Williamstown falls to Doddridge in regional co-final

March 13, 2026

WEST UNION, W.Va. - 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 ...

Williamstown fends off Philip Barbour in state quarterfinals, 53-51

March 12, 2026

CHARLESTON — Gracie Montgomery powered Williamstown in the first half and the Yellowjackets made just enough plays down the stretch to hold on for a 53-51 win over Philip Barbour in the Class AA state quarterfinals Wednesday at Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The Yellowjackets ...

Pioneer softball picks up a pair of wins

March 12, 2026

VIERA, Fla. — The Marietta College softball team won a pair of games Wednesday at the Space Coast Spring games. The Pioneers beat Greenville, 6-5, in eight innings and then downed Monmouth, 6-2. Marietta improves to 4-4 on the season. Greenville falls to 7-3 overall, while Monmouth is now 3-7 on the season. Mallory Gorgacz lined a walk-off single to right field, scoring Lauren Musgrove in the bottom of the eighth inning against Greenville. Musgrove tied the game with an RBI single to right that scored Candace Walters, who started the inning at second base due to the ...

Catholic beats Magnolia, punches ticket to state

March 12, 2026

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Catholic is back! For the first time since finishing Class A state runner-up in 2019 as the No. 6 seed, the Crusaders are marking a return trip to the big show at the Charleston Coliseum. Here Wednesday night in a Region I co-final, the top-seeded Crusaders ...

Marietta’s historic run ends in regional semis

March 11, 2026

ATHENS — A disastrous second quarter spelled doom for the Marietta Tigers in Tuesday evening’s Division III Regional Semifinal against Bishop Watterson at The Convocation Center on the campus of Ohio University. The Tigers opened the second quarter up by eight points and ended the ...

Title Town: WVU captures Big 12 Tourney championship

March 10, 2026

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the buzzer sounded on the Big 12 Tournament championship game, Jordan Harrison ran and leaped into the waiting arms of her West Virginia teammates, who squeezed her so hard it looked as if it hurt. It was just about the only time anyone corralled Harrison on Sunday. The senior guard scored 20 points while wreaking havoc on defense, and Sydney Shaw added 17 points of her own, helping the No. 15 Mountaineers avenge a pair of regular-season losses to No. 10 TCU with a 62-53 victory in the title game. “Just seeing the ball going through the hole is all I ...