Tag: OHSAA

The OHSAA held its inaugural girls' wrestling regional championships on Sunday and five girls from the OVAC footprint are advancing to Columbus.

The Valkyrie Wrestling Club is fresh off a team championship at the WV Girls Youth Wrestling Tournament and is continuing to grow and help build the sports of girls' wrestling locally in the Ohio Valley.

Conversations have been taking place among conference officials for a few years.

Game cancelations are on the rise as a shortage of basketball officials is starting to cause scheduling concerns locally.

The River Pilots are currently 14-1, situated atop the OVAC Class AA standings, and are in the midst of one of the team's bests seasons under 19-year head coach Rick Islay.

The OVAC will need 24 percent, or roughly 14 member schools signaling each intends to offer either girls' wrestling or boys' volleyball before it can sanction either as an official conference sport. The OHSAA announced last week that both will be classified as emerging sports for the 2022-23 school year.

The St. Clairsville Red Devils high school and junior high cheerleading squads captured OHSAA Spirit Competition state championships Saturday at Wittenberg University in Springfield.

Four teams remain standing in the high school football playoffs locally: Shadyside, St. Clairsville, Wheeling Central, and Fort Frye.

A pair of local officials were honored during the OHSAA's Officials Hall of Fame induction recently in Columbus.

Steubenville Big Red's girls' track team is fresh off its first regional crown since 2015 and is looking to make some noise at the state meet in Pickerington.

A number of local athletes, led by Caldwell's Gwyn Lori, placed highly during the OHSAA 7th and 8th Grade Track Championships on Saturday in Hilliard.

With two wrestlers qualifying for the state tournament this weekend, the Cambridge Bobcats ended a three-year absence from the state level of competition.