Up until very recently, Chad Kiser assumed he wouldn’t be the head coach of a program this upcoming season. The long-time LaBrae coach took an assistant role on the Newton Falls staff, expecting to be along for the ride. That changed when the head coaching position at Mathews opened up. ...
PITTSBURGH — Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it. Spending two seasons doing things few pitchers in the history of the game have done — as Skenes did ...
CLEVELAND — Victor Bericoto had an RBI single, Matt Wilkinson worked two innings as an opener in his major league debut against the team that drafted the left-hander and the San Francisco Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 1-0 on Wednesday night. The 23-year-old Wilkinson allowed one hit a little more than three months after Cleveland’s 10th-round pick in the 2023 amateur draft was acquired from the AL wild card-chasing Guardians. He was the franchise’s first Canadian-born pitcher to make his big league debut as a starter since Tip O’Neill for the New York Gothams in ...
PITTSBURGH — Brandon Lowe homered off Detroit closer Kenley Jansen with two outs in the ninth inning to lift the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday. Rafael Flores Jr. homered twice for Pittsburgh, including a tying shot off Jansen (3-5) with one out in the ninth. Lowe followed two batters later with a towering shot to right field that clanged high off the foul pole. The homer was the 27th this season for Lowe, the most in club history by a second baseman. It was the 83rd this year by the Pirates at PNC Park, the most at the venue since it opened in ...
BOYS GOLF South Range 151, Hubbard 169 at Lake Milton Golf Club South Range: Brennan Proya 35, Nick Titus 37, Mark Aey 39, Braden Meshula 40 Hubbard: Logan Ward 41, Jackson Powell 43, Leo Mariano 46, Misali Smalios 48 Springfield 191, Sebring 246 at Berlin Lakes Springfield: Cooper Ensley 42, Anthony Crump 47, Payton Schultz 50, Aiden Ehrhart 52 Sebring: Connor Helmick 57, Michael P 59, Rick Zhang 65, Kamryn Gormier 65 Canfield 156, Howland 169 at Salem Hills Canfield: Danny Chaplow 36, Bohdi Forman 38, Chad Volovar 41, Luke Conroy 41 Howland: Nick Alvetro 39, ...
BOARDMAN — Poland’s attack proved relentless throughout Tuesday’s boys soccer match vs. Boardman, and it helped lift the Bulldogs, who suffered a decisive loss in their season opener, to a 1-0 victory on the road. Poland head coach Brian Garcar said the win was just what his team ...
