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Youth Track

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Boys Elementary Track Results At Parkersburg High School Team Scores (10-Under): 1. Williamstown 47 1. Blennerhassett 47 3. Emerson 25 4. Mineral Wells 24 5. Lubeck 21 6. Criss 19 7. Madison 18 8. Greenmont 17 9. Jefferson 13 10. Kanawha 12 11. Neale 11 12. Gihon 8 13. Vienna 6 14. Parkersburg Christian 3 15. Franklin 2 Boys 50 Meter Dash 10-Under Finals 1, Cayson Lyons, WTOWN, 7.92. 2, Keigan Johnson, MAD, 8.26. 3, Axton Johnson, NEA, 8.38. 4, Trace Owens, CRI, 8.52. 5, Maverick Shank, BLEN, 8.60. 6, Asa Tisdale, PCH, 8.85. 7, Jayceon Nesbitt, EMER, 9.12. 8, Julian Betoncourt, ...

Warren-Marietta baseball suspended in extras due to darkness

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MARIETTA — For the second time in less than 10 days, the Marietta Tigers spotted their arch-rival Warren Warriors a big lead only to come roaring back to even things up or take the lead. Last week in Vincent the Tigers rallied all the way back from a 10-run deficit to stun the Warriors ...

Four WVU pitchers combine to stifle Penn State

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MORGANTOWN — Paul Schoenfeld provided the power and Gavin Kelly provided the sacrifice fly, but it was WVU’s pitching that handed the 15th-ranked Mountaineers a 3-1 victory against struggling Penn State on Wednesday inside Meritus Park in Hagerstown, Md. Aside from a solo home run given up in the second inning, four WVU pitchers combined to allow just three hits and no runs otherwise with only one Penn State base runner reaching third base the rest of the game. It all spelled out another midweek win for WVU (25-8), which improved to 6-0 in midweek games this season. Meanwhile, ...

Big Reds avoid shutout in loss to Redskins

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PARKERSBURG — Brodee Lucas was a batter away from a shutout here Tuesday evening at Bennett Stump Field inside City Park as Hurricane secured an 8-1 victory versus Parkersburg to remain unbeaten in Mountain State Athletic Conference play. The defending Class quad-A state champions of ...

Spring Sports Stars (4/14)

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BASEBALL *Reese Davis pitched a complete-game shutout with seven strikeouts in Tyler Consolidated’s 3-0 win over St. Marys. Davis also drove in two of the Silver Knights’ three runs. SOFTBALL *Rocklyn Marcum struck out nine batters over three hitless innings in Ritchie County’s 18-0 win over Williamstown. She was also 4 for 4 at the plate with a triple, a double, four runs scored, three runs driven in and three stolen bases. *Zoey Smithberger pitched a complete game with five strikeouts and also scored two runs in Waterford’s 6-5 win over Belpre. Vada Stout and Kaylee ...

‘Experience of a lifetime’ for PHS student

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PARKERSBURG — The jersey alone was better than sliced bread. Yet, more exciting news was yet to come. In front of more than 75 students and faculty members inside the Parkersburg High School library on Tuesday morning, PHS senior Jacob Smith — a.k.a. Atlanta Falcons Super Fan — ...