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Tempo keys Williamstown girls’ resurgence

Age is non-discriminate when coaches learn to adapt on the fly. Four games into a winless season, Williamstown girls basketball coach Fred Sauro heeded the advice of his three assistant coaches. Even at 74 years old, Sauro didn’t rule out any input which would produce results. After wrapping up their second straight win Saturday at Wheeling Central Catholic, the Yellowjackets improved to 5-7 and secured the No. 10 slot in the Class AA ranking for the second straight week. “A conscious decision was made by our whole staff with my assistants Howard Rowsey, Lori Nohe and Brian ...

A name which still resonates at Catholic

Madeline Huffman visited her old stomping grounds at Parkersburg Catholic High School. The purpose was two-fold — join her former teammates during a recognition ceremony and watch her younger sister play at the Mary ‘O’ Crusaderette Classic. And by every indication, whether it was stated during a 25-minute video montage honoring the accomplishments from the past two seasons, or mentioned by PCHS coach Marty Viereller, the name ‘Madeline’ and her legacy still resonates throughout the Crusaderette girls program. “Everything everyone said tugs at the heart strings a little ...

Yellowjackets Sweep Regional

MINERAL WELLS — Favored Williamstown swept the W.Va. Class A, Region IV cross country championships here Thursday afternoon as expected. The Yellowjacket boys of head coach Cliff Taylor topped Buffalo, 35-54, while the WHS girls of head man Mike Taylor had the top four finishers and rolled ...

ALBRIGHT: State not done learning about Yellowjackets’ Sauro, just yet

Eventually, this is going to become normal... Right? Williamstown cross country runner Alyssa Sauro doing her dominant thing out on the trail is going to just be a regular occurrence in Mid-Ohio Valley sports fact. Until then, her impressive outbursts of a still gathering potential are going to feel relatively new for all of us following along each time out. Sauro, by her own admission, is still learning about herself and what she can do in her sport. “I thought I would be running in the early 19s or 20s. I wasn’t quite sure where I would be running,” Sauro said of when she ...

ALBRIGHT: Groundwork is set for LKC’s 75th birthday

Give me as much Little Kanawha Conference athletic activity as possible! Give me more of the coaches, teams and everything else that makes the league great! Give me more of the heart-pounding, nerve-wracking action that rocks the Mid-Ohio Valley starting in late August to late May from Upper Glade all the way to Parkersburg and from Kidwell to Clay! Give me more of the games, meets and matches that mean more because they mean everything! And fill the eyeballs of everyone in the MOV, including me, with as much of all of it as possible for the LKC’s 75th birthday. ...

ALBRIGHT: Williamstown’s Allen a picture-perfect linebacker

Football fans won’t have any problems guessing the position Williamstown’s Rickie Allen is playing this upcoming season. It’s — undoubtedly — linebacker. He’s just got the look. No, not the one Roxette sings about in “The Look.” First of all, this isn’t the 80s and secondly, well he isn’t a female. Rather, all his attributes lend themselves to him being a picture-perfect Sam LB in the Yellowjackets’ system. Say it’s the 4-4 scheme that makes him so good if you must. Talk about how he’s had great teammates in the past to learn from in Brady Ankrom and Eric ...