ELM GROVE – The junior class on the Martins Ferry softball team has had a tremendous amount of success during their high school days. They added to it Saturday afternoon. With OVAC Championship trophies in basketball (as freshmen) and volleyball (earlier this school year) already sitting ...
ELM GROVE – Conotton Valley has been the class of the OVAC Class 1A softball field for more than half-a-decade. Nothing changed Saturday afternoon as the No. 2 seed Rockets (14-7) upset top-seeded Madonna (17-4) by a 4-1 count on cloud-covered Lisa’s Field at the I-470 J.B. Chambers Complex. With the victory, Conotton Valley has now won six consecutive Class 1A championships, defeating Madonna in two of the last three seasons. Madison Kelley struck out 13, walked just one and spaced out seven hits in igniting the Rockets. She also singled, doubled and was walked twice – once ...
Tyrus Hall’s blast landed on the building of the ticket office out in left field, while Gavin Kelly sent another one 425 feet to deep center. For a split second, the shot appeared as if it was going to sail over the blue batter’s eye. Sean Smith followed with a third home run – all of them coming in the eighth inning Sunday – as No. 18 WVU completed a three-game sweep of Kansas State with 13-6 victory inside Kendrick Family Ballpark. “I’ve been struggling at the plate a little bit,” said Hall, whose shot to left field traveled 419 feet. “It was a lefty who came in, ...
DORAL, Fla. (AP) — The only person who gave Cameron Young any trouble on Sunday was, well, Cameron Young. He called a one-stroke penalty on himself while playing the par-4 second hole, after he caused his ball to move in the fairway. And then he made par anyway. It was that sort of week: ...
ELM GROVE - John Marshall posted a pair of one-run wins over Morgantown during the regular season. The rain-delayed OVAC 5A Tournament semifinals Saturday at the J.B. Chambers I-470 Complex between those same two teams was more of the same as the top-seeded Lady Monarchs pulled out a well played 5-4 victory on Ben’s Field. In the process, Coach Rob Blake’s youthful squad punched its ticket into the conference championship game against University, which downed Steubenville in the other semifinal. “I thought we played well today,” Blake said. “We beat a good team. We have had ...
HURRICANE — The John Marshall Monarchs had stiff competition Saturday at Hurricane High School, facing the hosting Redskins and the Shady Spring Tigers in a doubleheader. Both Hurricane and the Tigers are ranked in the top 10 in their respective classes, Hurricane in Class AAAA, and Shady Spring in Class AAA, where John Marshall is also a top-ten team. John Marshall lost to Shady Spring 7-4. The Tigers scored three runs in the first inning and the second inning to build a quick 6-0 lead and hung on for the win. Cain Martin had a single and double for John Marshall, while Jacob ...
