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Local players recognized by OVAC

The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference announced the full all-conference lists on Friday and among those earning recognition were multiple players from the 11 local schools. 5A In Class 5A, Steubenville Big Red had a trio of players on the first team and one on the second team, while Brooke ...

Govey-Allen, the late Osby get HOF nod

On June 13, the late Don Osby and Suzanne Govey-Allen were the first two Steubenville Big Red athletes to be inducted into Ohio’s Eastern District Coaches Association Track and Cross Country Hall of Fame at the 10th annual banquet at the Prichard Laughlin Center in Cambridge. The late Mr. ...

Huskies’ Kamarec headed to FUS

Harrison Central standout Bryson Kamarec recently signed to continue his academic and basketball careers right here in the Ohio Valley. Kamarec, front, center, signed to study and play basketball at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, joining a team coming off its best season in 50 ...

Morgantown’s Wisman named WVSWA Softball Player of the Year

MORGANTOWN - For four seasons, Morgantown High School softball standout Madison Wisman has steadily climbed the mountain of high school softball in the state of West Virginia. As a freshman and sophomore, Wisman played a key role early in her career for the Mohigans. Come her junior season, Wisman grew into one of the leaders on the team on both sides of the ball, leading MHS at the plate and in the circle. It all led to her senior season with MHS, her final chance to prove that she belonged in the conversation among the state’s best softball players. Wisman did the only thing ...

Class AAAA All-State teams wrap up releases from WVSWA

SOUTH CHARLESTON - As Maddie Wisman goes, so goes Morgantown High School softball. The 2026 state championship title run made by MHS, led by senior Maddie Wisman, is one that will be talked about forever. Not only within the lines of Monongalia County, but around the state of West Virginia and the softball world. Wisman and the Mohigans entered the Class AAAA state tournament at the beginning of June as the 4-seed in the bracket, but left no doubt as to who the number one team was by the end of the competition, earning four consecutive shutout victories at Little Creek Park in South ...

Ohio Valley Ironmen cease operation, league annouces

WHEELING — After having their inaugural season canceled at the midway point last summer, the Ohio Valley Ironmen are ceasing operations after playing just one game in their start-up second season. The Continental Football League, home of the Ironmen, announced through social media Friday that the Ironmen ‘will cease operations effective immediately.’ “The decision follows the inability of a major team sponsor to fulfill its financial commitment to the club,” the league claimed in its post. “League and team leadership exhausted every reasonable avenue to preserve the ...