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Sports In Brief: Liedtke approved as Shenandoah boys basketball coach

Liedtke Approved at Shenandoah Longtime area high school basketball coach Dan Liedtke is taking over as the Shenandoah varsity boys head coach. Liedtke, who amassed 759 wins in four decades at Fort Frye between the boys and girls programs, was approved by the Noble Local Board of Education ...

Etta Express duo named All-Region

Marietta College placed two players on the 2026 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team Tuesday morning. Pitcher Austin Ziance was named to the second team and outfielder Michael Ciavolella was named to the third team. Ziance was also named to the D3baseball.com All-Region third team. Ziance, a ...

Third time’s the charm: Waterford beats Eastern, 8-3, for district title

ATHENS — After two-time defending district champion Eastern swept the regular-season series, the odds were stacked against Waterford in Tuesday’s Division VI district final at Ohio University’s Bob Wren Stadium. However, behind a complete-game mound effort from senior Braun Doak and ...

Looking Back: Top 20 stories of 2025-26 from writer’s experience

The world according to KP. Now that the 2025-26 academic season is coming to a close, it’s time to look back and reminisce about what resonated from my vantage point in terms of athletic achievements along with the strange but true. What follows are three tiers of the best storylines ...

WVU baseball may have caught a break

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball was announced as the No. 16 seed and the final host of the NCAA regional on Monday afternoon, with the team watching on at the Goat Pub. This is the first time since 2019 that the NCAA Tournament baseball is coming to Morgantown. "Mix in a hosting situation for the community in the state, there's nothing better," head coach Steve Sabins said. "The people of this state are passionate about our program. They're passionate about WVU, and so to bring an event like this here is meaningful to me, and I'm just really proud of the staff and the ...

Ohio Regional Track Qualifiers

Division V, Nelsonville-York District Boys 3200: 1. Gavin Offenberger (Waterford) 10:07.78 Girls Shot Put: 3. Ella Schweikert (Waterford) 33-10 Girls High Jump: 3. Emma Schaad (Waterford) 4-10 Boys 4x800: 4. Waterford (Gavin Offenberger, Andrew Adams, Tyson Franchino, Joel Jenks) 9:44.78 Boys Pole Vault: 4. Aaron Schaad (Waterford) 9-6 Boys 200: 3. Talon Bettinger (Caldwell) 23.86 Boys 400: 3. Brayden McDaniel (Belpre) 52.61; 4. Alex Sheanshang (Caldwell) 53.32 Girls 1600: 4. Shy Miller (Belpre) 5:45.75 Girls 100H: 4. Emma Schaad (Waterford) 17.65 Boys 800: 4. Aiden ...