WHEELING — It’s no secret that Jerrae Hawkins is fast, his state titles in the 100 and 200-meter dashes from last month’s State Track Meet are a testament to that. Just how fast he really is can be surprising, however, even to him. While attending a football camp at Ohio State last ...
Club Gold Volleyball’s 18 Gold squad enjoyed a highly successful season. The roster includes numerous area standouts, who helped the team to qualify into the Gold Bracket of the OVR Championships and finish third overall. To qualify for this bracket, the team had to maintain a top position ...
CHARLESTON — To hear Kennedy Dean tell it, she was far from a great softball player in her formative years. “I was terrible,” Dean said matter-of-factly. “I didn’t have a good glove, I couldn’t hit – through years of practicing and grinding out offseasons, I’ve gotten a bit ...
By CODY TOMERSports WriterWELLSBURG — Wheeling Post 1 pocketed its first win of the 2022 legion baseball season on Thursday with an 11-3 triumph over host Wellsburg Post 34.While Post 1 improved from its season opening loss from the day before, manager Jon-Michael Brunner sees much more ...
By ANDREW GRIMM Staff Writer STEUBENVILLE — When a team is trying to mesh players together from multiple different high school/college teams, that process can have some bumps in the road. Jefferson County Teramana Post 33 ran into one of those bumps on Thursday with an 11-0 setback ...
By Ryan Pritt The Charleston Gazette-Mail Nitro coach Caiti Mathes knows a little bit about great prep softball players. Just three years removed from a state player of the year award at Hurricane, Mathes – the state’s career (57) and single-season (22) home run record holder – found herself on the other side of things this season. And even after playing on four state-championship teams in high school, Mathes said Nitro pitcher Lena Elkins was different altogether. The numbers certainly back that up as Elkins tossed all but 11/3 of her team’s innings, logging 1822/3 ...
