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More local thinclads grab All-Ohio honors

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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Over the weekend, three local track athletes from three different schools found themselves on the podium at the OHSAA state track championships at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium. Marietta junior Ian Putnam competed in the 3200 on Saturday, crossing in 9 minutes, 2.33 seconds to place third and make All-Ohio. Putnam’s time broke his own school record. Putnam was back at it on Sunday in the 1600. He clocked in a 4:31.38 to finish 16th. For the Warren Warriors, junior Mason Werry placed fourth in the 300 hurdles with a time of 38.74. Werry finished less than a ...

Scoreboard (6/8)

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SATURDAY At St. Marys High School GAME 1 Wheeling 6, Parkersburg 1 Wheeling 021 002 1 - 6 5 1 Parkersburg 100 000 0 - 1 6 2 WP: Aleks Zaneski 5IP, 4H, 1R, 0ER, 4BB, 10SO Andrew Murdock 2IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 0BB, 1SO LP: Peyton West 4IP, 4H, 3R, 3ER, 4BB, 4SO Eli Davis 3IP, 1H, 3R, 1ER, 2BB, 1SO Post 1 (1-0) hitting: Chris Upton 1-3, 3 RBIs; Murdock 1-2, 2 R, SB; Dom Fato 1-4 R; Nolan Yanchak 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Brody Groome 2 R; Cooper Kelly R Post 15 (1-1) hitting: CJ McCartney 1-3 R; Davis 2-3; Evan Swain 1-3; West SB; Wyatt Boice 1-3; Cooper Anderson ...

WVU clinches program's first appearance at College World Series

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GRANVILLE – The party began in the second inning Saturday, just seconds after Ben Lumsden sent a 362-foot defining statement into the visitor’s bullpen for a three-run home run. It was a celebration that stretched well beyond the confines of Kendrick Family Ballpark and well beyond the ...

A mix of highs and lows throughout WVU journey

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GRANVILLE — Before there was a wild celebration Saturday – the result of West Virginia adding a giant notation in the school’s athletic history books by advancing to the College World Series with a 17-1 victory against Cal Poly – there was a ton of doubt. Before there was Steve Sabins ...

Parkersburg Post 15 falls to Wheeling

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ST. MARYS — Two-time defending American Legion state champion Wheeling Post 1 opened its season here Saturday afternoon with a 6-1 victory against Parkersburg Post 15. Post 15, now 1-1 with a 1 p.m. doubleheader scheduled for today at City Park’s Bennett Stump Field versus ...

Gilmer County advances to state semifinals

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HUNTINGTON — Paul Fox’s two-run triple highlighted No. 5 Greater Beckley Christian’s three-run top of the first, but it was all Gilmer County after that as the fourth-seeded Titans rolled to a 10-3 Class A state quarterfinal victory here Saturday afternoon at Marshall University’s Jack ...