These are strange times indeed, especially when one is a scribe. Even more so when said scribe has a job in sports and there are none to cover. The good news is, despite the current challenges, golfers still can go out and take the proverbial “good walk spoiled” or even ride in a cart to ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Success has come quickly to Aidan Roberts on each step of his journey with Parkersburg Catholic’s tennis team. It all started when he set himself apart his freshmen season. By clobbering everyone in his path to a No. 4 seed Class AA/A state championship, Roberts ...
CHARLESTON — First-year Charleston Catholic head coach Hunter Moles was looking forward to the Class A state tournament and hopefully cutting the nets down, but the COVID-19 pandemic changed those plans. The Irish, who were hoping to claim their first state crown since 2012, earned the ...
The Mid-Ohio Valley Hall of Fame Class of 2020 is set to be inducted on Saturday, June 13, at the Grande Pointe Conference and Reception Center in Vienna. This year’s inductees include James Abshire, Maggie Drazba, Tyler Engle, Chase Fischer, Dail Harper, Mary A. Lopez, Josh Miller, Paul ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Anna Hayton arrived on the University of Charleston’s women’s basketball team fresh off one of the more storied careers for a Parkersburg South center. Jill Stephens and her set themselves apart with their play in the paint as Patriots and each claimed multiple ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — The past couple of weeks have put area student-athletes to the test. The only game they’re playing is the waiting game. The Williamstown girls’ track team is no exception. The ‘Jackets had big expectations, as the defending Class A state champions did not experience ...
WATERFORD — When Megan Ball and Walsh University played at Ohio Valley University on January 18, the color green was prevalent in the Snyder Activity Center bleachers. “That’s one of the best feelings,” said Ball, who starred at Waterford High, about a half-hour or so drive from ...
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Catholic’s No. 1 girls tennis player Marie Discini used this past offseason to prepare for what she thought would be her best high school season yet. Shortly after adding a long-awaited No. 1 high school doubles’ state championship to her third straight singles ...
COLUMBUS — The Ohio High School Athletic Association announced Thursday that the winter sports tournaments of wrestling, basketball and ice hockey, which were postponed indefinitely on March 12, are now cancelled due to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. It is anticipated that schools will ...
J.j. Martin has earned his share of basketball awards over the years. But being named recently the Mountain State Athletic Conference (MSAC) Coach of the Year in his first season at the Cabell Midland Knights boys basketball helm...well, that’s pretty special. “It’s been a fun ...
I’ve always looked forward to Opening Day in Major League Baseball. This year, though, my excitement level was through the roof as my dad and I had tickets to the Cincinnati Reds’ season opener against the Cardinals. Attending a Reds Opening Day game has always been on my bucket list and ...
Three young ladies hold perhaps the highest spot in the pantheon of great Mid-Ohio Valley high-school point guards. Parkersburg South, St. Marys and Parkersburg Catholic fans certainly know their names well. Each young lady contributed heaps of everything to their teams during the time spent in ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Huntington St. Joe’s 5-foot-7 senior guard Bailee Adkins could have displayed her considerable scoring talent across a challenging schedule during her senior season. But as the heartbeat of the Irish, Adkins sacrificed those high point totals. Instead, she ...
MARIETTA — Marietta College went from sweeping to weeping. After the Pioneer softball team took two on its last day in Clermont, Fla., March 13, it got the “word” officially from its boss. “You know, we had a feeling the stoppage of all play (due to the coronavirus COVID-19 ...
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. — Less than two weeks ago the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. It wasn’t long afterward life changed for a lot of people, which included former standout student-athletes Maddy Sury of Waterford and Parkersburg High’s Lauren ...
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Catholic head coach Marty Vierheller and his sophomore guard Leslie Huffman never once stopped to review the season in progress for the Crusaderette player. “If you look back you could lose yourself, you have to keep going and work hard and I knew I couldn’t do ...
A local golfer has earned a cool opportunity. Marietta High senior Josh Sandford, an all-district honoree this fall for the Tigers, has been invited to compete in the Champion of Champions two-day golf event at the famed Powerscourt Golf Club in Dublin, Ireland. Sandford received the invite ...
Under normal circumstances, the Marietta College baseball team would have played its home opener Wednesday on the brand new playing surface at Don and Sue Schaly Field at Pioneer Park. COVID-19, also known as the coronavirus, has made for not so normal circumstances as the Etta Express had ...
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South’s Malaki Sylvia isn’t quite ready to have his prep career end, but he is looking forward to his future at Marietta College. The Patriot senior, who shot 55% from the field and averaged 18.8 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.5 steals and 1.4 assists, is anxious to ...
WEST UNION, W.Va. — Doddridge County athlete Cole James’ menacing 6-foot-2, 340-pound frame loomed over the West Virginia Class A sports scene much of the last four years. Whether causing chaos as an offensive or defensive lineman on the football field or flinging the shot put or discus far ...