PARKERSBURG — A two-run round-tripper by Parker Woods in the sixth inning was the only damage Parkersburg managed against Cabell Midland here Friday evening at City Park as the Knights left town with a 6-2 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory. The Knights (6-5, 3-2) of head man ...
PARKERSBURG - A football standout at West Virginia University who played in the NFL will be featured in a Parkersburg Homecoming Festival fundraiser this month, the Homecoming Committee has announced. Owen Schmitt, known as the Runaway Beer Truck, will be at the Homecoming Dinner and Silent ...
MORGANTOWN — Honor Huff, with the help of the free-throw line, refused to let West Virginia get crowned on Thursday. The Mountaineers also flashed some defense down the stretch against Stanford star freshman Ebuka Okorie. It all led to WVU’s 82-77 overtime victory against Stanford inside the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, in the opening round of the College Basketball Crown tournament. The Mountaineers (19-14) now advance to Saturday’s semifinals against either Rutgers or Creighton. The semifinal matchup tips off at 4 p.m., at the T-Mobile Arena. WVU was 3.5 seconds ...
BASEBALL *Easton Walker was 3 for 3 with a double and a run-batted-in while Carson Fluty added two hits and two RBIs in Parkersburg South’s 10-0 win over South Charleston. Ben Howell pitched five shutout innings with three strikeouts. SOFTBALL *Payten Mackey homered and drove in two runs while Annie Shelton struck out 17 batters over six shutout innings in Parkersburg South’s 8-0 win over Spring Valley. Shelton added a triple at the plate while Allison Curfman was 3 for 3 with a double. *Katelyn Valandingham and Maddie Hansell each drove in runs in Waterford’s 13-2 loss to Eastern.
CHARLESTON — George Washington couldn’t take on Spring Mills in the Class AAAA boys basketball state tournament championship game with Noah Lewis alone. Someone else had to step up and have a big game also, and the Patriots got that from Dominic Sprouse. GW's super sophomore scored 28 ...
MORGANTOWN — No. 13 West Virginia baseball starts its three-game series with No. 23 UCF on Friday, April 3, with the first pitch at 6:30 p.m., which is the second-straight weekend the Mountaineers are facing a ranked opponent. The Knights are the top team in the Big 12 at 8-1, which is a game ahead of WVU, and have an 18-8 record overall. Last week's series against Arizona State was nothing but fireworks. The Sun Devils have one of the best offenses in the Big 12 and by far the best hitter, Landon Hairston. Hairston went off and had a homer in all three games, but WVU's offense ...
