MARIETTA — What happens when two teams who refuse to quit go up against one another? You get a hard fought battle like the one Marietta and Williamstown played Saturday at Phillips Field. The Tigers got down 5-0 early and rallied for a lead, but had to fend off a Yellowjackets squad that ...
WATERFORD – The first four innings of Friday night’s rivalry showdown between visiting Fort Frye and the Waterford Wildcats was a pretty good pitchers duel between Fort Frye’s Elle Casto and Waterford’s Zoey Smithberger. Then all of the sudden the Fort Frye bats came to life and ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Rory McIlroy joined more elite company Sunday at the Masters when he pulled away with a pair of birdies around Amen Corner and, as usual, saved a little drama for the end before taking his place in Augusta National history as only the fourth back-to-back champion. In ...
Monday, April 13 High School Baseball: St. Marys at Magnolia, 5 p.m.: Parkersburg South at Marietta; Williamstown at Fort Frye, 5 p.m.; Wahama at Ritchie County, 5 p.m.; Waterford at Meigs; Frontier at Federal Hocking High School Softball: Parkersburg at Williamstown, 5 p.m.; South Harrison at Gilmer County, 6 p.m.; Magnolia at Wirt County, 5 p.m.; Marietta at Federal Hocking; Warren at Fort Frye, 5 p.m.; Waterford at Meigs; Belpre at Frontier High School Tennis: Hurricane at Parkersburg; St. Marys at North Marion, 5 p.m.
St. Marys Invitational GIRLS TEAM SCORES: Warren 156; Williamstown 108; Doddridge County 73.5; Tyler Consolidated 70; Ripley 53.5; St. Marys 53; Wheeling Central Catholic 52; Clay-Battelle 38.5; Ritchie County 22; Valley (Wetzel) 22; Wahama 18; South Harrison 17.5; Wirt County 10; Magnolia 8. Individual placers 100: Ally Jefferson (Wheeling Central) 13.02; Emma Parker (Warren) 13.23; Laken Dawson (Valley Wetzel) 13.23; Maggie Johnson (Williamstown) 13.27; Juliana Huffman (Warren) 13.31; Payton Trent (Doddridge County) 13.43; Audrey Lefebure (Williamstown) 13.54; Aleena Johnson ...
HOUSTON (AP) — Phil Garner, a three-time All-Star infielder who went on to manage the Houston Astros to their first World Series appearance, has died. He was 76. Garner's family issued a statement Sunday saying Garner died Saturday after a two-plus-year battle with pancreatic cancer. "Phil never lost his signature spark of life," Garner's son, Ty, said in a statement. "He was so well known for his love for baseball, which was with him until the end." Nicknamed "Scrap Iron" for his blue-collar approach to the game, Garner had a 16-year playing career with the Oakland Athletics ...
