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After Breakout Season, John Marshall Loaded With Seniors For Encore

MOUNDSVILLE — Last year’s John Marshall Monarch volleyball squad burst onto the scene with a successful fall season that included a 25-9-3 record, an OVAC 5A runner-up finish, a run to the WVSSAC Class AAA state semifinals— and a lot of turned heads. “Last year's team, they just ...

Soccer Pay Dispute Between OVAC, Referees Is Resolved

Let the games begin in West Virginia and continue in Ohio as far as OVAC boys’ and girls’ high school soccer goes. The Mountain State debuts Wednesday while the Buckeye State has been playing for nearly a week. Following an ongoing pay increase dispute between the OVAC and the Ohio Valley Soccer Referee Association, both sides reached an agreement late Tuesday morning. According to an email from Wheeling attorney David Delk, representing the soccer officials, “The individual schools are paying the requested rate. … The soccer referee association is not dealing with the ...