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A Thriller: Marietta girls win tourney opener in OT

The Marietta Tigers rallied from an eight-point, fourth-quarter deficit to down the Washington Court House Blue Lions 50-44 in overtime in an OHSSA Division III thriller at Sutton Gymnasium Monday night. The No. 4 seeded Lady Tigers used a relentless full-court press in the final quarter to ...

Hoops roundup: Warriors top ’Cats in double overtime

WATERFORD — Warren turned its double-overtime session with Waterford into a a free-throw shooting contest and managed to pull out a 72-68 win on Monday night. Blake Grimes scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter to keep Warren even with Waterford at 57-57 going into overtime. Warren made just two field goals in the extra period, but outscored the Wildcats 15-11 by making 11-of-15 free throws – including 4-of-5 from Hudson Elzey, who finished with a game-high 24 points. Teammate Caleb Tullius scored 16 points, while Liam Grosselin chipped in 11 points. For Waterford, ...

Curling controversy at the Olympics

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — The curling controversy at the Winter Olympics widened Sunday as increased surveillance of the matches resulted in the removal of a stone thrown by the British men’s team for the same alleged violation that burned the Canadians two days in a row. In the ...

Local teams fall in OVAC finals

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — For the second year in a row, Frontier came up just short against Heartland Christian in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference 1A finals Saturday at the ECO Center. The Cougars fell to the Lions 71-67 a year ago and were looking for redemption this time around. However, ...

Marietta girls claim victory over Waterford

WATERFORD – After dropping back-to-back overtime losses in their past two games the Marietta Tigers were looking for something positive to come out of Saturday afternoon’s contest against the defending state champion Waterford Wildcats at the Harry W. Cooper Annex. First-year Marietta ...

Gilmer defeats Williamstown for LKC title

GLENVILLE - For the second time in three years the Gilmer County girls basketball program sits atop the Little Kanawha Conference. Here Saturday night in the LKC finals contested at Glenville State University’s Waco Center, the Titans gave head coach Amy Chapman not only a Happy ...