Every summer when the calendar hits the middle of July, that means one thing for wrestling fans — the Fargo Nationals. Seven area grapplers are leaving today to make the trek to the Fargodome to compete in the U.S. Marine Corps Junior and Cadet Nationals and that includes Parkersburg South ...
BELPRE — Tessi Davis enjoys a challenge, whether it’s in the Toughman Contest ring or as a first-year Belpre Youth Football co-commisioner. Last year, the former Parkersburg Big Red was a Toughman champion twice in the women’s light-heavyweight division, once in Parkersburg and the ...
The Pittsburgh Pirates are in an interesting position at the approach of the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline. Owners of a 42-47 record at the break and in fourth place of the surprisingly mediocre National League Central and seven games behind the first place Milwaukee Brewers would be ...
BEVERLY — Logan Isner slugged a home run and had a double. He was hot, but Beverly/Lowell Post 389/750 was not as it dropped a 4-3 decision to visiting Hebron Post 285 in American Legion baseball action at Fort Frye High Tuesday night. “We’re just not getting it done at the plate ...
VINCENT — Chase Weihl was both a baseball and basketball standout at Warren High. Not surprisingly, the 17-year-old student/athlete was being recruited to play at the college level. On Monday in the WHS lobby, Weihl made his decision to play baseball and committed to Potomac State ...
BEVERLY — Beverly/Lowell enjoyed another broomfest. Post 389/750 extended its winning streak to nine games with a pair of 5-3 triumphs over visiting Parkersburg Post 15 in American Legion baseball action Sunday at Fort Frye High. Earlier this season, Bev-Low swept the Parkersburg legion ...
PARKERSBURG — As Erwin DeGraef and his daughter, Demi, prepare to run their third Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon together this August, they looked back at the first time they ran it together a few years ago. Demi, a standout sprinter in high school at Parkersburg South and ...
PARKERSBURG — Marietta only trailed once in the game — at the end. The Tiger 8U Bantam League all-stars came out swinging in the opening inning but then faded fast and dropped an 8-7 decision to the Worthington C Wildcats in tournament action at Worthington Ball Fields Saturday. “We ...
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Glynn Goodwin had a good finish on Oneida Lake at last Saturday’s Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open No. 1. But the angler right behind the 35-year-old Mariettan after Day 2 of the three-day event in upstate New York was just a tad better with a winning ...
MARIETTA — Visiting Lancaster Post 11 came into Saturday afternoon’s doubleheader at Don Schaly Stadium against Marietta Post 64 sporting more wins than Marietta had games played. It took Post 64 just ten innings to dispose of the visitors as they rolled to an 11-1 five inning win in the ...
BELPRE — For Greg Adams, who played football at Belpre under Ralph Holder, 2017 will be his eighth season at the Golden Eagles’ grid helm The first few years were a struggle for Adams and his staff, but eventually they turned things around, culminating in back-to-back state playoff berths ...
Parkersburg native Tim Phillips came close to declaring his retirement from the sport of swimming after the 2016 Olympic Trials in Omaha, Neb. Thankfully, the former Ohio State All-American held off on the decision and his patience was rewarded with a trip to the 17thFINA World Championships ...
PARKERSBURG — Former WVU basketball players Nathan Adrian and James Long brought along their court experience and knowledge to impart how to improve their game on the grade 1-9 boys and girls who turned out for a youth basketball clinic Wednesday at Parkersburg South. However, a more ...
Sunday’s game for many teams marked the official halfway point of the 2017 Major League Baseball season. With the passing of the 82nd game of the season, one of my favorite times of the years arrives. What is it you ask? It is when media members and sports websites hand out their ...
PARKERSBURG — Some people think of running as a lonely sport. Not the way Sara Pugh does it. The Parkersburg resident, who moved to the area from Martinsville, Ind., with her husband in 2002, ran her first News and Sentinel Half Marathon in 2013, and has been back every year since. ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — One thing which has become synonymous with Class A football is Williamstown High School being in the postseason. It doesn’t look like that’s going to change anytime soon as 14th-year Yellowjacket head coach Terry Smith should have a solid squad in 2017. Despite ...
PARKERSBURG — A lot of talented participants went winless in the 128-player field of the 2017 USTA Midwest Level 1 Closed Championships — Girls 16 this past week in Indianapolis, Ind. Mid-Ohio Valley local Marie Discini was not among them. Victory did not come immediately, however, as ...
VIENNA — It’s been quite a summer for Isaac Prine so far swinging his golf clubs. To start off, Prine, a Parkersburg High School golfer who just turned age 17 and will be a senior this fall, qualified for and played in the West Virginia Amateur for the first time ever. In one of ...
MORGANTOWN — Just three little words, but they mean so much. Especially to fans of the West Virginia University football team. No. Those would not be ‘I love you’, but rather ‘bigger, stronger, faster’. Ask senior running back Justin Crawford what he has been working on most since ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Dan Ellis already has one grandchild with another on the way. “Wade, my son, has a little girl and my daughter Danelle is expecting a baby in August,” said the longtime Wood County Christian School boys’ basketball coach before the start of the Total Package Basketball ...