Entering the 2023 NCAA Division III Super Regionals against visiting Misericordia, Marietta College baseball coach Brian Brewer noted that the Cougars played a similar style of baseball as the Pioneers. “They bunt, steal and try to wreak a lot of havoc on the bases, which we try to do as ...
The final three days of last week were pretty crazy on several levels. Thursday was an extremely long one due to the all-state baseball meeting and covering Tyler Consolidated’s first game at the state tournament. On Friday, I had the honor of taking in another Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Football Classic game at St. Marys. At one point prior to kickoff, I was having a conversation with someone and they told me how they always enjoyed my columns when I would write about summer vacation. I don’t have any exploits for vacation yet, but I was able to take this past Saturday ...
BEVERLY — The Fort Frye baseball team is off to an 11-1 start this spring, and nobody is enjoying the Cadets’ success more than senior Dawson Layton. Layton, who earned the pitching win in Fort Frye’s 6-3 win over Williamstown Friday, is in his third year on the Cadets’ varsity ...
Something strange in the air Saturday. High school basketball for Ohio teams in the Mid-Ohio Valley felt it. Marietta College felt it. I felt it. Seven teams seeking to advance in a postseason setting. Throw in a couple of amazing finishes on the national scene and you have the perfect storm. Noon: Checked in on a nationally-televised college men’s game featuring a school from hometown area of Iowa City, Iowa. Michigan State at Iowa. Iowa falls behind by 13 with less than two minutes in regulation. Announcers basically calling it in and referring to the next game for both ...
Saturday is shaping up to be one of the busiest days in recent memory as far as local sports are concerned. Five Washington County high school basketball teams will be looking to cut down nets, both Marietta College hoops squads are hoping to pull off upsets while area wrestlers are set to begin sectional tournament competition. Starting with girls basketball, Fort Frye and Waterford both are one win away from reaching the Sweet 16 in their respective divisions. The Cadets will take on Union Local at 1 p.m. at Zanesville High School in a Division III East District championship, ...
PARKERSBURG — Regardless of the departures, there are no shoes to fill. As the Class AA defending state champions, the Parkersburg Catholic girls basketball team is about to embark on creating their own identity. Creating their own legacy. One full week into preseason practices, the ‘Crusaderette 10’ have pushed the reset button just like PCHS teams of the past which have combined for 10 state titles since the first team was established 50 years ago. The formula works. “As special as last year’s team was, it wasn’t just about a one and done deal,” Marty Vierheller, who ...
