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West Virginia baseball claims 7-4 victory over Arizona

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MORGANTOWN — No. 13 West Virginia completed its road trip through the state of Arizona on Tuesday night by manufacturing its way to a 7-4 victory over Big 12 foe Arizona in a nonconference game inside Hi Corbett Field in Tucson. The Mountaineers (20-5) were limited to just five hits and stranded 11 runners on base, but still earned their 31st consecutive season with at least 20 victories – not including the COVID-19 season of 2020. Getting there required solid pitching and then taking advantage of an Arizona pitching staff that walked 10 and plunked two more WVU batters. One of ...

Spring Sports Stars

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BASEBALL *Belpre’s AJ Copen struck out 10 batters over innings and went 3 for 4 at the plate with four runs scored and three runs driven in. *Casey Burkhammer fanned eight batters over four shutout innings in St. Marys’ 11-3 win over Ritchie County. Kyle Bullman was 2 for 4 with two RBIs while Shane Deweese added two hits and scored three runs. Grayson Dodd doubled, singled and drove in all three runs for the Rebels. *Jacob Greathouse went 2 for 2 with three runs scored while Alex Richardson singled and drove in three runs in Roane County’s 17-1 win against Braxton County. ...

Chapmanville’s Terry jumps top of class in AAA

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Chapmanville sophomore Keaton Terry has been named the captain of the Class AAA All-State boys basketball first team, released Thursday by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association, marking quite the jump for the 6-foot-7 forward who was named to the second team after his freshman campaign ...

Hesson leads Fort Frye past Marietta for 5-0 win

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The Fort Frye way of creating chaos for opposing teams was at its finest while defeating Marietta 5-0 on Tuesday. A Marietta baserunner was picked off at first and the Tigers were caught napping when Fort Frye called for a delayed double steal and added to what was a one-run ...

Bergin named Marietta College’s next athletic director

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On Wednesday, Marietta College President Kathleen Poorman Dougherty announced the appointment of Joe Bergin ‘86 as the Pioneers’ next Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. Bergin will take over for Larry Hiser who is retiring in May after 18 years leading the Pioneers’ athletic ...

‘Situational softball’

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PARKERSBURG — Jayda Murray and Danica Gates had three hits apiece and Gracie Adams worked four innings with five punchouts here Tuesday afternoon at Larry Allen Field to help lead Warren to an 8-6 victory versus Parkersburg. The Big Reds, who got three hits from Kendall Kimes and a ...