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Column: Jaguars have a Strange feeling heading into playoffs

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Could a local kid make an impact in the NFL postseason this year? Stranger things have happened. At 1 p.m. Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla., Jaguars tight end and Parkersburg High graduate Brenton Strange will make his NFL playoff debut. The Jags last made the postseason in 2022, when Strange was a redshirt junior at Penn State. Jacksonville selected Strange in the second round of the NFL draft in 2023, and the former PHS star athlete has played a pivotal role in the changing of culture for the 2025 AFC South champions. Strange, in his third professional season, put up career-highs ...

Cadets too much for Tigers, 56-28

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BEVERLY — Junior Ella Dowler tossed in 24 points Thursday night to lead the Fort Frye Cadets to a dominating 56-28 win over the Marietta Tigers at Dan Liedtke Court to sweep the season series between the two Washington County Schools. Dowler scored the first eight points of the game as ...

Waterford girls get revenge against Eastern, 59-56

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WATERFORD – The shoe was on the other foot as Eastern and Waterford met for a TVC girls basketball matchup on Thursday night. The first week of December, Eastern coach Hayden Plummer said his team played perhaps its best game after defeating Waterford by 39 points. As for the second ...

Catholic shakes off slow start, rolls past Wirt 73-42

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PARKERSBURG — After an inauspicious start, Parkersburg Catholic put the turnover bug under lock and key. Wednesday night in the second meeting of the season between Parkersburg Catholic and Wirt County, the Crusaders committed a pair of turnovers in the first two minutes of the game and ...

Pioneer women upend Purple Raiders in OT

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ALLIANCE — The Marietta College women's basketball team enjoyed a first half lead, only to lose the lead with some poor shooting in the second half. A Pioneer game-tying three pointer in the final seconds of regulation forced overtime, though, and then the Pioneers controlled the bonus period to defeat Mount Union, 76-70, on Wednesday evening. Marietta improves to 7-7 on the season and 2-3 in the OAC. The Purple Raiders fall to 10-4 overall and 2-3 in conference games. "Tonight was another all-out group effort by our team," said Marietta head coach Jenna Andersen. "We got out to a ...

Balanced Warriors take down Cadets, 72-60

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BEVERLY — Blake Grimes tossed in 17 points to lead five Warren scorers in double figures as the Warriors downed the snake-bitten Fort Frye Cadets 72-60 Tuesday evening on Dan Liedtke Court. The Warriors got off to a great start and then survived several Fort Frye runs to even their ...