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Braves rally past Pirates for series sweep

ATLANTA — Michael Harris II hit a three-run double in the seventh inning and the Atlanta Braves beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-2 to complete a three-game sweep Sunday. Reynaldo López (3-1) earned the win with a scoreless seventh, and Tyler Kinley ended a bases-loaded threat in the eighth when he got Ryan O’Hearn to ground out to first base. Braves rookie Didier Fuentes stranded two runners in the ninth for his first career save. Harris came up as a pinch hitter with the bases loaded and one out in the seventh and the Braves trailing 2-0. With light rain falling, he drove the ...

Maplewood falls in Division VII state championship

AKRON — In front of what was possibly the entire population of Mecca Township, the Maplewood Rockets did what they have done in each of their last 30 trips to the diamond: Battle. Unfortunately for the Rockets, they couldn't get the hits they needed, falling 3-0, to Portsmouth Notre Dame, ...

Missed opportunities cost South Range in state semi loss to Liberty Union

AKRON — For five innings, South Range hung tough with Division V's top-ranked team. But the Raiders’ season unraveled in the sixth inning. Baltimore Liberty Union capitalized on several South Range errors, and the Raiders’ missed opportunities finally caught up to them, as the Lions ...

Mooney boys relays shine at D-IV state meet

COLUMBUS — Cardinal Mooney had quite the quick turnaround early Friday afternoon. With the boys 4x200-meter and 4x100-meter relays only 20 or so minutes apart, the opportunity to lock in and engage was there. The Cardinals brought some hardware back to Youngstown, winning the Division IV ...

Heartland Christian’s Liposky takes D-V state discus title

COLUMBUS — Last spring didn’t end the way that Claire Liposky didn’t end the way she would have liked. After not making it out of the district round last year, the Heartland Christian sophomore stood atop the podium at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium Friday afternoon. After tossing two ...

The agony of dealing with mayflies while fishing

The words roll off the tongues of Lake Erie walleye anglers with disdain. “The mayflies are hatching.” They are words no walleye angler wants to hear. Every year from late May through June, just as the weather is getting reliably good and anglers are itching to get out on Erie, Mother Nature throws us her mayfly curveball. Mayflies are the flying insects that emerge from their nymph stage from the bottom mud of Lake Erie. They rise to the surface and molt into adults with wings that enable them to fly from the surface. When the hatch is in full bloom, we are confronted ...