ST. MARYS — Two-time defending American Legion state champion Wheeling Post 1 opened its season here Saturday afternoon with a 6-1 victory against Parkersburg Post 15. Post 15, now 1-1 with a 1 p.m. doubleheader scheduled for today at City Park’s Bennett Stump Field versus ...
GRANVILLE – The party began in the second inning Saturday, just seconds after Ben Lumsden sent a 362-foot defining statement into the visitor’s bullpen for a three-run home run. It was a celebration that stretched well beyond the confines of Kendrick Family Ballpark and well beyond the possibly 3,000 others hugging and clapping up on the hill behind the stadium. It hit all the borders of West Virginia as hard as a Gavin Kelly barreled-up double to the gap and was as sweet as an Armani Guzman stolen base. The College World Series has been around since 1947. For the first time ...
GRANVILLE — West Virginia baseball had bases loaded and an out. The Mountaineers No. 9 hitter, Tyrus Hall, came up to the plate. Hall isn't known as a power hitter, and has only hit five all season before Friday afternoon. Hall sent the ball to the opposite field and hit a grand slam to ...
PARKERSBURG — A year after joining the girl's basketball program at Parkersburg High School as an assistant coach for Chris Murray, 1997 Big Red graduate Amy Way has moved up to the head chair. Twice as a player she won Class AAA state titles, finished runner-up once and now takes over a ...
PARKERSBURG — Parkersburg High School rising senior Dominic Way is off to Lima, Peru, as part of Team USA for the U23 Pan-American Championships, which get underway Thursday. Way, who competed last Saturday at the U23 Greco-Roman World Team Trials at SPIRE Academy in Geneva, Ohio, won his ...
WEST UNION — If Doddridge County felt like they belonged in the Class AA state tournament field, a convincing win in the Little Kanawha Conference Night of Champions final gave the Bulldogs credence. Less than two weeks previous to the LKC championship game, Williamstown and starting ...
