SOUTH POINT, Ohio — South Point enjoyed its Ohio Valley Conference boys basketball title so much it hopes to add one in baseball.

Ryan Bonner punctuated the third-to-last game of his term as Ashland’s interim coach by picking up the Tomcats’ Rheyce Deboard off the ground as though he were weightless to celebrate Ashland’s fifth straight 16th Region Tournament title with a joyful jumping hug.

RUSSELL, Ky. — Growing up, Emily Cole idolized Cat Osterman, the three-time Olympic medalist for Team USA softball and former Texas Longhorn.

Welcome to “Second Guess” Thursday.

COAL GROVE, Ohio — Freshman Caden Turner earned his first varsity win, hurling 2 1/3 innings of relief as Coal Grove (1-0) beat Ironton St. Joe 8-4.

MORGANTOWN — The No. 24 West Virginia baseball team will head into its first Big 12 series of the spring with a win, although it didn’t come easily against an in-state foe.

HURRICANE, W.Va. — It took a bulldog to stop a wolf.

ONA — Parkersburg might have thought it caught a break when freshman Drea Watts instead of ace Quinn Ballengee took to the pitching circle, especially after Madison Marks led off with a double.

HUNTINGTON — Everyone has their favorite pizza toppings, but Marshall football coach Charles Huff just wanted something that tasted like the last one he ordered — and Jason Semore delivered.

MORGANTOWN — Neal Brown wanted to add a pass-catching tight end to the offense in 2023, and he believes Kole Taylor is that player.

HUNTINGTON — Savannah Rice struck out seven of the first nine batters she faced and Marshall scored seven runs in the third inning, which made for a short afternoon at Dot Hicks Field.

ASHLAND — Spring Valley continued its strong start with a strong finish.

HUNTINGTON — Kim Stephens walked onto the Cam Henderson Center court Monday and was met with loud applause from about 100 Marshall University women’s basketball fans who wanted to make her feel at home.

HUNTINGTON — It wasn’t a ground ball through Bill Buckner’s legs for a comeback win, but Huntington High’s baseball’s rally for a 5-3 win over Cabell Midland on Monday was no less dramatic.

HURRICANE, W.Va — It got a bit nervy at the end, but Hurricane had just enough cushion to hold on.

It was the worst-kept secret imaginable.

HUNTINGTON — A new season began for the Marshall University football team Monday afternoon.

SOUTH POINT, Ohio — South Point opened its baseball season with a pair of victories Saturday, beating Portsmouth West 5-0 and Grace Christian 12-2.

HUNTINGTON — Kim Stephens is Marshall’s new women’s basketball coach, Thundering Herd athletic director Christian Spears announced Monday morning.

NORFOLK, Va. — The Marshall University baseball team fell to the Old Dominion Monarchs 12-2 in the series finale Sunday in Norfolk, Virginia.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University's softball team earned its 27th win of the year Sunday in a 4-0 shutout to sweep Southern Miss.

NORFOLK, Va. — Marshall hung a 4-spot in the top of the sixth inning to get back within striking distance on Saturday afternoon.

RAVENSWOOD, W.Va. — Wahama scored four runs in the fifth inning on its way to a 5-1 victory over Ravenswood Thursday in high school softball.

Ashland, Fairland and Spring Valley’s girls basketball teams made deep state tournament runs, but one team might be able to beat all three.

Gavin Lochow must still be pinching himself.

PEDRO, Ohio — In the Rock Hill Wood Bat Tournament, Fairland took River Valley to the woodshed.

HUNTINGTON — The pitching of Sydney Nester and Bri Godfrey propelled Marshall to a doubleheader sweep of Southern Mississippi on Saturday in Sun Belt Conference softball at Dot Hicks Field.

MORGANTOWN — There’s more than a quarterback competition brewing this spring around West Virginia’s football facilities.

WHEELING — Tickets are on sale for the 76th annual Victory Awards Dinner on May 7 at the Embassy Suites in Charleston.

Just two years into her high school career, Wheeling Park standout Alexis Bordas has built an impressive list of accomplishments.

James Monroe’s Eli Allen ascended the ladder like a king taking the throne, cutting down the final piece of the net following the Mavericks 66-35 victory against Tucker County in the Class A state championship.

SPRING VALLEY — The last Spring Valley softball team to win a state championship did so in 2006 when the current Timberwolves seniors were babies.

NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion entered Friday’s home baseball game with Marshall featuring eight batters hitting .300 or better, compared to three for the Thundering Herd.

There are dissidents in every crowd.

ONA — Spring Valley (6-0) scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to pull away for a 6-2 victory over Cabell Midland (2-1) Thursday in high school baseball.

MORGANTOWN — When junior standout Sharron Young went down at the end of January with a broken shooting hand, his Morgantown teammates weren’t sure what to think.

The strength of Region 1 in Class AAAA prep girls basketball was on display throughout the season led by two schools from the same section in Wheeling Park and Morgantown.

HURRICANE, W.Va. — If the Hurricane and Huntington High baseball teams were comedians, they’d probably be Steve Martin and Dan Aykroyd, Saturday Night Live’s “wild and crazy guys.”

HAMLIN, W.Va. — A four-run fifth inning on Thursday helped Lincoln County rally for an 8-5 win over Spring Valley and keep the Panthers undefeated on the season.

West Liberty was out-paced by an 11-point margin in the second half on Thursday.

CHARLESTON — Spring Valley jumped to a 6-0 lead and held off George Washington 7-5 Wednesday in high school baseball.

The Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association made a Wise choice.

Prior to Braden Chapman’s arrival at Shady Spring, the boys basketball program was largely an afterthought on a statewide level.

CLARKSBURG — Finally, senior Olivia Toland and North Marion saw the lights of Saturday night.

ONA — Cabell Midland entered the bottom of the sixth inning nursing a 3-1 lead on Ashland.

Forget the “Air Raid” offense.

HUNTINGTON — As 14 former Marshall football players made their way back to the Chris Cline Indoor Athletic Facility to work out in front of professional scouts on Wednesday, it was as much about family as it was business.

Fairland senior guard Tomi Hinkle earned first-team honors on the Ohio Division II all state high school girls basketball team Wednesday.

Make it 14.

RIPLEY, W.Va. — Visiting Cabell Midland hung a 9-spot in the top of the seventh inning to rally past Ripley, 16-10, in high school softball on Tuesday night.

Sal Dean moved to Chapmanville for his final season of high school basketball with one goal in mind: To end his career with a state championship.

Maddie Clark has had big shoes to fill over the last two years.

LLOYD, Ky. — Frank Conley hopes the adage that a team learns more from its losses than its wins isn’t true.

In the Queen City, the Herd baseball team hit like kings.

HURRICANE, W.Va. — A near-double play turned into the game-winning run for the Cabell Midland baseball team Tuesday night at Lola Meeks Field.

Morgan Lyons of South Gallia earned second-team honors on the All-Ohio Division IV girls high school basketball team Monday.

ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — The boys put up NBA-like numbers Monday in the Ohio Valley Conference All-Star high school basketball game at Fairland’s Carl York Center.

As part of my wellness routine, I walk every morning as the sun’s rays bring color to the sky. For those who choose to hunt turkeys in the spring, you will understand my timing perfectly.

Four Fairland boys won individual titles to lift the Dragons to the small school state title at the Ohio Powerlifting Championships Saturday in Kenton, Ohio.

HUNTINGTON — Twenty-four wins was enough to make a point.