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Paden City Park Joins Pickleball Craze

The Paden City Park & Pool commission built four new pickleball courts for the public to use for the fastest growing sport in the area. A group from the Brooklyn Pickleball Club ventured down to try out the new courts on Monday morning June 9. The courts do have lights, and a nice fence ...

Ohio Valley Ironmen Blank Visiting Erie Express, 39-0

Ohio Valley scored touchdowns in all three aspects of its game Saturday night in rolling to a 39-0 victory over the Erie Express on the artificial surface at Monarch Stadium in Moundsville. The Ironmen (2-0) had four offensive touchdowns, returned an interception for six points and ran a punt ...

The Press Box: Summer Hoops Return to Sistersville

Summer nights in Sistersville are about to get a lot livelier thanks to a familiar sound echoing through the city park. It’s the bounce of basketballs on pavement. Kevin Yoho has taken the initiative to bring back the once-beloved Sistersville Summer League, reviving competitive hoops at ...

Ohio Valley Ironmen Make Impressive Debut Against Cincinnati

The Ohio Valley Ironmen opened their 2025 professional football season on Saturday night in Moundsville at John Marshall’s Monarch Field with a 45-0 blasting of the visiting Cincinnati Dukes before a crowd of nearly 1,000. The Ironmen who last performed in the area in the late 1960’s never ...

More Lake Trout Stocks

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) today announced the return of channel catfish stockings with the following lakes and streams receiving a stocking during the week of May 27: Anawalt Lake; Barboursville Lake; Berwind Lake; Big Ditch Lake; Brandywine Lake; Brushy Fork Lake; ...

The Press Box

We are fast approaching summer sports season, a time when the local high schools start flex days and training for the upcoming 2025-2026 school seasons. This year will be somewhat different as we are losing two area schools who have been sports team icons for the past 100 years. I remember ...

New Martinsville Tracks Receive New Surface

Last week the work approved by the Wetzel County Board in May on the running track began. The contractor, Murn Construction specializes in this type of work. The contractor will refinish both the high school and New Martinsville school tracks during the current work. The track project was ...

Softball Camp Slated For July

Wheeling University Head Softball Coach Mallory Chapman announced a softball camp will be held in New Martinsville at Hydro Field, July 8,9,10 for girls entering 5th -8th grades. The camp is hosted by Chapman and the Wheeling University softball staff and players. Cost of the camp is $35 and ...