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

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 ...

St. Clairsville Boys Win Buckeye 8; Shamrock And Red Devil Girls Tie

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – St. Clairsville’s boys won the Buckeye 8 Track and Field Championship Tuesday at Red Devil Stadium with 131 points, which was 20 better than Beaver Local. Harrison Central was a distant third with 85. On the girls side, Barnesville and St. Clairsville each scored 102 points to tie for first place, while Cambridge was third with 98. BOYS Harrison Central’s Jacob Quito was the lone double winner as he claimed the 100 in 11.62 seconds and the 200 in 22.96. St. Clairsville’s winners were Bruno DeFranco in the 400 (51.57) and Chase Crun in the pole vault ...

Wheeling Central’s Stephens Wins Van Meter Award

After an undefeated season capped by completing back-to-back state championship runs, Wheeling Central boys basketball coach Mel Stephens has had a lot to celebrate during his offseason. Add one more feather in Stephens’ cap now, with the longtime Maroon Knights head coach having been named ...

Wheeling Central Earns Much-Needed Softball Win

ELM GROVE - Wheeling Central found itself in a precarious situation heading into Tuesday’s contest with talented Monroe Central. The Maroon Knights were sitting in fourth place in the OVAC 3A softball standings with Saturday being the tournament cutoff date. The top four in each class make the tourney. Wheeling Central met the challenge in impressive fashion, downing the Lady Seminoles, 6-4, on Ben’s Field at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Complex. It marked the Maroon Knights’ second win of the season against Monroe Central, which sports a sparkling 14-3 mark, placing them in second ...

Lipinski’s Three-Run Blast Powers Wheeling Central

ST. CLAIRSVILLE – This is a big week for the Wheeling Central baseball team, as far as the OVAC Class 3A standings. The Maroon Knights entered the week fourth and are looking to move up into the top two for a home semifinal. After a 21-2 shellacking of Steubenville Catholic to start the ...

WR John Neider Prepared To Level Up His Play Again To Help WVU This Fall

MORGANTOWN — During West Virginia football’s spring game, wide receiver John Neider seemed to be a favorite target for the quarterbacks. He was targeted over the middle of the field, on a go ball to the end zone and then caught a touchdown from Max Brown at the end of the game. Neider ...