In the pool at states
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Local swimmers were among those competing in the second day of the WVSSAC swimming championships Friday. - Photos courtesy of the WVSSAC
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Madonna grad Jazzy Melnyk leaving lasting impact at FUS
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STEUBENVILLE — Jazzlyn Melnyk has had quite the basketball career — without leaving the Ohio Valley. The former Madonna standout, who finished her high school career as one of the best ever to put on a Blue Dons sweater, is wrapping up her collegiate career at the Franciscan University ...
Park, Weir High to host regional wrestling
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WHEELING — The road to Huntington and the W.Va. State Wrestling Tournament begins Saturday with the Region I events being staged at Wheeling Park High School (formerly Class AAA, Division I) and Weir High School (formerly Class A-AA, Division II). Action begins at 10 a.m. in Weirton and 11 ...
Buzzy Evans, Jeff Rice headed to OVAC Hall of Fame from 1970s era
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WHEELING — The OVAC Hall of Fame is adding a pair of athletic standouts from the decade of the 1970s to this year’s class of honorees. Edward “Buzzy” Evans of St. John Central and St. Clairsville’s Jeff Rice join previously announced Hall of Fame selections: Weirton Madonna’s Ross ...
Creek pulls away to win big in tourney opener
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WINTERSVILLE — There’s an old adage in sports that defense wins championships. As it turns out, it wins in the first round, too. Indian Creek got off to a slow start in Thursday’s Division IV, East 1 District opening round contest against Meadowbrook and had an up-and-down night ...
Bellaire fends off CCHS
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BELLAIRE - Timing is everything…and for Bellaire boys’ basketball there is no better time than now for entering post-season play. The Big Reds closed out their regular-season schedule by pocketing their fourth straight triumph Thursday night, downing Steubenville Catholic Central, 78-68, ...