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Fieldhouse Cage Fights 3 set for April 11

PARKERSBURG — Dawghouse Promotions' Mike Sheppard and New Line Cagefighting's Keith Noe have an action-packed card set for Fieldhouse Cage Fights 3/NLC Fight Night 44 come 6 p.m. Saturday, April 11 inside Memorial Fieldhouse. Fight fans will be treated to an evening of MMA, amateur and pro boxing as well as kickboxing action with the main event featuring a Rebekah Robinson versus Kersten McAbee rematch. The duo previously fought in August of 2024 at Southside Rumble 12. "Both of these girls are very experienced. It's 5-4 versus 5-1," said Noe, who has worked with Sheppard on a few ...

WVU football great scheduled for Homecoming fundraiser

PARKERSBURG - A football standout at West Virginia University who played in the NFL will be featured in a Parkersburg Homecoming Festival fundraiser this month, the Homecoming Committee has announced. Owen Schmitt, known as the Runaway Beer Truck, will be at the Homecoming Dinner and Silent ...

WVU freshman Sieg focusing on defense early in spring

MORGANTOWN — Before spring practice started, West Virginia football's safety and more a utility freshman, Matt Sieg, drew a lot of interest. Sieg was a National Signing Day steal from rival Pitt, Penn State and other local schools, and was a top 5 high school prospect in Pennsylvania as a consensus 4-star. Sieg drew a lot of interest from teams because he's an overall athlete. He was the first player in WPIAL history to register 5,000 yards rushing and 3,000 yards passing for his career. Sieg was named first-team defensive back and had four interceptions, returning two for ...

PHS tennis wins rain-shortened duel with South

PARKERSBURG — One day after the state tennis polls were released, the Parkersburg boys and girls tennis teams continued trending in the right direction. Before a quick deluge of rain arrived at the tennis facility on Thursday afternoon, PHS swept all four singles matches from Parkersburg ...

Warren boys, girls sweep South Invite

PARKERSBURG — Warren’s Abby Whited (32.5) and Mason Werry (28.5) earned high-point honors here Thursday at the Parkersburg South Invitational inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility as the host Warriors left town with both team titles. Head coach Tony Zaleski watched the Warrior boys ...

South boys duo named first team all-state

CHARLESTON — George Washington couldn’t take on Spring Mills in the Class AAAA boys basketball state tournament championship game with Noah Lewis alone. Someone else had to step up and have a big game also, and the Patriots got that from Dominic Sprouse. GW's super sophomore scored 28 ...