Pittsburgh is place to be

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The NFL expects several hundred thousand fans to cram into a city not exactly known for its wide-open spaces for the draft, which will be held tonight through Saturday.

To prepare, Pittsburgh’s public school system will go to remote learning on Thursday and Friday to keep its buses off the roads, and many businesses are allowing employees to work from home rather than come to the office.

The most direct way into town for many visitors is through a stretch of western Pennsylvania hills and anonymous suburbia before you descend — almost always in bumper-to-bumper traffic, no matter the time of day — into the Fort Pitt tunnel, 3,614 feet of darkness that offers little hint of what lies on the other side.

West Branch tops Potters

BELOIT — The freshman doubles team of Everett Zippay and Eli Tice earned their first varsity victory in highlighting West Branch’s 4-1 win over East Liverpool in tennis action Wednesday.

West Branch improves to 6-3 heading into today’s home match against Louisville.

FIRST SINGLES: Cameron McCartney (WB) def. Rowan Stokes, 6-3, 6-0.

SECOND SINGLES: Jeremy Augustein (WB) def. Andrew Dalton, 6-0, 6-0.

THIRD SINGLES: Connor Loper (WB) def. Logan Cornell, 6-0, 6-0.

FIRST DOUBLES: Brady Dawson-Garrett Cooper (EL) def. Austin Hawk-Damon Edwards, 6-4, 4-6, 10-6.

SECOND DOUBLES: Everett Zippay-Eli Tice (WB) def. Hunter Estell-Brayden Schwerha, 6-1, 6-0.