Jefferson County Loses ‘Texas Shootout’ in Extras

RICHMOND — Anthony Pierro has coached a lot of baseball in recent years, but the way his team’s game ended on Thursday night was a first for the Post 33 skipper. After Jefferson County battled back to tie the game in the seventh inning of the team’s second Beast of the East pool play ...

Madonna Falters After Good Start, Loses 18-3

STEUBENVILLE — A good start was undone by a rough finish. The Madonna baseball team led 3-0 after three innings of play, however, Hiland scored the final 18 runs as the Hawks defeated the Dons, 18-3, in a pool play game of the 34th Edgar Martin Beast of the East Classic Thursday afternoon at Vaccaro Field. “I thought we played pretty well up until the seventh,” Madonna head coach Jeff Baire said. “That old thing raised its head again. “This is a great opportunity for us to give some of younger guys some playing time. We had quite a few freshmen out there getting valuable ...

Teams Ready For Grind of the Beast

WHEELING — The Ohio Valley will play host to well over 200 baseball games over the next four days as the Beast of the East returns for the 34th time. The four-day tournament includes 54 teams in the three ages groups (19U, 16U, 14U) this year and each team is promised to play seven games. ...

Parkersburg Downs Post 1

ELM GROVE — Wheeling Post 1’s offense managed just one hit in the middle innings and Eli Reeves struck out seven in a complete game effort as Parkersburg Post 15 bagged a 7-3 win at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Sports Complex Tuesday afternoon. Post 1 (12-7) produced just one hit between the ...