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MOV Baseball/Softball Leaders

SOFTBALL AVERAGE .655 – Krista Durkin (PHS); .608 – Allia Rush (Morgan);.582 – Rocklyn Marcum (Ritchie);.571 – Rylie White (Eastern); .551 – Aedre Ault (Eastern);.529 – Kenley Hartshorn (Gilmer); .523 - Audrey Reynolds (Wahama); .517 – Ashlynn Thomas (Eastern); .514 – Brylee McGrady (St. Marys); .506 – Jayda Murray (Warren) HOME RUNS 9 – Allia Rush (Morgan); 8 – Ashlynn Thomas (Eastern); 7 – Makayla Mumaw (Cwell);6 – Mikayla Bennett (Frontier), Annie Shelton (South), Breighlee Moracco (Cwell); 5 – Keeley Barrows (Frontier), Abby Miller (Marietta), Jayda ...

Big 12 football coaches favor 24-team playoff format

This week, the Big 12 Conference had meetings for several sports, including women's and men's basketball and football. All three of West Virginia's coaches for those three sports were representatives for the coaches for the conference. Some of the biggest topics came after the football meetings. Rich Rodriguez is the Chair of the Big 12 Coaches Committee, and was the speaking voice for how the meeting between all of the coaches went. Most of the press conference was taken up by Texas Tech head coach Joey McGuire, representing the Big 12 Champions. He answered questions regarding ...

All-East District Baseball

All-East District Baseball Teams Local Honorees Division V First Team: Witten Schaad, Morgan Second Team: Aaron Baker, Morgan; McGuire Winner, Morgan Honorable Mention: Lucas Huger, Morgan Division VI Coach of the Year: Trey Engle, Fort Frye Pitcher of the Year: Grady Hesson First Team: Kainan Bradford, Fort Frye; Grady Hesson, Fort Frye; Preston Binegar, Monroe Central; Mason Landefeld, Monroe Central; Caedyn Silva, Monroe Central; Cameron Sidwell, Caldwell; Jake Laswell, Caldwell; Kyler Starr, Caldwell Second Team: Jack McCurdy, Fort Frye; Chatum Courson, Fort Frye; Caleb ...

Pike Street Lanes team sets state record

COLUMN: Enjoying the trek

The Mountain State has survived its first track meet with the new four classification system. I was wondering how things were going to go last weekend in Charleston and it appears, for the most part, there were overall positive views. Although I've seen people complaining about the extra length of the meet after adding Class AAAA, one of the other issues for some was how tight the team canopy side under the bleachers was in relation to getting around to the bathrooms or concessions. I can definitely attest to it being a little crowded back there and I also can see the point of those ...

Ripley ready to make another run at state

RIPLEY — It appears as though all the pieces are in place for the Ripley baseball program of skipper Shane Casto to make a run at defending their Class AAA state championship. Things already have been different this year as the Vikings had to deal with injuries during the regular ...