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WVU baseball coach Steve Sabins rewarded with one-year extension

MORGANTOWN — Steve Sabins has an additional 1.3 million reasons to continue to build on his opening success as WVU’s baseball coach. After leading the Mountaineers to a super regional in his first season as head coach, Sabins and the school finalized a one-year contract extension that ties ...

Around the Race Course: Mile Marker 10

Runners will pass the mile 10 marker shortly after turning right on Division Street from Camden Avenue, as they make their way to the Fifth Steet Bridge. Division Street turns into Fifth Street shortly before the bridge. Starting this slight uphill on the bridge, participants will have ...

Walker, Buttrey claim low rounds at Callaway Junior Tour

VIENNA – Several golfers atop the leaderboard in their respective age divisions managed to overcome a rough start to their round during Monday’s Callaway Junior Tour stop at Parkersburg Country Club. For Jude Walker, it was smooth sailing from the get-go in what he basically referred to ...

Around the Race Course: Phelps-Tavenner House – Mile 9.5

Roughly mile 9.5 provides runners and walkers with a glimpse of the Phelps-Tavenner House, which is the oldest brick house in Wood County. Built around 1800, this house has served as a make-shift courthouse, the home of two different families the Phelps and the Tavenners – and is listed on ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Announcements

Montgomery Aces Oxbow Russ Montgomery of Parkersburg recorded a hole-in-one on the 105-yard par 3 fourth hole at Oxbow Golf Course. He used a pitching wedge to accomplish the feat. His ace was witnessed by Bryan Dowler and Steve Florence. *** Miller Aces Minibel Donnie Miller recorded a ...

Miracle Workers: West Virginia rallies past Ohio, 15-14

WHEELING – Yogi Berra never played a football game in his life, but his message still resonates throughout sports: “It’s never over til it’s over.” The Weir combination of Lucas McAllister to Damir Mowder lifted W.Va. to an improbable 15-14 victory Saturday night in the 79th OVAC ...