WHEELING – The Ohio All Stars revealed their Defensive Backs and Wide Receivers for Saturday’s 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley Football Game at Wheeling Island Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:15 p.m. A brief capsule of each player follows: TUCKER McELROY (Beaver Local) – This 6-2, ...
As the book closes on the second World Cup tournament held in the United States over the next few days it gives the nation a moment to reflect on how the sport has come along even if that history is sometimes not clear or never discussed at all. Here in Columbiana County the sport we know as soccer emerged in 1895 with the birth of the first known organized soccer club called the Rovers Association Football Club in East Liverpool. Pottery workers with links to Great Britain, where soccer's rules were established, drove this trend. The club elected its officers on Nov. 18, 1895 although ...
TWO SCRAPPERS DRAFTED NILES – Two Mahoning Valley Scrappers players were selected in the 10th round of the MLB Draft on Sunday afternoon. Nick Williams, an outfielder, was taken by the Washington Nationals with the 286th pick in the 10th round. He is batting .293 with 13 RBIs in 23 games for the Scrappers. Carlos Sanchez, a catcher and utility player, was taken by the Baltimore Orioles with the 290th pick. He has a .308 batting average with 23 RBIs in 24 games with the Scrappers. has 28 hits, 23 RBI’s, 4 home runs, and a .308 batting average in 24 games. MORE YANKEES ...
AKRON — Zach Johnson won his first PGA Tour Champions major in the final event at Firestone Country Club, closing with a 2-under 68 for a six-shot victory Sunday in the Kaulig Companies Championship. Johnson had a 63 in the third round that staked him to a four-shot lead entering the final ...
At Firestone Country Club South Course, Akron Purse: $3.5 million Yardage: 7,248; Par: 70 Sunday’s Final Round Zach Johnson, $525,000 67-67-63-68—265 -15 Boo Weekley, $308,000 68-67-70-66—271 -9 Rory Sabbatini, $252,000 68-72-66-66—272 -8 Stewart Cink, $210,000 69-68-68-68—273 -7 Ben Crane, $144,667 71-68-67-68—274 -6 George McNeill, $144,667 68-71-69-66—274 -6 Cameron Percy, $144,667 67-66-70-71—274 -6 Miguel Angel Jimenez, $105,000 72-67-62-74—275 -5 Y.E. Yang, $105,000 67-73-65-70—275 -5 Darren Clarke, $91,000 66-70-68-72—276 -4 Jason ...
AKRON — Cameron Percy shot a 4-under 66 on Friday at rainy Firestone Country Club to take a one-stroke lead in the Kaulig Companies Championship, the fourth of the five major tournaments on the PGA Tour Champions. Percy had a 7-under 133 total. The 52-year-old Australian is winless in 50 starts on the 50-and-over senior tour. "You can't fake it around here. You've got to hit it solid," Percy said. "The par 3s are hard, everything's hard. You've got to hit it really good. You can't just slap it everywhere and shoot a 68." Play was suspended twice due to lightning for a total of ...
