MORGANTOWN — According to ESPN pregame analytics, the 12th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team has a 96.2% probability of beating Miami (Ohio) in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday. Why it’s not a full 100%, we can only guess that ESPN isn’t aware of the Jordan Harrison ...
CHARLESTON — You can learn a lot about a basketball team by watching how they play in the fourth quarter when the game is on the line. For the Parkersburg Big Reds, it’s when they’re at their best. The PHS girls were no strangers to hard-fought, down-to-the-wire games throughout ...
CHARLESTON — The historic showdown here Saturday night in the Class AAAA state championship game contested inside the Charleston Coliseum between Wood County rivals Parkersburg South and Parkersburg was going to come down to which program likely made the final run. As it turned out, PHS ...
CHARLESTON — Williamstown's journey through the Class AA state tournament as the No. 2 seed culminated with a tough 50-26 loss here Saturday afternoon to No. 1 James Monroe inside the Charleston Coliseum. Head coach Danny Bunch's Yellowjackets, who finished 21-4, were unable to get ...
CHARLESTON — Defending Class A state champion and top-seeded Gilmer County was unable to solve the zone defense of third-seeded St. Marys here Saturday morning. The 23-4 Blue Devils of head coach Fred King watched MVP Brynnley Bulluck go for a game-high 19 points as the Pleasants County ...
It’s official: Parkersburg’s CrossTown Showdown is headed to Charleston. Parkersburg and Parkersburg South will square off in the Class AAAA state championship at 7:30 p.m. today inside the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. Thinking back to early January, a conversation was had within the Parkersburg News and Sentinel sports department between reporters. The Patriots had just upset the rival Big Reds 48-47 at Rod Oldham Athletic Center. The atmosphere inside the gym that night was electric. “Imagine if South and PHS met in the state championship game,” a veteran ...
