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PHS, South set for 4A state track meet

PARKERSBURG — It's nearly go-time for the state track meet set for Friday and Saturday at the University of Charleston's Laidley Field, which for the first time will see four classifications competing for individual and team glory. The Parkersburg boys of head coach Rod O'Donnell, who ...

COLUMN: Enjoying the ride

There’s a running joke about track meets at the Erickson All-Sports Facility. If the EASF is the host site, there’s a good chance Mother Nature is going to be in the mix. Turning the clock back to Saturday afternoon at Don Godbey Fields, the Parkersburg South softball team of head man Tim Burch had to deal with some pesky rain en route to reaching the state softball tournament for the first time since 2012 when current athletics director Jennifer Null guided the Patriots to a Class AAA state runner-up finish. The Patriots, who are in year one of Class AAAA, have put together ...

All-LKC Softball

2026 LKC ALL CONFERENCE Softball 1st Team Pitcher (3): Kenley Hartshorn (Gilmer), Rocklyn Marcum (Ritchie), Gracie Banks (Wahama) Catcher (2): Emeri Hickman (Gilmer), Brylee McGrady (St Marys) Infield (5): Paige Montgomery (Gilmer), Raylee Zirkle (Wahama), Brooke Dehaven (Doddridge), Riley Myers (South Harrison), Avery Helbig (Roane) Outfield (4): Audrey Reynolds (Wahama), Kaelyn Mullins (Gilmer), Cami Samples (Buffalo), Alyssa Winland (St. Marys) Utility (3): Chelsie Jeffrey (Ritchie), Brooklyn Morton (Clay), Layna Whited (Ravenswood) Player of the year: Kenley Hartshorn ...

Williamstown holds on to beat Ravenswood to stay alive

WILLIAMSTOWN — Lately, when Ravenswood and Williamstown hook up in a boys athletic event expect quirky. Tuesday night in a Class AA, Region I elimination baseball game, a one-hour rain and lightning delay with Ravenswood leading 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning didn’t phase ...

No home track, no problem for Calhoun, Wirt

PARKERSBURG — Despite not having a track and field complex of their own, Class A, Region IV Little Kanawha Conference programs Wirt County and Calhoun County are more than excited about this week's state meet in Charleston. “It's been a pretty good year so far,” said Tiger head ...

Wildcats advance to district semifinals

WATERFORD — The Waterford Wildcats were declared a 7-0 winner Tuesday evening in a weather-shortened Division VI district quarterfinal against the visiting Ripley Blue Jays. The game was called in the bottom of the second inning due to lightning in the area and it was then decided by both coaches to go ahead and pull the plug on the game and declare the Wildcats the victors over the winless Jays. The Wildcats batted around in the opening inning as they scored six times. A two-run triple by senior Braun Doak, an RBI-double by Henry Huffman and a run-scoring single off the bat of ...