PARKERSBURG — “OK, fine” were the words Marie Discini delivered to her mother Lorri when the latter suggested her daughter honor her June 28 unofficial recruiting visit commitment to St. Francis University. The NCAA Division I Red Flash and women’s tennis head coach Lisa Swope ...
VINCENT— Mistakes and sloppy plays made it closer than what the Warren Warriors and head coach Michelle Tyo wanted it to be after the first two sets when hosting the No. 9 seed River Valley Raiders in the OHSAA Division II sectional opening round Monday evening. After winning the first set ...
Heidelberg started and finished strong. The visiting Student Princes scored the first 14 points and final 28 points against Marietta College Saturday at Don Drumm Stadium, and while the Pioneers generated a homecoming rally, it wasn’t enough as Heidelberg left town with a 58-32 ...
DEVOLA — Marietta High’s boys’ soccer team concluded regular-season play Saturday Senior Night at Jerry Brock Field on an unbeaten note. After defeating the Tri-Valley Dawgs, 4-1, the MHS booters will kick off Ohio Division II sectional tournament play with a program-best 15-0-1 overall ...
VINCENT — It all came down to one play. Eighteen yards from the end zone with 20 seconds remaining and down six, Warren quarterback Kurt Taylor rolled to his right. With pressure in his face, Taylor fired to the end zone. Williamstown’s Kole Sutton tipped the ball up and teammate Logan ...
CALDWELL — Noah Barnhart was tough to tackle. The 5-foot-10, 195-pound junior running back rushed for 98 yards on 19 carries and one touchdown —the game-winner — as Frontier High defeated Caldwell High, 12-10, Friday night in prep football action at Howard J. DeVol Memorial Field in ...
BELPRE —A surging 5-2 Belpre Golden Eagles football team marched into a Friday night matchup at Ralph Holder Stadium and silenced visiting South Gallia in a 42-12 victory. Despite a slow start, the Eagles overcame a first half which saw them be held to 134 total yards of offense in the ...
BARNESVILLE — These are tough times in Pumpkinville. What started as a 3-0 season with visions of a possible state playoff berth have morphed into a four-game losing streak, the most recent setback coming Friday night at the hands of powerful Fort Frye by a 55-7 count. If taking on the ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE, W.Va. — Marietta High got off to a hot start and never looked back en route to defeating Magnolia 54-8 Friday night. Corbin Alkire got things started with a 25-yard touchdown run at the 9:01 mark in the first quarter. Tony Munos returned a blocked punt four yards for a ...
ELIZABETH, W.Va. — William Steele found paydirt thrice and Lucas Lipscomb had the highlight-reel catch of the game here Friday night at Wilson-Eismon Field as visiting St. Marys sent Wirt County to its fourth straight setback following a 26-7 triumph. The No. 12 Blue Devils, now 4-2 with a ...
Marietta College suffered its first setback of the 2019 season last Saturday at the hands of Ohio Northern, 31-23. This week, the Pioneers (3-1, 2-1 Ohio Athletic Conference) will look to bounce back with Heidelberg coming to town Saturday for a 2 p.m. kickoff at Don Drumm Stadium. It’s ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Williamstown High pinned Marietta High with its first setback of the season on the pitch. Sparked by sophomore Ella McMullen’s hat trick, including a match-winning header, the Yellowjackets nipped the visiting Tigers, 4-3, in girls’ soccer action Thursday evening. “It ...
VINCENT — Marietta did what it needed to here Thursday as the Tigers spoiled senior night for host Warren during a 25-23, 25-20 and 25-18 sweep of head coach Michelle Tyo’s Warriors. In late August, the Tigers swept the Warriors 25-11, 25-21 and 25-21 with Hannah Kroft’s 16 kills paving ...
WHEELING, W.Va. — Ravenswood senior Gavin Fox ripped the biggest stick in his bag well all day. His driver helped him to an 82 and two-day score of 165 at the Class A state tournament at Oglebay’s Jones Course. So as he teed up on hole No. 1 for the second time Wednesday in a sudden-death ...
DEVOLA — The Marietta Tigers needed only the first half to put away rival Warren, by finding the back of the net six times. Led by a hat-trick from senior goal machine Ryan Mannix, a brace by fellow senior Jake Craven and a goal from sophomore Kamden Lankford, Marietta cruised to a 6-1 win ...
BEVERLY — Fort Frye High wanted it more on “Dig for a Cure” night. The host Cadets swept Waterford High for the second time this season, 25-13, 27-25, and 25-16, in non-conference volleyball action Wednesday evening “Some of our girls were talking about the (sectional) tournament ...
VINCENT — Hannah Jankauskas made golf history at Warren High. The Warrior senior became the first girl at the Washington County-based school to qualify for the state tournament when she carded a career- and school-best 82 Monday at the par 70 EagleSticks Golf Course in the OHSAA Division I ...
VINCENT — Since a season-opening loss to two-time defending W.Va. Class A state champion Wheeling Central, the Williamstown Yellowjackets have been nothing short of dominant. The Terry Smith-coached squad not only is 5-0 since week two, but has outscored its opponents 177-14. The offense ...
BEVERLY — Undefeated Fort Frye High is all alone at the top. The Cadets (6-0) recently learned that they are currently top-ranked in OHSAA Division VI, Region 21. They are also No. 6 in the Ohio High School Football AP State poll. “We just want to be a playoff host, and focus on what we ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE W.Va. — After suffering a 22-point loss last week on the road at Cambridge, the Marietta Tigers hope to get things heading in the right direction once again when they visit the winless Magnolia Blue Eagles in a non-conference game Friday night. The Tigers got off to a 3-1 ...