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Tough final day for locals at state tennis tourney

CHARLESTON — Area tennis players crushed it Friday at the State Tournament. On Championship Saturday, the tennis gods played an evil trick on those same individuals. At the Kanawha City Community Center, a total of four Williamstown entries and a singles player from Wood County ...

A spot on the wall: Williamstown girls tennis wins first state title

CHARLESTON — With all eyes on a freshman, the Williamstown girls tennis program joined the wall of honor otherwise known as the banners in the high school gymnasium noting past state champions. One year after falling shy of the program’s first state title by one point, the ...

Mid-Ohio Valley individuals advance at state tennis tournament

CHARLESTON – Every fall. Every notch. Williamstown sophomore Brady Anderson keeps a running total for both categories which in turn creates levity among the Yellowjacket tennis program. During the afternoon and evening sessions at Friday’s Class AA/A state tournament, spectators watched ...

Caridi keynotes Inside the Huddle in Vienna

VIENNA — Play-by-play announcer for the Mountaineer Sports Network, TV host, podcaster and company manager Tony Caridi spoke at the annual Inside the Huddle event on Friday. Hosted by the Boy & Girls Club of Parkersburg, the event featured Caridi and his inside info on the Mountaineers ...

West Virginia falls to Kansas, still clinches Big 12 title

GRANVILLE — What may have been the most “That’s so West Virginia” type of situation was pulled off Thursday night inside Kendrick Family Ballpark. The 17th-ranked Mountaineers were dominated by Kansas pitching in getting shut out 3-0 ... and WVU captured its first-ever outright Big 12 ...