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Boulware brings experience to WVU staff

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s new running backs coach, Jay Boulware, has been around football for a long time, coaching at multiple different stops and positions. He played offensive line in college, and after he was injured, he moved on to coaching. That was in the 90s. Boulware has coached the offensive line with Dan Roushar, who is the line coach with the Chicago Bears. Locally, coached under Mike Tomlin with the Pittsburgh Steelers, working with running backs. Guz Malzahn and Lincoln Riley are two others he named in his first press conference for WVU that he's been on ...

PHS tennis wins rain-shortened duel with South

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PARKERSBURG — One day after the state tennis polls were released, the Parkersburg boys and girls tennis teams continued trending in the right direction. Before a quick deluge of rain arrived at the tennis facility on Thursday afternoon, PHS swept all four singles matches from Parkersburg ...

Warren boys, girls sweep South Invite

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PARKERSBURG — Warren’s Abby Whited (32.5) and Mason Werry (28.5) earned high-point honors here Thursday at the Parkersburg South Invitational inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility as the host Warriors left town with both team titles. Head coach Tony Zaleski watched the Warrior boys ...

NFL coach Vrabel speaks to PHS class

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Photo by Kelly Ray, PHS assistant principal Parkersburg High School sophomore Nick Romine speaks to New England Patriots' Head Coach Mike Vrabel Thursday during the Sports in American Culture class. Vrabel spoke to 70 students for 45 minutes about his time as a player and coach. This is the ...

Pioneer softball team splits twinbill with Denison

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GRANVILLE — Marietta College split a nonconference softball doubleheader at Denison University Tuesday afternoon. The Pioneers won game one, 6-4, while Denison took the second game, 1-0. Marietta is now 13-9 on the season. Denison moves to 8-12 overall. The Pioneers held off a late charge by the Big Red in game one. Marietta jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Adisson Heath drove in Cam Campbell, who reached on an error, with a sac bunt. Becca Streets plated the second run with an infield ground ball. Marietta scored single runs in ...

Mountaineers look forward to Crown tournament

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MORGANTOWN — It’s a list that includes former WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries, who finished 18-14 in his first season at Indiana. Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Cincinnati and Florida State added their names to the list, too. What’s the list? Schools who opted out of playing in a postseason hoops tournament after not getting an invite to the NCAA tournament this season. "I don't feel that playing in another postseason event would benefit us," San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said in a statement. And then there is the current bunch at West ...