HU N T I N G T O N, W.Va. (AP) — The path to one of Marshall's greatest victories was forged through scooping up transfer portal talent, magic tricks, and a second-year coach's belief that a Sun Belt Conference team can be as good as any opponent, especially a storied giant like Notre Dame.
Meadville High School’s softball Lady Eagles owned an even-steven record – 7-7 – at mid-week after a busy stretch of games. Playing eight games in eight days, including three in last Saturday’s Polo Classic tournament, the MHS girls stood at .500 after a second-straight win last Tuesday, 3-1 over Tri-County Conference opponent Atlanta on the road.
PHOENIX (AP) — Clayton Kershaw pitched seven dominant innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers won Major League Baseball’s National League West Division title for the ninth time in 10 seasons, beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 4-0 Tuesday night.
MARCELINE — Disappointingly for all involved, the search for the first Marceline High School football win under new head coach Joey Peterson will extend into a fourth week. Trying to rebound from the prior week’s “Bell Game” home loss to Brookfield, MHS’ Tigers were caged 34-8 by the Harrisburg Bulldogs in both teams’ 2022 Lewis and Clark Conference opener at MHS’ Chester Ray Stadium last Friday.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kansas City coach Andy Reid looked slightly perplexed during Sunday's postgame press conference when asked why his quarterback Patrick Mahomes is so good in season openers.
SHELBINA – 2022 Brookfield High School football junior quarterback Colton Parn threw for Bulldogs-record 399 yards and senior wide receiver Gambal Staddie had a BHS-best-ever 220 receiving yards against the South Shelby Cardinals last Friday night, but it wasn’t enough to give Brookfield back-toback victories. Coming off its “Bell Game” triumph at Marceline the week before, BHS fell behind by three touchdowns in the first period and lost 36-20 on the road.
Tough days on diamond for Meadville girls late last week Marceline High School’s defending Class 2 state-champion softball squad remained undefeated in 2022 last week, but Meadville’s softball girls sustained three defeats during the week. Off the diamond around the county, the Brookfield volleyball Lady Bulldogs won a game, but not the match at home against Hamilton: Penney last Thursday, while the BHS cross country runners uniformly improved their times in their second meet of the fall.
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — The century- old rivalry between Kansas State and Missouri still means something in Big 12 country, more than a decade after the Tigers bolted the league for the SEC, and that was evident this week when Wildcats coach Chris Klieman asked players who grew up across the border to talk about it.
Most teams would have their offensive game plan cut in half if their top receiver was injured in the second quarter. The Los Angeles Chargers showed they have players who can pick up the slack.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Albert Pujols hit his 697th home run, moving past Alex Rodriguez into fourth place on the career list and doing it in dramatic fashion with a ninth-inning drive that rallied the St. Louis Cardinals over the Pittsburgh Pirates 4-3 Sunday.