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SPORTS BRIEFING

METS PAY PIRATES PITTSBURGH (AP) — The New York Mets will pay more than $8.1 million to Pittsburgh as part of this week's trade that sent pitcher Luke Weaver to the Pirates for minor league infielder Sammy Stafura, covering most of the nearly $13.4 million remaining on the right-hander's contract. Pittsburgh will in effect pay Weaver just $229,412 this year, a prorated share of the $780,000 minimum salary. Weaver had $2,352,941 remaining of his $8 million salary for 2026 at the time of Monday's trade and the Mets will pay the Pirates four installments of $530,882 on Aug. 24 and 28, ...

It might require Maximum Effort to win derby

NEW CUMBERLAND, W.Va. — Maximum Effort, third in the Iowa Derby and Texas Derby in his last two starts, seeks the first win of his career in the $400,000 Grade III West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Casino, Resort & Races on Sunday. It may seem like a tall order, but he has the right connections. His trainer, Steve Asmussen, holds the West Virginia Derby record of six wins, and his owner, Winchell Thoroughbreds, has won three editions of the 1 1/8-mile race for 3-year-olds, all of them with Asmussen. Winchell Thoroughbreds purchased the Maxfield colt for $600,000 at the 2024 ...

Beaver Meadows plays host to first Buckeye 8 girls tourney

CALCUTTA – The inaugural Buckeye 8 Girls Individual Golf Tournament was held Wednesday at Beaver Creek Meadows Golf Course. Nineteen girls competed in the 18-hole event on the par-71 layout, with Harrison Central freshman Reese Dunlap earning medalist honors with an 83. The top five ...

ALTIUS EXCELLENCE

Boston leads Indians at quad

BIG DAY FOR BOSTON WARREN — Kaitlyn Boston holed out from 25 yards out on the 15th hole to lead Southern in a quad with Mineral Ridge, Austintown Fitch and Jackson-Milton on Tuesday at Duck Creek. Mineral Ridge won with a 187, followed by Fitch with a 209, Southern 222 and Jackson-Milton 229. For Southern, Rylee Digman had a 49, Boston 53, Ava Reed 59 and Aubrey Potts 61. Southern is at Columbiana today. MINERVA WINS ANOTHER TOURNEY ZOARVILLE — Minerva's girls golf team captured the Tri-County Preseason Tournament title with a team total of 334 on Tuesday at Zoar Golf ...

Cleveland offense stalls again

CLEVELAND (AP) — Luis Torrens had three hits — including a three-run homer in the second inning — and drove in four runs as the New York Mets defeated the Cleveland Guardians 6-2 on Tuesday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Bo Bichette and rookie Carson Benge also went deep for the Mets, who had dropped their last six games against the Guardians. Benge's 451-foot drive to center field in the eighth was the longest home run at Progressive Field this season. Sean Manaea (3-5) allowed two runs on seven hits and five walks while striking out seven in six innings. Nate ...