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Parkersburg rally comes up short, Hurricane hangs on 51-48

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PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg could simply not overcome a poor shooting night in Monday’s showdown at Memorial Field house against the Hurricane Redskins. The Big Reds struggled to put the ball in the basket all game long and in the end it bit them as the Redskins escaped with a 51-48 ...

Fort Frye girls defeat Union Local, advance to OVAC 3A title game

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MORRISTOWN – Fort Frye pretty much had its way with host Union Local Monday night in an OVAC WVU Medicine Class 3A girls basketball semifinal tournament game. The third-seeded Cadets (15-3) snapped a 2-all deadlock with a 7-0 run and were never threatened in a 54-34 rout of the No. 2 Jets ...

WVU men hand Cincinnati fourth straight loss

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West Virginia brought out the boo birds Sunday inside Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati. None of it was aimed right at the Mountaineers, at least not directly. Rather the disappointed Cincinnati fans had seen enough of the struggling Bearcats, who were once ranked No. 16 in the country, but ...

Williamstown boys rally to upset Wheeling Central, 56-55

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WILLIAMSTOWN — Parker Schramm has been in a rare funk at the free-throw line lately, but in a Class AA showdown with No. 1 Wheeling Central Saturday, the Williamstown senior came through at the stripe when his team needed it the most. Tied at 55-all with four seconds left, Schramm drove to ...

Defense leads WVU women past Oklahoma St.

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MORGANTOWN — The No. 21 ranked West Virginia University women’s basketball team defeated No. 24 Oklahoma State 54-37 on Saturday afternoon inside the WVU Coliseum. The victory avenges a loss from January 11, where the Mountaineers fell to the Cowgirls 64-57 in Stillwater. Junior Sydney ...

Marietta College men snap skid, upset John Carroll

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MARIETTA — The calendar turned to February on Saturday and that ended up being a good thing for the Marietta College men’s basketball team of head man Jon VanderWal as the Pioneers used a balanced scoring attack to stun No. 23 John Carroll, 72-65, inside Ban Johnson Arena in an Ohio ...