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Monday Morning Quarterback: Rinse and repeat

Observers who chose not to stay up until past 1:30 a.m. Saturday morning to watch West Virginia lose to BYU 38-24 might have looked at the final score Saturday morning and concluded that the Mountaineers had at least shown improvement and were competitive. They would be sadly mistaken. Neither ...

Marietta, Parkersburg South play to 1-1 draw

DEVOLA — The Marietta Tigers left their footprints all over each of the four corners of the pitch during Saturday night’s match against Parkersburg South. MHS finished with 14 corner kicks, but none of them resulted in goals. After 80 minutes of play, Marietta’s Kellen Miller and ...

Landen Deuley’s 4th hat trick propels Big Reds past Generals

PARKERSBURG — Winfield rallied from a 2-0 deficit here Saturday afternoon at Parkersburg’s Stadium Field, but the Generals of head coach James Rader left town with a 3-2 setback after Big Red senior Landen Deuley provided the match-winner in the 53rd minute for his fourth hat trick of ...

Hot start fuels Glenville State past Fairmont State

CLARKSBURG — Glenville State bolted out to a 23-0 lead here Saturday afternoon at Robert C. Byrd Eagle Stadium en route to a 36-24 “Battle for the Bit” Mountain East Conference victory against rival Fairmont State. The Fighting Falcons (2-3, 0-3) used a 41-yard scoring scamper from ...

Area runners compete in OVAC cross country championships

CAMBRIDGE – On a beautiful morning to run, Wheeling Park’s Brenna Tipton overcame some nervousness to run away from the 182-runner field in the girls portion of the OVAC Cal Pokas Cross Country Championships at the 3.1-mile Cambridge High School course. Tipton broke the tape in ...

Big Reds come up short in shootout against George Washington

PARKERSBURG — Coming off of a three-game win streak and a blow-out win against Riverside, the No. 6-ranked Parkersburg High School Big Reds hosted the No. 2 ranked George Washington High School Patriots on Friday night in a duel fueled with aggressiveness and grit. Despite a nearly ...