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MECHANICSBURG – Senior quarterback Jayden Roland threw for 2 touchdowns and ran for 2 more as Mechanicsburg opened the football season with a 38-7 win over Kenton Ridge in non-league action Friday night.

WL-S beat Northeastern, 5-1, in OHC boys soccer.

Unbeaten Mechanicsburg upended Southeastern, 159-173, and Madison Plains, 159-218, in OHC boys golf on Thursday.

COLUMBUS – Who will start at the two offensive tackle positions for Ohio State has been almost as persistent a question as who will be the Buckeyes’ starting quarterback with the season opener at Indiana a little over two weeks away.

West Liberty-Salem defeated Bellefontaine, 4-0, in non-league girls soccer on Tuesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Umpire Ángel Hernández lost again in his racial discrimination lawsuit against Major League Baseball when a federal appeals court refused to reinstate his case on Tuesday.

Urbana beat visiting Tecumseh, 184-192, in CBC/KTD golf on Monday.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — James Harden appears determined to sever ties with the Philadelphia 76ers after the star guard called team president Daryl Morey a liar at a promotional event in China.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Peyton Manning, the five-time NFL MVP and member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has a new title.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Fans waved a German flag and chanted Dirk Nowitzki’s name when he walked the red carpet into Symphony Hall on Saturday night for the Basketball Hall of Fame enshrinement ceremony. In his acceptance speech, the former Dallas big man told his parents, “Danke.”