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River staves off rally from Shadyside

HANNIBAL — A slowly evaporating 21-point River High lead late in the third quarter Saturday night nearly led to an improbable comeback by a Shadyside squad hungry to end a losing streak at the R.L. Potts gym. Coach Mark Romick evened its record at 5-5, but needed some late heroics after ...

CFP title teams arrive in Atlanta

ATLANTA (AP) — Ohio State and Notre Dame arrived in Atlanta on charter flights Friday as the teams moved closer to the College Football Playoff national championship game Monday night. The Buckeyes are big favorites but the Fighting Irish might have an advantage. Coach Marcus Freeman’s ...

Indian Creek’s slower pace on the court stalls Toronto 47-41

TORONTO — The Indian Creek boys’ basketball team wants to play at a slower pace, while Toronto wants to get out and run. Indian Creek got off to a fast start in the fourth quarter as a 9-2 spurt enabled the Redskins to race out to a seven-point advantage. The Red Knights rallied and ...

University, Steubenville lead 71st OVAC Ron Mauck after day one

WHEELING — If you blinked, you might have missed some of the 144 matches during Day One of the 71st annual OVAC Ron Mauck Wrestling Championships inside WesBanco Arena. Of those matches, 117 ended in pins, with most of those coming in under a minute. Action resumes Friday at noon with ...

Top area swimmers compete in OVAC championship

WHEELING — The top swimmers of the Ohio Valley will descend on Brooke High School on Friday and Saturday for the OVAC Swimming Championships, an event where quite a few local teams are projected to feature heavily in. In the 1A-3A and 4A meets— both to take place at 5:30 p.m. Friday but ...

Monarchs take down University

MOUNDSVILLE — The John Marshall Monarchs girls basketball squad scored a big OVAC win over University on Thursday, defeating the Hawks 62-56 behind a 25-point, 11-rebound output from senior Rilee Storm. Kalyn Reese added 12 points, 10 rebounds and six assists for John Marshall. Hannah ...