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Picture This: Bantam League Champs

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The Marietta Bantam League 12U baseball rec team won the TCS championship. The title comes following the 12U field being named after former league president Jim Brown last spring. The team is coached bu Shane Zoller and DJ Chidester. (Photo Provided)

Around the Race Course: Dogleg – Mile 2.95

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The footprint marking the dogleg is one of more than a hundred of the feet that marks the 13.1-mile route of the half marathon. Mile 2.95 is where runners and walkers will make a dogleg, a sharp turn/bend in the road, before continuing toward mile marker 3. The dogleg is to allow adjustments to ...

Rich Rod has no concerns about QB room

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FRISCO, Texas — The talk of Big 12 Media Days was the quarterback-dominated conference, and West Virginia football wasn’t in those conversations because Rich Rodriguez still hasn’t named the starter. Throughout the spring, Rodriguez kept his cards close to his chest, while fans were ...

Rich Rod feels acclimated in return to Morgantown

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MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez admits his return to West Virginia to coach the Mountaineers has him “feeling a little bit like Forrest Gump” he told the assembled media on hand as he opened the second of the Big 12 Media Days in Frisco, Texas. “It’s been 17 years,” he reminded them, ...

Along the Race Course: Mile Marker Two

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Mile two ends when participants pass the marker in the middle of the bridge that connects U.S. 50 with Parkersburg. After crossing the bridge, runners and walkers will enjoy a brief downhill reprieve before making a climb back uphill to take the Marrtown Road exit. Once the participants come to ...

Impressive group set to join MOV Sports Hall of Fame

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VIENNA — Tickets are now on sale for the Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2025 induction banquet. The banquet will be held at 6 p.m Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Grand Pointe Center in Vienna. Tickets are $50 per person and the deadline for purchase is July 15. Tickets can be ...