CHARLESTON — Ripley senior Jackson Curry tried his best to suppress his emotions. When the right-hander struck out Frankfort’s Lane Lease for the final out of the Vikings’ 5-0 Class AAA state championship victory Saturday at GoMart Park, he could no longer hold back the tears. “I ...

BATON ROUGE, La. -- Even on a day with a heat index of 103 degrees, it snowballed quickly for the 24th-ranked West Virginia baseball team. The Mountaineers led 1-0 in the fourth inning of Game 1 of the Baton Rouge Super Regional, but seven runs in the span of as many batters turned the series ...

CHARLESTON — It’s been over two decades since the Ripley Vikings last appeared in a state title game. The Vikings earned a spot in Saturday’s Class AAA final after shutting out the Winfield Generals, 10-0, in five innings on Friday at GoMart Ballpark in Charleston. The two teams met ...

ST. MARYS – It was all Ohio Friday night in the 30th annual Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Football Classic at Bill Hanlin Field in St. Marys. Former Marietta Tiger Seth Britton rushed for a pair of touchdowns and the Ohio defense completely shut down the Mountaineer squad en route to a ...

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The West Virginia University athletic spirit has always been that of the underdog trying to scratch and claw its way to the top. Didn’t ever really matter how good they had gotten. Whether they had Jerry West or Sam Huff out there on the field; whether it was Major ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A pair of Warren Warriors found themselves on the All-Ohio podium together during Friday’s OHSAA state track championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Junior Sydney Starcher cleared 5 feet, 4 inches in the high jump to place fifth while teammate Amanda Rauch, a ...