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Buttrey runner-up at Jr. Girls Match Play event

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VIENNA – Neither Williamstown’s Madilyn Buttrey and Ellie West from Wheeling would budge down the final few holes of Sunday’s Girls Junior Match Play Championship at Parkersburg Country Club. After the two girls were all square for five straight holes, West’s par on the 18th hole proved to be the difference in a 1-up victory over Buttrey. On Saturday, both Buttrey and Kanzie Armstrong of Belmont passed their first test in the quarterfinal round. After winning four of the first six holes, Buttrey eased past Alexis Green of Charleston 6 & 5. Armstrong, on the other hand, ...

No. 15 WVU sweeps three from No. 7 Kansas

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West Virginia, you’ve got yourself an interesting weekend coming up, one that could lead the 15th-ranked Mountaineers to a second consecutive Big 12 championship and the top seed in the conference tournament. All of it courtesy of an impressive three-game sweep of No. 7 Kansas inside Hoglund Ballpark in Lawrence, Kan. that was completed Sunday with a dominating 13-2 victory by the Mountaineers. The game ended after eight innings due to the mercy rule. No. 15 WVU (35-12, 19-8 Big 12), which will surely move up in the national rankings when the polls are released Monday, will now ...

Cadets win showdown with Shamrocks, 6-1

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BEVERLY — In a Saturday afternoon showdown pitting clubs with identical 16-5 records against one another, it was Fort Frye which prevailed over Barnesville 6-1. The Cadets made sure the game, which had a good crowd and a bit of a tournament atmosphere, was played despite some overnight ...

Patriots outlast Warriors, 2-1, in 10

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VINCENT — Asher Prunty had his first career four-hit performance, Carter Fluty came through with the game-winning run-batted-in and Parkersburg South stopped a four-game skid thanks to the solid pitching of Branson Linville and Peyton West here Saturday afternoon as the Patriots outlasted ...

PHS girls runner-up, boys 3rd at MSACs

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PARKERSBURG — It was all Huntington here Friday inside the Erickson All-Sports Facility during the Mountain State Athletic Conference championships as the Highlanders claimed both team crowns for the fifth straight spring. The HHS girls of Justin Cox, who was named the MSAC Coach of the ...

Ex-Mountaineer Harrison makes WNBA roster

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It's been two months since guard Jordan Harrison led West Virginia women's basketball to a Big 12 Championship. She was named the player of the tournament for her craftiness on both ends of the court. Then, Harrison helped the Mountaineers host an NCAA Tournament Regional and win the first ...