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 ...
COLUMN: Bring back souvenir programs to state tournaments
I, myself, am an avid Mountain State high school wrestling enthusiast. Every year I look forward to acquiring a souvenir program from the state tournament. This year I was informed that there would be no more programs sold at the state tournament. Asking why, I was told that the cost of printing the programs was too expensive, and now you could only visit the WVSSAC website to see a digital state program. Did you know that? I was very disappointed, and you should be disheartened by this change as well. In the past, the state wrestling tournament program cost five dollars, which was ...
Holes-In-One
McFarland Aces MCC Brian McFarland, of Marietta, got his second hole-in-one on hole No. 17 at Marietta Country Club. McFarland aced the 127-yard hole using a pitching wedge. Witnesses were Bill McFarland, “Coach” Joe Matheny and Scott Barrows. Sovil Aves GCWV Zack Sovil, of Parkersburg, recorded his first ever hole-in-one at the Golf Club of West Virginia. Sovil aced hole No. 12, a 135-yard par 3, using a sand wedge. The shot was witnessed by his playing partner Riley Garrison.
Road ends for Ritchie County softball
SOUTH CHARLESTON – Ritchie County could not take advantage of a second life. In an elimination game at Thursday’s WVSSAC State Softball Tournament at Little Creek Park, the Cavaliers from Greenbrier West turned what they thought was a game-ending double play in the bottom of the seventh inning. However, after cutting down the tying run on an infield grounder, on the attempt to double up Rindy Perkins running to first base the umpire ruled the fielder had pulled her foot off the bag – keeping the Rebels’ hopes alive. Trailing 6-5 with two outs, Perkins stole second base then ...