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Ohio Track Regional Qualifiers

Area Regional Qualifiers Division II, Marietta District Boys 3200: 2. Ian Putnam (Marietta) 9:22.53 Boys Pole Vault: 3. Jaxon Venham (Warren) 12-4 Boys Long Jump: 4. Eric Carr (Warren) 20-5 Boys 400: 3. Emrick Lizon (Warren) 50.49 Boys 800: 2. Kyle Anthony (Warren) 1:55.78 Boys 1600: 3. Ian Putnam (Marietta) 4:20.06 Boys 300H: 1. Clay Perry (Warren) 38.44; 3. Mason Werry (Warren) 39.21 Boys 4x2: 3. Warren (Deacon Lambert, Emrick Lizon, Davin Dickel, Clay Perry) 1:31.32 Boys 4x4: 3. Warren (Mason Werry, Kyle Anthony, Spencer Rehl, Clay Perry) 3:27.28 Division III, ...

Williamstown rallies for improbable regional victory

WILLIAMSTOWN — Down to their last out with their season on the line, the Williamstown Yellowjackets scored three runs in the bottom of the seventh to rally for a 5-4 win over Oak Glen in a regional tournament elimination game Thursday at Bill Coiner Field. A pair of errors by the Golden ...

Big Reds eliminated by Woodrow Wilson, 9-6

PARKERSBURG — No. 9 seed Woodrow Wilson used a five-run top of the fifth as the catalyst here Thursday night at Bennett Stump Field inside City Park to rally past No. 5 Parkersburg, 9-6, in a Class AAAA, South Region loser’s bracket contest. The Flying Eagles of skipper Alex Williams, ...

Williamstown aims for another double-A title

PARKERSBURG — If things go as planned at the Class AA state track and field championships set for today and Saturday at the University of Charleston's Laidley Field, the Little Kanawha Conference will reign supreme. The Williamstown girls of head coach Zach Hall and the Doddridge County ...

St. Marys girls favored in Class A track

PARKERSBURG — Doddridge County won't be a factor at this year's Class A state track and field meet since last year's champions are now competing in double-A. As it stands, the 2025 single-A state runner-up girls from St. Marys and the fellow state runner-up boys from Wahama are favored ...

COLUMN: Beyond the Backstop

Family baseball trips never experienced this. Beginning last Friday night during a Kansas City Royals, St. Louis Cardinals regular season game at Busch Stadium, members of a club baseball team representing Stephen F. Austin sparked a craze which is spreading like wildfire throughout several major league parks. “Tarps Off” creates an environment similar to hockey arenas and European soccer. Continuous cheering seeking to rally the home team. With one major caveat: Fans, primarily young-adult males, in these designated sections are shirt-less. Shirt waving never stops. And rarely ...