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Mother Nature rains out Tri-County junior golfers
GALLIPOLIS, Ohio — The young men and women playing in the Frank Capehart Tri-County Junior Golf League are a hardy bunch. However, Mother Nature showed who the boss really was Thursday morning at the scheduled tournament to be played at the Cliffside Golf Course. Actually, in spite of the heavy rains that fell early Thursday morning, the golf course was very playable and the young ones teed off at approximately 9:30 a.m.. About an hour late...
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Rio Grande track & field adds River Valley foursome
University of Rio Grande track & field has signed River Valley standouts Randi Wray, Lenae Pence, Isaacc Moss and Jacob Marcum. Wray placed fourth in the 300m hurdles at the Ohio Valley Conference championship meet.”Signing with Rio Grande is amazing. I’m so grateful for the opportunity,” said Wray. “To be honest, I never thought I would track in college. God has led me down this road, so I’ll take it and be the best I can be.” Pence placed s...
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Gallia Academy junior Ty Warnimont fields a fly ball behind the plate during a game in Centenary this season. Warnimont was named second team All-Ohio. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Warnimont named 2nd team All-Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio —The Ohio Baseball Coaches Association has released its 2013 Division II All-Ohio baseball teams. Gallia Academy junior Ty Warnimont received a second team selection. Warnimont finished the 2013 season with 35 hits, 32 runs scored and 17 runs batted in, hitting out of the leadoff spot and leading off for GAHS. The SEOAL player of the year, Warnimont helped lead the Blue Devils to a program best 25-4 record and a district fina...
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Southern senior Adam Pape pitches during a game at Star Mill Park in Racine this season. Pape was named second team All-Ohio. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Southern duo named All-Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio —The Ohio High School Baseball Coaches Association released its 2013 Division IV All-Ohio baseball teams. Southern seniors Adam Pape and Danny Ramthun each received all-state honors for the 24-7 regional semifinalists. Second team honors were received by Pape, who finished with a .426 batting average and a .466 on base percentage. On the mound Pape went 10-1 with 103 strikeouts, a .90 earned run average and a .153 batting ave...
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Point Pleasant junior waits on a pitch during the Big Black's 12-2 win over Sissonville on April 18th at PPHS. Somerville was named All-West Virginia special mention. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Big Blacks receive two All-West Virginia mentions
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The 2013 West Virginia Class AAA All-State baseball teams have been released and Point Pleasant juniors Alex Somerville and Austen Toler each earned a mention. Somerville, who finished the season with 49 hits, 51 runs scored and 27 runs batted in, was named special mention. Somerville was 3-2 on the mound with a 5.25 earned run average and 12 strikeouts. After finishing the season with 28 hits, 24 runs scored and 18 RB...
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Local football teams shifting divisions
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio High School Athletic Association has released the region assignments for the 2013 football season. Gallia Academy, which was a regional semifinalist in Division III last season, will join Meigs in Division IV this coming season. Division IV is to be made up of schools with a male enrollment of 213-to-280 and contains 109 schools, broken up into three 27-team regions and one 28-team region. The 25 schools accompan...
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Eastern senior third baseman Tori Goble throws to first base during a game in Tuppers Plains this season. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Goble and Cummins earn All-Ohio honors
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio High School Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association has released its 2013 Division IV All-Ohio team. Eastern senior Tori Goble earned a second team selection after marking 28 hits on the season. Goble helped lead the 16-10 Lady Eagles to a Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division title and a sectional title for the second straight season. Southern senior Maggie Cummins was named honorable mention after marking 47 hi...
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Wahama junior Wesley Harrison waits on a pitch during the White Falcons 4-0 loss to Southern on April 24th in Mason. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Mason County trio lands on Class A All-State team
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Mason County earned three mentions on the 2013 WVSSAC Class A All-State team. Wahama catcher Wesley Harrison was named special mention, while Dakota Sisk earned an honorable mention selection for the 19-15 White Falcons. Harrison, a junior, batted .433 this season with 14 extra-base hits and 29 runs batted in. Harrison also scored two runs and was 6-for-6 in stolen base attempts. Sisk, a senior second baseman, finished w...
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Gallia Academy junior Maggie Westfall waits on a pitch during the Blue Angels 12-4 loss to Chillicothe in Centenary this season. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
Blue Angels land 4 on All-SEOAL softball team
Gallia Academy was represented by four players on the All-Southeastern Ohio Athletic League softball team for the 2013 campaign, as voted on by the coaches within the league. The Blue Angels had two first-team selections and two honorable mention choices after finishing the season with a 5-5 league mark, good enough for fourth overall. Warren won the SEOAL title with a 9-1 mark, while Jackson and Chillicothe finished tied for second at 6-...
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Gallia Academy baseball coach Rich Corvin, right, passes along some instructions to senior Jimmy Clagg during a Division II district baseball final at Bob Wren Stadium in Athens, Ohio. (Bryan Walters/photo)
Blue Devils land 9 on SEOAL baseball team
To the victors go the spoils. Gallia Academy had eight people chosen to the All-Southeastern Ohio Athletic League baseball team for the 2013 campaign, as voted on by the coaches within the league. The Blue Devils won their third consecutive outright SEOAL championship in baseball this spring with a 9-1 mark, which led to a league-best eight selections —including both the coach and the player of the year. Rich Corvin was named coach of t...
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Eastern sophomore Taylor Palmer competes in the 1600m run at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium during the OHSAA state track and field championships, Saturday in Columbus. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Eastern, Southern blanked at state meet
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Tornadoes and Lady Eagles wrap up their seasons at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Southern senior Kody Wolfe and Eastern junior Taylor Palmer each competed on the final day of the season, the OHSAA Track and Field Championship finals Saturday on the campus of The Ohio State University. Wolfe — a three time state qualifier in both track and cross country — competed in the 3200m run Saturday in which he finished 14th wit...
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Gallia Academy junior Hannah Watts stands on the podium after finishing seventh in the 400m dash finals, Saturday in the OHSAA state track and field championships held at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Hannah Watts takes 7th in 400m dash for GAHS
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Sometimes all it takes is one. The Gallia Academy girls track and field team advanced just one athlete to the 2013 OHSAA Track and Field Championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium with a 16 year scoring streak on the line. One worked out just fine as GAHS junior Hannah Watts took seventh in the 400m dash with a time of 58.14, scoring two points and pushing the Blue Angels scoring streak to 17 years. “It’s a dream unloc...
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Black bears becoming more frequent visitors to Ohio
Once totally extirpated from the state, June and July are peak months for black bear movement in Ohio, especially as young males move out in search of their own territory, according to the Ohio Division of Wildlife. As if to illustrate this point, in May a young male black bear was struck and killed by a vehicle on U.S. 33 in Meigs County, and just this Monday a black bear was found dead underneath a tree in a yard near Youngstown (foul pla...
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Tri-County Junior Golf League opens season
POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — The Frank Capehart Tri-County Junior Golf League opened the 2013 season Thursday morning at the Hidden Valley Golf Course. The tournament was played under damp and cloudy conditions, but all play was completed before any rain fell on the course. The premier age group of 15-17 produced the medalist for the day. Dakota Sisk won that honor with his score of 40 for the 9-hole round. That score also gave Dakota 10 points ...
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Gallia Academy junior Hannah Watts runs in the 400m dash qualifier Friday at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium where she advanced into Saturday's final. (Alex Hawley/photo)
Hannah Watts advances to finals in 400
COLUMBUS, Ohio — After day one of the 2013 OHSAA State Track and Field Championships a 16 year streak still has hope. Gallia Academy junior Hannah Watts finished with a seventh place qualifying time in the 400m dash at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium, giving the Blue Angels a chance to score at the state meet for the 17th consecutive year. Watts finished fourth in her heat with a time of 58.49 seconds, which placed her in the seventh spot in...
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Gallia Academy junior Violet Pelfrey releases a pitch during an April 9 softball contest against Rock Hill in Centenary, Ohio. Teammate Megan Cochran is located in the background defending first base. (Bryan Walters/photo)
OVP area lands 24 on all-district softball teams
A total of 24 athletes from the Ohio Valley Publishing area were named to the Southeast Ohio District softball teams in divisions 2-4 for the 2013 campaign, as voted on by the coaches within the southeastern district of the state. Each of the six local OVP area schools in Ohio — Gallia Academy, River Valley, Meigs, Eastern, Southern and South Gallia — had four selections apiece in their respective divisions, and each program came away with ...
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Madelynn Dennison and Jeremy Wilson sign with URG
University of Rio Grande track & field/cross country head coach Bob Willey has announced the signing of Gallia Academy High School’s Madelynn Dennison and Jeremy Wilson for the 2013-14 school year.Dennison distance and relay runner Blue Angels, while Wilson sprinter Blue Devils. Dennison was part of the school’s 4x800 relay team which advanced to the regional championship meet, as well as Gallia Academy’s Southeastern Ohio Athletic League (SE...
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Tess Phelps inks letter of intent
Tess Phelps, a recent graduate of Meigs High School, has signed a letter of intent to play softball at Muskingum University in New Concord, Ohio. Tess is the daughter of Dee and Toby Swartz of Pomeroy, and Jeff and Penny Phelps of Lakeside Park Kentucky. Phelps has been named co-offensive most valuable player in the Tri-Valley Conference Ohio Division twice, and a two-time first team All-District selection. Phelps batted .371 with 10 home run...
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Micah Powell signs with Alderson Broaddus
Point Pleasant wrestling standout Micah Powell is continuing his wrestling career at Alderson Broaddus University in Philippi, West Virginia. Powell finished fifth in the state in 2011 and 2012 and he was also a part of the Point Pleasant’s class AA state wrestling titles in 2010, 2011 and 2012. Powell also competed in the state tournament in 2013. Micah finished his prep career with a 134-41 record wrestling in both the 120lb and 126lb weigh...
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Southern pitcher Danny Ramthun (center) throws over to Adam Pape (right) in an attempt to pick off a Green Wave runner during the Tornadoes' 12-2 loss to Newark Catholic on May 30th in Lancaster. (Alex Hawley/file photo)
OVP area earns 15 spots on TVC Hocking baseball team
The Tri-Valley Conference Hocking Division baseball coaches have released their 2013 all-league team, featuring 14 players and one coach from the Ohio Valley Publishing area. Southern senior Adam Pape was named defensive most valuable player, while fellow Tornadoes senior Danny Ramthun was named offensive MVP. SHS coach Ryan Lemley earned his second consecutive league coach of the year award after guiding the Purple and Gold to a 15-1 TVC H...
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