WHEELING — Despite the now and frigid temperatures the Ohio Valley has been experiencing of late, plans are well underway for the 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All-Star Football Game, which will be played at Wheeling Island Stadium on Sat., July 18. Earlier in the week the head coaches of ...

Photo Provided St. Clairsville’s Colten Florence, second from left, signed his NCAA National Letter-of-Intent earlier in the week to continue his academic and football careers at the University of Dayton. Pictured, from left, are Jason Florence (dad) , Colten, Lauren Florence (mom) and ...

WHEELING — The OVAC Hall of Fame continues to build its 2026 class of honorees. Two athletic greats from the decade of the 1980s are the latest shrine additions. They are Weir High’s Erica West and Bellaire High’s Charlie Ward. West and Ward now join previously announced Hall of Fame ...

EAST WHEELING — Friday night was deja vu from three nights earlier for the Wheeling Central boys’ basketball team. The Maroon Knights (13-0) held a 47-45 margin over visiting Linsly after three back-and-forth quarters, but, once again, Eli Sancomb bailed them out. The Liberty University ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Semifinal pairings for the OVAC WVU Medicine Boys Basketball Championships were announced Friday morning by the OVAC Basketball Committee. Steubenville (Class 5A), Cambridge (Class 4A), Wheeling Central (Class 3A), Toronto (Class 2A) and Heartland Christian (Class 1A) all ...

STEUBENVILLE — Down a couple of starters, Big Red got off to a bit of a sloppy start Friday night. Once they settled in, though, the shots started falling — and in a hurry. Big Red rattled off a 26-3 run to take control and never looked back on the way to rolling to a 73-39 victory. ...