COLUMN: How about Coach Deegan?

June 12, 2026

In the world of college baseball, West Virginia earning its first ever College World Series berth has been a huge story of interest in the area. The Mountaineers are set to take on Troy at 2 p.m. today in Omaha, Neb. to begin the double elimination tournament. The final two teams standing will play a best-of-three championship series to determine the national champion. But there’s another college baseball story relevant to the Mid-Ohio Valley that recently occurred in the Division III ranks. Denison University defeated Endicott twice in three games to capture the D3 national ...

COLUMN: What? No program?

May 30, 2026

I, myself, am an avid Mountain State high school wrestling enthusiast. Every year I look forward to acquiring a souvenir program from the state tournament. This year I was informed that there would be no more programs sold at the state tournament. Asking why, I was told that the cost of printing the programs was too expensive, and now you could only visit the WVSSAC website to see a digital state program. Did you know that? I was very disappointed, and you should be disheartened by this change as well. In the past, the state wrestling tournament program cost five dollars, which was ...

COLUMN: Unintentional intentional mark at WHS

April 23, 2026

On one hand, opportunities to set school records in isolated events don’t come around often under the format of the Fenton Relays. Secondly, sometimes school records occur when you least expect it. For example, take the Williamstown foursome of Chase Pickering, Jimmy Erlandson, Gavin ...

COLUMN: The future is now in MLB, and it’s expensive

April 4, 2026

What a day Thursday turned out to be for Konnor Griffin. Just a few hours after the Pittsburgh Pirates’ minor leaguer found out he was being promoted to the big leagues, Griffin inked a nine-year, $140 million deal — the largest deal ever signed by a player prior to making their MLB debut. The No. 1 overall prospect in all of baseball according to most experts, Griffin got his first MLB start (and hit) in the Pirates’ home opener Friday against the Orioles. The 19-year-old shortstop is viewed as a can’t-miss, five-tool prospect who has the potential to be a franchise-altering ...

COLUMN: Giving shoutouts to some area hoopers

March 4, 2026

What a week it was for local high school basketball teams. Several area squads, like the Marietta and Fort Frye boys and the Waterford and Shenandoah girls, kept their seasons alive with big district tournament wins, while other teams bowed out of postseason play. Win or lose, it was hard not to notice some of the individual efforts that really stood out. Here are some shoutouts from The Marietta Times to those players. Shoutout to Frontier junior Jacob Bowersock. —Bowersock had a career night in the Cougars’ tournament-opening win over Shadyside, scoring a career-high 32 ...

COLUMN: Don’t care about the Seahawks or Patriots? Let me help

February 7, 2026

I am not the best football prognosticator, as you’ve seen in these very pages. I’m not sure if I even had a prediction for what the Super Bowl LX matchup would be at the start of the season. If I did, though, I’m sure it wouldn’t have been the New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks. So I’m not about to tell you who’s going to win when those two teams take the field Sunday night. But what I do know very well is what it feels like to not have a dog in this fight, a horse in this race, an Avenger in this Endgame. As a fan of the Washington – what’s their name right ...