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HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Fort Frye 5, Marietta 0 FF 000 020 3 – 5 6 0 MHS 000 000 0 – 0 4 2 WP: Grady Hesson 7.0IP 4H 0R 0ER 3BB 10SO LP: Jeremiah Loughry 5.2IP 5H 2R 2ER 3BB 6SO Adam Barnett 1.1IP 1H 3R 0ER 0BB 0SO Leading hitters Fort Frye (3-0): Jack McCurdy 1-4, run; Grady Hesson 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; Grady Shuster RBI; Clayton Tullius 1-4; Wade Duskey 1-2, run. 2BBs;Wyatt Duskey 1-2, 2 runs, 2B, RBI Marietta (2-2): Seth Goeller 1-3, SB; Elijah McLeish 1-2; Owen Riley 2-3, 2 SBs Next game: Parkersburg at Marietta, 5 p.m. Wednesday; Warren at Fort Frye, 5 p.m. ...

Sancomb repeats as double-A all-state captain

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WHEELING — Last year seemed like it would be hard to top for Wheeling Central’s Eli Sancomb, who averaged 25.8 points, 10.5 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.6 steals per game in his junior season, helping Wheeling Central to a Class AA state championship. That proved only to be the warmup for ...

West Virginia SSAC Board of Control adopts new transfer rule

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Following the signing of Governor Patrick Morrissey’s legislation repealing the state’s transfer rule, the WVSSAC Board of Control has announced a new transfer rule to govern high school athletics in West Virginia. The repeal cleared the way for the WVSSAC to promulgate transfer guidelines through its established rule-making process. The Board of Control voted 147-0 to approve a rule that preserves school choice for students and families while providing structure to support competitive balance among member schools. Under the new rule, a student is eligible for a one-time transfer ...

'A little short': PHS falls to Warren, 8-6

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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 ...

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Beall Aces Mingo Bottom Larry Beall, of Mineral Wells, recorded his fourth career hole-in-one on Tuesday at Mingo Bottom Golf Club. Beall used a gap wedge to ace the par-3, 122-yard, No. 8 hole. Witnessing the feat were Billy Dotson and Terry Jones. *** Stephens Gets Hole-In-One at ...

Ain’t Life Grand: WVU takes another series thanks to grand slam

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Sometimes the difference is just one swing. Sean Smith was that one swing for West Virginia baseball Sunday night in Arizona. After five innings of a pitching master class from Arizona State’s Kole Klecker, he worked his way into a jam, loading the bases with one out. Smith took the plate. With a 2-2 count, Smith took Klecker’s next pitch for a ride to right center. It looked like it’d at least be a gapper, but it lifted over the fence to clear the bases, finally getting WVU on the board, and its first lead 4-1. With the help of Smith’s homer, No. 17 WVU took Game 3, 9-5, and ...