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Steubenville, Ferry tune up for mat sectionals

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MARTINS FERRY — A coach, no matter the sport, wants to win every time his team competes. Steubenville’s Lucas Huffman and Martins Ferry’s Chad Ware are among them. However, Wednesday night’s high school dual meet wrestling match between the visiting Big Red and Purple Riders high atop ...

Monroe Central rolls past visiting Bellaire

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WOODSFIELD — Monroe Central bolted to a 20-4 advantage after one quarter Wednesday night in rolling past visiting Bellaire, 54-24, on Junior Winland Court in Ohio Division VI girls’ basketball sectional tournament action. The second-seeded Seminoles (18-5) led 38-11 at the half and ...

No returning champs as Toughman Contest nears

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WHEELING — The Ohio Valley Toughman Contest has been a staple of the Wheeling/Steubenville area for four-and-a-half decades. It has always run on the old saying ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t try and fix it.’ With minimal changes in its elongated history, West Virginia Sports ...

Wheeling University second annual shoe drive planned

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WHEELING — It was a familiar scene repeated countless times every summer in vans, SUVs and cars across the country. As Curtis Harrison IV and his teammates were traveling back from a basketball tournament in the summer of 2015, they began to discuss the latest shoes that were trending in the ...