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Mountaineers fall to Horned Frogs, 4-0

GRANVILLE – That thud you may have heard coming out of Kendrick Family Ballpark on Friday night was WVU’s chances of winning a Big 12 championship hitting a brick wall. The pinging noise you heard was the reason why. TCU’s Preston Gamster, Kyuss Gargett and Noah Franco all hit solo home runs – a total of 1,191 feet of them – and Horned Frogs starter Lance Davis hurled a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 victory. The loss – just the second time the ninth-ranked Mountaineers (36-13, 20-9 Big 12) have been held scoreless this season – put a severe clamp on WVU’s chances ...

PHS, Williamstown boys advance to state finals

CHARLESTON – Right on cue, ‘The Closer’ delivered. Parkersburg’s Isaac “The Closer” Stephens shook off an apparent leg injury and won his match at No. 4 singles to send the Big Reds into Saturday’s Division I championship match for the team portion of the state tennis ...

COLUMN: Enjoying athletics

Sports are great for a lot of reasons. Student-athletes at all levels get to experience the ups and downs of the wins and losses while also learning what it's like to work as a team toward a goal. At least for this scribe, the best part without question when going to cover something is not knowing what's going to happen. Last week was definitely interesting on several fronts with the first one being able to take in St. Albans' Brogan Samms throwing a no-hitter against Parkersburg. If not for a four-pitch walk to Big Red Noah Holland, the Red Dragon Samms would've had a perfect ...

Tigers knock off Bulldogs in district opener

THE PLAINS, Ohio — With Thursday’s 5-3 win over Athens in the Division III district tournament, Marietta softball is back on the map in Southeast Ohio. “We put everybody on notice in our district,” said MHS head coach Jon Pollard. Abby Miller went the distance in the pitcher’s circle and was 2 for 4 with three runs-batted-in at the plate to lead the way for the Tigers. Marietta advanced to the district semifinals and will take on either Sheridan or Washington Court House at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Logan. After starting the season 2-5, the Tigers have won 15 of their last 21 ...

High School Track Regionals (5/14)

Class AA, Region I at Doddridge County GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Williamstown 183, Tyler Consolidated 142, Doddridge County 140, Weir 117, Oak Glen 54, Ravenswood 25 100: Katie Grimm (T) 13.27, Kamryn Mallas (W) 13.30, Maggie Johnson (WT) 13.46*, Andi Fiber (T) 13.52*, Audrey Lefebure (WT) 13.87, Aleena Johnson (WT) 13.96, Abby Richards (DC) 14.15 200: Payton Trent (DC) 27.09, Andi Fiber (T) 27.30, Katie Grimm (T) 27.70*, Brooke DeHaven (DC) 27.86*, Rachel Lazear (W) 27.96*, Adrienne Clausell (W) 28.71*, Taylor Bodkin (DC) 29.72, Taya Weekley (T) 29.80 400: Riley Sotomayor (R) 59.87, ...

Hole-In-One

Brian Hayhurst, of Parkersburg, recorded his sixth ever hole-in-one Thursday at the Golf Club of West Virginia. Hayhurst aced hole No. 18 with his pitching wedge. The shot was witnessed by Sam Tanner, Rodney Drain and Greg Wilson.