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Fankhouser Shines For Wheeling Park Softball

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CLARKSBURG – London Fankhouser had quite a day Friday as Wheeling park swept a pair of high school softball games at Robert C. Byrd High School. The Patriots sophomore hurled a no-hitter in a 10-0 blanking of the host Eagles. She struck out five and walked two while collecting a single and two doubles that drove in a pair of runs. In a 15-0, three-inning rout of Lewis County, Fankhouser doubled, homered and knocked in four runs. Grace Tamburin, Harmony Bittner and Ava Harris all singled and doubled, with Harris driving in two runs. Tamburin and Bittner each had one RBI. Bittner ...

Toledo Beats Wheeling for Only Time All Season

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TOLEDO – The Wheeling Nailers wrapped up the road portion of their regular season schedule by facing the Toledo Walleye at Huntington Center on Friday night. Wheeling received goals from Mike Posma and Brayden Edwards, but the Walleye found the back of the net five times to keep their Central Division title hopes alive with a 5-2 home ice victory. Both teams turned on the red light once during the opening stanza. Toledo struck first at the 1:05 mark, when Dylan Moulton settled the puck down between the hashmarks, then shoveled a shot up and into the top-left corner of the twine. ...

Nailers Look To Close Regular Season, Record 100 Points

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\Nailers Look To Close Regular Season, Record 100 Points WHEELING – Fans in Wheeling are eager for the 2026 Kelly Cup Playoffs to begin next weekend, but there is still one more week of regular season hockey remaining in the ECHL. Last weekend, the Nailers clinched their first division title in 22 years by winning two of three games on the road against the Reading Royals. This week, Wheeling will look to put an exclamation point on the regular campaign with two final contests. The Nailers will visit the Toledo Walleye tonight, then host the Indy Fuel on Saturday night. DIVISION ...

Wheeling Central Rolls Past Madonna Softball

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NEW MANCHESTER — Sometimes, a team just seems to have a rival’s number. For the Madonna softball team, it certainly seems like Wheeling Central has theirs. The Maroon Knights defeated the Blue Dons for a second-straight meeting Thursday afternoon on the turf at the Oak Glen Field of Dreams Complex, 13-5. Wheeling Central also topped Madonna 6-0 last week in Wheeling. The two losses to the Knights are the first two of the season for Madonna after a 12-0 start to the season. Madonna was charged with four errors in the game and the Maroon Knights (11-7) drew six walks ...