Mid-Ohio Valley Sports Announcements

Sports Updates (Photo Illustration/MetroCreative)

Football Start Times Pushed Back

Due to expected high temperatures in the area Friday night, several local high school football teams have pushed back the start times for their games.

The following games have been changed to an 8 p.m. kickoff:

* Doddridge County at St. Marys

* Ripley at South Charleston

* John Marshall at Marietta

* Belpre at Fort Frye

* Caldwell at Waterford

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Warren To Honor Historic Football Teams

The players, cheerleaders, managers, and coaches on the Pioneer Valley League football championship teams for the 1963-64, 1964-65, and 1965-66 Warren High School classes will be honored before the Sept. 20 football game with Paintsville, Ky. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Also invited are those people with the first Warren football team (1961-62) under coach Vince Scragg and the 1962-63 team under coach Ron Rice.

Sign-in will be at the stadium main gate at 5:30 p.m. and with the ceremony at 6:15 on the stadium field.

For information: Dave Ward, (724)-728-1616, Mike Brant (740)-989-5245 or Blaine Kidder (740)-516-9864.

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Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame

The Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place on Saturday, Sept. 28 at the Lafayette Hotel.

This year’s class includes Tom Baker (1960), Jerry Brock (coach), Shawna Daugherty (1995), Scott Strahler (1998), Bill Ross Jr. (1979), and the late William Whetsell (1963). The inductees will also be recognized during the home varsity football game on Friday, Sept. 27.

To learn more about the Marietta High School Athletic Hall of Fame and its past inductees, please visit www.mhsathletichalloffame.org.

Tickets for the event, which includes a buffet dinner, are $40 each. Table sponsorships, which include up to eight tickets, are also available for $300 each.

Those interested in purchasing tickets or sponsoring a table can committee secretary Jim Humphrey at (740) 629-4867 (cell) or super7@suddenlink.net.