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Martins Ferry girls roll past Wheeling Park on sr. night

MARTINS FERRY — It was Senior Night inside Tolbert Gymnasium Monday night, and Martins Ferry sent its pair — Makayla Cole and Charlee Roe — out with a victory on the home boards in girls’ basketball action. After a sluggish first half in which they led 22-17, the host Purple Riders ...

Fort Frye survives Central comeback attempt for road win

WHEELING — In the first half, the Fort Frye Cadets set the tone; in the second half, they survived the storm. The visiting Cadets held off a determined second-half comeback by the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights to bag a 52-44 victory on Monday on Coach Skip Prosser Court, helped by a ...

Visiting River defeats Frontier

BEAVERTOWN — Visiting River didn’t have a player with more than nine points but still took down Frontier, 37-30, in girls’ high school basketball action Monday night. Ava Wohnhas and Zoey Fox both scored nine while Carleight Trifonoff finished with eight for the Pilots (12-10). Anna ...

Last lawsuits against Browns Deshaun Watson over massages are dismissed

HOUSTON (AP) — The final two of nearly 30 civil lawsuits that Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson had faced from women accusing him of sexual misconduct have been dismissed, according to court records. The dismissal of these two lawsuits clears Watson of legal problems he had been ...

The Pirates are signing veteran DH Marcell Ozuna

(AP) —Veteran slugger Marcell Ozuna is heading to Pittsburgh. The 35-year-old free agent has reached an agreement with the Pirates on a one-year deal worth $12 million, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity ...