Sports - January 09 2006 Parkersburg Area

Pro-Am allows locals to bowl with PBA pros

By DAVE POE

PARKERSBURG - Can you imagine being a golfer and getting the opportunity to play with Tiger Woods?

OU extends home winning streak

By MATT LaWELL

ATHENS, Ohio - Four days after the Ohio men's basketball team opened its Mid-American Conference schedule with a convincing 32-point home win over Western Michigan, the Bobcats fell back to earth Sunday afternoon.

Sunday, January 08, 2006

OVU men notch win over Pioneers

By STEVE HEMMELGARN

VIENNA - Glenville State and host Ohio Valley University split a West Virginia Conference basketball doubleheader here Saturday, with the nationally-ranked GSC women dominating the Lady Scots 91-52, but the OVU men notching a hard-fought 78-73 triumph over the Pioneers in the nightcap.

PHS wrestling team suffers rare pair of home setbacks

By DAVE POE

Bostaph leads PHS past Spring Valley

By DAVE POE

PARKERSBURG - The Parkersburg Police Department was present, but it was the fire department that could have come to visiting Spring Valley's aid as Big Red senior Seth Bostaph was on fire Saturday night at Memorial Fieldhouse.

Ravenswood runs over Herbert Hoover, 65-52

Jen Wolfe led all scorers with 28 points and pulled down 11 rebounds to finish with a double-double. Teammate Ashley Prince had 12 points and 10 rebounds while fellow Red Devil Kayla Romeo chipped in with 10 markers.

Herbert Hoover wins JCI championship

By JAY W. BENNETT

RIPLEY - Cody Mollohan's first period pin of Ripley 145-pounder Logan Martin might've been Herbert Hoover's only individual championship here Saturday at the Jackson County Invitational, but it didn't matter as the Huskies took the team crown with a 169 to 154¢ victory against Independence.

MC turnovers lead to 96-73 loss

MARIETTA - Too many turnovers and a cold-shooting first-half. Those two items were big keys in ruining Marietta College's chances of upsetting John Carroll in an Ohio Conference's men's basketball game Saturday afternoon in Ban Johnson Field House.

John Carroll (9-4 overall, 5-1 OAC), the defending regular season champion, cashed Marietta's 29 percent first-half shooting for a 49-30 intermission lead en route to a 96-73 victory. The Blue Streaks shot 63 percent the first half