WHEELING - The Cancer Research Classic has become a rite of winter in the Ohio Valley.The prep hoop extravaganza is the brainchild of Dr. Gregory Merrick. It has grown to national proportions as the event attracts the cream of the crop of prep hoop teams and players.So much so, this year's ...

WHEELING - National champions.It is a title few teams or coaches can lay claim to. Christy Benner and her Wheeling Jesuit University volleyball team are freshly minted members of that exclusive club.Benner's Lady Cardinals put the exclamation mark on a remarkable season last weekend by winning ...

Don't you just miss the "home grown" great athletes of the Ohio Valley, or any other area for that matter?I am not a native of the Valley, but I love Ohio Valley athletics. I also know about home grown athletes who have made it big - and made their communities proud.To tell the rest of ...

Richie Porter is living a dream.The Shadyside native is in his first year as athletic director at Centerburg High, located in Knox County. The Trojans are members of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference.Porter's route to such a position was far from ordinary. Rather, the 45-year-old took a long and ...

On a number of occasions, I have talked about how wrestling teaches a person not to give up when faced with dilemmas in this world.I want you to consider the following adult-living negative situations which occurred to former wrestlers I know, so you can understand how they dealt with them.1. A ...

WHEELING - The Super Six played out Saturday in grand fashion for Ohio Valley concerns.The weather was ideal by December standards. Wheeling Island Stadium played host to huge crowds and local businesses enjoyed robust sales.The icing on the cake was the crowning of two OVAC schools as state ...