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Perfect ending for Indiana’s 16-0 season

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Fernando Mendoza lowered his pads into a defender, spun in a full circle, used his hand to keep his balance, then launched himself horizontally and reached the ball over the goal line — an Indiana touchdown and a ready-made poster pic for a title run straight from the movies. Maybe they’ll call it “Hoosiers.” The Heisman Trophy winner’s touchdown Monday night put an exclamation point on a 27-21 win over Miami that closed out an undefeated season and brought an improbable — maybe impossible? — national championship to a program that had known ...

SPORTS BRIEFING

Super Bowls or else: Bills ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Sean McDermott arrived in Buffalo in 2017, envisioning the day of looking out his office window and seeing a throng of fans celebrating a Super Bowl victory. That possibility ended on Monday, when McDermott was abruptly fired by team owner Terry Pegula following a nine-year tenure in which the coach transformed the Bills into perennial contenders but fell short of reaching the Super Bowl. The move came two days after a heart-wrenching 33-30 overtime loss at Denver in the divisional round of the playoffs. Buffalo became the ...

Beaver’s Buchheit makes OVAC history

WHEELING, W.Va. – Beaver Local and Ohio Valley Athletic Conference history was made on Saturday at the 72nd annual Ron Mauck Wrestling Championships at WesBanco Arena. It wasn’t easy however. While still in the midst of recovering from a knee injury, Beaver Local senior Robert ...

East Liverpool bounces back to beat Oak Glen

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. — East Liverpool’s boys basketball team banded together to gain a 52-49 win over Oak Glen on Saturday. The Potters (8-6) were playing without leading scorer Dre’Keim Abercrombie who injured his leg on the last play of the game with Indian Creek on Friday. Tyler Kirby led a balanced East Liverpool attack with 11 points. Jayce Douglas added nine points, while Dre Brown had eight points. Oak Glen got 13 points from Gavin Geisse. East Liverpool and Oak Glen (6-3) were fourth and fifth respectively in the Class 4A OVAC standings coming into Saturday. ...

Potters gain two champs

WHEELING, W.Va. — East Liverpool’s girls wrestling team made sure to make an impact at the first OVAC Girls Wrestling Championships on Saturday at WesBanco Arena. Paige Cowan (16-2) pinned Warren’s Kendra Hescht in 1:19 to win the 126 pound title, while Alanna McGonigal (15-3) won the 165 title with a pin of Wheeling Park’s Kylan Cunningham in 1:41. Oak Glen’s Alexandra Watkins (20-3) delivered her school’s first OVAC girls title with a pin of East Liverpool’s Kera Coil (8-6) in 48 seconds at 152 pounds. East Palestine’s McKenna Paparella (13-6) placed second at ...

Blue Devils treated to another EOAC win

LISBON — Lisbon and Wellsville treated fans to one of the best high school boys basketball games you’ll find when the Blue Devils and Tigers collided in an Eastern Ohio Conference thriller at George M. Nace Jr. Gymnasium Friday night — an improbable win captured by the Blue Devils in the ...