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Many bowl games feature local names

There are still bowl games with importance that aren’t the College Football Playoff. Many don’t buy that, but ask the people involved their thoughts and see what the response is and really that’s what matters. As for involvement in bowl games, 11 bowl games feature some sort of area connection. Whether it’s players, coaches or support staff, Ohio Valley folks will definitely be a part of the bowl season. Ohio State will try to send Urban Meyer into retirement with a victory in the Rose Bowl. The Buckeyes, who won the Big Ten Championship for the second straight season, ...

Meyer leaves lasting legacy

COLUMBUS — It really doesn’t matter which tangible piece of evidence you consider when it comes to measuring the success of Urban Meyer’s coaching career. The results are off the chart. Whether it’s the 2014 national championship, conference titles, utter dominance of Michigan, ...

Buckeye’s Light on the road back

In less than two years, Travis Light has gone from being partially paralyzed and wearing a halo vest to standing on the podium. The Buckeye Local junior was severely injured while competing in the 2017 Panther Classic at Buckeye Local High school in Connorville on Feb. 4. He was LifeFlighted to a Pittsburgh hospital where he spent a couple of weeks before undergoing extensive rehabilitation. Last Saturday, Light wrestled well enough to place third at the season-opening Union Local Rick Link Invitational. It was his third time on the podium, but the first since his accident. “It ...

Was 2018 a good year for WVU football?

WHEELING — Is 8-3 a successful season? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If that adage rings true then WVU football fans are, for the most part, disappointed in the Mountaineers’ recently concluded regular campaign. This was expected to be the dream season for Blue & Gold fans. The cupboard was overflowing with talent and the schedule was built to win. The Big 12 Pre-Season Media Poll projected the Sooners and Mountaineers to finish first and second, respectively. Oklahoma has lived up to its share of the hype. WVU has not. Coach Dana Holgorsen entered the season with ...

Skip Prosser honored by Wake Forest

Mark Prosser had been down this road before. But, this time was a lot different. In a good way, too. The Wheeling Central graduate, who is the head men’s basketball coach at Western Carolina University, led his team into a game last Wednesday at Wake Forest University. That’s a place ...

Ready, wrestle. Those two words will resonate around the high school wrestling circles this weekend as the 20th annual Rick Link Union Local Invitational kicks things off inside ‘The Hangar’ Saturday morning. The pool-style tournament starts at 9:30. Sixteen teams are entered, including 2017 champion Indian Creek. Also competing are Barnesville, Beallsville, Bridgeport, Buckeye Local, Edison, Fort Frye, Geneva, Linsly, Meadowbrook, Paden City, Shenandoah, Weirton Madonna, Wirt County, Wheeling Central and the host Jets. A pair of Ohio state placewinners — Bridgeport senior ...