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Ohio Women’s Golf Sits In Seventh Of Redbird Invitational
By: Nick Hart
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After its first day of the 2013 fall season, the Ohio women’s golf team finds itself right in the middle of the pack at the Redbird Invitational. The Bobcats shot a combined team score of 612 (+32) through two rounds and are in seventh place out of 14 teams at the three-round event in Normal,… Read More
Louisville Offense Too Much For Bobcats
By: Nathan Takitch
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The Louisville Cardinals (3-1) used a rush of offense at the beginning of the second half to take a stranglehold lead in their match against the Ohio Bobcats (1-3) and cruse to a 6-2 victory. After taking a 2-1 lead into the half, the hosting Cardinals scored four goals in just 18 minutes to eliminate… Read More
Preview: Ohio Hockey Begins New Era
By: Nick Hart
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Jay Mazzarella, gone. Jonathan Pietramala, gone. Nick Rostek, say goodbye. Tyler Pilmore, the team’s captain and all-time leading scorer, off to pro hockey. The Ohio University club hockey team knew they would have to find a way to compensate for the loss of four fantastic hockey players in last year’s seniors, but now they must… Read More
Marietta Tops Bethany 2-1
By: Brad Friedman
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24 hours after falling to Wooster, the Marietta Pioneers came alive in the second half to top the Bethany Bison 2-1. A second half surge was just what the doctor ordered after Bethany outshot the Pioneers 7-3 in the first half, including a 12th-minute goal from junior Mckenna Junkin, her first on the year. Junkin… Read More
Marietta Wins Third Straight
Coming off of two consecutive straight-set wins, the Marietta Pioneers (4-4) volleyball team looked to continue its winning ways against the Transylvania Pioneers (5-3) in their final match of the BSN River City Classic Sept. 8. For the fourth time this year, Marietta won in straight sets: 25-23, 26-24 and 25-23. Each set proved to… Read More
RedStorm Routed 8-1 By Davenport
By: Anna Vassalotti
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No. 21 ranked Davenport University cruised past the Rio Grande RedStorm on Saturday during the finale of the Marge Evans Women’s Soccer Classic at Evan E. Davis Field. The Panthers outscored the RedStorm 8-1 in a stunning victory. Freshman Shameeka Fishley contributed with a trio of goals, while junior Mackenzie VanDerWarf added two goals to… Read More
Campbellsville Defeats Rio In Straight Sets
By: Cody Linn
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The Rio Grande RedStorm were swept in their first road game 25-19, 25-15, 25-21 to Mid-South Conference foe, the Campbellsville Tigers. The RedStorm trailed 9-8 in the first set, but Campbellsville went on an 8-3 run, never looked back and won the set. The Tigers took an early 16-6 lead in the second set as… Read More
RedStorm Fall 2-1 To Top-Ranked Belhaven
By: Kaleb Carter
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The first loss of the season is not usually greeted with smiles, but nobody would blame the Rio Grande RedStorm if they failed to feel too bad about their 2-1 loss to Belhaven (Miss.) University. An Eduardo Cruz goal in the 82nd minute provided the Blazers (last season’s NAIA National Champions) with the goal they… Read More
Ohio Soccer Gets First Home Win, Beats Morehead State, 3-1
Ohio coach Aaron Rodgers has been saying it all year. If the Bobcats continue to give themselves opportunities to score, the goals will come. And that was the case Sunday afternoon, as Ohio (3-2-1) scored three goals on 14 shots to defeat Morehead State (0-5-1), 3-1. The victory was Rodgers’ first at Chessa Field in… Read More
Marietta Drops Third Straight
By: Michael Drapcho
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The Marietta Pioneers (1-3) dropped their third match in a row Saturday as they fell to the Birmingham-Southern Panthers (4-0) by a score of 3-1. With senior goalkeeper Bobby Thaxton starting his first match of the season for Marietta, the Pioneers held Birmingham-Southern scoreless in the first half. However, Marietta was also unable to find… Read More
Two Injured in Meigs County Collision
By: Zainab Kandeh
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The Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident in Meigs County that left two people injured. Troopers said the crash occurred on Saturday, September 7 at approximately 2:10 pm on State Route 7 in Meigs. 72-year-old Julia Stevens of Fairfax, VA was hit by 31-year-old Virginia Hunter of Reedsville. According to troopers,… Read More
Crash In Athens County Injures Two People
By: Zainab Kandeh
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The Athens Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating an accident on U.S. Route 50 in Athens County that resulted two women being flown to area hospitals. Troopers say the accident occurred at approximately 7:32 p.m. Saturday at the Coolville intersection of U.S. Route 50. The accident report states that Blair Rexrode, 20, of Coolville, failed to yield when turning… Read More
Pioneers Win Two, Both In Straight Sets
Despite dropping their home opener to Bethany College last night, the Marietta Pioneers bounced back with two straight-sets wins over Frostburg State and Grove City on the second day of the BSN River City Classic. The Pioneers (3-4) dominated the Frostburg State Bobcats (1-6) in their first match, defeating them 25-8, 25-14, 25-16. In the… Read More
Sheriff Kelly Not Sure How He Will Respond to CI Records Subpoena
By: Steve Robb | Athens Messenger
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Athens County Sheriff Patrick Kelly said Friday he will comply with three grand jury subpoenas served on him Aug. 30 by the Ohio Attorney General’s Office, but hasn’t decided what he will do about the fourth. An Athens County grand jury convened by the AG’s office in June heard testimony from witnesses connected to allegations… Read More
Car Crashes into House after Police Chase
A police chase through Nelsonville Saturday ended with a car crashing into a Buchtel home. Athens County Sheriff Pat Kelly said Nelsonville Police arrested 38-year-old Patrick McGee of Buchtel after he led law enforcement on a 10-minute chase through Nelsonville. The chase ended when the car crashed into a house on Bessemer Rd. in Buchtel…. Read More
Ohio Beats North Texas 27-21 In Home Opener
Saturday the Ohio Bobcats had an opportunity to plead their case that the team that showed up in Louisville a week ago was not who they really are. Ohio opened their home season before an audience of 24,511 devoted fans (the fifth largest crowd in Peden Stadium history), beating North Texas 27-21. “We knew we… Read More