CLEVELAND (AP) — Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night. The 23-year-old Wilkinson allowed one ...
MORGANTOWN – Willie Akers, a starting forward on WVU’s 1959 national runner-up men’s basketball team and an award-winning high school coach in West Virginia, died Tuesday in Logan at the age of 89. The Mullens native was inducted into the WVU Hall of Fame in 2002. He was a two-year starter for the Mountaineers, including the 1958-59 season in which WVU fell to California in the national championship game. He averaged 7.4 points and 7.2 rebounds per game that season. Along with Jerry West, the two in-state products forged a longtime friendship during their high school days that ...
WELLSBURG – John Marshall nipped Brooke, 3-2 in boys’ high school soccer action Wednesday night. Chase Fromhart, Kaden Saldivar and Braydn Ruckman all had goals for the Monarchs. Goalkeeper Tripp Bonds had 12 saves. The Bruins received two goals from Giacomp Dallomo. Brennen Krzywdik and Alex Dotters logged assists. Bronson Pack had eight saves. BOYS GOLF Shadyside Defeats Buckeye Local RAYLAND – The Panthers’ Dugan Dobrovich shot 38 to earn medalist honors but the Tigers won the dual match 177-187. Wyatt Parr and Jay Lahna both fired 43 for Shadyside. (Late Tuesday) BOYS ...
MARTINS FERRY — The Martins Ferry Purple Riders start their season on Saturday, hitting the road to face Steubenville in what should be an exciting opener. On the court Saturday will be plenty of familiar faces for Martins Ferry, who are entering the final year of a big group of seniors who ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Scottie Scheffler is on the cusp of a PGA Tour record Tiger Woods has held for more than 26 years, one that means next to nothing to the world's No. 1 player because of so many factors in play. Scheffler is coming off his 21st career PGA Tour victory, all in the last five ...
Mario Cristobal got Miami back inside the top 10 by Year 3 and within a victory of a national championship in his fourth. Yet the Hurricanes are still chasing a first Atlantic Coast Conference championship after more than two decades in the league. His team is picked to accomplish that goal ...
