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The Bengals lean on proven winners as free agency gets underway

CINCINNATI (AP) — Coming off a 6-11 season, the Cincinnati Bengals targeted two proven winners in free agency and rewarded another who was already in the building. The Bengals announced Thursday that left offensive tackle Orlando Brown Jr. had agreed to a two-year extension through the 2028 ...

St. Clairsville’s season ends on overtime buzzer-beater

ZANESVILLE — So close, but yet so far … For the second time this postseason, an Ohio Valley basketball team has been taken out by a Tornado. Wednesday night inside Winland Memorial Gymnasium at Zanesville High School, West Muskingum’s Noah Morrison’s buzzer-beater lifted the Tornadoes ...

OVAC is well-represented at OHSAA State Wrestling

COLUMBUS — Forty OVAC wrestlers will continue their quest for the gold when the 89th annual Ohio High School Athletic Association’s boys state wrestling tournament gets underway Friday inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State ...

Wheeling Central breezes by Wayne, into semifinals

CHARLESTON — Wednesday morning inside the Charleston Coliseum, the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights were presented with their first test of the WVSSAC Class AA Girls Basketball State Tournament— and passed with flying colors. No. 3 Wheeling Central started their time in the state ...

Royals stump Nailers on Education Day

WHEELING — The Wheeling Nailers played host to their annual Education Day game on Wednesday morning at WesBanco Arena, and a crowd of 4,803 students were taught a lesson in defense and goaltending. Connor Kurth scored the lone goal of the game midway through the third period on a power play ...