ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Home sweet home. After playing its first seven games on the road, St. Clairsville Post 159 returned to the friendly confines of Memorial Park Wednesday night with a 3-1 victory over visiting New Philadelphia Post 139. It marked the third win this season over the ...
GLEN DALE — The longest day of the year thankfully did not feature the longest ballgame of the year as Wheeling Post 1 went on the road and blanked Moundsville Post 3 6-0 Tuesday afternoon. Post 1 starting pitcher Braydon Kupsky tossed a gem, hurling the team’s first complete game and ...
CADIZ — Indian Creek has been one of the rising wrestling programs in the last few years, not only in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference but in the state. Last season saw the Redskins have a pair of Division II state runner ups and three overall placewinners in finishing sixth as a team ...
By SETH STASKEY For The Intelligencer TRIADELPHIA — Whether it’s on the basketball court or in a meeting room at the Highlands Sports Complex, Ted Valentine has the ability to command the room. Case in point was Saturday when he spoke to more than 40 area basketball officials to tip off the inaugural Ohio Valley Referee Camp, which was organized by recently hired OVAC Basketball Commissioner Doug Costain. “(The officials) at the camp called me sir, and I quickly told them, ‘my dad was sir and he was a military guy,’” Valentine said. “I am grateful and honored, but I ...
Julianna King P, Steubenville Captain King recovered from a thumb injury a year ago to put forth one of the best all-around seasons in the valley. The Big Red junior batted .468 at the plate and was a menace on the basepaths, racking up 26 steals and scoring 29 runs. Her work at the ...
WHEELING — Freshman orientation for the Wheeling University men’s basketball team should be pretty easy next fall, given that most of the players already know each other. That was by design, as head coach Chris Richardson placed a focus on the team’s local recruiting effort for the class of 2022 and it paid off with five of the Ohio Valley’s most talented seniors all signing with the Cardinals. “It’s been something we’ve wanted to do since we got here, which is keeping the best players at home,” Richardson said. “I think a lot of coaches throughout the country always ...
