PARKERSBURG — The West Virginia high school girls basketball state championships had a strong Mid-Ohio Valley flavor. Parkersburg bested Parkersburg South in a Wood County showdown for the Class AAAA title, St. Marys nabbed the single-A crown and Williamstown fell in the double-A ...
VINCENT — It wasn’t the greatest of starts to a softball game for the Warren Warriors Thursday evening as they played host to the arch-rival Marietta Tigers, but the rest of the game was rather spectacular. After spotting the Tigers four runs in the first inning, Warren answered with ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Oh, snap. The unveiling of Hall of Famer Ichiro Suzuki's statue had an unforced error on Friday — a broken bat. As broadcaster Rick Rizzs declared "we're going to count down from 51!" — a nod to the jersey number retired by the Seattle Mariners for their beloved Suzuki — the curtain covering the bronze statue was pulled down, and so too went the bat. A snapping noise could be heard as the bronze bat flopped down and confetti sprouted up. "Here it is! The statue of one of the greatest players in the history of the game!" Rizzs declared as the curtain was ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer and Carmen Mlodzinski pitched six-hit ball into the sixth inning, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday. Pittsburgh was shut down by Shota Imanaga before breaking through against Caleb Thielbar in the ...
Saturday, April 11 High School Baseball: Lewis County at Parkersburg, noon; St. Marys at Webster County, 1 p.m.; Belpre at Williamstown (DH), noon/2 p.m.; Tug Valley at Gilmer County (DH), noon; Tolsia at Gilmer County (DH), 2 p.m.; Warren at Jackson, 11 a.m.; Warren vs. Sheridan, 1:30 p.m. (at Jackson); Doddridge County at Myrtle Beach Classic; Gallia Academy at Marietta (DH); Waterford at Morgan, 11 a.m. High School Softball: Parkersburg South at Washington/Jefferson, 1 p.m./3 p.m.; Doddridge County vs. TBA in Morgantown; Gilmer County at Midland Trail, 1 p.m.; Sherman at St. ...
PARKERSBURG - The bowling journey for a pair of Gerrys - Belpre's Gerry Dye and Bridgeport's Gerry Loudin - was completed last month when the duo became the newest members of the Parkersburg USBC Hall of Fame. "I was surprised. I had no idea," admitted Dye, a 1969 graduate of Marietta High ...
