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No one left behind: WVU offense spreads ball around

On third and 9 with two minutes left, West Virginia quarterback Nicco Marchiol dropped back and found tight end Grayson Barnes over the middle of the field for 34 yards, putting the Mountaineers into Pitt territory. A couple of plays later, with 11 seconds left, Marchiol hit Barnes again for ...

HOLLAND: Kidder – ‘happy to be their coach’

After 28 years and 521 wins as a high school volleyball coach, Ron Kidder contemplated stepping away. It would have been an understandable decision. Kidder had just guided the Marietta Tigers to back-to-back district titles in 2023 and 2024 and watched six key players go off to college. He ...

Rivalry week opens with South five-set win over PHS

PARKERSBURG - The start of rivalry week for Parkersburg South and Parkersburg got underway Monday evening inside Memorial Fieldhouse as the visiting Patriots somehow managed to rally past the Big Reds 30-28, 14-25, 25-18, 21-25 and 15-11. Despite facing a 6-2 deficit in the winner-take-all ...

Catch Me If You Can: Marietta College’s Hodges rushes for more than 300 yards

MARIETTA -- Senior running back Vante’ Hodges ran for over 300 yards and three touchdowns Saturday night to lead the Marietta College Pioneers to a 47-31 win over the Otterbein Cardinals at Don Drumm Stadium. The win gave first-year Pioneer head coach Tom Kaufman his first home win and also ...

Monday Morning Quarterback: A resilient bunch at WVU

Midway through the third quarter Saturday West Virginia had a 14-3 lead and WVU fans had hope that an upset was in the making. But then in a span of less than 12 minutes of game clock time it appeared to unravel, as Pittsburgh scored two field goals and two touchdowns to take a 24-14 advantage ...