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Williamstown girls win Erickson Invite

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PARKERSBURG — Here Friday night at the Erickson Invitational, which was contested at Parkersburg’s Stadium Field, host Parkersburg South received golds from Jordan Foster in the 300 hurdles and Kymani Prince in the long jump. Prince’s leap of 16 feet, 7.5 inches topped the runner-up ...

Anthony Fairhurst named interim coach for MC men’s hoops

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Marietta College Director of Athletics Larry Hiser announced the appointment of Anthony Fairhurst as the Pioneers’ interim head men’s basketball coach Friday. Fairhurst takes over for Jon VanderWal who stepped down earlier this week to take the head coaching position at Trine ...

Marietta’s Junior Bass looking forward to a bright future

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Senior year didn’t go exactly how Junior Bass drew it up, but he came out on the other end of it stronger. Bass spent the first three years of high school at Belpre before transferring to Marietta last summer with the intention of making a major impact for the Tigers in football and ...

Jon VanderWal era comes to an end in Marietta

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“I have not been sleeping much. I don’t ever want to experience that kind of season here ever again. We have to fix this.” This was March 5, 2025. Jon VanderWal and I were having dinner together in Toledo before heading over to the University of Toledo to watch a couple of potential ...

Tigers fall to Big Reds in rain-shortened affair

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PARKERSBURG – No longer is Parkersburg wearing the tag as just baseball players. They are now bringing a sense of confidence to the ballpark on a continuous basis. On senior night Thursday at Bennett Stump Field, the Big Reds won for the 11th time in 14 games after defeating Marietta 6-1 ...