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McKeever, Kandrach power Buckeye Local to 3-0 start to season

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CONNORVILLE – Winning seasons have been few and far between for Buckeye Local’s girls’ basketball program, however, head coach Bailey McBeth and the Lady Panthers are looking to turn those tables in 2023-24 and with a 3-0 start out of the gate they are definitely heading in the right ...

Browns name Flacco starter at QB Sunday against Rams

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joe Flacco isn’t exactly a rah-rah guy, but the veteran quarterback’s steady presence might be exactly what the Cleveland Browns need to stay in the playoff chase. Flacco will start Sunday for the Browns, kicking off his 16th NFL season by becoming the team’s fourth ...

West Virginia retains Brown as its head football coach

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Coach Neal Brown will get another chance at West Virginia after finishing with his best regular-season record despite being mired in the program’s worst stretch in four decades. West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker said Friday that Brown will return in 2024, putting to rest any ...

St. John’s rallies past WVU

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s rookie coach doesn’t want to be cast as a victim of anything, not even in a year that has been criminal for the Mountaineers in the way it has played out. The latest example was Friday night when they hosted St. John’s and its Hall of Fame coach Rick ...

Vincent sparks Bridgeport boys to season-opening victory

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BRIDGEPORT – Freshman Jaleel Vincent scorched the nets for a career-high 26 points Friday night as Bridgeport debuted with a 69-42 rout of visiting Beallsville on Frank Baxter Court inside John J. Havlicek Gymnasium. Vincent knocked down 10 field goals, with half-a-dozen of them from behind ...

Walleye hold off Nailers by 3-2

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WHEELING -- A span of just under eight minutes was the difference in Friday night’s game between the Wheeling Nailers and Toledo Walleye at WesBanco Arena. Toledo started the second period with three straight goals, including a tying marker on the power play, as the Walleye edged Wheeling, ...