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West Virginia baseball claims 7-4 victory over Arizona

MORGANTOWN — No. 13 West Virginia completed its road trip through the state of Arizona on Tuesday night by manufacturing its way to a 7-4 victory over Big 12 foe Arizona in a nonconference game inside Hi Corbett Field in Tucson. The Mountaineers (20-5) were limited to just five hits and stranded 11 runners on base, but still earned their 31st consecutive season with at least 20 victories – not including the COVID-19 season of 2020. Getting there required solid pitching and then taking advantage of an Arizona pitching staff that walked 10 and plunked two more WVU batters. One of ...

Pioneer softball team splits twinbill with Denison

GRANVILLE — Marietta College split a nonconference softball doubleheader at Denison University Tuesday afternoon. The Pioneers won game one, 6-4, while Denison took the second game, 1-0. Marietta is now 13-9 on the season. Denison moves to 8-12 overall. The Pioneers held off a late charge by the Big Red in game one. Marietta jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Adisson Heath drove in Cam Campbell, who reached on an error, with a sac bunt. Becca Streets plated the second run with an infield ground ball. Marietta scored single runs in ...

‘A little short’: PHS falls to Warren, 8-6

PARKERSBURG — Jayda Murray and Danica Gates had three hits apiece and Gracie Adams worked four innings with five punchouts here Tuesday afternoon at Larry Allen Field to help lead Warren to an 8-6 victory versus Parkersburg. The Big Reds, who got three hits from Kendall Kimes and a ...

Cadets create chaos, blank Tigers 5-0

The Fort Frye way of creating chaos for opposing teams was at its finest while defeating Marietta 5-0 on Tuesday. A Marietta baserunner was picked off at first and the Tigers were caught napping when Fort Frye called for a delayed double steal and added to what was a one-run ...

Sancomb repeats as double-A all-state captain

WHEELING — Last year seemed like it would be hard to top for Wheeling Central’s Eli Sancomb, who averaged 25.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.6 steals per game in his junior season, helping Wheeling Central to a Class AA state championship. That proved only to be the warmup for ...