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High School Sports

Explosive 3rd Quarter Sends Ohio Over W.Va.

WHEELING — Ohio’s offense just had too much firepower to stay quiet for very long. Following a sluggish first half, the Buckeyes exploded out of halftime with three big plays and three touchdowns in the third quarter en route to a 33-15 win over their West Virginia counterparts in the ...

Both Sides Ready for OVAC All-Star Game

WHEELING — King Football is back! After almost nine months, the sport makes its triumphant return to the Ohio Valley with the 76th installment of the OVAC Rudy Mumley All-Star Football Game. The annual summer spectacle unfolds tonight at Wheeling Island Stadium with kickoff slated for ...

Post 15 Advances To State Tourney

ELM GROVE — For the second night in a row, Wheeling Post 1 never got the big hit it needed and dropped a narrow contest to Parkersburg Post 15 at the I-470 Sports Complex. After Parkersburg sqeaked by Wheeling 4-3 in Thursday’s semifinal, Post 15 claimed the Area 1 tournament with a 2-0 ...

Mumley’s Legacy Still Felt on Game 50 Years Later

WHEELING — When the 76th OVAC Rudy Mumley All-Star Football game kicks off at Wheeling Island Stadium tonight at 7:15 p.m., it will mark an important anniversary for the game and its namesake. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the so-called ‘Rudy Game’ in which Mumley resurrected ...

Wheeling Central Honoring 2 for Distinguished Service

WHEELING — The Wheeling Central Catholic High School Athletic Hall of Fame is adding a pair of special honorees to climax its 2022 class. The Hall of Fame Committee has chosen two more passionate and dedicated individuals to receive the Maroon Knights’ Distinguished Service Awards — Bob ...

Former All-Star Players on Hand to Celebrate 50-Year Reunion

WHEELING — The year was 1972! Richard Nixon was in the White House, the Dallas Cowboys were Super Bowl Champions and a postage stamp cost six cents. Life was pretty good. For guys like Shadyside grad Larry Falbo and Magnolia grad Rob Rothlisberger, life was really good. They had not ...