Tag: OVAC

The OVAC held its first soccer championship match back in 1991 and the sports continues to grow to where now 27 boys teams and 24 girls teams compete annually for the conference championship.

A big win is a big win.

Buckeye Local and head coach Jim Hoover are working to change the culture, and attitude of the Panthers football program.

Linsly keeps proving it's up to the task of its incredibly difficult schedule. It's biggest test to date looms Friday in Death Valley.

Both Jaksan Price and the Union Local Jets have put in the hard work and long hours necessary to experience success on the football field.

Lindsay Huff and Club Gold South Volleyball are fielding their first boys' volleyball team and are looking to get in on the ground floor of building the sport locally as the first official season begins in Ohio later this school year in March.

A total of 51 schools on five different levels are about to begin competition.

Part II takes a look at how continued expansion of high school bowling benefits local bowling houses in a number of ways.

OVAC Executive Director Dirk Decoy and the conference leadership are excited to turn the page toward a new school year, infused with fresh blood at leadership positions and fresh ideas. They are poised to take the conference forward.

Greg Harkness, a 1993 graduate of Martins Ferry High School, is coming home and will serve as the school's athletics director starting August 1. Harkness recently finished an eight-year stint in the same position at Bridgeport.

Paden City's girls' wrestling team recently finished fifth at the unofficial West Virginia State Girls Wrestling Tournament held in Parkersburg.

The Brooke Bruins boys basketball team qualified for the OVAC Class 5A tournament for just the second time and first since 2014. The Bruins program is on the rise, thanks to a change in culture and a talented senior class.