NEW YORK (AP) — The percentage of players born outside the 50 states in Major League Baseball dropped to its lowest level since 2014 while Japan’s 14 were its most since 2010. There were 249 players from 16 nations and territories outside of the 50 states among 948 players on opening day ...
Before Saturday, only one George Washington player had received the Mary Ostrowski Award, which is given to West Virginia's top high school girls basketball player. Kalissa Lacy earned the Patriots' first such honor in 2020. Six years later, guard Jeriyah Pryor has added her name to a rare list. Pryor averaged 19.7 points, 6.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 4.2 steals per game as a junior. Pryor also shot an impressive 46% from the floor and 77% at the free-throw line. Pryor has also taken home the MaxPreps, state Gatorade and Mountain State Athletic Conference Player of the Year honors ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Brett Baty laced a bases-loaded triple and the New York Mets chased Paul Skenes in the first inning of his worst major league start, beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 on Thursday in their season opener at Citi Field. Carson Benge homered in his first career game, going ...
WHEELING — A softball season can be a grind with games day-in and day-out. For the Oak Glen Golden Bears, Thursday’s game against the Wheeling Park Patriots was a lesson in perseverance. Oak Glen, the defending WVSSAC Class AA state champions, picked up a 10-2 six-inning road win over ...
MORGANTOWN — On March 26, former West Virginia baseball player J.J. Wetherholt will make his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals as they host the Tampa Bay Rays at 4:15 p.m., becoming the 32nd Mountaineer to reach the big leagues. Wetherholt was called up to the majors as the league's No. 5 overall prospect. After he was drafted with the seventh overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Wetherholt hit .304 with a .931 OPS across the lower leagues and drove in 19 home runs. Wetherholt will play second base for the Cardinals. Since Wetherholt left, WVU has had another infielder step up ...
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Ben Kindel scored the shootout winner to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 4-3 win over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night. Rickard Rakell scored twice and had an assist, and Erik Karlsson also scored for the Penguins, who moved into second in the Metropolitan ...
