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FloSports, OAC reach 5-year media rights agreement

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AUSTIN, Texas — FloSports and the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) have entered into an exclusive five-year media rights agreement that will begin in the fall of 2025, bringing nine universities to the FloCollegeplatform. Through the agreement, FloSports will provide a global platform to live ...

Picture This: Striding Toward the Start Line

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PARKERSBURG — Members of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon race committee discuss the intersections along the route of the Aug. 16 race during a meeting Tuesday night at the newspaper offices. Racers can register for both the half marathon or News and Sentinel Two-Mile Race at ...

Along the Race Course: Mile Marker Six

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The mile after marker six gives the runners and walkers some encouragement as they will pass the midway point of the half marathon, which is right before a Marathon Gas Station. Runners and walkers will pass through a normally busy intersection that will be controlled for race day, after which ...

Post 15 begins tourney play with dominant victory

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ST. MARYS — They came. They saw. They conquered. Parkersburg Post 15 excelled in all three phases of its first game of the Area 1 double-elimination tournament at St. Marys High School. Pitcher Wyatt Boice came within one hit batter of throwing a perfect game, Caden Parker hit an ...

Along the Race Course: Mile Marker Five

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Racers pass the five-mile mark near the South Hills Golf Club along Gihon Road, which provides runners and walkers with the roller coaster of gentle hills, a break from the flat stretches of the miles before and after. The traffic on the normally busy road is controlled on race day. Don’t ...