PARKERSBURG — Unsure if she would be continuing her running after high school Abby Herring will keep her cross county career alive, but only after a strong showing her senior year. Herring will continue to run cross county, signing with Marshall University at Parkersburg South High School ...
Marietta College got beat by one player. That shouldn’t happen. I mean, basketball is a team game. But after the Pioneers dropped a 91-87 decision to Wheaton (Ill.) College in front of 359 spectators Saturday night in an NCAA Division III men’s basketball sectional final at the Carver ...
KISSIMMEE, Fla. — The Marietta College softball team split a pair of games on Monday against Beloit College and Haverford College. The Pioneers won game one, 16-4, against Beloit but fell in game two 5-1 to Haverford. With the split Marietta is now 3-1 overall on the season. Marietta jumped ...
PARKERSBURG — A Vienna man has been inducted into the 2019 Class of the West Virginia Soccer Association Hall of Fame. John W. Newton and four other referees were inducted during ceremonies March 3 at the Marriott Inn in Morgantown. The others were Dr. Doug McKinney, Ray Petrisin, Paul ...
WHEELING — A new hosting venue, but the same results. For the second straight year, the top-seeded Glenville State women’s basketball team was able to cut down the nets. The Pioneers held off a fierce Charleston rally in a 78-69 victory during the Mountain East Conference Tournament ...
CHARLESTON — Class AAA third seed University entered on a euphoric high the state championship game. David Price’s Hawks earned the right to play for the program’s first title after a grueling 65-60 victory over No. 2 Greenbrier East less than 24 hours prior. Defending state champion ...
CHARLESTON — No. 1 and No. 2. With the exception of one week when Magnolia took over the second-ranked spot in Class A, the Huntington St. Joe Irish and Parkersburg Catholic Crusaderettes held tall as the best two teams in the classification. Numbers indifferent to the fact postseason play ...
PARKERSBURG — Little Kanawha Conference champion Parkersburg Catholic’s Madeline Huffman was named Player of the Year by league coaches. LKC Coach of the Year Marty Vierheller’s junior point guard beat out Ritchie County’s Abi Haught and Tyler Consolidated’s Josey Jones for the ...
BELPRE— Being able to play football and live in a college town that reminds him of Belpre, it’s going to be best of both worlds for Gavyn Freeland. He will continue his education and football career at Muskingum University, a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference in Division III. ...
PARKERSBURG — It appears the 17-bout Dawghouse Promotions fight card is all but set for Saturday night’s Southside Rumble III, which will get underway at 7:30 p.m. inside the National Guard Armory. The main event, a scheduled four-rounder, will feature local Parkersburg pro heavyweight Tim ...
WHEELING — When Glenville State coach Kim Stephens’ Pioneers took a 26-point lead over West Liberty with 3:59 remaining in the third quarter, not once did she think the game was over. In fact, she knew that coach Kyle Cooper’s Hilltoppers were going to make a run. After all, her team was ...
Waterford High had its four-year Final Four streak snapped with a loss to Peebles in the Division IV district finals this year, but it was still an incredible season for the Wildcats, who finished 20-5 overall and 16-0 in the Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division. Waterford was rewarded with ...
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. — Sixty-two points from a basketball player is hard to fathom. For Wheaton's Aston Francis, that's the number it took for him to lift his team past Marietta College in the Division III Elite Eight Saturday at Augustana College. Francis knocked down 19 of 37 field goals, 12 ...
CHARLESTON — Parkersburg’s girls basketball team could smell the finish line during its 66-50 win over South Charleston in a Class AAA state semifinal Friday night inside the Charleston Coliseum. Scott Cozzens’ Big Reds stood two wins away from their second straight state ...
CHARLESTON — Parkersburg Catholic had to solve one big 5-foot-4 problem in order to advance to its first state championship game since 2007. Crusaderettes head coach Marty Vierheller and assistant Tom Carr’s ability to cripple Trinity’s main offensive weapon in Reagan Sharp proved ...
ROCK ISLAND, Illinois — Marietta’s four seniors aren’t taking anything for granted as the basketball season gets closer to the end. “We’re enjoying chilling with each other,” said Anthony Wallace. “The four seniors are not going to be able to get these days back, those hours ...
GIRLS SCORING AVERAGE 22.7 - Mady Winters (Magnolia) 19.5 - Abi Haught (Ritchie) 18.6 - Josey Jones (Tyler) 17.3 - Shay-Lee Kirby (PHS) 16.5 - Aaliyah Brunny (Catholic) 16.2 - Kyndra Pilant (Magnolia) 16.0 - Josie Montgomery (Calhoun) 15.7 - Madeline Huffman (Catholic) 15.3 ...
PARKERSBURG — A career-high 44 points from Cade Ullman lifted the Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders to a 59-53 win over the Tug Valley Panthers in Thursday night’s Class A, Region IV co-final. In what was a game of runs, the Crusaders had to rely on their playmakers down the stretch. The ...
ST. MARYS — The St. Marys Blue Devils denied the Cameron Dragons their first state tournament appearance, making short work by drilling a dozen 3s and shooting 41 percent from deep to finish with an 84-55 Class A, Region I co-final win Thursday and reaching the state tournament for the first ...
FORT GAY — Williamstown head coach Scott Sauro knew Thursday night’s Class A, Region IV co-final at Tolsia wasn’t going to be easy. Thanks to a solid all-around team performance and some clutch foul shooting, the Yellowjackets knocked off the host Rebels from Wayne County, 64-59, to ...