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Parkersburg Post 15 triumphant over Clarksburg

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CLARKSBURG — Parkersburg Post 15 was victorious over Clarksburg Post 13 by a score of 6-1 on Tuesday. Eli Davis pitched five innings for Parkersburg, working around seven walks to earn the win. He allowed just one run on two hits and struck out five batters. CJ McCartney pitched the final two innings. He fanned two batters and did allow a hit or issue a free pass. McCartney, Davis and Wyatt Boice drove in a run apiece in the third inning to stake Post 15 to a 3-0 lead. Post 15 added three more runs in the fifth, with Cam Cumpston bringing in a pair of runs on a two-run triple and ...

Lumsden provides spark for WVU in postseason

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In the summer of 2023, Ben Lumsden entered the transfer portal, leaving U.T. Arlington after a season. Lumsden started in 51 games at third base for the Mavericks, and he led the team in home runs with 11. Head coach Steve Sabins saw the tape and knew the player and person he was, and just ...

No-doubter sparks Logan past Doddridge, 10-3

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HUNTINGTON – A member of the Logan baseball team who is making football his career path created the loudest impact in a Class AA state quarterfinal game with Doddridge County. Monday afternoon for the WVSSAC State Baseball Tournament at Jack Cook Field on the campus of Marshall University, Rob Ball’s second-inning, two-run homer in the bottom of the second inning erased a 2-0 deficit and the fifth-seeded Bulldogs never recovered while losing 10-3. “We played well – we came out a little tight, Doddridge is a heck of a ballclub,” Logan coach Kevin Gertz said after his ...

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 ...