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Bats come alive as Fort Frye defeats Waterford, 10-3

WATERFORD – The first four innings of Friday night’s rivalry showdown between visiting Fort Frye and the Waterford Wildcats was a pretty good pitchers duel between Fort Frye’s Elle Casto and Waterford’s Zoey Smithberger. Then all of the sudden the Fort Frye bats came to life and ...

Texas Tech shuts down WVU offense in 4-1 win

West Virginia came out on the wrong end of a pitchers’ duel Saturday, as Texas Tech held the 17th-ranked Mountaineers to just seven hits in a 4-1 victory inside Rip Griffin Park in Lubbock, Texas. The three-game series is now tied with Sunday’s 2 p.m. game serving as the clincher. It was somewhat an unexpected duel between WVU’s Maxx Yehl and Texas Tech’s Jackson Burns, considering the Red Raiders (20-14, 6-8 Big 12) came into the series with the worst team ERA in the Big 12 at 7.30, while Yehl was the Big 12’s leader with a 2.30 ERA. Still, both teams went through six ...

High School Track

St. Marys Invitational GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Warren 156; Williamstown 108; Doddridge County 73.5; Tyler Consolidated 70; Ripley 53.5; St. Marys 53; Wheeling Central Catholic 52; Clay-Battelle 38.5; Ritchie County 22; Valley (Wetzel) 22; Wahama 18; South Harrison 17.5; Wirt County 10; Magnolia 8. Individual placers 100: Ally Jefferson (Wheeling Central) 13.02; Emma Parker (Warren) 13.23; Laken Dawson (Valley Wetzel) 13.23; Maggie Johnson (Williamstown) 13.27; Juliana Huffman (Warren) 13.31; Payton Trent (Doddridge County) 13.43; Audrey Lefebure (Williamstown) 13.54; Aleena Johnson ...

Fieldhouse Cage Fights

Fieldhouse Cage Fights 3/NLC Fight Night 44 at Parkersburg High School's Memorial Fieldhouse Results AB: Conner Blessing (1-2) won via UD vs. Balin Luft (1-1) AB: Jesse Fuller (1-0) won via TKO (1st) vs. Eric Workman (2-2) AB: Esther Hardy-Sims (3-2) won via TKO (2nd) vs. Kasi Riddle ...

Local Schedule

Monday, April 13 High School Baseball: St. Marys at Magnolia, 5 p.m.: Parkersburg South at Marietta; Williamstown at Fort Frye, 5 p.m.; Wahama at Ritchie County, 5 p.m.; Waterford at Meigs; Frontier at Federal Hocking High School Softball: Parkersburg at Williamstown, 5 p.m.; South Harrison at Gilmer County, 6 p.m.; Magnolia at Wirt County, 5 p.m.; Marietta at Federal Hocking; Warren at Fort Frye, 5 p.m.; Waterford at Meigs; Belpre at Frontier High School Tennis: Hurricane at Parkersburg; St. Marys at North Marion, 5 p.m.

Detroit eliminated from playoff picture

DETROIT (AP) — Jesper Bratt's scored his second goal with 3:34 left in the third period, helping the New Jersey Devils eliminate the Detroit Red Wings from the NHL playoff picture with a 5-3 win on Saturday. Detroit extended the league's longest active postseason drought, dating to the 2016 season when the franchise earned a berth for the 25th consecutive season in what was a remarkable run that included four Stanley Cup championships. The Red Wings were in a playoff position for 148 days of the season, according to Sportradar, to raise expectations higher than they've been ...