{"id":14492,"date":"2026-05-06T21:33:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/mental-health-awareness-takes-center-court-in-st-clairsville-wtov\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T21:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T21:33:41","slug":"mental-health-awareness-takes-center-court-in-st-clairsville-wtov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/05\/06\/mental-health-awareness-takes-center-court-in-st-clairsville-wtov\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental health awareness takes center court in St. Clairsville &#8211; WTOV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now<br \/>55<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Thu<br \/>60<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Fri<br \/>63<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>by<!-- --> <!-- -->JAIME ELY<br \/>Mental health awareness took center court in St. Clairsville on Wednesday as students watched a one-of-a-kind volleyball matchup and heard a message aimed at building resilience and hope.<br \/><span class=\"dateline\">ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio  \u2014 <\/span>Mental health awareness took center court in St. Clairsville on Wednesday as students watched a one-of-a-kind volleyball matchup and heard a message aimed at building resilience and hope.<br \/>Bob Holmes, known as the \u201cone-man volleyball team,\u201d faced off against middle school and high school students in a many-on-one volleyball game. After playing the students, Holmes spoke with them about a range of issues, including resisting peer pressure, bullying, drugs, alcohol, vaping and online predators.<br \/>The assembly comes at a critical time for the district, which has lost four students to suicide in the past four years. Holmes said he hoped to help change that trajectory by focusing on how students think and how they respond to negative messages.<br \/>\u201cEverything they do starts with the mind, how they think. If they\u2019re being told, like, they\u2019re ugly, they\u2019ll just automatically believe it,\u201d Holmes said.<br \/>\u201cA lot of it is formed in the mind, and that\u2019s why we want to reprogram their minds so that they can think \u2018hope\u2019 and that they don\u2019t have to give up, ever.&quot;<br \/>Mental health awareness efforts will continue in St. Clairsville on Thursday at 6 p.m. with a \u201cNight of Hope\u201d event featuring Holmes and others. <br \/>More information is available <a href=\": https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/102-woodrow-ave-43950\/night-of-hope\/1635697134353372\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<br \/> <!-- -->2026<!-- --> <!-- -->Sinclair, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilgJBVV95cUxNa1N1c2RtV1lJRFpKMmZjRC1TR2x3ZlB2QzNSbmxyT005VDBRYU1CWGkxWVAtUmdNMkFTVmEzU1NxeHhHLTlWTjd0NVBuVDNTQml6cVV3b2NwbGVwYUdaX3kwb3hDVWV4RFNmTVJFRm1RdXlsSGJVRmZTMVBVejBUVFBRT1FfUHpxSGY0WWhCTktvd0VTQ1V5dW5lNlFzLWdYN0RSc250Y0dxRV9yLW54M2taVWNyUkFlR0JPc05GeDJmU0w1WWg5WmtCb3RrRmlYMENTWDY1ZVhsN2g4N2JVR2tBZHJWZ2ZZa1VjbUNnNklsV0NTbTNhQ19QaC1hZ3U3Q3R4bWpkSVdva2ZEcUd5UVRQUW9hQQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now55\u00b0Thu60\u00b0Fri63\u00b0by JAIME ELYMental health awareness took center court in St. Clairsville on Wednesday as students watched a one-of-a-kind volleyball matchup and heard a message aimed at building resilience and hope.ST. 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