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Ferry girls take down Fort Frye

WHEELING — As the saying goes, it was close— until it wasn’t. No. 1 Martins Ferry scored five runs in the bottom of the sixth to run away with a 10-2 victory over No. 4 Fort Frye in the OVAC Class 3A tournament semifinals Tuesday at the I-470 J.B. Chambers Sports Complex. Giana ...

Barnesville Shamrocks fall to Wheeling Central girls

WHEELING — The Barnesville Shamrocks put the tying run on first base in the top of the seventh inning Tuesday, but couldn’t quite complete the comeback in the OVAC softball semifinals at the I-470 J.B. Chambers Sports Complex against the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights, the No. 2 Knights ...

Nailers win to push Fuel to brink of elimination

WHEELING — The Wheeling Nailers moved to within one win of advancing in the ECHL playoffs Tuesday night. Jordan Martel scored a pair of goals — both on the power play — and goaltender Jaxon Castor recorded his first professional shutout as the Nailers posted a 3-0 blanking of the ...

Cambridge boys end St. C. Red Devils’ winning streak

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Cambridge ended St. Clairsville’s unbeaten streak at 14 with a 3-1 triumph Tuesday in the Buckeye 8 championship baseball game at Memorial Park. The Red Devils (14-1) only mustered three hits and committed four errors in the defeat. Caiden Bailey tripled for St. ...

Report: Cleveland-Cliffs could turn Weirton site into transformer producer

WEIRTON — Only a few days after being idled by Cleveland-Cliffs, the tinplate facility in Weirton may have a new future in the works. According to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Cleveland-Cliffs Chairman, President and CEO Lourenco Goncalves discussed the fate of the local mill ...