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

September 14, 2021

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

August 21, 2021

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

July 22, 2021

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 ...

Fun ride at state for Williamstown boys

May 13, 2021

As I was sitting in the media room following Williamstown’s 50-47 Class AA state championship game victory versus Poca on Saturday afternoon and looking up at the podium, it was 100% all smiles for ‘Jacket boss Scott Sauro along with players Sam Cremeans, Xavier Caruthers and Baylor Haught. Albeit a lot more work, covering a state championship win is always better than reporting on a tough loss in the final game of the season. Cremeans was carrying a huge belt when he walked in and promptly kept it over his shoulder during the press conference. At one point I finally had to ask ...

‘Jackets earned stripes in Charleston with grit

May 12, 2021

WILLIAMSTOWN — Fresh off the Williamstown Yellowjackets’ 50-47 win over Poca in the 2021 Class AA boys’ state championship basketball game, the feeling of jubilation hasn’t worn off head coach Scott Sauro. The victory came a year removed from when his ‘Jackets were the No. 1 seed in the Class A tournament. The COVID-19 pandemic was sweeping across the state when the 2020 games in Charleston came to a halt. That just meant Williamstown had unfinished business in 2021, and it didn’t matter who they needed to face. Last season’s team was heavy in senior talent, but the 2021 ...

Turner Hill wears the Marietta College pinstripes well

April 30, 2021

Turner Hill is good at hitting baseballs. He’s proven that over the last decade, whether he was playing for the Marietta High Tigers or the NCAA Division II Malone Pioneers. Hill has always known his way around the batter’s box. When Hill transferred to Marietta College before the 2021 baseball season, it was obviously a good get for head coach Brian Brewer and the Pioneers. However, what Hill has been able to do this spring with a bat in his hands has been nothing short of amazing. The left-handed swinging Hill leads the Ohio Athletic Conference in four key offensive ...