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Wheeling Central, Wheeling Park Will Scrimmage In Team Sports

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WHEELING – Wheeling Central and Wheeling Park haven’t met in a meaningful regular-season athletic contest in quite some time. A portion of that trend will come to an end starting with the upcoming 2026-27 school year. The two inter-city schools will start scrimmaging each other in all team sports, beginning with a boys’ soccer match on Thursday when the Maroon Knights host the Patriots on the J.B. Chambers Memorial Recreation Park Turf Field on 16th Street in East Wheeling. The match starts at 7 p.m. "We are excited for these scrimmages because playing a team like Wheeling Park ...

Former WVU Star Stedman Bailey Arrested For Indecent Exposure

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Former West Virginia football star Stedman Bailey was arrested by police in Pembroke Pines, Florida, on charges of having sex in a mall. The alleged encounter took place about 12:30 a.m. on Monday, July 27, inside Pembroke Lakes Mall near the arcade bar. Bailey and his partner, Karina Manderson, were arrested on charges of indecent exposure. Bailey played in 39 games over three seasons with the Mountaineers at wide receiver from 2010-12. In 2011, Bailey led the Big East with 1,279 yards and 12 touchdowns. The following year, now in the Big 12, Bailey improved and tallied 1,622 yards and ...

Post 1 Bows Out Of Regional Tournament

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CHERRYVILLE, N.C. — Entering Fraley Field on Friday with one win and one loss in the American Legion Southeast Regional Tournament, Wheeling Post 1 needed to run the gauntlet without any slip-ups in the double-elimination competition. But a rough first inning against Jacksonville Post 316 sent Post 1 to a 10-3 defeat, and out of the Regional Tourney to cap their 2026 summer season that included an Area 1 championship and third-straight West Virginia state championship before their appearance in the Regional. Post 316 came out with hot bats Friday, scoring seven runs in the bottom of ...