ATHENS — Last year, Cole Bowers was sitting in the stands as a spectator at the state basketball championships. He remarked to the group he was with that he didn’t want to be a spectator when he came back. He won’t be. Bowers and his teammates are headed to Dayton — not to ...

COLUMBUS — A pair of Ohio Valley Athletic Conference female wrestlers brought home gold Sunday night during the fourth annual Ohio High School Athletic Association state tournament inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University. ...

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 only ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS — It was a so-so day for the Eastern District during Friday’s opening day of the 89th annual Ohio High School Athletic Association’s boys state wrestling tournament inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University. Of the 35 ...

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 ...