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OVAC Is Well-Represented At OHSAA State Wrestling

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COLUMBUS – Forty OVAC wrestlers will continue their quest for the gold when the 89th annual Ohio High School Athletic Association’s boys state wrestling tournament gets underway Friday inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University. Nineteen of the local qualifiers are entered in the Division III portion of the three-day spectacle and 15 in Division II. There are also half-a-dozen in the girls tournament. DIVISION III Barnesville leads the local contingent with seven qualifiers that helped it to the Eastern District team title ...

High School Roundup: Magnolia, Wheeling Park Fall In Regional Finals

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PARKERSBURG — The Magnolia Blue Eagles fell in Wednesday’s Class A, Region 1 Boys Basketball Co-Final, the Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders defeating the Blue Eagles and punching a spot in the upcoming state tournament in a 47-32 victory. Noah Hodd led Magnolia with 13 points. The Blue Eagles led 12-9 after the first quarter, but trailed 22-19 by halftime and 35-29 after three quarters. Parkersburg Catholic’s Preston Randolph scored 17 points to lead his team. WVSSAC Class AAAA Region 1 Co-Finals Washington 89, Wheeling Park 38 CHARLES TOWN — Washington advanced to the ...

St. Clairsville’s Season Ends On Overtime Buzzer-Beater

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ZANESVILLE – So close, but yet so far … For the second time this postseason, an Ohio Valley basketball team has been taken out by a Tornado. Wednesday night inside Winland Memorial Gymnasium at Zanesville High School, West Muskingum’s Noah Morrison’s buzzer-beater lifted the ...

WVU Bounced In First Round Of Conference Tournament By BYU

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MORGANTOWN — It was another short stay in the Big 12 tournament for West Virginia. For WVU head coach Ross Hodge, his first game inside the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo. will be one he may never discuss again. Ugly play, ugly offense, poor free-throw shooting and a turnover-filled ...

Freshman Matt Sieg expected to still play more positions than safety for WVU

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia true freshman Matt Sieg arrives at the practice building at 6:30 a.m. and is on the Jugs machine. He’s catching balls, preparing to play on offense. Later in the afternoon, when WVU has practice, Sieg is making leaping plays, as seen on social media, on defense as a defensive back. “Matt's obviously a phenomenal athlete and even better person,” defensive coordinator Zac Alley said. “I mean, just world-class. Everything he does is at a really, really, really high standard.” Sieg’s commitment to WVU was one of the biggest stories of the early ...