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High School Sports

Brooke Softball Looks To Build Off Last Year

By AARON PETCHAL For The Intelligencer WELLSBURG — The Brooke softball team is looking to build off last season’s success. The Bruins finished last season with a record of 16-8, but they were unable to make it out of the sectional tournament as Wheeling Park defeated Brooke, 1-0, in ...

Excitement Surrounds Bruins Baseball in 2022

By AARON PETCHAL For The Intelligencer WELLSBURG — There is plenty of excitement surrounding the Brooke baseball team. The Bruins will feature a new look this season as the team lost nine seniors from last year’s team which went 10-16. Last year was an emotional one for Brooke as ...

Linsly Back With A Bang

By SETH STASKEYTimes Leader Sports EditorWHEELING – Wednesday marked the opening day for baseball in the state of West Virginia.Linsly swung the bats as if it was late April.The Cadets blistered three Weir High pitchers for 12 hits, took advantage of five Red Rider errors and cruised to a ...

Central Win Sets Up State Title Rematch

By CODY NESPORSports WriterCHARLESTON — A 29-4 scoring run between the third and fourth quarters helped Wheeling Central overcome a 10-point second-half deficit and defeat Grafton 73-63 in the WVSSAC Class AAA quarterfinal round Wednesday night.Central turned the ball over 11 times in the ...

Patriots Return To Charleston

By CODY TOMERSports WriterWHEELING — The No. 6 Wheeling Park boys’ basketball team will play in Charleston at the state tournament for the first time since 2012 when it tips off today at 9:30 a.m. against No. 3 Parkersburg South.The Patriots clinched a spot in the 2020 tournament but were ...

Park Softball Falls on Turf

By CODY TOMERSports WriterWHEELING — Spring was in the air and new turf was on the ground as the Wheeling Park softball team took the field of the brand new Wheeling Park Sports Complex for the first time on Wednesday.Although the Patriots fell 7-3 to visiting Parkersburg on Opening Day, it ...