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WVU plays long ball in series sweep

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Tyrus Hall’s blast landed on the building of the ticket office out in left field, while Gavin Kelly sent another one 425 feet to deep center. For a split second, the shot appeared as if it was going to sail over the blue batter’s eye. Sean Smith followed with a third home run – all of them coming in the eighth inning Sunday – as No. 18 WVU completed a three-game sweep of Kansas State with 13-6 victory inside Kendrick Family Ballpark. “I’ve been struggling at the plate a little bit,” said Hall, whose shot to left field traveled 419 feet. “It was a lefty who came in, ...

WVU’s Schoenfield answers at the next level

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By Paul Schoenfeld’s own admission, the moment first hit him last fall. It was the sudden realization that baseball isn’t some universal game where stepping into the batter’s box at one level was the same at another level. “The fall was a really big learning curve for me,” the ...

Scoreboard (5/5)

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HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS Class AA/A, Region I At City Park, Parkersburg Team Competition Girls Quarterfinals: Wheeling Central def. Weir; Oak Glen def. St. Marys; Ravenswood def. East Fairmont. Williamstown received a bye. Semifinals: Oak Glen def. Ravenswood; Williamstown def. Wheeling Central Championship: Williamstown def. Oak Glen Boys Quarterfinals: Ravenswood def. Parkersburg Catholic; Weir def. North Marion. Wheeling Central and Williamstown received a bye. Semifinals: Williamstown def. Ravenswood; Wheeling Central, def. Weir Championship: Williamstown def. ...

Freshman's homer lifts Fort Frye past Waterford, 5-4

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BEVERLY – It was a night to celebrate their seniors as the Fort Frye Cadets played host to the Waterford Wildcats Monday night in the second game of the season between the two but it was a freshman who played the role of hero. Cadet freshman Madeline Morgenstern’s two-run home run in ...

Scoreboard (5/3)

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Tudor's Biscuit World Relays at Laidley Field BOYS AA/A TEAM SCORES (14 of 18 events completed): Doddridge County 185.5, Buffalo 75, Charleston Catholic 68, Independence 57, Sissonville 44, Clay County 35.5, South Point 25, Roane County 23, Wayne 12, Calhoun County 7, Scott 4 Local Placers 100: 1. Tommy Walters-Hickman (DC) 10.75, 2. Jerod Trent (DC) 10.99 200: 1. Tommy Walters-Hickman (DC) 22.31, 2. Jerod Trent (DC) 22.56, 8. Jacob Riffle (DC) 24.17 400: 1. Tommy Walters-Hickman (DC) 50.04, 2. Jerod Trent (DC) 51.29 1600: 5. Cory Swentzel (DC) 4:52.45 3200: 5. Cory ...