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Pioneers drop road tilt with Cardinals, 74-61

WESTERVILLE — Otterbein defeated Marietta College by the score of 74-61 Tuesday evening in Ohio Athletic Conference men's basketball action. The loss drops Marietta to 5-5 overall and 1-2 in the OAC. Otterbein improves to 7-2 on the season and 3-0 in the conference. The Pioneers scored the first five points of the game with a three pointer from Elijah Harden and a jumper from Jake Singleton to jump to an early lead, but Otterbein answered quickly. Five different Cardinals provided buckets over the next three minutes on the way to an 11-0 run and a six-point advantage. Harden ...

Hoops roundup: Caldwell girls rout Rosecrans

CALDWELL — Mea Hendershot finished with 11 points and four steals to lead Caldwell past Rosecrans 60-13 Tuesday. The Redskins improved to 6-2 and will play host to Crooksville Friday. Colie Arick added 10 points for Caldwell, which also got nine points and eight rebounds from Lyla Lowe and nine points, six assists and four steals from Breighlee Moracco. Laynie Sidwell added six points and a game-high five steals while Lexi Franklin chipped in six points as well. Parkersburg Catholic 102, Calhoun County 22 MT. ZION — Sixteen months after getting hired as Parkersburg ...

Hinkle named head football coach at Marietta College

MARIETTA — Marietta College announced the promotion of Tom Hinkle to head football coach Monday afternoon. After serving as the Pioneers’ associate head coach this fall, Hinkle becomes the 31st head coach in program history. Hinkle comes to the role with the full support and backing of ...

Pesky defense carries WVU

MORGANTOWN, — There was a moment in Saturday’s 63-45 victory for West Virginia’s women’s basketball team over Texas A&M on the Aggies’ home court when Pien Steenberger was dribbling down the court, seeing not a defender in front of her. She was thinking, it appeared, two or three ...

University punter named Walker Award winner

Jimmy Gregg statistics for his senior season at University High were staggering. The nationally-rated punter booted 49 punts for 2,246 yards, an average of 45.83 yards. Opponents didn’t have many opportunities to gain yards on returns, as Gregg’s 45.14 yards net average attests. All ...

Transfer portal: Revolving door begins for WVU football players

On the second day of National Signing Day, West Virginia had a lot of players coming in, but players started to leave. Offensive lineman Jude Edwards announced his plans to enter the transfer portal once it opens in January. Soon after, linebacker Mike Hastie planned to do the same. Then, more ears perked up when starting running back, and WVU’s leading rusher in 2024, Jahiem White, announced his plans to transfer. Then, 2025 leading rusher Diore Hubbard also declared, and a little bit later, quarterback Khalil Wilkins joined them. Hubbard and White were crucial pieces that were ...