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Parkersburg Post 15 stays hot, bests Marietta Post 64

MARIETTA – Taking the aggressive approach on offense reaped huge benefits for Parkersburg Post 15 during a 9-5 win over Marietta Post 64, Wednesday at Pioneer Park. Post 64 starting pitcher Logan Fling was unable to get out of the first inning as Post 15 scored six times. Post 15 ...

Tyler Consolidated’s Amos Kimble races in Adidas Track Nationals

PARKERSBURG — A new experience placed Tyler Consolidated’s Amos Kimble among the elite high school runners in the country. Last weekend at the Adidas Track Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., Kimble turned in a pair of performances which resulted in All-American status. Kimble, who just ...

Javon Small hoping ‘to prove I can play at the next level’

MORGANTOWN — It may have looked easy for former WVU star Javon Small when he did his thing at the NBA Combine, hitting an amazing 47 straights 3s in a shooting drills, but he will be the first to tell you it hasn’t been easy in his chase to attain a place in the National Basketball ...

Second coaching stints don’t always pan out

MORGANTOWN — History tells us that bringing a former coach back for a second run after a long departure, as West Virginia is doing with Rich Rodriguez, is a risky proposition. Rodriguez built the team from a 3-8 team in 2001 when he replaced Hall of Fame coach Don Nehlen to a team on the ...

Marietta College’s Thomas selected to College Baseball’s Hall of Fame

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas — Former Marietta College Pioneer Joe Thomas (Class of 1997) has been selected as a member of the 2025 class of inductees into the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Thomas will be the third Pioneer inducted joining Don Schaly (Class of 1959) and Matt DeSalvo (Class of ...

WVU football lands Randy Moss Award winner

It was another great weekend for West Virginia in the recruiting department, highlighted by adding its first in-state recruit. Randy Moss Award-winning wide receiver Malachi Thompson announced his commitment to the Mountaineers on his Instagram on Sunday night. He picked the Mountaineers over ...