BELOIT — The West Branch football team is off to another hot start this season, this time with a new quarterback under center lighting up the stat sheet. Junior Dru DeShields has stepped into the new role after playing as a wide receiver last season and has shined through four games. The ...

The T.C. Caffey show is hitting the road and the Hubbard Eagles (4-0) are looking to remain perfect on the year when they travel to Struthers (2-2) for their first road game of the season. The Eagles and Wildcats are meeting for the 88th time in a rivalry which began in 1916. Struthers leads ...

POLAND — It’s been a see-saw battle between the South Raiders and Poland Bulldogs the past few years. Two of the inaugural members of the Northeast-8 athletic conference, each school has split their meetings versus each other with Poland defending their home turf 27-7 in 2019, and South ...

CLEVELAND — Brash and even a little belligerent, Baker Mayfield waltzed into the NFL thinking he had things figured out. He quickly learned he had a lot to learn. Tyrod Taylor taught him. When Cleveland fans fill FirstEnergy Stadium on Sunday for the first time in nearly two years, ...

BEREA — Browns punter Jamie Gillan spent the summer catching footballs fired at him from a machine during practice. He snagged thousands. Last Sunday, he couldn’t handle one that counted. Gillan failed to catch a snap in the fourth quarter of the opener at Kansas City, and then made ...

PITTSBURGH — Cincinnati Reds reliever Mychal Givens has been around long enough to understand the rhythms of a season. Funks happen. What defines a team is how it responds to them. With the Reds staggering at the end of a frustrating nine-game road trip, Givens delivered a fastball that ...