PARKERSBURG — The Wood County Middle School Track Championship took place Wednesday at Parkersburg High School’s Stadium Field. The Blennerhassett 7th and 8th grade boys found themselves taking first place overall with a grand total of 73 points. The Williamstown 7th and 8th grade boys ...
ELLENBORO — The Little Kanawha Conference track and field championships will get underway at 4 p.m. Friday with the field events and at 5 p.m. for the running events at Ritchie County High School. The Doddridge County girls, led by sophomore sensation Jonna Ferrell, are vying for a third ...
SOFTBALL ß Olivia Mace went 4 for 4 with a double, three RBIs and three runs scored in Roane County’s 11-3 sectional win over Braxton County. Ashlyn Spears was 2 for 2 with a two-run home run while Katie Gaughan, Carley Jarrell, Allison Mace and Hannah Lambert all had two hits for the ...
As the number implies, competition in high school No. 1 singles’ tennis isn’t easy. A leap in playing ability for anyone new to the position can be an eye opener. Physically, players must be ready to put opponents away with hard shots and tough serves, while possessing the mental mindset of ...
PARKERSBURG — Top-seeded Parkersburg South will be playing for its postseason life come 6 p.m. today at Godbey Field. Here Tuesday night in the Class AAA, Region IV, Section 1 tournament at Godbey Field, the host Patriots (9-12) rallied from a 6-1 deficit against second-seeded Ripley to ...
PARKERSBURG — Wirt County picked the most opportune time to start hitting its best of the season. The Tiger softball team erupted for 18 hits versus Ravenswood to rout the Red Devils 20-2 in five innings at Godbey Field in a first-round game Tuesday afternoon in the Class A Region IV, ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Trenton Lynch had the last laugh as he circled the bases. The Williamstown High junior slugged a game-ending 3-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning as the Yellowjackets mercied visiting Parkersburg Catholic, 13-3, in Little Kanawha Conference baseball action Tuesday ...
MARIETTA — Senior Heath Hill pitched six strong innings for Marietta High, got great defense behind him and plenty of offensive support as the Tigers defeated Warren 6-0 Tuesday at Legion Field. It was Marietta’s seventh straight win over their rivals, dating back to 2016. “Heath ...
Beneath Aidan Roberts’ polite and composed demeanor lies a caged beast he only lets out when on the tennis court. The Parkersburg Catholic tennis player’s competitive nature and a controlled fury explode out of him through his weapon of choice, a tennis racquet, aimed straight at his ...
Hold on to something strong Little Kanawha Conference baseball fans, because we have some drama ahead this week in the final games of the league’s regular season. Ritchie County’s 8-6 road win over LKC West foe Williamstown Saturday meant the battle to join Ravenswood, Gilmer County and ...
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University baseball team won its second consecutive Big 12 series with an 8-3 victory over No. 19 Texas on Sunday afternoon at Monongalia County Ballpark. The Mountaineers (22-19, 6-9 Big 12) benefited from a three-run fourth inning, a four-run eighth and a ...
NEW MATAMORAS — The Frontier Cougars played six good innings of baseball on Monday night as they celebrated their senior night as hosts to Monroe Central in a Pioneer Valley Conference matchup. Unfortunately it took just one bad inning to spoil the day for the Kurt Satterfield-coached ...
BASEBALL AVERAGE .574 - Noah Huffman (Wford) .554 - Chase Swain (Rwood) .541 - Braden Bellville (Wford) .519 - Logan Adams (Belpre) .517 - Hunter Hickman (Wirt) .500 - Ben Menarcheck (South); Luke Nelson (FF) .492 - Blake Bennett (Rwood) .491 - Devin Williams (Ritchie) .486 - Jake ...
MARIETTA — John Carroll earned an Ohio Athletic Conference split with No. 20 Marietta College here Saturday at Don Schaly Stadium as the Blue Streaks won game two 5-2 after falling 10-4 in the opener. David Stover scattered nine hits over 5 1-3 innings to improve to 9-2 for Pioneer skipper ...
STEUBENVILLE, Ohio—The longest game of the OVAC tournament came down to simply executing the fundamentals. In an 11-inning marathon, Fort Frye’s Devin Layton dropped down the game-winning RBI bunt single to lift the Cadets over Wheeling Central 3-1, in the OVAC 3A Championship at Vaccaro ...
BASEBALL ß Blake Bennett was 2 for 3 with a double and two RBIs, Ethan Mahan tripled and drove in a run while Jake Greene and Ciah Kennedy knocked in two runs each in Ravenswood’s 13-2 five-inning victory over Waterford. ß Winning pitcher Chase Swain (5 IP, 7 SO) had five RBIs and ...
ELLENBORO — Ashlyn Spears reached via an error with two outs in the last of the fifth inning here Friday night and two runs scored as Roane County knocked off Braxton County 8-0 via the mercy rule to give the Raiders of 19th year head coach Sam Salvucci the school’s first Little Kanawha ...
MARIETTA — Torrance Nonnenmacher hesitated briefly when asked what her favorite event was in track and field. “Ummm, I would probably say the 100,” said the Marietta High junior thinclad. “I love running with my team in the relays (4 by 100), but there’s just something about...like ...
WHEELING—All season long, Wheeling Park has thrived under pressure. Park tried its hand once again on Friday to excite the crowd with another comeback victory but the talent of Parkersburg South stood strong as it held on for a 7-6 triumph to capture the OVAC 5A Championship at the J.B. ...
VIENNA — Parkersburg Catholic tennis and head coach Jason Discini couldn’t have asked for a better day to celebrate eight seniors Friday at Jackson Park. The sun shined down on the courts, but not enough to be to harsh or hot as can happen with outdoor sports. The Crusaders deviated from ...