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Sports Columns

Weir High graduate excited to experience Army-Navy grid game

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 ...

Barnesville Doan Ford Invitational draws impressive list of teams

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 ...

Tiber finds sweet home in Alabama

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 ...

Lake Erie women win tournament crown in Alaska

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, ...

Changes on horizon for Ron Mauck OVAC Tournament

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 ...

Cardinals riding wave of success behind Benner

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 ...