WHEELING — Although it is still early in the high school football season, Saturday’s game on the artificial turf of sun-drenched 16th Street Field was more like an end-of-season contest. Brooke and Wheeling Central played a classic duel for 80 minutes, with the …

PARKERSBURG — The Parkersburg South girls soccer team had one opportunity after another during Saturday afternoon’s game against Wheeling Central Catholic. The Maroon Knights were able to fend off all but one opponent thanks to sophomore goalkeeper Bella Fitzsimmons. …

PITTSBURGH – Yasmani Grandal hit a two-run homer in the ninth inning to give the Pittsburgh Pirates a 4-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday. Bryan De La Cruz was hit by a pitch from Alexis Diaz (1-4) before Grandal hit his seventh homer – a drive into the first row…

BELPRE, Ohio – Monroe Central started strong on Friday night and didn’t let up in a 59-12 high school football win over Belpre. The Seminoles got off to an explosive start, scoring 28 points in the first quarter as Tucker Howell ran 43 yards for the first touchdown and passed 5 yards to chase down Allen and…

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Lathan Norton was ill and did not play in the Little League World Series on Saturday. But he scored the decisive point in the championship on Sunday. Lathan ran home from second base after an overthrow at first base as Lake Mary, Fla., rallied to beat Taiwan, 2-1…

CLEVELAND (AP) — Jhonkensy Noel hit a home run for the second straight game and Matthew Boyd pitched six effective innings for his first win in more than a year, helping the Cleveland Guardians to a 4-2 victory over the Texas Rangers on Sunday. Noel hit a solo home run in the second inning against Cody Bradford (4-2), a …