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Union Local’s ‘twin towers’ too much for Wheeling Park

WHEELING — Union Local’s ‘Twin Towers’ — Laken Vinskovich and Ameera Saunders — dominated the paint and Delaney Butler lit it up from the outside as the Jets (5-0) remained perfect Friday afternoon with a 61-31 victory over the Patriots inside WesBanco Arena in the opener of the ...

St. Clairsville boys take down host Bellaire, 68-25

BELLAIRE — It was quite the productive opening week of basketball for St. Clairsville. The Red Devils ran past Bellaire, 68-25, Friday night at The House of Champions. Three days prior, Coach Ryan Clifford’s charges downed another neighboring rival - Martins Ferry - in a double-overtime ...

Bellaire honors Katrina Davis for being D-III Player of the Year

BELLAIRE — Five years ago, Bellaire’s Katrina (Kat) Davis dominated opponents on the basketball court. So much that she was named the Buckeye State’s Division III Girls Player of the Year. Due to COVID-19 and the fact that she attended Bluefield State University, she was never given a ...

John Marshall Defeats Bees, Ferry Boys Tops Jets

FAIRMONT — The John Marshall Monarchs girls basketball squad made a statement Friday, taking down East Fairmont, ranked No. 3 in W.Va. Class AAA, 56-41 on the road. Rilee Storm scored 20 points, Kaylee White scored 13 and Kalyn Reese scored 11. White and Reese each had eight rebounds, and ...

Wheeling Nailers wins wild one against Thunder

GLENS FALLS, N.Y. — The third period of Friday night’s game between the Wheeling Nailers and Adirondack Thunder at Harding Mazzotti Arena was epic. The two teams played to a scoreless tie through two periods, before Wheeling put three goals on the board in front of an irate Thunder crowd. ...

Strength vs. strength as WVU’s elite defense faces potent OSU offense

MORGANTOWN — The challenge, at least on paper, would appear to be clear. Yet that’s generally not the reality when it comes to college basketball. West Virginia (8-3) will walk into Rocket Arena — the home of the Cleveland Cavaliers — at 8 p.m. today armed with the third-best scoring ...