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Josie Cox places first in three events as Roane County girls win title at Don Williams Invite

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SPENCER - Roane County's Josie Cox was a triple-winner (400, 1:02.41; 100H, 16.79; 300H, 49.64) here Saturday and helped the host Raiders capture the Don Williams Memorial over Clay County, 198-168. Aliza Bratton had victories in the 200 (29.43) and long jump, where she nipped Raider teammate Ella Keen 13-7 to 13-6.5. Keen also had to settle for runner-up in the high jump as fellow Raider Jozee Proctor cleared 4-6 first. Roane County's other individual victors were Anna Tolley in the 100 (13.58) and Addison Lowe in the discus (75-6). Clay County had wins thanks to Abigail Grandon ...

Parkersburg boys track team claims title at Huntington Invite

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Chandler leads PHS boys to HHS Invite title From staff reports HUNTINGTON - Parkersburg's Javel Chandler earned high-point honors to help lead the Big Reds to a 147-142 victory against the runner-up Highlanders here Saturday at the season-opening Huntington Invitational. While teammate AJ Payne was a double-winner in the 200 (23.02-23.27) and 400 (49.57-50.43) with fellow Big Red Landen Deuley right behind in each event, Chandler had first-place efforts in the high jump (6-4) and 300 hurdles (41.43) while finishing runner-up in the 110 highs (15.11), and joining Santana Jones, ...

Spring is here: PHS baseball tops Capital

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PARKERSBURG — Noah Holland worked into the sixth and knocked in three runs here Saturday afternoon to help Parkersburg get off to a 2-0 start following a 5-1 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory against Capital at Bennett Stump Field inside City Park. “Noah pitched well. He hit ...

West Virginia feeds off crowd energy in first-round victory

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MORGANTOWN — No. 4 West Virginia women’s basketball couldn’t play its signature post-win song, “Country Roads,” after it rolled No. 13 Miami (OH), 82-54. Even if WVU’s women’s basketball game was playing in Hope Coliseum. It’s against NCAA tournament rules. WVU couldn’t display its sponsors on the walls, either. That’s also against the rules. There are rules to make it somewhat of a fair playing field. But, sitting down on the floor, not being able to hear the person next to you without yelling, it felt nothing like a fair playing field. That’s the advantage of ...

Gia Cooke felt pain before pleasure with Mountaineers

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MORGANTOWN — The only thing longer than Gia Cooke’s list of basketball accomplishments just may be her medical chart. “I’ve been to the hospital a lot,” the WVU guard said Friday, just before the 11th-ranked Mountaineers went out to practice for Saturday’s 5 p.m. game against ...