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 ...
CHARLESTON — No. 2 Parkersburg nearly led the entire affair against No. 3 Morgantown in a late Friday night Class AAAA state semifinal inside the Charleston Coliseum, and although the Mohigans managed a single tie at 44 it was the red and white who emerged with a 56-51 victory. The 18-6 ...
CHARLESTON - No. 5 Parkersburg South stunned top-seeded George Washington 51-43 in overtime here Friday night during the Class AAAA state semifinals inside the Charleston Coliseum. In a game that wasn't for the faint of heart in terms of shooting percentages, the local Patriots of head man ...
CHARLESTON — Williamstown’s success is predicated on defense. Well, Yellowjacket girls basketball coach Danny Bunch and his team sent his approach to a whole other level. In textbook fashion, Williamstown’s defense showed in the second half what Williamstown defense is supposed to ...
That Fred Persinger guy is quite the cat. I was listening to the WVMetroNews radio broadcast Wednesday evening with Fred on the call and Dave Wilson supplying the color. Everything has been a complete whirlwind the last couple weeks with the state wrestling tournament and now getting ready for our spring tab special section, let alone the fact it’s March Madness time. Anyway, toward the end of one of the games Wilson mentioned it was the 50th girls state hoops tournament and that he knew of someone who had been to them all. Persinger responded by reminding listeners, or perhaps ...
