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OVAC WVU Medicine Boys Pairings Are Set

High School Sports

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Semifinal pairings for the OVAC WVU Medicine Boys Basketball Championships were announced Friday morning by the OVAC Basketball Committee. Steubenville (Class 5A), Cambridge (Class 4A), Wheeling Central (Class 3A), Toronto (Class 2A) and Heartland Christian (Class 1A) all received No. 1 seeds and will host games on Tuesday night. Also hosting games are No. 2 seeds Brooke (Class 5A); Beaver Local (Class 4A); Columbiana (Class 3A); Caldwell (Class 2A) and Trinity (Class 2A). Semifinal matchups include John Marshall at Steubenville and Brooke hosting Wheeling Park ...

Wheeling Central Pulls Away From Linsly Late

High School Sports

EAST WHEELING – Friday night was deja vu from three nights earlier for the Wheeling Central boys’ basketball team. The Maroon Knights (13-0) held a 47-45 margin over visiting Linsly after three back-and-forth quarters, but, once again, Eli Sancomb bailed them out. The Liberty University ...

Big Red Returns To OVAC Finals With Win Over Patriots

High School Sports

STEUBENVILLE — The mission was clear for the Big Red girls basketball team Monday night — get back to the ECO Center. Hosting a youthful Wheeling Park in the OVAC Class 5A semifinals, top-seeded Steubenville accomplished that goal. Big Red, last year’s OVAC runner up, raced out to a ...

High School Roundup: Jebbia Captures Win No. 300; Seminoles Advance Over Fort Frye

High School Sports

WELLSBURG — Wheeling Park head boys basketball coach Michael Jebbia notched win No. 300 this weekend, taking down the Brooke Bruins on the road Saturday. The Patriots scored seconds into the contest while the Bruins were held scoreless in the first quarter. Park recorded the first 12 points of the game en route to a 48-33 victory inside the Brooke Wellness Center. Wheeling Park led 12-0 at the end of the first, and the visitors led by as many as 13 three times in the second. After being held scoreless in the first, the Bruins finally got on the scoreboard with 7:26 left to play in the ...

No. 4 Oak Glen Upsets No. 1 Union Local in 4A

High School Sports

MORRISTOWN – For the second year in a row, top-seeded Union Local has been knocked off at home in the OVAC Girls Basketball Class 4A semifinals, and for the second consecutive year, Oak Glen will play for the championship on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Golden Bears (10-5) never trailed in ...