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Williamstown fends off Philip Barbour in state quarterfinals, 53-51

CHARLESTON — Gracie Montgomery powered Williamstown in the first half and the Yellowjackets made just enough plays down the stretch to hold on for a 53-51 win over Philip Barbour in the Class AA state quarterfinals Wednesday at Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. The Yellowjackets ...

Pioneer softball picks up a pair of wins

VIERA, Fla. — The Marietta College softball team won a pair of games Wednesday at the Space Coast Spring games. The Pioneers beat Greenville, 6-5, in eight innings and then downed Monmouth, 6-2. Marietta improves to 4-4 on the season. Greenville falls to 7-3 overall, while Monmouth is now 3-7 on the season. Mallory Gorgacz lined a walk-off single to right field, scoring Lauren Musgrove in the bottom of the eighth inning against Greenville. Musgrove tied the game with an RBI single to right that scored Candace Walters, who started the inning at second base due to the ...

Catholic beats Magnolia, punches ticket to state

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg Catholic is back! For the first time since finishing Class A state runner-up in 2019 as the No. 6 seed, the Crusaders are marking a return trip to the big show at the Charleston Coliseum. Here Wednesday night in a Region I co-final, the top-seeded Crusaders ...

Marietta’s historic run ends in regional semis

ATHENS — A disastrous second quarter spelled doom for the Marietta Tigers in Tuesday evening’s Division III Regional Semifinal against Bishop Watterson at The Convocation Center on the campus of Ohio University. The Tigers opened the second quarter up by eight points and ended the ...

Title Town: WVU captures Big 12 Tourney championship

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the buzzer sounded on the Big 12 Tournament championship game, Jordan Harrison ran and leaped into the waiting arms of her West Virginia teammates, who squeezed her so hard it looked as if it hurt. It was just about the only time anyone corralled Harrison on Sunday. The senior guard scored 20 points while wreaking havoc on defense, and Sydney Shaw added 17 points of her own, helping the No. 15 Mountaineers avenge a pair of regular-season losses to No. 10 TCU with a 62-53 victory in the title game. “Just seeing the ball going through the hole is all I ...

Shaw motivated by All-Big 12 snub

As it turns out, Sydney Shaw had another reason to be motivated to help the 15th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team capture the Big 12 women’s tournament. It came from the other Big 12 coaches, who omitted Shaw’s name from the all-Big 12 team that was released prior to the start of the tournament. “Sydney Shaw was fantastic in this tournament,” said WVU head coach Mark Kellogg, who is not permitted to vote for his players for all-Big 12 honors. “She earned this right. It’s absolutely crazy to me that she didn’t make an all-conference team. “She led our league in ...