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CHICAGO (AP) ? The long wait is over, Pittsburgh. Your Pirates are finally headed back to the postseason.After a 21-year absence, the Pirates clinched at least a National League wild card Monday night when they beat the Chicago Cubs 2-1 and the Washington Nationals lost to St. Louis.Now, they can turn their attention toward bigger goals, the kind that seemed like nothing more than a pipe dream through all those ...

Golden Triangle News Service?s Hunter Tickel, the Washington sports editor, compiled football statistics at this point in the season for our coverage area. PASSINGPlayer Comp.-Att. Yds. TD INT1.Reid Miller, Mid-Prairie 29-57 418 2 3 2. Kody Wood, Highland 36-62 387 5 23. Max Fricke, W-MU 17-42 298 0 34. Jordan Whitney, Fairfield 23-39 224 3 25. Daryn Sebelius, Washington 12-34 207 3 16. Luke Lyle, S-K ...

The Cardinal volleyball team lost to New London at home last night by the score of 14-25,15-25,9-25."We did not play as well as I would have liked," Cardinal volleyball coach Jerald Harter said. "Our serve receive was not good and that transitioned into setting problems and hitting errors."Amy Hart was 8-8 serving with one ace. Leea Ostrander smashed six kills and Hart had three. Ostrander also led the team in ...

Neon SplashThe Neon Splash glowing 5k run will be held at 7 p.m. on Oct. 5 in Fairfield?s Chatauqua Park.Prizes will be awarded to the top glow costumes. This is not a timed event, so each participant can go at their own pace. All proceeds go to the new outdoor pool project.Each participant must pay a $25 fee and register by Sept. 25 for a guaranteed T-shirt. Only $10 is required for children 10 and under. ...

Washington got back to playing baseball and swept Atlanta to keep the Braves from clinching the NL East. Meanwhile, the AL wild-card race remained tight with Texas beating Tampa Bay. A quick look at baseball's playoff picture:TIGHTENING RACE: Four of the six teams vying for the two AL wild-card berths squared off against a fellow contender Tuesday night. Texas topped Tampa Bay 7-1 to move into a tie with the ...

Front row, from left: Howard Phagan, Hunter Drish, Jon Scantling, Finn Malloy, Gage Roach, Derek Beasley, Orion Riley, manager Anthony Osbourne; second row: Jose Jimenez, Jesse Birlson, Gannon Courtright, Juan Telloy, Brendan Hagans, Michael Flournay, Blu Schultz, Stetson Spees, Logan Williams, manager Mark Anderson; third row: Graham Kuehl, Brayden Fishel, Darron Roberts, Cade Lisk, James Lyman, Aaron Haines, ...

The Pekin volleyball team defeated Wapello Tuesday to push its win streak to four games.The final score was 26-24, 25-23, 18-25, 25-22."We had a few slow starts in some of the sets, but came back and played to win," Pekin volleyball coach Ashley Bartels said.Beth Atwood led the team with 14 kills. Jessica Horras had six kills of her own.Atwood also had two blocks, while Peyton Atwood and Madelyn Baker each ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ? Jerry Sandusky?s lawyer and members of the state attorney general?s office will be inside a northeastern Pennsylvania courtroom as the former Penn State assistant football coach seeks to have his child molestation conviction overturned.The state Superior Court proceeding on Tuesday is being held in Wilkes-Barre as part of the court?s effort to give more people a chance to see how it ...

Fairfield?s 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams played Washington last night.The 8th grade team began its season at home. The A, C and D teams won. The B team lost in straight sets.Ashtyn Drish recorded 11 aces and Shania Storto had eight. Taylor Myers helped the team with two kills.Allison Krumboltz added in one kill of her own. Claire Christensen and Amiah Neff both tallied eight passes.The 7th grade team ...

Middle schools competed at the Fairfield Invite Thursday.Boys1. Connor Riley Ottumwa 8:372. Sam Roth Pekin 8:483. Jaden Starkwether LM 8:494. Max Wilcox WBND 8:525. Cole Schroeder Burlington 8:5322. Caden Jones FF 10:0028. Mark Diers FF 10:1042. Connor Ryan FF 10:3359. Hunter Bechtel FF 11:0760. Bowen Richmond FF 11:1170. Tony Deutschle Pekin 11:4072. Blaze Muntz Pekin 11:4273. Jacob Weber Pekin ...

The Comets scored first, but they would not score again.Cardinal?s game at Eddyville-Blakesburg Friday quickly got ugly. The Comets lost 51-6.Cardinal?s second drive of the game ended with a 55-yard touchdown run by Tyler Albert. Albert would finish the night with only 75. Eddyville-Blakesburg would then score 51 unanswered points.?We weren?t as consistent as we need to be to give us a chance to win ballgames,?...

AMES (AP) ? Iowa State University police are investigating the theft of personal items from Iowa football players? and coaches? visiting locker room.The Des Moines Register reports that Iowa?s locker room was broken into during the annual Cy-Hawk rivalry game Saturday night at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames.Iowa State University police said Sunday that personal items were missing when Iowa players and staff ...