CHARLESTON 鈥� Williamstown鈥檚 success is predicated on defense. Well, Yellowjacket girls basketball coach Danny Bunch and his team sent his approach to a whole other level. In textbook fashion, Williamstown鈥檚 defense showed in the second half what Williamstown defense is supposed to ...
That Fred Persinger guy is quite the cat. I was listening to the WVMetroNews radio broadcast Wednesday evening with Fred on the call and Dave Wilson supplying the color. Everything has been a complete whirlwind the last couple weeks with the state wrestling tournament and now getting ready for our spring tab special section, let alone the fact it鈥檚 March Madness time. Anyway, toward the end of one of the games Wilson mentioned it was the 50th girls state hoops tournament and that he knew of someone who had been to them all. Persinger responded by reminding listeners, or perhaps ...
WEST UNION - Doddridge County is heading back to the state basketball tournament for a third straight season. Head coach Paul Burnside鈥檚 Bulldogs used a dominating 24-10 effort in the third quarter here Thursday night as the hosts rolled past Williamstown, 64-34, in a double-A, Region I, co-final. The 19-4 Bulldogs, who led 14-7 after one and 26-18 at halftime, earned the No. 4 seed and now will take on fifth-seeded Wayne at 11:15 a.m. Tuesday in the quarterfinals at the Charleston Coliseum. Williamstown, which finished 11-13 and were led in scoring by Wyatt Powell with nine and ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� Freshmen Lindsey Logston and Quinn Bolyard got their first taste of state tournament action Thursday, leading Parkersburg South to a 59-46 win over Martinsburg in the Class AAAA state quarterfinals at the Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Logston and Bolyard ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� Gilmer County is one win away from defending its state championship. The Titans (23-2) defeated Little Kanawha Conference foe Ritchie County 52-43 in the Class A state semifinals Thursday at Charleston Coliseum and Convention Center. Gilmer will take on another LKC ...
CHARLESTON 鈥� A total of 11 high school girls basketball seasons had come and gone since St. Marys last appeared in a state championship game. That all ended on Thursday morning when a Lainey Watkins layup followed teammate Brynnley Bulluck鈥檚 made 3-pointer in the final minute of ...
