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COLUMN: Having a little fun

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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 ...

Doddridge routs Williamstown in regional co-final

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WEST UNION - Doddridge County is heading back to the state basketball tournament for a third straight season. Head coach Paul Burnside’s Bulldogs used a dominating 24-10 effort in the third quarter here Thursday night as the hosts rolled past Williamstown, 64-34, in a double-A, Region I, co-final. The 19-4 Bulldogs, who led 14-7 after one and 26-18 at halftime, earned the No. 4 seed and now will take on fifth-seeded Wayne at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals at the Charleston Coliseum. Williamstown, which finished 11-13 and were led in scoring by Wyatt Powell with nine and ...

South passes first test at state tourney

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CHARLESTON — Freshmen Lindsey Logston and Quinn Bolyard got their first taste of state tournament action Thursday, leading Parkersburg South to a 59-46 win over Martinsburg in the Class AAAA state quarterfinals at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Logston and Bolyard ...

Gilmer outlasts Ritchie, makes it back to state final

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CHARLESTON — Gilmer County is one win away from defending its state championship. The Titans (23-2) defeated Little Kanawha Conference foe Ritchie County 52-43 in the Class A state semifinals Thursday at Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Gilmer will take on another LKC ...

PHS survives University, 71-70, in overtime

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CHARLESTON – Parkersburg’s air of confidence never rattled. Not when University made five 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and erased a 13-point deficit. Not when a University reserve knocked down a game-tying 3-pointer at the end of regulation. And not even when the Hawks set up for ...