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PHS girls runner-up, boys 3rd at MSACs

PARKERSBURG — It was all Huntington here Friday inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility during the Mountain State Athletic Conference championships as the Highlanders claimed both team crowns for the fifth straight spring. The HHS girls of Justin Cox, who was named the MSAC Coach of the ...

Multiple meet records fall at LKC track championships

SPENCER — The Doddridge County boys left little doubt, while Williamstown emerged from a balanced girls field to capture track and field championships during Friday’s Little Kanawha Conference Meet at Roane County High School. On the boys side, Doddridge County won eight of a possible 18 events and produced additional high placers while scoring 194 points. Williamstown followed as runner-up with 92 points, while Wahama took third with 80 points. Anchoring the Bulldogs’ depth were Tommy Walters-Hickman and Jerod Trent, who were both double-winners. Walters-Hickman won the long ...

Bounceback win: Big Reds shake off no-no, beat Tigers 11-3

PARKERSBURG — Tomorrow’s a new day — that’s the beautiful thing about baseball. Twenty-four hours after being no-hit in a 10-0 loss to St. Albans, Parkersburg High righted the ship with an 11-3 win over Marietta Friday at Bennett Stump Field. Gavin Fling set the tone for the Big ...

South baseball falls to Fort Frye

BEVERLY — Every high school baseball team hopes to be playing their best ball at the end of the season with tournament baseball just around the corner. The Fort Frye Cadets have played pretty good baseball all season long but may well be saving their best for last after downing the ...

Mountaineers take game one of three-game showdown with Jayhawks

MORGANTOWN — Maxx Yehl needed another X in his first name Friday night. He was simply that filthy. In what will likely go down as one of the top WVU pitching performances of the season, Yehl held down a potent Kansas lineup to the tune of just one run over a complete nine innings, as the 15th-ranked Mountaineers took Game 1 of the three-game showdown, 4-1, against the seventh-ranked Jayhawks. Yehl threw 124 pitches inside Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan. His final one was a fastball that registered at 93 that blew past Augusto Mungarrieta for Yehl’s ninth strikeout of the ...

Scoreboard (5/8)

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Tyler Consolidated 7, Ravenswood 6 (11 inn.) RAV 213 000 000 00 – 6 8 2 TC 000 021 300 01 – 7 10 0 WP: Davis 2.0IP 0H 0R 0ER 0BB 2SO Miller (starter) 7.0IP 4H 2R 2ER 3BB 19SO Neff 2.0IP 4H 4R 4ER 4BB 2SO LP: Wolfe 3.1IP 2H 1R 1ER 3BB 4SO Casto (starter) 7.1IP 8H 6R 6ER 3BB 6SO Leading hitters Ravenswood: Casto 1-6, 2B, RBI; Wolfe 1-5, 2B, 2 runs; Akers 1-5, 2B; Anderson 2-4, 3B, run, 2 RBIs; Rhodes 1-5, RBI; Hupp 1-4; Hickman run; Adkins run; Pursley 1-5, 2B, run, 2 RBIs Tyler Consolidated (13-15): Neff 3-6, HR, 3 runs, 2 RBIs; Davis 1-5; ...