MARTINS FERRY — Amanda Jacob didn’t have to look far to find her collegiate calling. Jacob, the jack-of-all-trades for the Martins Ferry High School softball team, will continue her academic and athletic careers at Wheeling Jesuit University in the fall. Following a signing ceremony at ...

The Ohio Valley Baseball League at one time had a plethora of teams in every small community all over the Ohio Valley. That number is down to four this summer, but league president Laney Simone Sr. isn’t worried. “This might just be the most competitive summer of baseball,” he said last ...

BETHESDA — Six years into his professional motocross career, Daniel Herrlein is right where he wants to be. “I think I’m at a pretty good place in my career,” he said recently at his Belmont County home. “I’ve had overall wins in select rounds. I wish I would have been able to put ...

MARTINS FERRY — There is no place like home. Dalton Hoover gives life to that premise. The Martins Ferry two-sport all-stater has opted to remain close to his roots rather than accept a Division I wrestling scholarship some 9 hours away. Hoover announced Wednesday that he will now ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA — Kent State University-Tuscarawas has announced that Harrison Central High School senior Laken Ward signed to play softball for the Golden Eagles. Ward was a three-year letter winner for the Huskies and was also a multi-year letterwinner for the soccer team. In ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — One step closer. That’s how the area track and field delegation is looking at things this morning after Friday’s Division III Eastern District Championship meet concluded at Red Devil Stadium. The name of the game this week was to finish in the top four and earn a ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Onward to Stark County! That’s the battle cry for several area individuals this morning after their performances during the Division III Eastern District Championship meet, which was held this week at Red Devil Stadium. Representatives from seven area schools ...

MAYNARD — Good pitching will beat good hitting a good majority of the time. Friday night was one of those occasions as the Ohio Valley Baseball League began play. Justin Retzer, a recent graduate of West Liberty University, retired the first 13 batters he faced in pitching Maynard to a 3-0 ...

ADRIAN SMITH went to St. Francis University after a brilliant prep career, which included her final two seasons at St. Clairsville High School. The right-handed power pitcher, however, realized quickly there was a big difference between high school and Division I college softball. She ...

CAMBRIDGE — St. Clairsville outhit River View 7-3 Thursday night in the Eastern District Division II softball tournament championship game, but the Red Devils couldn’t come up with the timely hit when they needed it. The Black Bears did once and that was enough. Claire Warschauer belted a ...

MORRISTOWN — Meadowbrook head softball coach Bridget George is of the belief that if you put the ball in play good things will happen. That feeling, again, proved true Thursday afternoon. The Colts collected five of their seven hits in the fifth inning, one that produced four runs. The ...

BYESVILLE — Several area Division II athletes find themselves on the doorstep of the Ohio State Track and Field Championship. District tournament action opened at Meadowbrook High School with sights set on the regional meet, which will be held May 24 and 26 at Muskingum University in New ...

CAMBRIDGE — Mason Rubish pitched Steubenville out of trouble Tuesday night in relief. Twenty-four hours later, the lanky senior hurled a complete game to lead Big Red to its 25th district championship and another berth in the regionals. Top-seeded Steubenville (17-6) parlayed a walk, ...

BEREA, Oh. — As Baldwin Wallace University prepares for its second NCAA Division III baseball tournament appearance in four seasons, so does a pair of former Bellaire High school standouts. Spencer Badia and Nick Patrone were classmates for the Big Reds and all-state performers on the ...

MINGO — In the early going of their Ohio Division II East 2 district baseball semifinal Tuesday, St. Clairsville and Harrison Central did their best to harness the all-important momentum. Both teams got runners on, but couldn’t cash in. The Huskies finally hit the jackpot in the fourth, ...

CADIZ — Ron Hummel has said all season that if his team hits the ball, it can play with anyone. Second-seeded St. Clairsville pounded out 11 hits and scored double-digit runs in eliminating No. 13 Dover, 10-6, Tuesday night in a Division II Eastern District Tournament semifinal at the ...

CAMBRIDGE — For only the fourth time in school history, Bellaire has advanced to the Division III Eastern 1 district softball tournament championship game. The Big Reds did so by stunning top-seeded Sandy Valley, 9-6, Tuesday night on the City Park diamond. The victory propels the No. 8 ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — The quest for the Ohio State Track and Field Championship Meet began for Division III thinclads Tuesday evening. The opening round of the Division III Eastern District Championship was held — for the most part — under ideal conditions at Red Devil Stadium at St. ...

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Ryan Clifford definitely considers himself one of the lucky ones. He realizes that not everyone is blessed enough to get an opportunity to have their dream job. After this morning’s St. Clairsville Board of Education meeting, Clifford officially will trade his first ...

BELLAIRE — Mike Sherwood is a legendary figure in Bellaire High athletic circles. Now the former Big Reds’ football and basketball star and successful coach is returning to head up the athletic department after being named the school’s athletic director at Tuesday’s Bellaire Board of ...