LOS ANGELES (AP) — In her 1994 memoir, Dolly Parton recounts in vivid detail the place where she found God. It was an abandoned church, in rural Tennessee where she grew up, that had become known as a haven for sex, drugs and violence. Rather than see the used condoms on the floor, the ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Olivia Buttrey recorded six of her team-high baker’s dozen kills during Williamstown’s 25-18 opening set victory versus Magnolia here Thursday night, but the Blue Eagles took the next three sets by scores of 25-16, 25-13 and 25-13 to improve to 3-1 on the ...
BEVERLY — Trailing 2-0 and on the verge of being swept Thursday at Fort Frye, Marietta flipped the script. The Tigers reeled off three straight victories to complete a come-from-behind, 16-25, 23-25, 25-13, 25-19, 15-11 triumph at Dan Liedtke Court. Marietta head coach Ron Kidder has ...
ELON, N.C. — Division I FCS member Elon University opened its season here Thursday night inside Rhodes Stadium with a 42-7 win against Division II Mountain East Conference foe Glenville State. The Pioneers of first-year head coach Jake Casteel fell behind 21-0 at halftime and got their only touchdown with 9 minutes left in the third when JD Sherrod hooked up with Kyree Bunny in the back corner of the end zone for a 2-yard strike that was followed by Brody Layman’s extra point. Elon quarterback Brady Stober, who hit 16 of 26 for 254 yards and two touchdowns, gave the Phoenix the ...
DEVOLA – All the craziness with offensive opportunities netted exactly no goals as the high school girls soccer teams from Marietta and Wheeling Park played to a scoreless tie and kept the annual meeting in line with the previous five meetings. Thursday night at Jerry Brock Field, keepers ...
Saturday, Aug. 29 High school football: Wirt County vs. Greenbrier West, 5:45 p.m. (at Glenville State University’s Morris Stadium) High school cross country: Parkersburg at Glen Oak Golden Eagle Invite (Canton); Parkersburg South at Huntington-Wayne Invite (YMCA Kennedy Center); St. Marys at Preston Knights Night Relays, 7 p.m.; Marietta’s Broughton Invite, 9 a.m. High school volleyball: Frontier at Magnolia, 11 a.m.; Gilmer County/Sherman/Greenbrier West at Ravenswood, noon; Doddridge County at Oak Glen quad, 11 a.m.; Linsly/Heath at Marietta, 11 a.m.; Warren at Southern, 1 ...
