READER SUBMITTED: Local Athletes Complete Extreme Adventure
Aside from the over-90 degree temperature, the participants confronted various "military style" agility challenges, 2 zip line traverses, a 50 foot rappel, a 10 foot "up & over" wall and more rounding out the 2-mile obstacle course. In describing the …
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Derek Taylor: Mary O's legacy will stand test of time
The Parkersburg Catholic graduate who was the state's first true women's basketball star was a 6-foot-2 powerhouse who dominated the sport in its infancy as an SSAC championship event, guiding the Crusaderettes to Class A state championships in 1977 …
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Tri for a Cure off to a good start
Thousands of spectators watched the athletes from shore and along the bike and foot race routes. Barbara Messner drove up from Reading, Pa., to watch her daughter, Kimberly Messner, of Gray compete. Looking out into the harbor, Messner said she could …
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Ohio Rockers softball team rocks the National Senior Games
Older athletes should also make sure they warm up properly before every game, as their muscles tend to be stiffer and less forgiving. "If you're 60 years-old and you pick a baseball up, and you're cold, and you try to throw it 300 feet, you're going to …
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Legless man catches 250-pound shark
Ed Parrish, a family friend, said the student-athlete should add shark fishing to the list. On Tuesday, Parrish kayaked a few hundred feet off the beach and dropped bait. Sechrist then put the brakes on his wheelchair and strapped on a fighting harness …
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