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South's Alyssa McCrady cruises to women's two-mile title

PARKERSBURG – The best expectations are the ones never made. Parkersburg South sophomore Alyssa McCrady is proof positive. Competing in the two-mile portion of Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile road race, McCrady won the women’s division by a ...

Jenny Brewer wins her 3rd women's half

PARKERSBURG – The women’s field for Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon road race welcomed back a familiar face, who left her mark on the 13.1-mile course with a result typical of recent years. For the third time in four years, 32-year-old Jenny Brewer from ...

Toby Jones wins 38th Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon

PARKERSBURG — Keystone State native Toby Jones found himself back in the winner’s circle following Saturday’s 38th running of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon. The Grove City resident completed the new-look course in a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 24 seconds as he ...

Gates tops Rettenberger for 2-mile title

PARKERSBURG — Warren High School senior Luke Rettenberger was eyeing a repeat here during Saturday’s 2-mile News and Sentinel run, but an ex-Golden Eagle from Belpre had other ideas. Breydon Gates, a former standout at Shawnee State University who placed eighth last year in the News ...

‘Toast of the town’: Hill makes major league debut

SAN FRANCISCO — Turner Hill didn’t have to wait long to get in on the action in his major league debut Saturday. Rockies leadoff man Jake McCarthy poked Logan Webb’s third pitch of the game to left field. Hill scampered back and to his left a bit, and squeezed the ball in his glove ...

COLUMN: Back into the fold

Vacation is long over and it's been back to the grind time. Suffice it to say my football visits have been anything but normal this year. A week ago Friday it was a trip to Spencer to visit Roane County and head football coach Paul Burdette's Raiders. Although the trip over was fine and dandy, things got a little hairy on the way back to Elizabeth on West Virginia 14. First, there was the random deer just chilling a couple feet from the road, but it stood its ground. Then, somewhere before Reedy the storms were starting to brew in the distance and I had to come to a near ...