Pride of the Devil

March 25, 2018

One of the best things about working in sports are the relationships one builds over time. That goes for myself personally, but also for a plethora of coaches. In the case of veteran Ravenswood head boys basketball coach Mick Price, things are definitely going to be different next winter. “On a personal note, coach Don Brown, my assistant coach, is retiring from coaching,” Price said following the Red Devils’ recent Class A state title game loss to Wheeling Central. “He has already been retired as a teacher. He and I have been together for 37 years. He was instrumental in ...

Waterford’s Kenzie Dietz leads Washington County in state tourney trips

March 17, 2018

After this week, Waterford High senior Kenzie Dietz is expected to exchange her basketball shoes for a pair of golf ones. Y’see, the 18-year Dietz is a pretty fair country golfer and a member of three state tournament Wildcat teams in the fall. Add that to her four consecutive state ...

Crusader tennis player Nash Morris not resting on his laurels

March 15, 2018

Any person who was around Parkersburg Catholic No. 1 singles’ tennis player Nash Morris after his Class AA/A state finals matchup against Ravenswood’s Maximus Hilton could see the jubilation on his face. Charleston Catholic’s Andrew Jones wasn’t going to take anything away from Nash this time around after he dashed his dreams two seasons in a row. The Crusader junior finally captured his desired state title after a three-set, 2:30-hour marathon with Hilton. Morris still had to earn the title however and he fell behind early. Ravenswood’s top player came out aggressive ...

Big Reds’ Aleea Crites raised up her game

March 12, 2018

Expectation-changing freshmen classes don’t come along very often for high school sports programs. Talented incoming groups can be broken up before they collectively step foot on campus by a number of factors from transfers, injuries or sometimes parents. Parkersburg High School girls’ basketball team was lucky enough to welcome one of these talented classes completely intact two years ago. A trio of young ladies in particular, Madi Mace, Breaunna Wilson, and Aleea Crites, had the Big Reds planning the hanging of one or more state championship banners inside PHS Memorial ...

Madeline Huffman makes PC go, go, go!

March 7, 2018

Sports teams are a lot like sports cars. Each requires a number of pieces working in combination with each other to work toward one goal .... Moving. However, if you don’t have a strong engine you aren’t going anywhere. Parkersburg Catholic’s girls’ basketball team has about as strong an engine as you can get. In fact, they have a supercharged version in the form of 5-foot-1 point guard Madeline Huffman. “I think you are spot on,” said Parkersburg Catholic head coach Marty Vierheller when posed the question. “In terms of point guards, Madeline is clearly one of the ...

Wirt County’s Hunter Moore got his

March 1, 2018

Wirt County captured the first Class A state wrestling championship last winter. This past weekend, the Tigers finished as the state runner-up to Madonna, but head coach Danny Life watched 170-pound senior Hunter Moore capture a thrilling 3-2 triple-overtime decision against Nitro’s Vinny Devaney, which gave the orange and black mat boss his first state champion. Moore, who finished 35-5 at 145 as a junior and placed third, tried to make a run to last year’s state championship, but got derailed in the semifinals by Berkeley Springs’ Davy Mundey. Mundey, this year’s 152-pound ...