Tyler Komorowski has experienced it before. Last year, actually. But, the Weir High graduate will get a completely different look at the 117th Army-Navy game Saturday at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field. Komorowski — a true freshman — will be in uniform for the Army Cadets ...
The Barnesville Doan Ford Invitational wrestling tournament is celebrating a milestone this weekend. The only “true” bracket tournament during the regular season, the event has been around now for 50 years. Twenty-one teams from three different states will make the trip to western Belmont ...
FLORENCE, ALA. - Missy Tiber is in her seventh year at the helm of the University of North Alabama women’s basketball team. And if early returns are any indication, the campaign will be another rousing success for the Bellaire native and her Lions. The former Big Reds hoop standout led ...
If the Lake Erie women’s basketball team decided to stay in Alaska, it would be easy to understand why. The Storm spent Thanksgiving weekend in the nation’s 49th state, taking part in the North Star Invitational. Departing Ohio, Lake Erie, which features River grad Lauren Flannery, ...
The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference will be entering unchartered waters this season when the OVAC Ron Mauck Tournament invades downtown Wheeling’s WesBanco Arena for its annual three-day stay in mid-January. For the first time in the tournament’s 66 years the seeding will done by a ...
WHEELING — Winning never gets old, and Christy Benner has done a ton of it in her 18 years as Wheeling University’s head volleyball coach. The current campaign is another Benner-directed success story. Her Cardinals are an impressive 31-3 and still counting. In the process, the Redbirds ...
COLUMBUS — Indianapolis ... beware! Buckeye Nation is on its way. Ohio State took another step toward the College Football Playoff Saturday afternoon when it shook off an ugly third quarter to subdue Penn State, which certainly didn’t fold its tents when it had every chance to after ...
WEST LIBERTY - Zach Phillips opted to continue his football career at Gannon University after his record-setting career at Wheeling Park. He will always remembered, however, for the grid legacy he left at West Liberty University.\Phillips enjoyed a productive two-year stint as Gannon’s ...
CHESTNUT HILL - Joanna (Bernabei) McNamee is a lifelong winner. The Weirton Madonna legend is now in her second year as head women’s hoop coach at Boston College. She inherited a program last winter that was a bottom feeder in the power-packed Atlantic Coast Conference. The Eagles went ...
As we age, we are able to look back on our lives to remember places and people and episodes in our past that had such an influence on what we have been and what we have become. To some, it was the day they got married or when that first child was born. To others, it maybe a special family ...
CHESTNUT HILL - Joanna (Bernabei) McNamee is a lifelong winner. The Weirton Madonna legend is now in her second year as head women’s hoop coach at Boston College. She inherited a program last winter that was a bottom feeder in the power-packed Atlantic Coast Conference. The Eagles went ...
WHEELING - His basketball coaching resume is both lengthy and impressive. Bob Bell enters his 49th year of coaching roundball as assistant girls’ coach at Mentor High. The Cleveland-area school is the latest stop in Bell’s coaching journey stocked with success. The former River ...
OBERLIN — To say that Von Wooding has had an impressive collegiate career might be selling the former Linsly Cadet a bit short. Wooding, who is a senior for the Yeoman football program, is etching his name into Oberlin history from his linebacker position. During last Saturday’s 38-3 ...
WHEELING - “Tough times don’t last, tough people do.” Be it in life or sports, that is one of my favorite credos. These are definitely tough times for WVU football. The Mountaineers have lost three straight games, the latest coming at Oklahoma where the No. 5-ranked Sooners breezed to ...
Zach Phillips was enjoying a most productive season. Actually, the former Wheeling Park quarterback was enjoying a brilliant career at West Liberty since he arrived via the transfer route from Gannon. Unfortunately, Phillips’ season has come to an end. West Liberty formally announced ...
WHEELING - The Lois Stobbs Memorial Veterans 10K Run/Walk turns a decade old this Nov. 2. During the nine years of the patriotic event, some $80,000 has been raised for the West Virginia Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans of America. This year, race proceeds will be split between Paralyzed ...
The Ohio State Buckeyes do not officially begin their 2020 baseball season until Valentine’s Day. However, the preparations are well under way for the reigning Big Ten champions with three former Ohio Valley standouts looking to make a contribution. The annual Scarlet and Gray ...
MOUNDSVILLE — He is the architect of two basketball powers. He has the highest winning percentage of any college basketball coach who has been in the business for at least 10 years. He is well-grounded and one of the nicest individuals you will ever meet. He is Jim Crutchfield. The ...
WEST LIBERTY — Hannah Kemp arrived at West Liberty University after a successful prep running career at Union Local. However, the true freshman entered her initial cross country season with none of what she accomplished in high school in mind. “I had a clean slate,” Kemp said. “I ...
MORGANTOWN - It remains as one of the most impressive seasons in WVU football history. It was 1969 and the Mountaineers rolled to a 10-1 record. The lone blemish was to rival Penn State. The exclamation point on that brilliant campaign was a 14-3 Peach Bowl win over ACC champion South ...