HUNTINGTON — The Marshall football team closed the regular season with its fourth consecutive victory, using a fourth-quarter surge to down visiting Georgia State 28-23 Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

Huntington got key plays from Jordan Price and Gavin Lochow late in its Class AAA semifinal to knock off defending state champion Martinsburg, 28-21, at Bob Sang Stadium on Saturday afternoon. With the win, the Highlanders will take on Parkersburg South in the Super Six at Wheeling Island Stadium at noon on Dec. 3.

Marshall got career-highs from freshmen Micah Handlogten and Jacob Conner to fuel an 83-59 win over Morehead State at Cam Henderson Center on Saturday evening.

HUNTINGTON — What a topsy-turvy season.

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio — Eli Hayton might have a future in the construction business since he likes the thought of building from the ground up.

VINCENT, Ohio — Chase Allen scored 18 points to lead Fairland (1-0) to a 41-38 victory over McConnelsville Morgan on Saturday afternoon in the Clash at the Coliseum showcase at Warren High School.

Marshall's men's soccer team continues its journey in the NCAA Tournament on Sunday when the Thundering Herd takes on No. 13 Indiana at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana.

In a game that would have been better served being played in the Mylan Park Aquatic Center than through a downpour in Boone Pickens Stadium in the not-so-aptly named town of Stillwater, Oklahoma, West Virginia found a life raft in the person of running back Jaylen Anderson and defeated Oklah…

PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg South has gotten the reputation as an offensive machine for cranking out 50-plus points most weeks. But the Patriots can also play some pretty mean defense, too.

Quarterback — Georgia State

Marshall Game Notes

What does Rasheen Ali’s return mean for Khalan Laborn?

HUNTINGTON — A season’s worth of work comes down to one week, or one more opportunity as Marshall’s head football coach might say.

RACELAND, Ky. — For the second time in school history, Raceland’s high school football team earned a spot in the Class 1A state championship game Friday with a 49-6 win over Holy Cross at Rams Stadium.

CINCINNATI — Ironton made the day Orange and Black Friday.

LESAGE — Jim Boyd, 90, of South Point, Ohio, shot a score of 80 in a round of golf Tuesday at the Riviera Country Club.

Imagine a one-two punch vs. a two-in-one punch.

Marshall's men's basketball team will look for its fifth straight win on Saturday night when Morehead State makes the short trek down I-64 East to take on the Thundering Herd at 7 p.m. at Cam Henderson Center. The two teams have not met since 2019.

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia will play what may be the most meaningful meaningless football game in its history when it closes out the 2022 season with a noon game Saturday at Oklahoma State.

IRONTON — Football players in Ironton know how to work up a Turkey Day appetite.

Some might figure since Martinsburg lost two games this season, the Bulldogs must be vulnerable.

ASHLAND — The statistics on paper are daunting, but those who produced those numbers are even more impressive.

HUNTINGTON — The pattern of a quick implosion is common for nearly all opponents playing Martinsburg in a high school football state championship game.

HUNTINGTON — Saturday is one last chance for more than 20 seniors on the Marshall football team.

CHILLICOTHE, Ohio — Ten players scored as South Point opened its boys high school basketball season with a 74-43 rout of Circleville Wednesday at the Zane Trace Tipoff Classic.

In football, seldom is there a player who can dominate on both sides of the ball.

IRONTON — Ty Perkins’ career as an Ironton High School athlete is down to, at most, its last two weeks.

Anthony Watts refused to concede.

RACELAND, Ky. — Logan Lundy is a hero, but not for his considerable accomplishments on the football field.

HUNTINGTON — Anthony Watts has a sense of déjà vu entering the last regular season game for Marshall football, but he couldn’t be more thankful for it.

SOUTH POINT, Ohio — South Point outscored Symmes Valley 15-2 in the second quarter to pull away for a 46-17 victory Tuesday in girls high school basketball.

Marshall guard Andrew Taylor is excited about Saturday's matchup with Morehead State - the first team he ever suited up against for the Thundering Herd back in 2019. Taylor is averaging 20.2 points per game and has led the Herd to four straight wins.

HUNTINGTON — The end result of the match was never in question when Marshall and Virginia entered a penalty kick shootout after 110 minutes of soccer that ended in a 1-1 gridlock.

HUNTINGTON — The depth of the Marshall football roster was inevitably going to be tested the deeper into the year it got.

The week of Thanksgiving is one of my most cherished weeks in West Virginia.

HUNTINGTON — Gavin Lochow prefers a state championship to the Kennedy Award, but his coach wants his star quarterback to achieve both.

WILLOW WOOD, Ohio — South Gallia bolted to a 26-1 lead and clobbered Symmes Valley 62-19 Monday in girls high school basketball.

ASHLAND — When Ashland opened the season 1-3, many followers of Tri-State high school football figured the Tomcats were in for a long season.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall’s men’s basketball team came out of a grueling eight-day stretch with a four-game winning streak that should make Thanksgiving turkey taste a little better.

Tuesday certainly wasn’t the prettiest offensive performance Marshall women’s basketball coach Tony Kemper has ever seen from one of his teams.

Guards Andrew Taylor and Taevion Kinsey scored 24 and 22 points respectively, but the play of freshman Micah Handlogten loomed largest late as Marshall's men's basketball team defeated Chicago State, 82-70, on Monday night at Cam Henderson Center.

Marshall guard Roshala Scott scored 19 points while Mahogany Matthews and Abby Beeman added 16 each to lead the Thundering Herd to a 70-57 win in the opening round of the Hostilo Hoops Community Classic in Savannah, Georgia.

McARTHUR, Ohio — Coal Grove rallied from a three-point deficit in the final 16 seconds to defeat Vinton County 34-33 in girls high school basketball on Friday.

Coal Grove running back Chase Hall finished perhaps the most astounding high school football season ever by a player from the Tri-State.

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HUNTINGTON — In some of the most prolific years in Marshall football’s history, Shawn Elliott played defensive end on a team that found ways to beat the Thundering Herd.

Tight races in the division standings, championship aspirations and teams fighting for bowl eligibility. That’s what the final week of the 2022 football regular season holds for the Sun Belt Conference.

STATESBORO, Ga. — It came as a surprise to many, but not to the Marshall football team.

One of the defining characteristics, unfortunately, of Neal Brown’s tenure at West Virginia University has been poor discipline in the area of penalties and game management.

HUNTINGTON — Few teams are eager to see Martinsburg on their high school football schedule, but Huntington is thrilled for the opportunity to take on the Bulldogs.

Chuck Landon grades the Herd … Marshall 23, Georgia Southern 10

ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Tomi Hinkle will remain a Dragon in green.

Marshall's women's basketball team heads to Savannah, Georgia, for three games in three days at the Hostilo Hoops Community Classic. Action starts Monday when the Herd women take on UT-Martin at 7 p.m.

Marshall forward Obinna Anochili-Killen got his game on track with a double-double on Saturday night. Killen looks to aid the Thundering Herd in their fourth game in eight days as Marshall hosts Chicago State at 7 p.m. Monday.

Marshall men’s soccer coach Chris Grassie knew his team was one of the nation’s best as the NCAA Tournament got started.

HUNTINGTON — Huntington High got its usual one-two punch from quarterback Gavin Lochow and running back Zah Jackson. Throw in another solid effort from the defense and a good day for special teams, and that led to the Highlanders racing past Jefferson 51-7 in the Class AAA football playoff q…

STATESBORO, Ga. — The Marshall football team picked up its seventh win of the year and clinched bowl eligibility with a 23-10 victory over Georgia Southern on Saturday night at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.