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Meet Big Red today

STEUBENVILLE — Steubenville High School will host a football preview and meet the team today at Harding Stadium.

Harding Middle School will play at 5 p.m., while meet the team begins at 5:30 p.m. A scrimmage against Youngstown East will start at 6 p.m.

Admission is $3 for adults and $1 for students. Comps or passes are not accepted. The upper main gate will be open, not the lower gate.

Coed softball meeting today

STEUBENVILLE — The Steubenville Coed Softball League will hold its only meeting at 7 p.m. today at the Belleview Fieldhouse.

The league begins play on Aug. 26. Entry fee is $200 and includes a dozen softballs.

For information, contact Doug Romel at (740) 381-6777.

CCHS tickets going on sale

STEUBENVILLE — Catholic Central will begin selling football season tickets today in the school cafeteria.

The tickets, priced at $35 per seat, will be sold from noon to 2 p.m. today, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Thursday and noon to 2 p.m. on Friday. Tickets also will be available on Monday and Tuesday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

For information, contact Vince Oliver at (740) 317-3867.

First casino licensed for betting

CHARLESTON — Hollywood Casino in Charlestown is the first casino licensed to offer sports betting in West Virginia.

The West Virginia Lottery Commission made the announcement Monday. Commission legal counsel Danielle Boyd told The Charleston Gazette-Mail the casino expects to start accepting bets Sept. 1, after installing software and training employees.

Boyd said the state should have a regional monopoly on sports betting for now despite a delay in the commission’s target launch of Sept. 1 at all five casinos. Boyd said she expects sports betting to bring people to West Virginia to place wagers, either at the casinos or other venues. She says it’ll also prompt people to wine, dine and stay the night.

Reggie Oliver dies at 66

HUNTINGTON — The Marshall University quarterback who was part of the team’s return after the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 players has died. Reggie Oliver was 66.

From staff and wire reports

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