COAL GROVE — Reinhold Messner is considered one of the greatest mountain climbers of all-time. And while Austen Pleasants has never climbed anything like Mount Everest, he’s well aware of what it takes to climb a mountain. A mountain of a man at 6-foot-7, 330-pounds, the 27-year-old Pleasants has fought his way up the NFL playing mountain with eight different stops during his six years in the league. After being an All-Ohio lineman for the Coal Grove Hornets, Pleasants signed

Chesapeake Panthers senior pole vaulter Corey Davis signed a national letter-of-intent with the Louisville Cardinals track and field program. Attending the signing ceremony were, left to right, mother Amanda Davis, Corey, and father Scott Davis. CHESAPEAKE — When he was in elementary school, Corey Davis was told to stay away from the pole vault. It was too dangerous. But Corey Davis was the beneficiary of a gene pool that gave him characteristics of his late, great grandfathe

The South Point Board of Education voted Tuesday to name the high school track after legendary coach Randy Smith. The school will erect a sign in his honor, but if you listed all his accomplishments they’d have to get a large billboard. Longtime track coach Randy Smith will have South Point High School's track named after him following a successful career spanning nearly 5 decades. (Photo submitted) Randy played at South Point where he was a football, wrestling and track stan