BEVERLY —The Fort Frye Cadets just keep rolling, but tight defense was needed down the stretch to take down Shenandoah on Thursday night from home, 56-41. Head coach Eric Henniger’s bunch (11-1) was familiar with the Zeps, as they traveled to Sarahsville on Dec. 11 to take home a 52-44 ...

BEVERLY — Fort Frye vividly remembered last season’s 63-44 district semifinal loss to Morgan leading up to Tuesday’s showdown against the Raiders. Thanks in part to 22 points from Luke Huffman, a 20-point, 11-rebound double-double from Nic Hart, plus 15 points and five assists from ...

VINCENT — Jennifer Smith’s layup thanks to a Rylee Kendall assist following a steal by Morgan Altenburger had Marietta head coach Allen Ruth’s squad up 31-29 with 5:23 left in the third here Wednesday evening, but it was all Warren after that. The Warriors used a buzzer-beating 10-foot ...

BEVERLY — Fort Frye senior Luke Huffman is capable of being a game-changing player for the Cadets. The problem, according to head coach Eric Henniger, is that Huffman sometimes isn’t selfish enough. What Henniger is really saying is that Huffman is a team-first player, and often will ...

WILLIAMSTOWN — When Rod Lanham was hired as the Wood County Christian School boys basketball coach after last season, he big plans for what the offseason was going to look like for his team. He was going to help out the baseball team to get to know some of his players, run some camps to ...

WATERFORD — Jacob Gutberlet took just one shot in his return for the Frontier Cougars Tuesday night at Waterford after missing the first six games of the season following a bout with COVID-19. Gutberlet’s one shot was as big as they get as he canned a buzzer-beating 3-pointer from nearly ...

After struggling for almost all of the first half, the Marietta Lady Tigers were looking for a spark of any kind in the third quarter of Monday evenings showdown at Sutton Gymnasium against Waterford. The Tigers got the spark they were looking for and then some as senior Adi Hill and freshman ...

Tied at 44-all in the final seconds, John Glenn's Nathan Walker saw an opening in the Marietta Tigers' defense. Walker drove to the basket and appeared to have an open layup, but Adam Coil had other plans. Marietta's 6-foot-5 senior closed in and rejected Walker's shot attempt to force over ...

WATERFORD — Freshman Jarrett Armstrong tallied 10 of his game-high 22 points in the fourth quarter and host Waterford stopped a four-game slide by holding off Belpre, 54-51, in a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division showdown here Friday night inside Harry Cooper Annex. The Golden Eagles ...

NEW MATAMORAS — Frontier’s strategy heading into Friday night’s showdown with visiting Caldwell was to not let the Lori boys beat them. The Cougars were able to win the battle as they held the Redskin combo of Bede and Jett Lori to a grand total of 16 points but still lost the war as ...

WATERFORD — The Waterford wrestling team celebrated “Senior Night” before a tri-match Wednesday, and what a night it was for the Wildcats’ two seniors. Haden Offenberger and Ethan Root, the program’s first class to wrestle from seventh to 12th grade under head coach Greg ...

Everyone in the Mountain State continues to hold out hope a winter sports season indeed will happen. Staying on the positive side this actually will be the case means roundballs on the hardwood should start bouncing soon. I for one am more than ready to cover basketball in West Virginia, ...

The Marietta Tigers celebrated their “Senior Night” with a 64-47 win over a very young Frontier Cougar squad Thursday evening at Sutton Gymnasium. The six MHS seniors combined for all but six of the Tigers points paced by Morgan Altenburger’s 22. With both teams playing for the second ...

BELPRE — Sydney Reynolds went for game-highs of 24 points and 14 rebounds here Thursday night for host Eastern, but the visiting Eagles weren’t able to hold a 29-20 halftime advantage as Belpre evened its record at 7-7 after rallying for a 61-46 victory to sweep the season ...

High expectations are nothing new to the Marietta College men’s basketball team. The Pioneers have set the standard of competing for the Ohio Athletic Conference championship and making a run in the Division III national tournament year in and year out. This year will be no different — ...

The Marietta College women’s basketball team will have some big shoes to fill this season. Two of the Pioneers’ top three scorers from a year ago graduated — Alexis Enochs (13.4 points per game) and Marlo Taylor (11.2 points per game). Enochs was also Marietta’s leading rebounder with ...

WATERFORD — Any time you can force your opponent into more turnovers than they score points you are likely to get very good results on the basketball court. Fort Frye accomplished that feat Tuesday night on the road against arch-rival Waterford as they forced 29 turnovers and rolled to a ...

VINCENT — Joel Chevalier’s breakaway slam not quite midway through the third quarter following a steal was one of many highlights for host Warren here Tuesday night as the Division II No. 10 Warriors blitzed Alexander, 96-22. Head coach Blane Maddox’s Warriors, who improved to 7-1 with ...

By JORDAN HOLLAND Associate Sports Editor BELPRE — It was Evan Wells’ two 3-pointers early that got Belpre going, and it was his four free throws down the stretch that helped secure a 71-67 victory over Caldwell Tuesday. Wells, a senior, finished with 19 points, seven rebounds and ...

MARIETTA — A three-game losing skid went by the wayside Saturday afternoon inside Sutton Gymnasium as Marietta put on a 3-point shooting clinic during its 67-56 East Central Ohio League victory versus Dover. The now 4-4 Tigers of head coach Allen Ruth, who are 2-1 in conference, opened the ...