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Park Players Ready to Present ‘Shrek The Musical’ Apr 30, 2021 Rehearsing a scene from the upcoming production “Shrek The Musical” are seniors Amanda McGovern as Princess Fiona and Tyler Faulstick as Shrek. WHEELING — Lucky audience members will get the chance to witness an energetic musical production when the Park Players of Wheeling Park High School present their spring musical, “Shrek The Musical,” today through Sunday, April 30 and May 1-2. The play will be held in the high school’s J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center. The curtain goes up at 7 p.m. today and...

George Washington boys make splash at state tournament with second straight title By George Washington's boys swim team won its second straight state title. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — George Washington swim coach Kaycee Wheeler is no stranger to seeing the Patriots claim a title on the boys or girls side. A year ago, GW won both, and the boys team was able to repeat Tuesday at the Aquatic Center at Mylan Park. The Patriots finished with 202 points, besting runner-up Bridgeport (165). “It feels amazing. I’m so proud of those boys,” Wheeler said. “There ...

ADAM CARMAN WHEELING — Wheeling Park wrestler Adam Carman will make the trip to Huntington to compete in Monday’s West Virginia Class AAA state wrestling tournament. A Wood County judge Friday morning granted the Carman family’s injunction against the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission to allow Carman, a freshman at 106 pounds, back into the tournament after the SSAC previously had said he could not participate. “I was really excited,” the freshman said of the news. “I know my dad was battling with the SSAC for a while now, so I was like, ‘Finally we got a vic...

Staff Writer WHEELING — The victory took an extra year in coming, but the wait made the Wheeling Park High School speech team’s 41st consecutive state championship Saturday all the more sweeter, said head coach Bill Cornforth. The team once again won the overall sweepstakes of the 2021 West Virginia Speech and Debate Tournament, with team members also taking home another 12 individual first-place trophies. This year’s tournament took place virtually after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID concerns, and students competed from classrooms at their home schools. There was no tr...

jking@theintelligencer.net WHEELING — The victory took an extra year in coming, but the wait made the Wheeling Park High School speech team’s 41st consecutive state championship Saturday all the more sweeter, coach Bill Cornforth said. The team was the overall winner of the 2021 West Virginia Speech and Debate Tournament, with team members also taking home another 12 individual 1st place trophies. This year’s tournament took place virtually after the 2020 tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, and students competed from classrooms at their home schools. There was no travelin...