×

Sports Columns

Caldwell product splendid in OAC shootout thriller

To the victor go the spoils. When you win a wild and wacky game like Marietta College did against Capital last Saturday, a lot of spoils come your way. At the center of the victory was a former Ohio Valley Athletic Conference standout. Caldwell High product Tanner Clark, who helped lead ...

WJU gridders ready to take home field

WHEELING — There will be live college football in the city of Wheeling on Saturday afternoon. Wheeling Jesuit University — fresh off a scrimmage at FCS member Cornell — will make its official debut against Hocking College with kickoff slated for 1 p.m. at Bishop Schmitt ...

OV opens its heart for VB stroke victim

LISBON — I have said repeatedly the Ohio Valley is a special place to live for when tragedy strikes the local response is swift and powerful. Tragedy befell an OVAC volleyball team this summer. Lauren Thomas, a junior for Beaver Local, suffered a stroke July 14 while attending a volleyball ...

Buckeyes’ victory has plenty to feel good about

COLUMBUS — First and foremost, let me begin this by saying I realize Saturday’s opponent, Oregon State, is coming off a 1-11 season in 2017. Immediately that tempers some of the excitement surrounding the Buckeyes’ 77-31 victory against the Beavers before 102,169 fans inside of Ohio ...

O’Donnell starts foundation

If you want to get something done, sometimes you may have to simply take a leap of faith. Patrick O’Donnell — a 2010 Shadyside High School graduate — did just that in March when he walked into Chase Bank and started The Cindy O’Donnell Foundation in memory of his mother, who had died ...

Local hoop coaches bid to copy success of grid counterparts

WEIRTON — Coaches are thieves. If they like something another coach is doing they make it their own. The Ohio Valley Football Coaches Association is a viable and united network of grid coaches. It is driven by the likes of Reno Saccoccia, Mike Young, Ty Fleming, Dave Bruney and Andrew ...