High School Sports

High School Roundup: Barnesville, UL, Harrison Boys Advance In Bowling

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Barnesville, Union Local and Harrison Central all punched their tickets to the Ohio Division II Boys District Bowling Tournament by placing in the top six at Tuesday’s Sectional Tournament at St. Clair Lanes. The Shamrocks won the team title with a score of 3,932, which was 157 pins better than the Jets (3,775). The Huskies came in fourth at 3,487. Barnesville senior Keegan Martin was the top finisher with a three-game total of 660. He had games of 192, 255 and 213. He was followed by juniors Cole Eddy (601), Bo Detling (555), Jacob Whitacre (535) and senior ...

Fort Frye Survives Wheeling Central Comeback For Road Win

WHEELING — In the first half, the Fort Frye Cadets set the tone; in the second half, they survived the storm. The visiting Cadets held off a determined second-half comeback by the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights to bag a 52-44 victory on Monday on Coach Skip Prosser Court, helped by a ...

Martins Ferry Girls Roll Past Park On Senior Night

MARTINS FERRY – It was Senior Night inside Tolbert Gymnasium Monday night, and Martins Ferry sent its pair – Makayla Cole and Charlee Roe – out with a victory on the home boards in girls’ basketball action. After a sluggish first half in which they led 22-17, the host Purple Riders ...

High School Roundup: Visiting River Pilots Take Down Frontier

BEAVERTOWN – Visiting River didn’t have a player with more than nine points but still took down Frontier, 37-30, in girls’ high school basketball action Monday night. Ava Wohnhas and Zoey Fox both scored nine while Carleight Trifonoff finished with eight for the Pilots (12-10). Anna Bowersock scored 11 and Addison Edgar had 10 for the Cougars (10-9). Steubenville 53, Bellaire 41 BELLAIRE – Fresh off their OVAC WVU Medicine Class 5A Championship on Saturday, Big Red took down the Big Reds inside the ‘House of Champions.’ Phynyx Fleming led the winners with 23 points. ...

Local Teams Sending Swimmers Off to States After Regional Meet

WELLSBURG — In the first year of the new format for the swimming postseason in West Virginia, locals took to the pool inside the Brooke Wellness Center Saturday to vie for spots in the state meet. After 22 events — and a swim off to end the day — 14 local swimmers/relay teams earned ...

Indian Creek Girls Secure Their Fourth-Straight OVAC 4A Title

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Saturday inside Ohio University Eastern’s ECO Center was the third championship in four years involving the Oak Glen Golden Bears and Indian Creek Redskins. Thanks to a late scoring run, all three contests have gone to Indian Creek. Creek’s girls basketball team ...