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Big 12 football coaches favor 24-team playoff format

This week, the Big 12 Conference had meetings for several sports, including women's and men's basketball and football. All three of West Virginia's coaches for those three sports were representatives for the coaches for the conference. Some of the biggest topics came after the football meetings. Rich Rodriguez is the Chair of the Big 12 Coaches Committee, and was the speaking voice for how the meeting between all of the coaches went. Most of the press conference was taken up by Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, representing the Big 12 Champions. He answered questions regarding ...

Cinderella Warren: Seventh-seeded Warriors to play for district title

ATHENS — The Warren Warriors aren’t a typical seven seed, and they’re proving that to the rest of the Southeast District. After upsetting second-seeded Miami Trace last week, Warren took down sixth-seeded Hillsboro 5-2 in Thursday’s district semifinal game at Bob Wren Stadium. ...

Hesson, Cadets blank Redskins in district semi

BEVERLY – Fort Frye starting pitcher Grady Hesson came into Thursday evening’s D-6 district semi-final against the Caldwell Redskins sporting an incredible 0.39 earned run average on the season. The only way the Cadet junior could lower that minuscule ERA would be to shut out the Caldwell Redskins for the third time this season and that is exactly what the Fort Frye ace did as he scattered five base hits and the Cadets blanked Caldwell 6-0 to advance to the district championship game. Hesson had shut out the Redskins at home and away in the regular season on games that were ...

MC pitcher earns D3 All-American honor

Marietta College junior pitcher Austin Ziance earned a spot on the 2026 D3baseball.com All-America team Thursday morning earning a spot on the fifth team. Ziance is the 149th All-American selection in program history and the first since 2023. "Austin has worked very hard to make himself one ...

Sports In Brief: Liedtke approved as Shenandoah boys basketball coach

Liedtke Approved at Shenandoah Longtime area high school basketball coach Dan Liedtke is taking over as the Shenandoah varsity boys head coach. Liedtke, who amassed 759 wins in four decades at Fort Frye between the boys and girls programs, was approved by the Noble Local Board of Education ...

Etta Express duo named All-Region

Marietta College placed two players on the 2026 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team Tuesday morning. Pitcher Austin Ziance was named to the second team and outfielder Michael Ciavolella was named to the third team. Ziance was also named to the D3baseball.com All-Region third team. Ziance, a ...