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South baseball falls to GW, 11-1

CHARLESTON — The Patriots won Tuesday night. That would be the George Washington Patriots, picking up a 11-1 win over the Parkersburg South Patriots in the Class AAAA South Region tournament at Floyd Wilcox Field in Charleston. George Washington scored 10 of its 11 runs between the third and fifth innings, including four in the fourth inning. Eli Smith and Ryan Anderson hit home runs, with Anderson clubbing a grand slam in the fourth. Anderson's home run extended GW's lead to 8-1. "It was a tight game up until that, then, on two swings, it's a seven-run swing for us there," GW ...

PHS baseball drops regional game to Huntington, 5-4

HUNTINGTON – It is tournament time in the Mountain State, and Huntington used a three-run sixth inning to come from behind to beat Parkersburg 5-4 on Highlander Mountaintop to advance to the winners bracket of the double-elimination Class AAAA South Region baseball tournament. “We did just enough to win that ball game,” Highlanders coach John Dennison said. Dennison was excited about Huntington's Jamie Legg’s performance on the mound as the starting pitcher. Legg collected seven strikeouts while allowing only two earned runs as he demonstrated great control with his off-speed ...

Scoreboard (5/19)

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Class A, Region IV Winner's bracket final Man 6, Gilmer County 3 #4 Man 000 303 0 - 6 8 1 #1 GCHS 100 100 1 - 3 9 1 LP: Kenley Hartshorn 7IP, 8H, 6R, 5ER, 2BB, 9SO Gilmer County (29-2) hitting: Alexis Stoddard R, 2 SB; Kaelyn Mullins 1-4 R, 2B; Paige Montgomery 1-3 R; Ari White 2-3 RBI; Erin Stoddard 2-3; Emeri Hickman 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Hartshorn 1-4 Note: Man advances to the state tournament. Division VII District Semifinals Frontier 13, Bridgeport 5 F 002 043 4 — 13 11 3 B 030 020 0 — 5 10 1 WP: Mikayla Bennett 7 ...

Hole-In-One

Russ Montgomery, of Parkersburg, recorded a hole-in-one at Oxbow Golf Course. He used a pitching wedge to ace hole No. 4, a 105-yard par 3. Montgomery’s hole-in-one was witnessed by Scott Perry, Don Pottmeyer and Charlie Gragg.

Proper sendoff to ‘The Hank’ as South defeats Woodrow Wilson, 14-1

PARKERSBURG – Parkersburg South baseball gave Hank Greenburg Field a proper sendoff. With the Patriots getting ready to move into a new ballpark at Erickson All-Sports Facility next season, they entered the postseason phase of their season Monday with a 14-1 win in five innings over ...

Weighing in on WVU’s most important positions

MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez has done a lot this offseason for West Virginia football to help keep his promise and make the Mountaineers competitive once again. That wasn’t the case in Year 1, finishing with a 4-8 record. There were times when WVU was competitive, but much of the season was spent getting rolled by Big 12 teams. Rodriguez brought in another decent-sized transfer class, a massive, almost 50-kid high school recruiting class, and even hired some new coaches to try and make Year 2 trend in the right direction. However, some of the most important pieces on the ...