 44-22 victory at Glenville State on ...

Ever-Changing AP Top 25 Reflects Craziness Of The Season. Miami, Utah, UCLA Somehow Still Unbeaten

Local Sports October 27, 2026

Three unbeaten teams remain in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the fewest at this point in a season in 49 years, and a run of upsets have caused The Associated Press Top 25 to undergo major revisions the last three weeks. No. 1 Miami was the only team in this week's poll to hold its spot from ...

Rays Put On The Brink Of World Series Flop By Brewers' Historic 8-Run, 2-Out Surge

Local Sports October 27, 2026

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay's first World Series game at Tropicana Field in 18 years turned into a record-setter: for Milwaukee Brewers batters and Rays pitchers. Milwaukee became the first team to score eight runs with two outs in a World Series inning, running away with a 10-1 ...

St. C. Storms Back To Top John Glenn In District Volleyball Semi

Local Sports October 27, 2026

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – St. Clairsville saw its 2025 volleyball season end on John Jenkins Court in a five-set loss to East Liverpool in the district finals. The current Red Devils weren’t about to let that happen again. After dropping the first set 25-13 to No. 7 John Glenn, the third-seeded ...

The Steelers Are Winning The Games They're Supposed To Win. They'll Take It ... For Now

Local Sports October 27, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Aaron Rodgers knows what a playoff team looks like. And while the Pittsburgh Steelers are certainly contenders in the standings after a workmanlike 16-10 win over New Orleans on Sunday in Paris kept them tied atop the AFC North as the halfway point nears, the four-time MVP ...

NBA Strikes Deals With Prediction Markets, With Eye On Integrity And Regulations

Local Sports October 27, 2026

MIAMI (AP) — The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction markets, along with an agreement with a federal agency tasked with regulating those exchanges. Those agreements, announced Monday, are intended to provide “significant integrity ...