Several OVAC Basketball Programs Switch Divisions

July 1, 2026

COLUMBUS – Five OVAC boys basketball teams and eight OVAC girls basketball teams will be playing in different divisions next winter. The Ohio High School Athletic Association Tuesday announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming winter sports tournaments. Wrestling divisional breakdowns will be announced in the fall. In May, schools were given the opportunity to move up to Division I. The divisional breakdowns linked below reflect any schools that opted up to Division I in that sport. The 2026-27 school year will be the first of a new two-year enrollment cycle using data ...

Reds top Pirates in back-and-forth game

June 27, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pinch-hitter Noelvi Marte hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer in the eighth inning after Cincinnati scored four runs off Paul Skenes in the second, and the Reds beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-4 on Friday night. Given a 1-0 lead on Konnor Griffin's homer leading off the first, ...

Emerson homers as the Mariners beat the Guardians

June 27, 2026

CLEVELAND (AP) — Colt Emerson homered, J.P. Crawford singled in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Seattle Mariners beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Friday night. Luis Castillo (3-7) allowed a run on four hits in six innings for his first victory since May 31. Andrés Muñoz ...

Divisions breakdowns announced for OHSAA fall sports

June 27, 2026

COLUMBUS – The Ohio High School Athletic Association has announced the new divisional breakdowns for the upcoming fall sports tournaments in girls and boys golf, girls tennis, girls and boys soccer and girls volleyball. In May, schools were given the opportunity to move up to Division ...

Bethany College names former Pitt standout Jonna Burke as new women’s basketball coach

June 27, 2026

BETHANY — Bethany College Director of Athletics Jen Windmiller has announced the appointment of Jonna Burke as the new head coach of the college’s women’s basketball program. Burke brings more than 35 years of coaching experience and a record of sustained success at the high school ...

New-look WVU women’s basketball team already ‘gelling’ this summer

June 27, 2026

MORGANTOWN — UCF senior transfer forward Khyala Ngodu had the reality dating show "Love Island" on her television the other night, but she wasn't watching alone. The rest of the West Virginia women's basketball team was there, too, laughing, smiling and talking about the show as most women ...