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SPORTS BRIEFING

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POTTERS TIE

LEAVITTSBURG -- East Liverpool and LaBrae tied 4-4 in girls soccer action Saturday.

East Liverpool is 1-7-1 and LaBrae is 4-3-1.

The Potters will play at St. Clairsville on Thursday.

LINSLY CAGES BEARS

NEW MANCHESTER, W.Va. -- Wheeling Linsly topped Oak Glen, 3-2, in girls soccer action Saturday.

Linsly improves to 4-2-1, while Oak Glen moves to 6-3.

Oak Glen will play at Steubenville Central on Wednesday.

FIELD FLOODS

WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Washington & Jefferson College football team stormed visiting Keystone on Saturday.

The Presidents led 42-0 before being suspended at halftime due lighting and the game was eventually called after Cameron Stadium flooded.

First responders in emergency gear escorted fans in knee-high water to their cars.

RAIDERS WIN AT END

ALLIANCE -- This weekend the Mount Union football team came out on top of a close game.

Junior Mason Ashby hauled in a 21-yard pass from Mikey Maloney for his first career touchdown with 12 seconds to play to lift Mount Union over Grove City (Pa.), 21-17, Saturday in front of 2,056 fans at Kehres Stadium.

The completed a 70-yard drive with 45 seconds left in which Maloney was 4-of-7 passing for all 70 yards.

Ashby had five catches for a career-high 100 yards.

Maloney was 18-of-31 passing for 247 yards and two touchdowns, but five interceptions.

In the season opener last week, the Purple Raiders had an extra point blocked with 22 seconds tho play as Wheaton (Ill.) held on for a 24-23 win.

Mount Union (1-1) will kick off Ohio Athletic Conference play by hosting Heidelberger at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

DESHIELDS LEADS KENT

KENT -- Dru DeShields threw for a touchdown and ran for two more scores, and Kent State dominated the second half for a 36-15 win over FCS Wofford on Saturday.

The Golden Flashes (1-1) put together three long drives and outscored the Terriers 22-0 in the fourth quarter.

DeShields, who was an All-Ohioan at West Branch, was 16-of-25 for 248 yards with two first-half interceptions and ran for 74 yards on 10 carries.

DeShields and the Golden Flashes will play at Ohio State at noon Saturday.

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