Breaking News

Sports

'We move forward': WVU falls to UNC in CWS

Local Sports

OMAHA, Neb. — Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North Carolina’s Jake Schaffner on Sunday night. A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and fell off Kresser’s glove. All UNC runners were safe. “It just ate me up,” Kresser admitted afterwards. “It bounced and that was it.” What followed was even more disaster, as North Carolina pulled past West Virginia, 5-2, to advance to the national semifinals. Gavin Gallaher hit a shot ...

Scoreboard: Post 15 sweeps Moundsville

Local Sports

Parkersburg Post 15 sweeps Moundsville Game 1: Parkersburg 10, Moundsville 0 (6 inn.) M 000 000 — 0 4 1 P 132 202 — 10 11 2 WP: W. Boice 6 IP, 1 BB, 6 SO LP: D. Jones 3.2 IP, 5 BB, 1 SO Parkersburg hitting: C. McCartney 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; P. West 1-2, 3 Rs; E. Miller 1-3, 3 RBIs; N. Akers 1-1, 2 Rs, RBI Game 2: Parkersburg 13, Moundsville 4 P 001 215 4 — 13 17 0 M 220 000 0 — 4 3 2 WP: C. Cumpston 6 IP, 4 BB, 3 SO S. Menarchek 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO LP: R. Beveridge 5 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO Parkersburg hitting: C. Cumpston 3-4, 2B, 3 RBIs; S. ...

COLUMN: First innings to forget

Local Sports

HUNTINGTON — The first inning was not kind to Gilmer County and Ripley in their respective state championship games on Saturday. The Titans, who fell to Sherman 4-1 in the Class A final, walked the first four batters of the game en route to an early 2-0 deficit that they never recovered ...

Ripley's comeback bid falls short in state final

Local Sports

HUNTINGTON — Fourth-seeded Ripley’s run to a second consecutive Class AAA state championship was derailed here Saturday afternoon by No. 2 St. Albans as the Red Dragons won the school’s third title for head man Rick Whitman following an 11-3 victory. SAHS, which finished 32-5 and ...

WVU, UNC meet in College World Series

Local Sports

OMAHA, Neb. – Maybe it was destiny that led both West Virginia and North Carolina to the College World Series. Their paths to Charles Schwab Field were nearly identical, both filled with adversities faced and heroically overcome. The Mountaineers (46-15) had their moments in the regional round with two victories against Kentucky. First, there was a ninth-inning rally capped off by Paul Schoenfeld’s two-run home run. That was followed a day later by Armani Guzman’s walk-off base hit in the 10th inning. North Carolina (51-12-1) faced its drama in the super regionals against ...