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Wheeling Miners Open ’26 Season Saturday Against Columbus Lions

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WHEELING – The Wheeling Miners have released their 2026 roster ahead of the American Arena League professional indoor football season opener Saturday against the Columbus Lions in Columbus, Ga. The 25-player roster includes several players from Ohio Valley Mountain East Conference rivals Wheeling University and West Liberty University. A total of seven players have ties to those schools, with Wheeling having four. Former Cardinals are linebackers Jake Parry (6-0, 235) and Jayvon Johnson (5-11, 195), along with offensive linemen Justin Nelson (6-4, 290) and Isaiah Lewis (6-1, 315). ...

Roberta Olejasz Stepping Down As Wheeling Central Girls Coach

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WHEELING – After six seasons of serving as the head girls’ basketball coach at her alma mater, Wheeling Central, Roberta Olejasz has stepped down to spend more time with family. Olejasz, a 1990 graduate of Wheeling Central and member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame, has spent ...

High School Roundup: John Marshall, Monroe Central Score Softball Wins

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GLEN DALE – John Marshall won for the third straight day this week with a 6-3 doubling up of visiting Brooke Wednesday on Monarch Field. The win completed a regular-season sweep for the Monarchs (19-3) over the Bruins. John Marshall, No. 1 in the latest W.Va. Coaches Association Class AAA poll, broke a 2-all game wide open with four runs in the bottom of the third. Kaylee White had two of the Monarchs six singles and she was one of three JM players with an RBI, the other being Masyn Inclan and Aubrey Lilley. Riley Polsinelli keyed the third-inning outburst with a two-run ...

Nailers’ Papaioannou Voices Thoughts On Playoff Opponent

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WHEELING – Pittsburgh Penguins’ future Hall of Famer Sidney Crosby once said about the Philadelphia Flyers, “I don't like them, because I don't like them. I don't like any guy on their team.” First-year Wheeling Nailers head coach Ryan Papaioannou had some similar thoughts about the Reading Royals, the Nailers first-round ECHL playoff opponent. The top-seeded Nailers will host the No. 4 Royals for Game 1 of the best-of-7 ECHL North Division semifinal series on Friday night at WesBanco Arena. The puck drops at 7:10. Game 2 is Saturday night at WesBanco, also at 7:10. The teams ...

Nelson Pitches A Masterpiece As Bridgeport Stuns Cameron

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BROOKSIDE – Bridgeport baseball coach Billy Timko has been waiting on a statement win that his Bulldogs can hang their hats on. The wait is over. Connor Nelson delivered a masterpiece Wednesday night as Bridgeport (7-7) halted Cameron’s 10-game winning streak with a 5-1 victory on the ...