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Ohio Ready To Take The Field For 80th Annual OVAC Game

WHEELING – After a week of two-a-day practices, the Ohio team – coaches and players alike – are ready to take the field Saturday when they meet West Virginia in the 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All Star Football Game. Kickoff inside Wheeling Island Stadium is set for 7:15 p.m. “Like ...

West Virginia In Underdog Role Again, But Daugherty Optimistic

WHEELING – Entering the 80th annual OVAC Rudy Mumley All Star Football Game Saturday night at Wheeling Island Stadium, on paper West Virginia appears to be an underdog once again. However, that’s a role that Mountaineer head coach Chris Daugherty, of Wheeling Park relishes. “I talked a ...

Wheeling Post 1 Captures Area 1 Title, Awaits State Tourney

WHEELING — On a hazy day at Wheeling Park High School, one thing was clear when Wheeling Post 1 and Parkersburg Post 15 took to the field Friday: both teams would be going to the West Virginia American Legion state tournament, where two teams from each area advance, but only one would hoist ...

DeGenova, Offense Lead Bethany Past Barton In OVBL Finals Opener

BETHANY – Gian Degenova felt at home Friday night. The Bethany College junior-to-be fired a complete game four-hitter as second-seeded Bethany doubled up No. 4 Barton, 8-4, in Game 1 of the Ohio Valley Baseball League’s best-of-5 championship series despite smoke from the Canadian ...

WVU Baseball Player Makes Appearance At BMAC Golf Classic

MOUNDSVILLE — There was a special guest Thursday at the Belmont Mountaineers Athletic Club’s 30th Annual BMAC Golf Classic, held at Moundsville Country Club. WVU baseball player Ben McDougal traded his baseball glove for clubs, representing the Mountaineers at the event. “It's ...

St. Clairsville Falls Into Region 4 Loser’s Bracket

MARIETTA – One bad inning was all it took to send St. Clairsville Post 159 into the loser’s bracket of the American Legion Baseball Region 4 Tournament Thursday night. Post 159 allowed seven runs in the bottom of the fourth, erasing a 1-0 lead, to Cambridge/Belle Valley Post 84/641 during a 8-4 doubling up at Marietta College’s Pioneer Park. St. Clairsville was scheduled to play an elimination game at 7 Friday night against the Marietta-Beverly/Lowell winner. That winner punched its ticket to the Ohio State Tournament on July 24-27 at Beavers Field in Lancaster as the top two ...