WHEELING — The week leading up to its rivalry game with Wheeling Central is always daunting for Linsly coach B.J. Depew, his coaching staff and his team. The Cadets spent the last week hitting the practice field and the film sessions significantly hard and it showed on Saturday ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — River View’s Emmie Brenly successfully converted a penalty kick with 32 seconds left in regulation as the visiting Golden Bears (6-2) handed St. Clairsville its first loss of the season, 1-0. The meeting pitted the No. 2 (River View) and No. 5 (St. C.) teams in Ohio’s ...
WHEELING — It was as good of a start as Wheeling Park could ask for. The Patriots came out of the gates quick as they scored on the opening possession, then returned an interception for a touchdown when the defense first saw the field as in a 43-26 victory against Hedgesville on Friday night ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE — After surrendering a 14-point lead in a loss to Ohio power Mogadore six days earlier, Shadyside showed its power on both sides of the football Friday night against Magnolia, leaving no doubt to the outcome. Sophomore quarterback Rhys Francis threw for a career-high 261 ...
PINE GROVE — Valley’s defense kept Cameron at bay early, but the Dragons’ explosive weapons could not be contained in the second half. Isaac Ball opened the third quarter with a 55-yard kickoff return and Jessop Broughton found Garrett Scott for 65 yards — both plays setting up ...
WELLSBURG — Brooke came out on fire, effortlessly moving the ball down the field on its first possession and scoring a game-opening touchdown Friday against University. The Bruins offense scored three times in the first half. The second half was a different story. After halftime, it was ...
OLD WASHINGTON — The Barnesville Shamrocks have several set-up men they utilize during the course of a game. But, when they need a first down or key yardage late in the game, head coach Blake Allen brings in his “closer” by the name of Caden Lake. Lake delivered the knockout blow of ...
KINGWOOD — John Marshall was unstoppable on the ground, tallying 220 yards and three touchdowns with its run game en route to a 28-6 victory against Preston on Friday night. “Last week, we didn’t do very well, and in practice this week we worked on running a lot more — we were just ...
STEUBENVILLE — Tayveon Crawford ran for two touchdowns and Randy Mitchell passed for two more, as Big Red outlasted Buffalo St. Francis, 43-31, Friday inside Harding Stadium. With the victory, Reno Saccoccia’s club moves to 3-0 and cleared the decks for next week’s showdown with the ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The first few series of Friday’s meeting between visiting Meadowbrook and host St. Clairsville turned out to be a microcosm of the game — and the two teams’ respective seasons thus far. Save for a first-quarter fumble on a prime scoring chance, the Red Devils took ...
WHEELING — Any time Brooke’s Ryan Bilby and Wheeling Park’s Noah Seivertson step on the course together, its guaranteed to be must-see golf. The two delivered the most exciting showing on Thursday at the Jones Course of Oglebay in the OVAC Class 5A Golf Tournament. Heading into the ...
WHEELING — As any veteran coach would do, Jerry Robinson did his best this week to shield his Barnesville golf team from any pressure that came along with the quest to repeat as OVAC Class 3A champions. The plan worked to a “tee.” The Shamrocks posted an impressive 301 at Oglebay ...
MIDDLEBOURNE — Regan Smith set a school record with 42 points as she led Tyler Consolidated to a dominating 25-5, 25-1, 25-3 victory against St. Marys in prep volleyball action Thursday. Smith added to her impressive night with eight aces, 12 assists and two kills. Summer Miller helped the ...
WHEELING — It’s an early season “meetin’ of the unbeatens.” It is also a very passionate one. City rivals Wheeling Central and Linsly match 2-0 records when they square off at Lockhart Field on Saturday. The two teams have also split the last two meetings with Wheeling Central ...
NEW MARTINSVILLE — When you talk about the cream of the crop in local small-school high school football through the years two schools that you will normally see near the top of any list are Shadyside and Magnolia. Friday night the Tigers and Blue Eagles will meet for the fourth consecutive ...
WHEELING — Sitting at 1-1 on the young season, Wheeling Park coach Chris Daugherty watched his Patriots continually shoot themselves in the foot on offense while failing to get off the field on defense at St. Clairsville last week. All of that resulted in a hard-to-swallow, 36-33 setback to ...
MORRISTOWN — A pair of runners made things look extraordinarily easy under the glare of a scorching late-afternoon sun Wednesday as one of the area’s signature events wound its way through the campus of Union Local High School. Bellaire’s Jacob Defibaugh and River’s Livi Beard raced ...
HANNIBAL — Casey Kildow had 18 assists, six kills and eight digs Wednesday evening helping state-ranked Union Local moved to 12-0 in prep volleyball with a 25-16, 25-15, 25-15 victory against River inside the R.L. Potts Gymnasium. Torre Kildow added 15 kills and 14 assists for the Jets, ...
WHEELING — Coming into the 2019 season, Wheeling Central had just one player returning from last year’s state championship team. Despite the lack of experience, a young group of Maroon Knights took the Crispin Course at Oglebay Park on Tuesday and brought home a fifth consecutive OVAC ...