VIENNA — The high school football season in the Mahoning Valley kicked off on Thursday with a five-game slate across the area. A hotly contested game in last year’s season opener, the 2026 meeting between Jackson-Milton and Mathews provided some of the same theatrics. It was a ...
CLEVELAND — Gavin Williams struck out 11 over 5 2/3 innings, Jose Ramirez had an RBI single in the three-run first and the Cleveland Guardians beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 for their first home series victory in seven weeks on Thursday. The Guardians hadn’t won a series at Progressive ...
CLEVELAND — Peyton Watson is heading from Denver to Cleveland as part of a four-team trade that will also have the Cavaliers sending Max Strus to the Los Angeles Clippers. A person familiar with the trade said Wednesday night that Watson, a restricted free agent who spent his first four NBA ...
LIBERTY — Playing one of the first games of the opening week of the 2026 high school football season, Liberty made an early statement on Thursday night. Dawaun Moody led the Leopards with six touchdowns, and Liberty’s defense shut down Campbell’s offense in a 45-2 victory over the Red ...
GARRETTSVILLE — Football coaches at all levels stress the importance of the last possession of the first half and the first series of the second half. On Thursday, Garrettsville Garfield executed both drives and scored. It flipped momentum, and after another hour or so on the field, the ...
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 ...
