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Mid-Ohio Valley Prep Baseball/Softball Statistical Leaders

SOFTBALL AVERAGE .655 – Krista Durkin (PHS) .608 – Allia Rush (Morgan) .582 – Rocklyn Marcum (Ritchie) .571 – Rylie White (Eastern) .551 – Aedre Ault (Eastern) .529 – Kenley Hartshorn (Gilmer) .523 - Audrey Reynolds (Wahama) .517 – Ashlynn Thomas (Eastern) .514 – Brylee McGrady (St. Marys) .506 – Jayda Murray (Warren) .500 – Danica Gates (Warren) .484 – Kaelyn Mullins (Gilmer), Ana Shutts (Warren) .481 – Breighlee Moracco (Cwell), Brooke DeHaven (Dodd), Erin Stoddard (Gilmer) .478 – Braylynn Bonnette (Warren), Addy Stewart ...

COLUMN: Enjoying the trek

The Mountain State has survived its first track meet with the new four classification system. I was wondering how things were going to go last weekend in Charleston and it appears, for the most part, there were overall positive views. Although I've seen people complaining about the extra length of the meet after adding Class AAAA, one of the other issues for some was how tight the team canopy side under the bleachers was in relation to getting around to the bathrooms or concessions. I can definitely attest to it being a little crowded back there and I also can see the point of those ...

Mountaineers kick off NCAA tournament with win

GRANVILLE – Perhaps Ben Lumsden is just made for the spotlight of the NCAA tournament. West Virginia’s senior outfielder would never admit to that, in fact he kind of played the moment off Friday. Still, it was a heck of a moment for Lumsden to try and make routine. In the opening game ...

COLUMN: Bring back souvenir programs to state tournaments

I, myself, am an avid Mountain State high school wrestling enthusiast. Every year I look forward to acquiring a souvenir program from the state tournament. This year I was informed that there would be no more programs sold at the state tournament. Asking why, I was told that the cost of printing the programs was too expensive, and now you could only visit the WVSSAC website to see a digital state program. Did you know that? I was very disappointed, and you should be disheartened by this change as well. In the past, the state wrestling tournament program cost five dollars, which was ...

Pike Street Lanes team sets state record

Big 12 football coaches favor 24-team playoff format

This week, the Big 12 Conference had meetings for several sports, including women's and men's basketball and football. All three of West Virginia's coaches for those three sports were representatives for the coaches for the conference. Some of the biggest topics came after the football meetings. Rich Rodriguez is the Chair of the Big 12 Coaches Committee, and was the speaking voice for how the meeting between all of the coaches went. Most of the press conference was taken up by Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, representing the Big 12 Champions. He answered questions regarding ...