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Good news, bad news: Ohio State women advance, Marshall out

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — No Elizabeth Kitley, no problem for Virginia Tech. At least for one round. Matilda Ekh scored 21 points to lead No. 13 Virginia Tech to a 92-49 victory over Marshall in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Friday. The Hokies won without star center ...

Ravenswood Middle School track coach arrested

RAVENSWOOD — A Ravenswood Middle School track teacher is currently being housed in the South Central Regional Jail after being arrested Thursday and charged with two counts of prohibited child erotica and two counts of criminal invasion of privacy, a press release from the Ravenswood Police ...

Parkersburg Big Reds claim girls team title at Kim Nutter Invite

PARKERSBURG - Senior Addison Gherke captured high-point honors and Daysha Hastings was runner-up for host Parkersburg here Friday night at the Kim Nutter Invitational as the Big Reds captured the team title by topping Cabell Midland, 197.5 to 178. The senior Gherke swept the hurdles with a ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Announcements

BACF Basketball Game Set For March 29 The 21st Annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Basketball Classic will take place Friday, March 29 at Parkersburg South High School. The girls game will start at 5:30 p.m. with the boys slam-dunk and 3-point shooting contest being held at halftime ...

Big Reds’ Trinity Balog named first team all-state in quad-A

WHEELING -- Coming into her junior season, Wheeling Park’s Alexis Bordas was already in rarified air. After a sophomore year in which she took home the Mary Ostrowski award and the Gatorade West Virginia Girls Basketball Player of the Year award, as well as breaking the 1,000-point threshold ...

Patrick Copen shines in Dodgers’ Spring Breakout Game

BELPRE — Tagged as one of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ top pitching prospects, Patrick Copen showed off his craft this past Saturday as part of Major League Baseball’s series of Spring Breakout Games. The Parkersburg Catholic grad, who pitched three seasons at Marshall University, and his ...