Top-Seeded Barnesville Nips Martins Ferry, 4-3

BARNESVILLE – Baseball can be, at times, a game of inches. It certainly was Monday afternoon at Memorial Park. Top-seeded Barnesville built a 4-0 lead only to hang on for a 4-3 victory over No. 4 Martins Ferry in an OVAC Class 3A baseball semifinal. “It feels good,” veteran ...

Improvements Are Coming To Buckeye Local Stadium

YORKVILLE – The Buckeye Local football program has a new head coach and when Hayden Daly leads the Panthers onto Ron Poblish Field on Friday, Aug. 28 against River, they will be playing on a new playing surface. According to Athletic Director Jeff Patrick, the long-awaited upgrade is under ...

High School Roundup: Maroon Knights, Cadets Each Advance To OVAC Championships

BEVERLY — Brayden Cover and Jake Brown combined to limit the Cadets to a single unearned run Monday in the Maroon Knights’ OVAC 3A baseball semifinal victory. Cover started on the mound for Central and struck out 12 in six innings. Brown came in for the seventh, pitching a clean inning for the save and striking out two of the three batters he faced. Clay Petry, Brady Ernest and Kade Koroneos each had RBI. Koroneos had three hits and Ernest had two. Central, No. 3 in OVAC 3A, will face No. 1 Barnesville for the championship Friday at Mazeroski Field. Class 4A Semifinals Linsly ...

West Liberty Men’s Golf Earns NCAA Regional Bid

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va. – The West Liberty University men's golf team is headed back to the postseason, earning a berth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic/East Regional as announced by the NCAA. The selection marks the Hilltoppers' second straight NCAA Regional appearance and their 11th trip in the past 12 seasons, continuing a long-standing tradition of success for the program. West Liberty is one of 80 teams selected to compete across four regional sites, with competition set for May 7–9 at Sunnehanna Country Club in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. The University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown ...