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Missed opportunities cost South Range in state semi loss to Liberty Union

AKRON — For five innings, South Range hung tough with Division V's top-ranked team. But the Raiders’ season unraveled in the sixth inning. Baltimore Liberty Union capitalized on several South Range errors, and the Raiders’ missed opportunities finally caught up to them, as the Lions ...

Warren Football Legends golf outing set for July 12

The Warren Gridiron Club is set to host its 10th annual Warren Football Legends golf outing on July 12 at the Trumbull Country Club in Warren. The 18-hole, four-person scramble outing, which is limited to 120 golfers, is $125 per person and includes a pre-golf brunch, post-golf dinner buffet, open bar, beverages and snacks on the course, registration and door prizes, a skins game, 50/50 raffle and a Trumbull Country Club foursome raffle. Competition prizes include $1,000 to the winning team of four, $100 for being closest to the pin on four holes, $100 for the longest drive on two ...

The agony of dealing with mayflies while fishing

The words roll off the tongues of Lake Erie walleye anglers with disdain. “The mayflies are hatching.” They are words no walleye angler wants to hear. Every year from late May through June, just as the weather is getting reliably good and anglers are itching to get out on Erie, Mother Nature throws us her mayfly curveball. Mayflies are the flying insects that emerge from their nymph stage from the bottom mud of Lake Erie. They rise to the surface and molt into adults with wings that enable them to fly from the surface. When the hatch is in full bloom, we are confronted with a ...

Seager, Higashioka go deep as Rangers best Guardians

ARLINGTON, Texas — Corey Seager hit a go-ahead homer to end a career-worst 0-for-29 slump in his first game for Texas in more than three weeks and Kyle Higashioka also went deep as the Rangers beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-2 on Friday night. Seager had missed 19 games since May 13 while on ...

Pirates drop series opener to Braves

ATLANTA — Mauricio Dubon homered for the third straight game and the Atlanta Braves opened another home series with a victory, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-3 on Friday night. Dubon was 2 for 4 with three RBIs and two runs. It is the first time in his eight-year career he has homered in ...

Poston handles the wind at Memorial

DUBLIN — J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a tough course was about to get even harder. Part of him was eager to see how a new golf ball to help with the wind was going to perform. It’s safe to say he was ...