Breaking News

Local Sports

‘We move forward’: WVU falls to UNC in CWS

OMAHA, Neb. — Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North Carolina’s Jake Schaffner on Sunday night. A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and fell off Kresser’s glove. All UNC runners were safe. “It just ate me up,” Kresser admitted afterwards. “It bounced and that was it.” What followed was even more disaster, as North Carolina pulled past West Virginia, 5-2, to advance to the national semifinals. Gavin Gallaher hit a shot ...

Gyorko soaking in Mountaineers’ run

OMAHA, Neb. – During his eight-year career in the major leagues, Jedd Gyorko played in some of the finest and history-driven baseball cathedrals in the nation. Dodgers Stadium has more than twice the capacity of Charles Schwab Field, where WVU (46-15) will continue its march through history at 7 p.m. Sunday to face North Carolina in a winner’s bracket game of the College World Series. The newer Yankees Stadium may no longer be the House that Ruth Built, but the lore of the Sultan of Swat, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio are still present. Gyorko played there, too. That didn’t ...

Scoreboard: Post 15 sweeps Moundsville

Parkersburg Post 15 sweeps Moundsville Game 1: Parkersburg 10, Moundsville 0 (6 inn.) M 000 000 — 0 4 1 P 132 202 — 10 11 2 WP: W. Boice 6 IP, 1 BB, 6 SO LP: D. Jones 3.2 IP, 5 BB, 1 SO Parkersburg hitting: C. McCartney 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; P. West 1-2, 3 Rs; E. Miller 1-3, 3 RBIs; N. Akers 1-1, 2 Rs, RBI Game 2: Parkersburg 13, Moundsville 4 P 001 215 4 — 13 17 0 M 220 000 0 — 4 3 2 WP: C. Cumpston 6 IP, 4 BB, 3 SO S. Menarchek 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO LP: R. Beveridge 5 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO Parkersburg hitting: C. Cumpston 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; S. ...

Ripley’s comeback bid falls short in state final

HUNTINGTON — Fourth-seeded Ripley’s run to a second consecutive Class AAA state championship was derailed here Saturday afternoon by No. 2 St. Albans as the Red Dragons won the school’s third title for head man Rick Whitman following an 11-3 victory. SAHS, which finished 32-5 and ...

COLUMN: First innings to forget

HUNTINGTON — The first inning was not kind to Gilmer County and Ripley in their respective state championship games on Saturday. The Titans, who fell to Sherman 4-1 in the Class A final, walked the first four batters of the game en route to an early 2-0 deficit that they never recovered ...

Titans fall to Tide in Class A state final

HUNTINGTON — Gilmer County’s bid for the program’s second state championship came to an end in the Class A state finals. The fourth-seeded Titans, who have relied on pitching and defense throughout the year, walked six batters, including the first four of the game, and committed three ...