The WV state basketball tournament finished up on Saturday in Charleston, and as usual it was a great event. The girls tournament a week earlier saw Cameron high school win their second straight Class A championship as the top seed Dragons took care of business with a comeback win in the ...
"There's no crying in baseball!" It's an iconic and funny line taken from the 1992 film 'A League of their Own,' made famous by Tom Hanks. Hanks plays the role of Jimmy Duggan, a washed-up-has-been player now coach, who forces a female player to cry when she couldn't handle his harsh criticism ...
Over a half century ago the world changed. Simply stated the Federal Government prohibited sex based discrimination in sports. Any program that received federal funding could no longer discriminate when it came to sex and sports programs. The impact was immediate and life changing for many ...
With baseball, softball, and track seasons just around the corner, I thought it would be a good time to share with the local athletes a story that ran in the Wheeling New Register in 1984, prior to the annual Memorial Day Elby's Wheeling Distance Race. The article was written by the News ...
It been an interesting week of sports in the local area with teams getting ready to go into playoff action. Magnolia boys had a close one with St. Marys on Tuesday night, February 13, in New Martinsville, losing by two in a late last quarter rally by the Blue Devils. Keep your eye on the Blue ...
It's been a busy week at the Star News with several things coming to my attention. Itás a mixed bag so here is a round robin collection of thoughts about changes at Magnolia, some WVU coaching news, the NBA,WVU basketball and Friends of the Pool in Sistersville. Let's start with the good ...
River high school has two terrific high school basketball teams. The Boys team is currently 16-3 and gearing up for the OVAC Turnament and the Ohio playoffs. The Girls team is dominating as well and sports an 18-1 record beating a good Wheeling Central team on Saturday for the OVAC 2A ...
It's been a busy week at the Star News with several things coming to my attention. It's a mixed bag so here is a round robin collection of thoughts about changes at Magnolia, some WVU coaching news, the NBA,WVU basketball and Friends of the Pool in Sistersville. Let's start with the good news ...
Well I took in another WVU men's basketball game this past Wednesday, as they hosted the TCU Horned Frogs. I'm not sure where some of these schools get their nicknames but this one has a long history. We won't get into it very much only to say they looked like a bunch of toads jumping around ...
I remember when I was a kid riding in the car with my parents and coming into Sistersville on State Rt. 2. From both the north and south ends of the town, there were signs welcoming folks that read, "Sistersville, not big but busy." I always thought that was a great way to describe the ...
