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Huskies start fast, fend off West M to reach district final

CADIZ — The Harrison Central baseball team is moving on.  The Huskies jumped out to a big lead in Tuesday’s Division V, East 2 District semifinal at home on Mazeroski Field and then held off West Muskingum for the 9-5 victory.  The Huskies (16-9-1), the No. 2 seed in the district, ...

Pirates send skidding Cubs to 10th straight loss

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez hit a two-run home run to cap a five-run first inning on Tuesday night and the Pittsburgh Pirates routed the skidding Cubs 12-1 to extend Chicago's losing streak to 10 games. The rookie became the seventh player in Pirates' history to hit two home runs ...

Penguins re-sign star forward Evgeni Malkin to a 1-year deal

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Evgeni Malkin is going to get a chance to finish what he started in Pittsburgh. The Penguins re-signed the franchise icon to a one-year deal worth $5.5 million on Tuesday, answering perhaps the club's biggest offseason question before the offseason truly starts. Malkin, ...

WVU’s Gavin Kelly ‘100 percent’ and ready to go for NCAAs

MORGANTOWN — The best news for West Virginia, as it gets set to host its second NCAA baseball tournament regional since 2019 on Friday, is the Mountaineers will be at relative full health. That includes catcher/second baseman Gavin Kelly, who took a fastball across his hand in last week’s ...

Wood helps Nationals to 6-3 victory over Guardians

CLEVELAND (AP) — James Wood hit a two-run homer and Keibert Ruiz had a two-run single in the second inning as the Washington Nationals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Tuesday night. Wood's towering, 401-foot drive to right field was his 15th homer of the season and second in as many ...

Champions crowned at W.Va state track meet

CHARLESTON — For the first time since 2017, Wheeling Central’s girls track and field team are raising a WVSSAC state championship, having ran away with the Class A girls state title on Saturday in the second and final day of the state track and field championships. Across Friday and ...