ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A coach wants his team to be playing its best when tournament time rolls around. Although it lost by a wide margin to close the regular season, St. Clairsville’s schedule has prepared it for the postseason. The top-seeded Red Devils (16-7) led wire-to-wire Saturday night ...

CAMBRIDGE — Just when it appeared as though Union Local was going to make back-to-back appearances in the Ohio Division V Regional girls’ basketball tournament, a Tornado hit. West Muskingum’s Teriauna Brandford connected on a three-point basket from the left wing with one second ...

MORRISTOWN — The Union Local boys basketball squad saw their season come to a close on Saturday, taking a defeat to the visiting Ridgewood Generals in the first round of the OHSAA Division V East 1 sectional playoffs. Ridgewood survived and advanced in a 54-45 victory Saturday inside The ...

MARTINS FERRY — The Purple Riders advanced to the OHSAA D-V regional tournament last winter. Martins Ferry took the first step to returning to the Sweet Sixteen this year by disposing of stubborn Garaway, 53-43, in overtime Saturday night at Tolbert Gymnasium. The sectional title triumph ...

BARNESVILLE — Barnesville, Union Local and Martins Ferry dominated the Ohio Division III sectional wrestling tournament Saturday inside the Greenhouse at Barnesville High School. The three combined to advance three dozen individuals to district action next weekend in the Wigwam at Coshocton ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — When everything is on the line in the tournament, records, seeds and regular season meetings do not always mean that much. Saturday night’s East/Southeast District semifinal showdown inside the ECO Center was a perfect example. Despite rolling to a 15-point victory ...