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Pioneer Roundup: Volleyball, soccer win season openers

VOLLEYBALL The Marietta College volleyball team opened the season on the road and had to come back to defeat Denison, 3-2 (25-14, 17-25, 24-26, 25-23, 15-9) on Tuesday evening. With the victory the Pioneers improve to 1-0 overall and with the loss the Big Red falls to 0-1 overall. "It was great to see some grit and fight from us, " said Marietta head coach Kristy Anderson. "We made a few in-game adjustments going into set two and the girls executed! Marietta jumped out to an 11-7 lead in set one, getting kills from Karly Launder, Emily Piehler, and Kendyl Cannon, and then ...

COLUMN: Love of the game

Kansas City starting pitcher Seth Lugo inked a two-year, $46 million dollar contract for 2026-27. Left-hander Connor Thomas is playing under a one-year, pre-arbitration contract with a base salary of $171,011. The Royals teammates were both in on the action Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Lugo, who allowed nine hits and as many runs, didn't make it out of the fourth. During what turned out to be a three-run third, Lugo basically didn't bother on a "hustle effort play" to first base which allowed Guardians leadoff man Steven Kwan to reach on an infield single ...

Marietta volleyball falls to Parkersburg South

PARKERSBURG – All engines were firing for Parkersburg South in Tuesday’s quasi tri-match at Rod Old Athletic Center. With Marietta in town for a best-of-three and Hurricane hooking up with the Patriots for a scheduled MSAC best-of-five match, South did not drop a set and swept both ...

Hill’s pinch-hit 2-run double leads Giants

ATLANTA (AP) — Rafael Devers hit his 30th home run of the season and rookie Turner Hill had a two-run double as the San Francisco Giants snapped the Atlanta Braves' seven-game winning streak with a 7-3 win Monday night. Anthony Molina (2-0), who was traded from the Braves to the Giants at ...

Scoreboard (9/1)

HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Sissonville 3, Williamstown 1 S: Blake Cruickshank, 24th minute W: Macy Phelps, unassisted, 29th minute S: Alli Gregor, 48th minute S: Rylie Haines, 70th minute Team stats Keeper saves: W: Madelyn Jones 12 Record: Williamstown 3-1-0 HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Caldwell d. Fort Frye 25-15, 25-16, 15-25, 25-21 Fort Frye (2-2) stats: Evalynn Wagner 5D, 5K; Jantzyn Huck 30D, 2 ast, 2K, 5 pts; Adeline Willey 10D, 1 ast, 11K, 2B, 2 pts; Addie Schob 9D, 18 ast, 1 ace; Kali Shilling 9D, 8K; Elle Casto 7D, 2 ast, 11K, 2B, 1 ace, 5 pts; Haven Shilling 5K, ...

Joined for a cause: Fort Frye volleyball sweeps Waterford in three sets

BEVERLY – Rivalry aside, the volleyball teams from Waterford and Fort Frye met on the volleyball court with heavy hearts. Six weeks ago, the two schools were affected when three girls were involved in an ATV accident – including Fort Frye freshman-to-be Brooklynne Meek, who remains ...