CHARLESTON – Right on cue, ‘The Closer’ delivered. Parkersburg’s Isaac “The Closer” Stephens shook off an apparent leg injury and won his match at No. 4 singles to send the Big Reds into Saturday’s Division I championship match for the team portion of the state tennis ...

Sports are great for a lot of reasons. Student-athletes at all levels get to experience the ups and downs of the wins and losses while also learning what it's like to work as a team toward a goal. At least for this scribe, the best part without question when going to cover something is not ...

THE PLAINS, Ohio — With Thursday’s 5-3 win over Athens in the Division III district tournament, Marietta softball is back on the map in Southeast Ohio. “We put everybody on notice in our district,” said MHS head coach Jon Pollard. Abby Miller went the distance in the pitcher’s ...

Class AA, Region I at Doddridge County GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Williamstown 183, Tyler Consolidated 142, Doddridge County 140, Weir 117, Oak Glen 54, Ravenswood 25 100: Katie Grimm (T) 13.27, Kamryn Mallas (W) 13.30, Maggie Johnson (WT) 13.46*, Andi Fiber (T) 13.52*, Audrey Lefebure (WT) ...

Brian Hayhurst, of Parkersburg, recorded his sixth ever hole-in-one Thursday at the Golf Club of West Virginia. Hayhurst aced hole No. 18 with his pitching wedge. The shot was witnessed by Sam Tanner, Rodney Drain and Greg Wilson.

MARIETTA — New Marietta College head football coach Tom Hinkle recently announced two new additions on his coaching staff for the 2026 season. New to the staff is Darnell Ishman, who will be coaching the wide receivers in the upcoming season, and Andrew Puckett, who will serve as the ...