Knights Top Monarchs 4-0

MOUNDSVILLE — Wheeling Central earned a hard-fought shutout on the road at John Marshall Tuesday, prevailing 4-0. Despite dominating time of possession, the Maroon Knights (7-4-1) were not able to generate many quality chances against the Monarchs’ (1-10-1) hard-nosed ...

Jets Claim Milk Jug With Sweep of Shamrocks

BARNESVILLE — For the fourth consecutive year, the Milk Jug — the traveling volleyball trophy as part of the “Backyard Rivalry” between Barnesville and Union Local — will reside in the trophy case in Morristown. And for the second time this season, the state-ranked Jets have swept ...

Barnesville Sweeps MOVL Championships

SARAHSVILLE — The team races at Tuesday afternoon’s Mid Ohio Valley League cross country championship meet on the campus of the Noble Local Schools were relatively anticlimactic. However, Barnesville head coach Mark Brown was excited his teams were able to get some good work in as the ...

Park Boys Fall to Big Red

STEUBENVILLE — The Big Red boys’ soccer team answered the bell. Wheeling Park landed the first shot of the game as the Patriots scored eight seconds into the match. Big Red got up, dusted itself off and countered with its first big shot of the game 33 seconds later to even the score. The Patriots scored again to regain the lead a little more than six minutes later, but Big Red responded with four straight goals to pull away for a 5-3 victory Tuesday night on Reno Saccoccia Field inside Harding Stadium. “That was huge,” Big Red (7-1-1) head coach Greg Bowers said about his ...

Jets Extend Long Unbeaten Streak

MARTINS FERRY — Union Local displayed Monday night why it is ranked sixth in the latest Division III Ohio high school coaches volleyball poll. After going back-and-forth with Martins Ferry in the early portion of the first set, the high-flying Jets (14-0) kicked it into high gear and never ...