Photo by Kelly Ray, PHS assistant principal Parkersburg High School sophomore Nick Romine speaks to New England Patriots' Head Coach Mike Vrabel Thursday during the Sports in American Culture class. Vrabel spoke to 70 students for 45 minutes about his time as a player and coach. This is the ...
GRANVILLE — Marietta College split a nonconference softball doubleheader at Denison University Tuesday afternoon. The Pioneers won game one, 6-4, while Denison took the second game, 1-0. Marietta is now 13-9 on the season. Denison moves to 8-12 overall. The Pioneers held off a late charge by the Big Red in game one. Marietta jumped out to an early 2-0 lead with a pair of unearned runs in the first inning. Adisson Heath drove in Cam Campbell, who reached on an error, with a sac bunt. Becca Streets plated the second run with an infield ground ball. Marietta scored single runs in ...
MORGANTOWN — It’s a list that includes former WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries, who finished 18-14 in his first season at Indiana. Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Cincinnati and Florida State added their names to the list, too. What’s the list? Schools who opted out of playing in a postseason hoops tournament after not getting an invite to the NCAA tournament this season. "I don't feel that playing in another postseason event would benefit us," San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said in a statement. And then there is the current bunch at West ...
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 ...
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 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 ...
