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Red Knights stay on a roll with win over Wellsville

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TORONTO - The Toronto volleyball team has gotten back on track. After back-to-back losses, the Red Knights have now won three-straight matches as Toronto defeated rival Wellsville, 25-18, 25-14, 22-25, 25-12, in a varsity only match Monday night inside the George J. Kunzler Memorial Gymnasium. "Once we settled down, got our passing going and were consistent with our offense, we did well," Toronto (10-2) head coach Shannon Bahen said. "We got off to a slow start tonight. We had Homecoming this past weekend, so we did not practice Saturday or Sunday. We started off slow, but then we ...

WVU enjoying top 25 win, looking to ride high into Big 12 play

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — West Virginia football knocked off No. 25 Virginia 38-27. If you look at the scoreboard, the Mountaineers won by 11, but it was almost more, with the Cavaliers scoring a late touchdown with under a minute to play. In Rich Rodriguez’s second trip to Morgantown, there’s an argument this is his top win, battling with the road-ranked win over Houston and the overtime win over Pitt in the Backyard Brawl. With the win, WVU is one of the 35 teams in the FBS still undefeated through Week 3. The Mountaineers are one of six Big 12 teams that haven’t lost, standing with ...

OVAC soccer tournament fields are set

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STEUBENVILLE - The time has come for the OVAC soccer tournament. The Big Red boys' and girls' soccer teams have once again qualified for the annual OVAC Soccer Tournament. Both Big Red teams advanced to the tournament in Class 5A. The Oak Glen boys' and girl's soccer teams also qualified for the annual tournament. The Golden Bears qualified in Class 4A. The top four teams in each of the three classes qualified for the conference tournament. The girls' tournament is scheduled to get underway today with the semifinals in all three classes. In Class 5A, No. 4 Big Red (5-4-1) will ...

Patriots pummel Rodgers, Steelers

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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots have yet to find much of the offensive rhythm that propelled their Super Bowl run last season. The defense was there to pick up the pieces against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Elijah Ponder had a 19-yard fumble recovery for a score, TreVeyon ...

CCHS inducting seven into athletic HOF

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STEUBENVILLE - Catholic Central High School will be holding their annual Hall of Fame Dinner and Induction Ceremony on Thursday at the Mickey Barber Gymnasium at Catholic Central High School to honor the incredible athletes being inducted. Honorees will include Ed Kliner-Class of ’67, Thomas “Hawk” Rice-Class of ’72, Christopher Pashke-Class of ’84, Brittany Stillwagon Robinault-Class of ’06, Zachary Joseph Cernansky-Class of ’10, Madeline Gulan-Class of ’14, and Tony Barber-Class of ’16. Jim “Mac” McCormack, Class of 1954, will receive the Lifetime Service Award ...

Prep Roundups

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VOLLEYBALL CENTRAL SWEEPS ROSECRANS STEUBENVILLE - The Catholic Central volleyball team earned a sweep of Bishop Roseceans on Saturday for a season sweep of the Bishops. Regan Meek had 12 kills, 12 digs and three aces, Avi Bressler had 20 assists, Corina Brem had 16 digs and three aces and Gianna Lemal had two blocks, two aces and two kills. The Crusaders improve to 6-5 ahead of hosting Weir High on Tuesday evening. BIG RED TOPS INDIAN CREEK WINTERSVILLE - The Big Red volleyball team made it back-to-back wins and a season sweep of Indian Creek on Saturday with four-set ...