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Borsch’s Go-Ahead Homer Sends Big Red To OVAC 5A Championship

MOUNDSVILLE — After six stalemate innings that saw John Marshall and Steubenville knotted 2-2 in their OVAC semifinal game on Monday, one swing of the bat by Big Red’s AJ Borsch was all his team needed. Borsch belted a two-run, go-ahead home run with two outs in the top of the seventh ...

Top-Seeded Barnesville Nips Martins Ferry, 4-3

BARNESVILLE – Baseball can be, at times, a game of inches. It certainly was Monday afternoon at Memorial Park. Top-seeded Barnesville built a 4-0 lead only to hang on for a 4-3 victory over No. 4 Martins Ferry in an OVAC Class 3A baseball semifinal. “It feels good,” veteran ...

Improvements Are Coming To Buckeye Local Stadium

YORKVILLE – The Buckeye Local football program has a new head coach and when Hayden Daly leads the Panthers onto Ron Poblish Field on Friday, Aug. 28 against River, they will be playing on a new playing surface. According to Athletic Director Jeff Patrick, the long-awaited upgrade is under ...

High School Roundup: Maroon Knights, Cadets Each Advance To OVAC Championships

BEVERLY — Brayden Cover and Jake Brown combined to limit the Cadets to a single unearned run Monday in the Maroon Knights’ OVAC 3A baseball semifinal victory. Cover started on the mound for Central and struck out 12 in six innings. Brown came in for the seventh, pitching a clean inning for ...