MARIETTA — Marietta College went from sweeping to weeping. After the Pioneer softball team took two on its last day in Clermont, Fla., March 13, it got the “word” officially from its boss. “You know, we had a feeling the stoppage of all play (due to the coronavirus COVID-19 crisis) ...

PARKERSBURG - High school athletes who excel in multiple sports experience a difficult decision when selecting one physical endeavor to continue at the college level. Time restraints and class requirements present new challenges making committing to both a hard road. Parkersburg High’s ...

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Catholic head coach Marty Vierheller and his sophomore guard Leslie Huffman never once stopped to review the season in progress for the Crusaderette player. “If you look back you could lose yourself, you have to keep going and work hard and I knew I couldn’t do ...

PARKERSBURG — Braxton Amos built an expectant reputation on the wrestling mat thanks to his many early successes. Notoriety he’s repeatedly lived up to while attending Parkersburg South. During his sophomore season as a Patriot, he swept through the Mountain State on the way to state title ...

PARKERSBURG — Less than two weeks ago the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. It wasn’t long afterward life changed for a lot of people, which included former standout student-athletes Maddy Sury of Waterford and Parkersburg High’s Lauren ...

PARKERSBURG — The progression of COVID-19 leaves more questions than answers for many around the state. We don’t know when a sense of normalcy will return, as social gatherings are indefinitely paused. The absence of sports is felt all around, and plenty of high school seniors could be ...

MARIETTA — A local golfer has earned a cool opportunity. Marietta High senior Josh Sandford, an all-district honoree this fall for the Tigers, has been invited to compete in the Champion of Champions two-day golf event at the famed Powerscourt Golf Club in Dublin, Ireland. Sandford ...

Good Friday is still on April 10, but the 19th annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Basketball All-Star Classic scheduled for the same day is in complete limbo just like all other sports nationwide currently are. Lots of good people have helped make this a success going on nearly two decades ...

PARKERSBURG — Head coach Scott Cozzens and his Parkersburg High School girls’ basketball team’s run of MSAC dominance continued in the 2019-20 campaign. PHS polished off a third consecutive undefeated league season with a third straight conference championship after a 61-46 win over ...

PARKERSBURG — Senior guard Sam Potts of Parkersburg High School landed a spot on the first unit of the all-Mountain State Athletic Conference basketball team. Spring Valley’s C.J. Meredith was honored as the MSAC Player of the Year while Cabell Midland’s J.J. Martin was selected as the ...

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South’s Malaki Sylvia isn’t quite ready to have his prep career end, but he is looking forward to his future at Marietta College. The Patriot senior, who shot 55% from the field and averaged 18.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.4 assists, is anxious to ...

WEST UNION — Doddridge County athlete Cole James’ menacing 6-foot-2, 340-pound frame loomed over the West Virginia Class A sports scene much of the last four years. Whether causing chaos as an offensive or defensive lineman on the football field or flinging the shot put or discus far in the ...

PARKERSBURG — Golfers play the game for a variety of reasons. The ultimate goal for many is to finally make that elusive first ace. Some golfers can play their entire life and never get a hole-in-one while others seem to perhaps just have better luck. Ben Knight, a first team ...

Parkersburg High’s girls basketball team largely rolled through its in-state regular-season schedule. University and Williamstown’s boys alongside North Marion’s and Huntington St. Joe’s girls then similarly followed suit. As a result, all performances earned these groups the No. 1 ...

PARKERSBURG —Bre Wilson’s college decision-making process wasn’t as smooth as others may seem, even the rockier ones. Parkersburg High’s hybrid guard selecting a major that dictated her higher education destination erected plenty of road blocks. Her wish to simultaneously learn and ...

PARKERSBURG — Beginning at 10 a.m. today inside Emerson Lanes, eight youth bowlers will punch their ticket for July’s Junior Gold championships in Las Vegas. After qualifying last weekend and Saturday, the field is set for both the boys and girls U12, U15, U17 and U20 West Virginia State ...

Mid-Ohio Valley Basketball Leaders BOYS SCORING AVERAGE 22.0 - Logan Brookover (Frontier) 21.7 - Jadyn Stewart (Braxton) 21.5 - Bede Lori (Caldwell); Rye Gadd (Webster) 21.2 - Brayden Miller (Roane) 20.0 - Grant Barnhart (SM); Patrick Copen (Catholic) 18.8 - Malaki Sylvia ...

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. —The Mountain East Conference began competition in 2013. In men’s basketball, no MEC team had ever won both the conference regular season championship and the tournament championship. That changed this season when head coach Ben Howlett’s West Liberty Hilltoppers ...

PARKERSBURG — Will the WVSSAC and the state board of education allow the high school basketball state and regional tournaments to resume or won’t they? This question, as well as others surrounding COVID-19, continues weighing heavily on the minds of many of the still alive coaches around ...

PARKERSBURG —The sports world is at a standstill. The spread of COVID-19 is to blame for a myriad of economic and societal issues, and the current postponement of the West Virginia State Basketball Tournaments is no exception. Following suit behind other states and sports organizations, ...