WHEELING — What a difference a year makes. After suffering an upset defeat in last season’s OVAC Semifinals, this year’s Red Riders squad put on a two-way display in routing Edison 9-1 to advance to the 4A championship, a result that surprised Weir head coach John Leary. “Last year ...
MORGANTOWN — Former West Virginia baseball player and current St. Louis Cardinals rookie J.J. Wetherholt played in his first MLB game locally against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday night. Head coach Steve Sabins and some of the coaching staff made the trip up to PNC Park to watch the former Mountaineer. Wetherholt didn't disappoint and hit a home run in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, leaving it to his teammates to win it. Sabins watched on in excitement. The excitement from Wetherholt put a quick mask on the recent struggles of the current WVU team. The Mountaineers ...
CHICAGO (AP) — The NL Central has reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes. It has some of the majors' most promising rookies, like Sal Stewart, Konnor Griffin and JJ Wetherholt. It has young stars like Elly De La Cruz and older ones like Christian Yelich. Maybe this strong start from ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Nolan Gorman homered and drove in three runs and Alec Burleson and Jordan Walker drove in three runs apiece to lead the St. Louis Cardinals to an 11-7 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. JJ Wetherholt and Ivan Herrera, the top two hitters in the Cardinals’ ...
WHEELING – Beaver Local’s Addie Thurik delivered a dominant performance in the circle, and Thurik and teammate Brenna Jones exhibited timely hitting as the Beavers advanced to the OVAC Class 4A finale with a 4-2 victory against Oak Glen. The win gives Beaver a shot at just its second OVAC softball championship, the first coming way back in 2001 during a much earlier time during head coach Mark Cashdollar’s tenure. “It’s been a long time,” Cashdollar admitted. The Golden Bears, perennial conference title contenders in recent years, had an opportunity late, loading the bases ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Connor Dewar, Kris Letang and Elmer Soderblom scored and the Pittsburgh Penguins avoided elimination for the second time in 48 hours with a 3-2 win over Philadelphia in Game 5 of their first-round series on Monday night. Sidney Crosby shook off a shot to his left knee to ...
