Jolts of energy race through Parkersburg High point guard Madi Leggett’s body shortly after the ball touches her hands in a varsity game. She stands charged with the leadership of the No. 1 high school team in the Mountain State from her command atop the key. One of the most devastating ...
Marshall University Athletic Director Mike Hamrick alongside the football program scored a golden scheduling win yesterday. One victory bringing an incredible amount of respect to the entire university. The Thundering Herd and the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish meet for the first ...
As an opposing player runs through a doublescreen from wing-to-wing in an effort to avoid her defender, frustration mounts on her face as the Parkersburg Catholic player assigned to her closely follows behind the drawn-up play route. Quick backdoor cuts under the basket in a further effort to ...
Manny Machado’s monster 10-year, $300 million deal from the San Diego Padres erased one of the two biggest names from the Major League Baseball Free Agency list last Monday. His move possibly setting in motion the falling dominoes triggering the eventual commitment of remaining big fish ...
History again. One year after becoming the first team to pass rival PHS for most state team titles, Parkersburg South’s wrestling bunch put its mark on the sport once more Saturday inside Huntington’s Big Sandy Superstore Arena. Coach Shaun Smith’s group became the first Class AAA ...
When Parkersburg South’s 106-pound wrestler Samantha Miller locks up with Riverside’s Josh Slack Thursday in the opening round of the state tournament, she stands two wins away from another historic moment after becoming the Patriots’ first female state qualifier. Consecutive victories ...
Photographers’ duties when taking pictures of a sporting event are not confined to game action. Crowd shots or bench photos often aid tone setting of a contest when used in newspapers, on websites or social media outlets. Floor rushing shots after major upsets are some of my favorites. No ...
Wrestling, a fight between boys’ and girls’ basketball, and then comes into the picture football. The above ranking stands as the heirarchy of Parkersburg South High School’s Top 4 sports in order of importance. Sure football might fill the seats, but the grapplers’ and hoops’ ...
Boyd County head coach Pete Fraley and Parkersburg High head coach Scott Cozzens share a similar mindset when it comes to playing top competition — Bring it on. In their minds only positive results can surface from facing strong opponents. Players and coaches alike learn what they need to ...
Hello, my name is Tyler Bennett and I am the newest sports reporter here at The News and Sentinel. I was raised in Ravenswood, W.Va. where I graduated from Ravenswood High School in 2010. I knew that I wanted to do something in sports, but I wasn’t sure about what I could do after realizing ...
Parkersburg High students and PHS basketball or any basketball fans in the area mark down the Huntington St. Joe and PHS girls’ basketball match up at 7:30 p.m. Thursday as a must-watch contest. The two best teams in the state, regardless of class, clash in what promises to be an excellent ...
My name is Josh Hughes, and I am the newest sports reporter here at The News and Sentinel. I grew up around the area, and I can’t wait to become more involved in the community. I graduated from Parkersburg High School in 2013 with my sights set on a career in covering sports. I always ...
One of the best parts of covering high school sports in the Mid-Ohio Valley every season is the abundance of great athletic feats within the News and Sentinel's coverage area. An actual cornucopia of success annually spreads joy around the area from January to December because of the ...
While Parkersburg Catholic girls’ basketball team’s recent win over reigning Class A state champion Wheeling Central two Saturdays ago was impressive, it was not the main game of Marty Vierheller’s squad I eyed during the past nine days. Interest turned immediately to the follow-up home ...
-Mountain State online message boards overflowing with reasons (some irrational) why the West Virginia Sports Writers Association screwed up the all-state football teams means only one thing: Winter sports season is underway. Debates raging on throughout December and shifting toward the ...
If Terry Smith’s annual review of his Williamstown football team isn’t a positive one, something is wrong. Every year, Smith sits down and asks if his team got better and it did. Pay no mind to Wheeling Central’s second handling of the Yellowjackets in 2018. Creating ideal competitive ...
As hard as it is to believe, some “winter” sports are already underway. Despite the calendar saying it truly is still fall, it sure hasn’t felt like it outside the past couple of days. Nonetheless, we continue to push on here in the sports department and we are down to our final two ...
For the average college football fan it may have been the most entertaining game of the year. Two of the best quarterbacks in America. Points galore. Excitement to the finish. But for Mountaineer fans it was a roller coaster of emotions, from euphoria to dread and back and forth again several ...
Perhaps no team possessed a better nickname suited for Class A dragon-slaying last season as Wheeling Central. Penn Kurtz’ Maroon Knights toppled a fire-breathing Huntington St. Joe squad, conquerors of eventual Class AAA champion Parkersburg High and Class AA runner-up Wyoming East (twice) ...
One of the best sports times of the year is right around the corner! Basketball begins within the borders of the Mountain State in the final week of November. The start of the hardwood sport brings my attention to girls' basketball as I vote on the all-state committee. A duty taken ...