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Glenville State drops season opener to Elon

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ELON, N.C. — Division I FCS member Elon University opened its season here Thursday night inside Rhodes Stadium with a 42-7 win against Division II Mountain East Conference foe Glenville State. The Pioneers of first-year head coach Jake Casteel fell behind 21-0 at halftime and got their only touchdown with 9 minutes left in the third when JD Sherrod hooked up with Kyree Bunny in the back corner of the end zone for a 2-yard strike that was followed by Brody Layman’s extra point. Elon quarterback Brady Stober, who hit 16 of 26 for 254 yards and two touchdowns, gave the Phoenix the ...

Marietta, Wheeling Park play to 0-0 draw

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DEVOLA – All the craziness with offensive opportunities netted exactly no goals as the high school girls soccer teams from Marietta and Wheeling Park played to a scoreless tie and kept the annual meeting in line with the previous five meetings. Thursday night at Devola Field, keepers Maura Misel (Marietta) and Madeline Kirchner (Wheeling Park) combined for 17 saves. Since renewing the matchup, all six matches have been decided by one goal or less. Moving forward, both coaches agreed the outcome provides a productive measuring stick. Especially for a Marietta outfit which started ...

Scoreboard (8/28)

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS SOCCER Parkersburg South 4, Capitals 0 PS (4-0) 2 2 – 4 Capital (1-3) 0 0 – 0 Scoring PS: G. Silvis from M. Silvis 12th min PS: Mack Moles from Averee Cross 15th min PS: G. Silvis from Natalee Epperly 48th min PS: M. Moles from Berkley Elschlager 59th min Team Stats Corner kicks: South 9, Capital 0. Shots on Goal: South 16, Capital 3. Keeper saves: South (Alivia Goff 3); Capital (Eliza Clark 12) Next match: St. Albans at Parkersburg South, 6 p.m. Tuesday HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS Marietta 5, Vinton County 0 Singles Olivia Vessels (M) def. ...

Blue Eagles notch sweep of Yellowjackets

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WILLIAMSTOWN — Olivia Buttrey recorded six of her team-high baker’s dozen kills during Williamstown’s 25-18 opening set victory versus Magnolia here Thursday night, but the Blue Eagles took the next three sets by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-13 to improve to 3-1 on the ...

WVU figuring out who is ready to play

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MORGANTOWN — It’s crunch time for Rich Rodriguez and West Virginia football. In under two weeks, the Mountaineers will run out to the field to face Coastal Carolina in the first game of the season on Sept. 5. In these last couple of days leading up to the first game, it’s a lot of ticking off the final unknowns. The biggest unknown is finalizing who is ready to play. Who is ready to take on an FBS school in under two weeks. “I think we’ve gotten to the point where we identified most the guys that are ready to play,” Rodriguez said. “There’s still a few more that we ...