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Strong First Half Leads Wheeling U To WLU Tip-Off Classic Opening Win Against CAL-U

WEST LIBERTY - After opening the 2026-2027 season with a win on their home floor Monday, the Wheeling University Men's Basketball team (2-0, 0-0) headed up Route 88 for the 2026 West Liberty Tip-off Classic. The Cardinals opened tournament play against CAL-U and put together a dominant first half that would see them put up 50 points over the first 20 minutes. They rode that early success to an 84-50 win to move to 2-0 on the season and earned a WLU Tip-off Classic opening win for the second year in a row. Wheeling would win the opening tip-off and got going right away as Levon Jacobs ...

Howell Leads Seminoles Over Pilots, Onto Regional Finals

HANNIBAL — Friday’s OHSAA Division VI, Region 23 semifinals was billed as an intra-county rivalry matchup between the River Pilots and visiting Monroe Central Seminoles, but from nearly start to finish on Martin Flannery Field, a more appropriate description for the game would’ve ...

Wheeling Central Rolls In Playoff Opener

WHEELING - National Hall of Fame coach Mike Young couldn’t have asked for a better start in a quest for a repeat state championship. Wheeling Central launched the WVSSAC Class A playoffs with a resounding 55-14 triumph over Montcalm Friday night at chilly Bishop Schmitt Field on the ...

Montgomery Ties Career High As Hilltoppers Roll Past Pitt-Johnstown

WEST LIBERTY — The West Liberty University men's basketball team put together an explosive offensive performance Friday night, rolling past Pitt-Johnstown, 123-84, at the Academic, Sports and Recreation Complex (ASRC). The Hilltoppers (2-1) used a pair of major first-half scoring runs to build a 64-36 halftime advantage before continuing their offensive attack in the second half. West Liberty finished with 45 field goals, including 15 3-pointers, while recording 22 assists and 14 steals. Myles Montgomery led the way with 28 points, tying his career high. He went 10-of-14 from the ...

High School Roundup: Cameron Blanks Ritchie County

ELLENBORO – Cameron’s defense held No. 7 Ritchie County scoreless for a 21-0 victory in the first round of the W.Va. Class A playoffs at Chuck Schofield Memorial Stadium. Deadlocked at 0-0 after one quarter, the No. 10 Dragons (7-4) took a 7-0 lead on a 12-yard run by Marshall Holland. Owen Whisler converted the first of his three PATs. In the third quarter, Soier Reed found his younger brother Sterling for a 29-yard scoring connection and the same duo hooked up from 14 in the fourth quarter. Cameron travels to face top-ranked Wahama in a quarterfinal round game next weekend. ...