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COLUMN: Back into the fold

Vacation is long over and it's been back to the grind time. Suffice it to say my football visits have been anything but normal this year. A week ago Friday it was a trip to Spencer to visit Roane County and head football coach Paul Burdette's Raiders. Although the trip over was fine and dandy, things got a little hairy on the way back to Elizabeth on West Virginia 14. First, there was the random deer just chilling a couple feet from the road, but it stood its ground. Then, somewhere before Reedy the storms were starting to brew in the distance and I had to come to a near ...

New half marathon course excites runners and organizers alike

PARKERSBURG - A new route for the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon has organizers and runners optimistic. Art Smith, co-director of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Races and the online manager for the newspaper, said several factors went into changing the course for the half ...

Scoreboard (8/13)

HIGH SCHOOL GOLF At Golf Club of West Virginia Par 70 TEAM SCORES: Williamstown 299, John Marshall 302, Fairfield Christian 309, Parkersburg 324, Fort Frye 366 Williamstown: Madilyn Buttrey- 72, Castyn Burton-68, Wyatt Siley-77, Ben Raines-82, Harley Phillips-97, Layne Stewart-96, Ben Hescht- 139 John Marshall: Drew Marling-67 (Medalist), Brayden Kempkins-78, Hayden Harvey-76, Kianna Garrison-90, Kamden Knapp-81, Rex Mallery-86, Graeme Stevey-94, Colin Inclan-91, Caiden Barker-83, Brody Dimmick-91 Parkersburg: Dominic Way - 79, Andrew Matheny - 79, Gavin Fling - 82, Katie Ann ...

WCRC Summer Tennis holds Tournament Week

PARKERSBURG — Wood County Recreation Summer Tennis was held at the Parkersburg City Park tennis courts from June 16 to July 30 every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday morning. Participants ranged from 5-18 years old, with group classes being held from 8 a.m. to noon. We had over 130 ...

Izzo-Brown begins 31st season with high expectations

MORGANTOWN — The black-rimmed glasses Nikki Izzo-Brown now sports are straight up from the Robert De Niro prop collection from his “Casino” days. The only head coach the WVU women’s soccer program has ever known has now held that title for three decades and is about to begin her 31st ...