By KERRY PATRICK Sports Writer PARKERSBURG – The best expectations are the ones never made. Parkersburg South sophomore Alyssa McCrady is proof positive. Competing in the two-mile portion of Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon and Two-Mile road race, McCrady won the women’s division by a substantial margin after finishing in a time of […]

By JAY W. BENNETT Sports Writer PARKERSBURG — Warren High School senior Luke Rettenberger was eyeing a repeat here during Saturday’s 2-mile News and Sentinel run, but an ex-Golden Eagle from Belpre had other ideas. Breydon Gates, a former standout at Shawnee State University who placed eighth last year in the News and Sentinel Half […]

By KERRY PATRICK Sports Writer PARKERSBURG – The women’s field for Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon road race welcomed back a familiar face, who left her mark on the 13.1-mile course with a result typical of recent years. For the third time in four years, 32-year-old Jenny Brewer from St. Marys won the […]

By JAY W. BENNETT Sports Writer PARKERSBURG — Keystone State native Toby Jones found himself back in the winner’s circle following Saturday’s 38th running of The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon. The Grove City resident completed the new-look course in a time of 1 hour, 8 minutes and 24 seconds as he edged out […]

PARKERSBURG — The 2026 version of the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon will start and end at the same locations as it has for most of the 37 years that the race has run through the streets of Parkersburg. The route between those two points will change to lead runners and walkers through areas […]

By KERRY PATRICK Sports Writer PARKERSBURG — After their struggles during the spring track season, the top two finishers in the female division for Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel two-mile race turned their fortunes around in time for the start of the new school year. Warren High School junior Ashlee Pate successfully defended her title […]

By JAY W. BENNETT Sports Writer PARKERSBURG – Warren High School junior Luke Rettenberger has competed in the News and Sentinel 2-mile run more than once. However, here Saturday morning the Warrior managed to cross the finish line before anyone else for the first time in his career as he posted a victorious effort of […]

By KERRY PATRICK Sports Writer PARKERSBURG — In the sport of running marathons, Alina Bushchuk is batting a thousand. The 25-year-old native of Ukraine who moved to Williamsburg, Va., two years ago, competed in her first half-marathon road race and produced a winning margin of three-plus seconds during Saturday’s Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half-Marathon. “The […]

By JAY W. BENNETT Sports Writer PARKERSBURG — St. Albans’ Hector Falcon made the most of the opportunity at hand here Saturday morning during the 37th running of the News and Sentinel Half Marathon as the native Texan was the first to cross the finish line on Market Street thanks to a winning effort of […]

PARKERSBURG — Jenny Brewer never considered herself a serious runner until her senior year in high school. More than a decade later, she once again left her mark on the Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon. On Saturday morning, the 30-year-old runner from St. Marys successfully defended her title in the half-marathon after turning in […]

PARKERSBURG — Two high school students were the first to cross the finish line during the 2-Mile Race Saturday at the The Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon. Parkersburg South High School senior Josh Gill won the men’s race finishing with a time of 10:13. Gill is part of the cross country team at PSHS […]

PARKERSBURG — Clear weather and high humidity welcomed runners during Saturday’s 36th Parkersburg News and Sentinel Half Marathon, which saw Kenyan Solomon Kagimbi cross the finish first with a victorious clocking of one hour, seven minutes and nine seconds. Kagimbi, who lives in South Carolina, made the most of his first race in the Mid-Ohio […]