Stage Set For Conference Meet After 1A/2A, 3A Track Qualifier

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The stage is set for Saturday’s OVAC Cal Giffin Track and Field Championships after competitors from Class 1A, 2A and 3A took to Red Devil Stadium for Wednesday’s OVAC Qualifier Meet. The 4A and 5A Qualifier took place on Monday. 1A/2A were combined into one grouping ...

Big Red Blanks Wheeling Central, 1-0

ELM GROVE - It is a very rare occasion when the game-winning run comes on the game’s first pitch. However, such was the case Tuesday afternoon on Ben’s Field at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Complex. Steubenville’s senior standout Sadie Edwards launched a laser over the dead centerfield fence on the game’s opening pitch. That proved to be the lone run in the contest as the Big Red edged Wheeling Central in a tremendous pitching duel. Steubenville’s Isabella Cadile made that lone run stand up as she was simply brilliant from the circle. She struck out nine, walked none and ...

Two Area H.S. Basketball Events Are Approved For Shot Clock Use

WHEELING – A pair of eastern Ohio high school basketball events were among the 11 approved statewide Monday by the Ohio Basketball Coaches Association and the Ohio High School Athletic Association to utilize a 35-second shot clock during their competition in the upcoming season. The Buckeye 8 Challenge, which started at Ohio University Eastern before moving to Harrison Central High School in Cadiz and has now returned to the ECO Center, and the Todd Kalivoda Holiday Showcase, which enters its seventh year this winter, at Toronto High School were selected. Mark Cook, ECO Center ...