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Softball district tournament pairings are set

STEUBENVILLE — The local Ohio softball team learned their postseason fates Sunday afternoon. Big Red is the No. 2 seed in the Ohio Division III East/Southeast District. Big Red will be taking on No. 3 seed Tri-Valley at 5 p.m. May 13 at home up at the Crimson Complex in East/Southeast District 2. The winner will play a team from the Southeast District in the district final. In East/Southeast District 1, No. 5 seed Zanesville will take on No. 4 seed New Philadelphia at 5 p.m. Monday on the road. The winner of that game will take on No. 1 seed Dover in the district semifinals at 5 ...

Prep Roundups

BASEBALL Catholic Central wins on the road BRIDGEPORT — The Catholic Central baseball team earned their second win in their last three games, going on the road Monday and knocking off the Bridgeport Bulldogs 4-2. The Crusaders (5-11) broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the sixth inning with three runs and were able to hang on from there. Jojo Corabi had a double, single and an RBI, Luke Bryan had two hits and Zach Bryan had a base knock and an RBI. Matty Jones fired 6 2/3 strong innings on the mound to earn the win, striking out five and walking three while allowing just one ...

Weir High’s Magnone to dance at Akron

Weir High senior Emma'lee Magnone recently signed to continue her academic and competitive dance careers at Akron University. A member of the Red Rider dance tea, she plans to major in health care administration while competing for the Zips. Joining Emma'lee, front, second from right, for the ...

The Pirates believe they’re built differently this year

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes stood at his locker in a near-silent Pittsburgh clubhouse on Thursday after a four-game home sweep at the hands of St. Louis and offered a prediction when asked if he was confident things wouldn't snowball on a Pirates team still finding its way. "I think ...

Wacha leads surging Royals past the Guardians 6-2

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Michael Wacha needed only 79 pitches to get through seven strong innings and Bobby Witt Jr. homered to spark a four-run fourth as the Kansas City Royals beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Monday night. Jac Caglianone also went deep for the surging Royals, who have won four in a row and eight of 10. Nick Loftin delivered a two-run single with two outs in the fourth to give Kansas City a 4-2 lead. Five different Royals had an RBI, including Witt's fourth homer and Caglianone's solo shot in the sixth on his bobblehead night. Wacha (3-2) allowed four hits and ...

A 15-goal playoff opener puts modern NHL offense on full display

After Colorado's low-scoring, first-round sweep of Los Angeles to a matchup against Minnesota everyone figured would be more competitive, Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog wondered aloud whether whether games against the Wild would end with scores like 2-1. "It'll be a tight-checking series, I'm sure," Landeskog said then. "We're ready and prepared for whatever." No one was prepared what happened in the series opener Sunday night, a show-stopping, 9-6 instant classic won by the Avalanche with a score more befitting of the 1980s when goaltenders wore a fraction of the equipment they ...