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Tremendous trio

When Mallory Clemmer, Aierra Jenkins and Emma Larkin discovered they had earned all-state honors in basketball, the trio found out from a third party. Clemmer received the news from her mother, while Jenkins’ father informed her. Larkin learned she made her third all-state team in Class A ...

Local athletes earn plethora of medals in weekend invites

Local athletes fared well in three track & field invitationals that were held this past weekend over the course of the district. Beth-Center senior Deakyn DeHoet, who attends school at Jefferson-Morgan but competes for the Bulldogs as part of a co-op because the Rockets don’t field a ...

Long time coming

JEFFERSON – Addy Larkin's line drive that fell into shallow right field in the bottom of the eighth inning and drove in the winning run ended a couple of long streaks. It was the first time that Jefferson-Morgan had beaten Carmichaels in a dozen years and ended the Lady Mikes' 21-game ...

Pirates tightrope way past Cubs into first place

CHICAGO (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates entered Sunday in an unfamiliar position in the standings. Yohan Ramírez escaped bases-loaded jams in the 10th and 11th innings, and the Pirates took advantage of a throwing error by Caleb Thielbar to score the go-ahead run in a 4-3 win over the ...

Ovechkin appreciates reception from Penguins fans

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The 100th career matchup between generational stars Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin never materialized during the Washington Capitals 6-3 victory against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. But that didn’t stop the crowd from showing its appreciation for Ovechkin in ...

Garner, key member of 1979 world champion Pirates, dies at 76

HOUSTON (AP) — Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner's family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner had died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic ...