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WVU beginning Coastal Carolina prep, Rodriguez finalizing ‘answer sheet’

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football is under two weeks away from its first game against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5. Summer camp is over, and now it’s turned to normal practices and Week 1 game preparation. Rich Rodriguez said the team started focusing on Coastal Carolina a little over two weeks before kickoff. It’s hard to prepare for the Chanticleers. Coastal Carolina fired coach Tim Beck after a 6-6 season and brought in young Missouri State head coach Ryan Beard. Beard has a new staff, new coordinators and new players. It’s a complete rebuild. There are a lot of unknowns ...

LIV players face uncertain future after season finale at Indy

WESTFIELD, Ind. (AP) — Jon Rahm finished the LIV Golf season Sunday in style — claiming his third straight season points title and his second team crown in a row at the revised season finale in suburban Indianapolis. Now the 31-year-old Spaniard and the other full-time tour players will ...

Lucas fends off the Crusaders

STEUBENVILLE — After getting into an early hole, Catholic Central showed a lot of fight during Saturday night's season opener against Lucas. Unfortunately for the youthful Crusaders, however, they made a few too many mistakes to complete the comeback against the more experienced Cubs, who ...

Wheeling Central rallies past Big Red

EAST WHEELING – With a West Virginia Class A/AA state championship on its resume from last fall, the Wheeling Central girls’ soccer team knows it is going to get every opponent’s best shot. Saturday on the artificial pitch at the sun-soaked J.B. Chambers Memorial Field on 16th Street, ...

Martins Ferry spoils Big Red’s home opener

STEUBENVILLE - Momentum plays a vital role in a volleyball match, and it is common for there to be big swings in momentum throughout a match, however, that was not the case for the Big Red volleyball team against Martins Ferry. The senior-laden Purple Riders got off to a fast start in the match, and the visitors from Belmont County kept the momentum on their side for the majority of the match as Martins Ferry swept Big Red, 25-8, 25-9, 25-16, in Big Red's home-opening match Saturday afternoon inside the Crimson Center. With the win, the Purple Riders are 1-0 on the season, while Big ...

Dodgers extend winning streak with sweep of Pirates

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Blake Snell threw six scoreless innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won their sixth straight game by easing past the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-0 on Sunday. Snell (2-1) has won consecutive starts and the Dodgers have been victorious in each of his three appearances in August ...