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Gasber’s Header Lifts St. Clairsville Girls Into OVAC 4A Title Game

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – In a back-and-forth match that 85 minutes wasn’t enough to settle, St. Clairsville’s Emma Gasber used her head to figure out how to get the Red Devils into the OVAC Class 4A girls’ soccer championship. The senior headed in a corner kick from Ashlynn Lednik in the ...

Maroon Knights Fly By Zeps, Primed For Championship Saturday

WHEELING — Wheeling Central’s OVAC 1A-3A semifinal at 16th Street Field seemed to pass by at a mile a minute— or, more aptly, a goal a minute, as the Maroon Knights started off their outing at a breakneck pace on their way to an abbreviated 10-0 win over Shenandoah, advancing to ...

WVU Football’s Punting Shows Highs, Lows Through Three Games

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s offense scored 38 points on No. 25 Virginia’s top-rated offense through the first two games. Quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. scored five total touchdowns, the rushing attack had 247 yards and the offense as a whole totaled 437 yards. Defensively, it ...

High School Roundup: Ferry Volleyball Hits Milestones, St. C. And Cadets Advance

BARNESVILLE – The state-ranked Martins Ferry Purple Riders (13-0) volleyball team defeated the host Barnesville Shamrocks on Monday night by scores of 19-25, 25-16, 25-15 and 25-15. It was a milestone night for a pair of Martins Ferry players as senior SJ Koller had 29 digs to surpass the 2,000-mark and junior Olivia Harkness recorded an eye-popping 50 assists to move past the 2,000 mark. Harkness also logged 10 digs and a trio of service aces. Giana Chirpas added 23 kills, six digs and three aces, while Maddie Lucas charted 18 digs and five kills. Nicole Hammerquist added 15 kills ...

Pair Of Wheeling University Athletes Honored By MEC

FAIRMONT, W. Va. -- The Mountain East Conference has announced Monday the winners of this week’s Football Player of the Week awards. The MEC Player of the Week awards are presented by The Health Plan. West Virginia Wesleyan's quarterback Liam McGuire was selected as the MEC Offensive Player of the Week, Wheeling’s outside linebacker Jalen Higginbotham was named the MEC Defensive Player of the Week, and Charleston’s kicker Zachary Alvarez was named the MEC Special Teams Player of the Week. Higginbotham, a sophomore from Suitland, Md., repeated as the league’s defensive player ...