Tony Caridi has been selected the winner of the 2026 Morehouse Award by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Caridi has been the play-by-play announcer for West Virginia University football and men’s basketball since 1997. The award is given for contributions to journalism and ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Parkersburg South 7, Athens 6 A 000 402 0 — 6 2 3 P 022 110 1 — 7 9 4 WP: C. McCartney 1 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO B. Forshey 3.2 IP, 5 BB, 5 SO C. Fluty 2.1 IP, 2 BB, 4 SO LP: C. Wood 4 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO F. Campbell 2.1 IP, 6 BB, 1 SO Leading hitters Athens: I. Arocho 2 RBIs South: L. Graham 3B; E. Walker 2-4; E. Miller 2-4, RBI Camden 3, Tyler Consolidated 2 T 001 010 0 — 2 5 2 C 002 100 x — 3 2 0 WP: E. Pitcher 4.2 IP, 2 BB,4 SO A. Gonzalez 2.1 IP, 0 BB, 4 SP LP: R. Davis 4 IP, 3 BB,3 SO B. Miller 1 IP, 2 ...
BASEBALL *Carter Fluty hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the seventh inning to give Parkersburg South a 7-6 win over Athens. CJ McCartney pitched a scoreless top of the seventh with two strikeouts to earn the mound win. SOFTBALL *Zoey Smithberger allowed two runs over six innings pitched in Waterford’s 2-1 loss to Trimble. Smithberger also plated the only Wildcats’ run. *Maddison Lambert pitched a complete game, doubled and drove in two runs in St. Marys’ 7-4 win over Williamstown. Alyssa Windland doubled and plated four runs for the Blue Devils. Nevaeh Moore doubled ...
HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL St. Joe’s 10, Gilmer County 5 S 013 013 2 — 10 10 1 G 021 002 0 — 5 6 5 WP: J. Courts 5.2 IP, 3 BB, 2 SO B. McDowell 1.1 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO LP: K.Holbert 5.2 IP, 3 BB, 8 SO R. Huffman 1 IP, 1 BB, 2 SO J. Stewart .1 IP, 0 BB, 1 SO Leading hitters St. Joe’s: C. Kellar 2-4, 2 2Bs, 2 RBIs; B. McDowell 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; M. Watts 2-5, 2 Rs, RBI; H. Moosavi 1-3, 2Rs; B. Runyon 2-4, 2 RBIs Gilmer: R. Page 1-4, 2B; R. Huffman 1-3, 2 Rs, RBI; L. Grogg 2-2, RBI HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Magnolia 10, Frontier 6 F 201 210 0 — 6 4 ...
SOFTBALL *Jaiden Vargas and Payten Mackey each went 2 for 3 with a home run and a double in Parkersburg South’s 10-1 win over Riverside. Vargas tallied four runs-batted-in while Mackey scored three runs and drove in two. Annie Shelton pitched a five-inning complete game with one walk and 11 strikeouts. *Jessa Anderson went 3 for 4 with a double and four runs-batted-in in Magnolia’s 10-6 win over Frontier. Olivia Hohman and BellaSockman drove in two runs apiece while Sidney Knight and Aerie Varner had two hits each. Varner also pitched a complete game. For the Cougars, Katie ...
MORGANTOWN — Geimere and Amari Latimer played a lot of 1-on-1 basketball growing up. Geimere, who is now a senior at West Virginia, would always beat Amari, who is now a freshman, because he’s four years older. But, as Amari grew up, he got bigger, and Geimere stopped growing. The games became a lot more competitive. “He started beating me,” Geimere said. Now, four years later since Geimere started playing college ball, the Latimer brothers have reunited on the Mountaineers. They are still having the 1-on-1s with Amari at running back and Geimere in the secondary at nickel ...
