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BEAVERS LOST TO ST. C
ST. CLAIRSVILLE -- Beaver Local’s girls soccer team dropped a 2-1 decision to St. Clairsville on Thursday.
Beaver Local is 4-1.
Peyton Dunn hand the Beaver goal. Leah Stewart had an assist. Tatum Duncan had 15. saves.
Beaver Local is at Oak Glen on Tuesday.
PATTERSON TOPS WEST LIBERTY
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. -- The Walsh University football team built a 17-point lead midway through the third quarter and held on to beat West Liberty University, 30-27, in the season opener Thursday night in front o 1,521 fans at Russek Stadium.
Walsh junior All-Ohioan Brendan Zurbrugg made his collegiate debut, splitting time at quarterback. He completed 6-of-9 passes for 46 yards with one touchdown in the second quarter and one interception. Zurbrugg was an All-Ohioan at Alliance High School and spent the past two seasons at Oklahoma and Utah.
Redshirt junior receiver Grant Knight from United High School returned to the lineup after sitting out last year. He had three catches for 25 yards.
West Liberty senior running back Hunter Patterson from Oak Glen High School, accounted for 249 total yards and two touchdowns.
Patterson finished with 142 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries along with 10 catches for 107 yards and another score.
Walsh will host Wheeling University at 6 p.m. next Saturday, Sept. 5.
WACHA BEATS GUARDIANS
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Michael Wacha dominated Cleveland’s lineup by allowing just four singles over eight innings as the Kansas City Royals stayed scorching hot with a 3-0 win on Friday night to end the Guardians’ winning streak at seven games.
Wacha (8-8) was in control from his first pitch to his 103rd and cooled off the Guardians, who just returned from a 6-0 trip to Colorado and Los Angeles.
Rookie Carter Jensen hit a two-run homer in the ninth for the Royals, who have won 11 of 12 and are 23-16 since the All-Star break.
Wacha, who leads the AL with 18 quality starts, walked none and struck out a season-high 10. The Guardians only got one runner past second base against the right-hander. Wacha improved to 6-1 against AL Central teams in 2026.
Steven Cruz loaded the bases in the ninth on two singles and a hit batter before retiring Angel Genao on a comebacker for his sixth save.
Clinging to a 1-0 lead, Jensen gave the Royals two huge runs in the ninth by belting his 19th homer, a shot to right off reliever Craig Yoho.
Tanner Bibee (5-14) suffered another tough loss for Cleveland. He only allowed one run in six innings, but the Guardians’ offense couldn’t get anything going against Wacha.
Bibee came in getting an average of just 3.17 runs of support per game -- third-lowest in MLB.