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Bridgeport cages the Shadyside Tigers

WHEELING — The Bridgeport Bulldogs have made their way to the OVAC 2A championship game— and blew the doors open to get there. The Bulldogs defeated Shadyside 10-0 in six innings on Monday at the I-470 JB Chambers Sports Complex in their conference semifinal, advancing to the 2A title ...

Caldwell squeaks past River in OVAC Class 2A semifinal

ELM GROVE — Veteran River softball coach Dave Wright is just like every other coach, he’s not really into moral victories. However, at the same time, he was very proud of his Pilots Monday night. Defending champion and No. 1 seed Caldwell scored twice in the bottom of the sixth to edge ...

Morgantown, Linsly lead OVAC tennis after day 1

By KIM NORTH Staff Writer GLEN DALE — Dover and Morgantown have made the OVAC ‘Big School’ tennis division a two-team race, while Linsly tops the ‘Small School’ field after the first of four days of competition on the John Marshall courts. Action continues Tuesday with boys’ ...

Wheeling Central’s Seth Cover throws no-hitter vs. Fort Frye

WHEELING — For the second time in less than one week, Wheeling Central has thrown a no-hitter in high school baseball action. Monday afternoon at the Wheeling University diamond inside the I-470 J.B. Chambers Complex, Seth Cover pitched hitless ball for seven innings as the Maroon Knights ...

Norfolk ends Wheeling’s season in Game 5 of Kelly Cup playoffs

WHEELING — The Wheeling Nailers saw a promising season come to an abrupt halt Saturday night as the Norfolk Admirals navigated their way to a 5-2 victory in Game 5 of the ECHL’s Eastern Conference North Division semifinal series before a crowd of 2,095 inside WesBanco Arena. With the win, ...

St. Clairsville 3-peats its OVAC Class 4A baseball championship

RICHMOND — Entering the 2025 high school baseball season, there were a lot of unknowns about the St. Clairsville baseball team following the large numbers the graduated senior class had put up the season before. However, someone forgot to inform the group of current Red Devils. Saturday ...