SOUTH CHARLESTON — John Marshall pitcher Ryleigh Morgan had a birthday wish on Wednesday and she made sure that it came true. After tossing six strong innings with three strikeouts and two walks in a WVSSAC Class AAA state softball elimination game, Morgan came up to bat in the eighth ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — The tension was high and so were the stakes. With a spot in the WVSSAC Class AA state championship on the line, Winfield’s Georgia Moulder delivered what proved to be a game-winning RBI double in the fifth inning of a 1-0 triumph over Oak Glen in the winner’s ...
WILLIAMSTOWN — Williamstown coach Levi Maxwell figured plenty of runs would come into play for Wednesday’s Class A, Region championship game with Madonna. The coach was spot on as the outcome developed into a war of attrition as both teams relied on the fate of freshman relief ...
PITTSBURGH — Jack Suwinski doesn’t step into the batter’s box trying to hit home runs. The Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder is hitting them anyway. The 23-year-old flipped a full-count pitch just over the rail above the Clemente Wall at PNC Park in the sixth inning on Wednesday to erase a ...
Sam “Chicken” Jones is one of the area’s most highly respected football officials. Actually, when you consider he’s worked — between Ohio and West Virginia — four state title games, 11 state semi-final games and more than 70 tournament games, the respect he’s earned comes from a bigger area than just the Ohio Valley. When you couple Jones’s officiating prowess and his 10 years of experience as an athletic administrator at Buckeye Local High School, it made him the choice to take over as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference’s Football Commissioner, effective Wednesday ...
CADIZ — When the stakes are the highest, a coach needs his leaders to step up. One of veteran Big Red coach Fred Heatherington’s seniors did just that in Wednesday Division II East 2 District Championship at Mazeroski Field. Malone University commit J.T. Thompson turned in perhaps ...
