WHEELING — With a 40-plus year sports reporting career dotted with Hall of Fame inductions and honors, Kim North received another feather in his cap this past week, honored as the 2026 West Virginia Wrestling Coaches Association Snyder-Miller Media Person of the Year Award, the third such ...
ST. CLAIRSVILLE – Talan Rice’s journey to becoming a college soccer goaltender was fast and quite the learning experience. The St. Clairsville senior signed his National Letter of Intent Friday morning to attend West Liberty University and join the Hilltoppers men’s soccer team. He ...
MORGANTOWN — Wide receiver Cam Vaughn was one of the talented players that West Virginia didn’t want to lose in the offseason. He came over from Jacksonville State with Rich Rodriguez and was a dynamic playmaker. Vaughn might’ve had his bad moments, like giving up on plays, but those outweighed the fact that he was a talented receiver. At the end of 2025, Vaughn announced he’d be entering the portal, and once the portal opened, he transferred to Miami. WVU’s leading receiver was gone. “We lost a couple we didn’t want to lose,” Rodriguez said. Looking at the ...
WHEELING – The Wheeling Nailers, proud ECHL affiliate of the Pittsburgh Penguins, have announced a set of transactions, which all take effect immediately. The Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins have acquired forward Blake Bennett from the Calgary Wranglers. In a separate transaction, Wheeling has traded forward Cole Tymkin, defenseman Eric Parker, and a player to be named later. Bennett, 27, has had an exceptional career with Rush, as he has racked up 85 goals, 86 assists, and 171 points in 180 games. He began his pro career late in the 2022-23 season, following three seasons of college ...
Two coaches who achieved success guiding their school’s boys’ and girls’ teams along with a quartet of talented players have been selected to the District 12 Basketball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. Named to this year’s class as coaches are Dan Lietke of Fort Frye and Doug Fisher of Sheridan while the four players are Julie Hoag of Tri-Valley (Class of 1985) and Melissa Mistovich of River (Class of 2009) as female athletes along with Sam Rutherford of Frontier (Class of 2004) and Matt Williams of Tri-Valley (Class of 1981) as male athletes. Those six will be honored at the ...
STEUBENVILLE — News broke Friday that long time area football head coach Eric Meek is no longer employed by Steubenville Catholic Central. A memo to parents and staff at the school dated Friday stated that Meek was no longer a teacher or coach at Catholic Central and the information ...
