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Red Riders down Oak Glen in season opener

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WEIRTON — The season debut for the Weir High baseball team was a successful one Thursday evening. Hosting county rival Oak Glen, the Red Riders won their opener, 15-3, in five innings on the artificial turf on the campus of Weir High School. After taking an early 2-0 lead, the Red ...

Wheeling Park shuts down the Bruins, 10-0

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WHEELING – Although it was nearly 30 degrees colder Thursday than it was on Wednesday, the chill-filled breeze on the Wheeling Park hilltop was not enough to cool off the red-hot Wheeling Park baseball team. The Patriots (2-0) used no-hit pitching, flawless play in the field and 11 more ...

Oak Glen grad Hall pins way through two rounds at NCAAs

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PHILADELPHIA — West Virginia University fifth-year senior and Oak Glen High School graduate Peyton Hall lived up to his second-seed billing as he recorded two technical falls against Big Ten opponents on Thursday in the opening rounds of the NCAA Div. I Wrestling Championships at the Wells ...

OHSBCA announces recpipients of annual scholarship awards

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The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association (OHSBCA) has announced their annual scholarship recipients. Scholarships are awarded each year to seniors whose mother and/or father are active members of the OHSBCA. Scholarships are for $1,000.00. Each recipient will be awarded their ...

WVU AD thinks money a factor in DeVries’ departure

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MORGANTOWN — It can be theorized that WVU athletic director Wren Baker lost men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries to Indiana after just one season because of tradition or national recognition. To some degree, there may be some truth to that, as Indiana has five national championship ...

Dons pull away from Oak Glen on opening day

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WEIRTON — Jacob Lazear started the game with the ball in hands, and he ended it with his bat. Lazear, who started on the Madonna and picked up the win for the Blue Dons, delivered a two-run double in the bottom of the sixth inning leading Madonna to a 15-5 victory via run rule against ...