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Bengals embracing early bye week after win in Miami

(AP) — Zac Taylor wasn't happy when he first saw the Cincinnati Bengals' schedule and noticed an early bye week. However, the eighth-year coach is happier to have it coming up now after a tough three-game stretch that included Sunday's 31-24 victory at Miami where the temperature at the opening kickoff was 90 degrees with the trademark South Florida high humidity. "You kind of like it more toward Thanksgiving. But I do think just where our team is right now and the way that these last three games have gone down to the wire and guys playing through some stuff right now, it is a good ...

AP hands out midseason Big Ten football awards

(AP) — By the looks of it, Bob Chesney is well on his way to fixing the fixer-upper he acquired when UCLA hired him. The No. 12 Bruins have their highest ranking in four years, reached midseason as one of nine unbeaten Football Bowl Subdivision teams and are tied with No. 4 Ohio State and No. 5 Indiana at 3-0 in Big Ten play. Not bad for a team that was picked to finish 13th in the 18-team Big Ten and was 8-16 overall and 6-12 in conference games the previous two years under Deshaun Foster and Tim Skipper. For their accomplishments so far, Chesney was named the Big Ten's top ...

Local Calendar

Wednesday, Oct. 14 High school volleyball: Gilmer County at Lewis County, 6 p.m.; Magnolia in OVAC, TBA High school golf: WVSSAC State Championship at Oglebay College men’s soccer: Marietta at Mount Union, 7 p.m. College women’s soccer: Mount Union at Marietta, 7 p.m.

Scoreboard

HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL Fort Frye d. Morgan 25-17, 25-21, 21-25, 25-19 Fort Frye (14-6) stats: Evalynn Wagner 4D, 5 pts; Jantzyn Huck 29D, 1 ast, 9 pts; Adeline Willey 6D, 8K, 9B, 1 ace, 6 pts; Addie Schob 5D, 17 ast; Kali Shilling 4D, 5K, 1B; Elle Casto 7D, 1 ast, 11K, 3B, 1 ace, 1 pt; Emma Lockhart 1D, 4K, 3B; Haven Shilling 10D, 12K, 2 aces, 12 pts; Aubrie Lang 9D, 24 ast, 1 ace, 9 pts; Ella Dowler 1D, 6K, 1B HIGH SCHOOL CROSS COUNTRY Wirt County Wetlands Invite GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Ritchie County 17, Wirt County 40 Finishers 1. Layla Devereux (RC) 19:34, 2. Paige Sterns ...

Golf Glance

European tour DP WORLD INDIA CHAMPIONSHIP Site: New Delhi. Course: Delhi GC. Yardage: 6,912. Par: 72. Prize money: $4 million. Winner's share: $666,667. Television: Thursday-Friday, 2:30-4 a.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 4-7:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Saturday, 3-4 a.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 4-7:30 a.m. (Golf Channel); Sunday, 2-4 a.m. (Golf Channel mobile), 4-7 a.m. (Golf Channel). Defending champion: Tommy Fleetwood. Race to Dubai leader: Patrick Reed. Last week: Grant Forrest won the Spanish Open. Notes: Rory McIlroy headlines the field as the Masters champion plays three ...

Pioneer roundup: Football falls at Mount Union

ALLIANCE — Marietta College's upset bid fell short at the University of Mount Union as the Pioneers lost, 27-21, Saturday. The loss drops Marietta to 3-2 overall and 2-2 in the Ohio Athletic Conference. Mount Union is 3-2 overall and 3-1 in the OAC. "I am extremely proud of our effort and our fight. There were a lot of highs and lows and no matter the situation, we continued to battle," Marietta head coach Tom Hinkle said. "We are excited to get back at it next week at home for homecoming. We will learn from this and come back next week with this exact same fight." Mount Union ...