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Finding the next WVU men’s hoops coach won’t be easy

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MORGANTOWN — If only our world were simple enough that an athletic director could be left to do the job he was hired to do without any interference, but in today’s world, an athletic department may be known by the initials WVU but it is run more like a corporate giant like IBM. Bosses have ...

Retired sports reporter Ron Johnston working on second novel

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MARIETTA — A retired sports writer encouraged by the response to his first book is writing a second. Ron Johnston covered sports at The Marietta Times and The Parkersburg News and Sentinel, first as a stringer for The Times in 1988, then fulltime with The Sentinel in 1992 before fully ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Announcements

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FOP Bowling Tournament The local Fraternal Order of Police Blennerhassett Lodge 79 will have a “Back the Blue” bowling benefit at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 27 and at 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 28 at Pike Street Lanes. Proceeds will go toward various FOP projects. Lane sponsorship ...

Ravenswood seeks better fate at state tourney

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RAVENSWOOD — For the 17th time in his career, Ravenswood head coach Mick Price’s program will be competing in the state basketball tournament. When the 19-5 Red Devils square off at 9:30 a.m. Thursday inside the Charleston Coliseum against Chapmanville head coach Brad Napier’s 18-6 ...