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Another big road test for Big Red

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GNADENHUTTEN — Last week, Big Red found itself on the road in a battle of teams ranked No. 1 in their respective divisions by MaxPreps. This week, after a big win, they are back in the same scenario. After earning a hard-fought victory over at the time Division V leading Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, 21-16, at Youngstown State’s Stambaugh Stadium, the Division III leading Steubenville Big Red heads back on the road to battle Division IV leading Indian Valley this Friday night at Braves Stadium in Gnadenhutten. Big Red was ranked No. 1 in the first Ohio Associated Press poll in ...

Halpin propels Guardians into 1st place in AL Central

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CLEVELAND (AP) — Petey Halpin hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning, Parker Messick struck out eight and the Cleveland Guardians moved into first place in the AL Central with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Cleveland (78-75) has a half-game lead over Chicago ...

Yelich rallies NL Central champion Brewers to 5-4 win over Pirates

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Christian Yelich's two-run double in the seventh inning sent the NL Central champion Milwaukee Brewers to a 5-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night. Yelich grounded his double down the left-field line off Carmen Mlodzinski (7-7) to erase a 4-3 deficit. ...

Wheeling Central battles back to top Big Red in five

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STEUBENVILLE — Coming into Tuesday's volleyball match up between Wheeling Central and Big Red, both coaches expected a battle. A battle it was indeed. After falling behind in the match with a tough 26-24 loss in a third set battle that was tied 15 times, the visiting Maroon Knights ...

Prep Roundups

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GIRLS SOCCER CREEK WINS FOURTH-STRAIGHT WINTERSVILLE — The Indian Creek girls soccer team continued its winning streak and got to the .500 mark, blanking visiting Union Local 8-0 on Tuesday night for their fourth-straight win. The Redskins (5-5) got five goals from Kaydence Walker, while Carsyn Brown, Maryn Barcalow and Chloe Flesher each tallied a goal. Creek looks to keep its winning streak going on Thursday when they host Cambridge. VOLLEYBALL OAK GLEN SWEEPS WEIR NEW MANCHESTER — The Oak Glen volleyball team earned a sweep of visiting county rival Weir High on ...