Linsly Boys Join Girls as OVAC ChampsBy CODY NESPORSports WriterWHEELING — After winning just one game in the OVAC boys’ tennis tournament last year, the Linsly Cadets made a complete turnaround and claimed their first team title in over a decade Thursday night.After a marathon day of ...

By CODY TOMERSports WriterMOUNDSVILLE — John Marshall baseball coach Mark Cisar had a plan three years ago to get schools throughout the Ohio Valley to start a middle school baseball league so that players could play together in the spring and build chemistry together before heading into high ...

ELM GROVE — Wednesday’s cold weather apparently did not bother the John Marshall softball team as the Monarchs went deep four times in an 11-1 OVAC Class 5A semifinal victory over Parkersburg South 11-1 in six innings on Ben’s Field at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Sports Complex. Sophomore ...

ELM GROVE — The weather was cold but Wheeling Central’s bats were red-hot Wednesday afternoon at the J.B. Chambers I-470 complex. The ever-improving Maroon Knights banged out 11 hits in besting Bellaire, 10-7. Coach Jason Rowe’s youthful charges broke open a close 5-4 contest with a ...

John Marshall’s Ryleigh Morgan signed her national letter of intent to play softball at nearby West Liberty University Wednesday. Morgan is a 4-year letter-winner on the Monarchs’ softball team and a 3-year letter-winner on the volleyball team. Morgan plans on studying pre-med with the goal ...

Wheeling Central’s Andrew Johnson signed to continue his academic and lacrosse career at Alderson-Broaddus Wednesday. A four-year member of Central’s lacrosse team, Johnson plans to study exercise physiology with an emphasis on pre-physical therapy. Johnson is flanked by his parents, ...