Wheeling Park Shocks Unbeaten Martins Ferry

WHEELING – For the second consecutive season, Wheeling Park has shocked Martins Ferry in softball action at the Wheeling Park Athletic Complex high atop the Friendly City. The Patriots (6-5) took advantage of some uncharacteristic defensive mistakes by the previously undefeated Purple ...

Maroon Knights Finding Right Track After Dominant Win

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Orel Hershiser said that baseball is a game of adjustments. The Wheeling Central Maroon Knights concurred Tuesday, showing that they have shaken off a couple of early-season losses with back-to-back victories, including Tuesday’s 15-1 thumping of Fort Frye on the ...

WVU-Ohio State Will Play Volleyball At Wheeling Park

WHEELING – The West Virginia University volleyball team will conclude its three-game spring schedule with a match against Ohio State on Sunday, April 19, at the ‘Palace on the Hill’ inside Wheeling Park High School. The Mountaineers dropped their opening match, 3-0, at Pitt on March 29, and will play Ohio University on Friday at Parkersburg South High School. The first serve is set for 6:30 p.m. The Bobcats have a pair of Ohio Valley products on their roster in Union Local’s Torre Kildow and Shadyside’s Gentry Brown, both juniors. “I received a phone call from someone at ...

Paul Skenes Takes No-Hitter Into The 6th As The Pirates Beat The Padres 7-1

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes put together his second straight solid start, keeping San Diego hitless until the sixth inning of the Pittsburgh Pirates' 7-1 win over the Padres on Tuesday night. Skenes (2-1), who was rocked during an opening day loss to the ...

Slow-Starting Shadyside Storms Past Bellaire

NEFFS - Shadyside used a fourth-frame explosion en route to a 14-4 six-inning triumph over Bellaire at scenic and chilly John Blacker Field on Tuesday afternoon. The Tigers found themselves on the short end of a 4-1 score after three innings. The Orange & Black, however, made the most of three Big Red errors, two walks and a hit-batter to seize control with a seven-run fourth. Shadyside added three runs in each of the fifth and sixth innings to seal the deal. The win evened the Tigers at 3-3 on the year. They return to action Thursday, hosting Steubenville Catholic Central. “We ...

High School Roundup: Barnesville Softball Wins Fifth Straight; Monroe Central, Linsly Post Victories

BARNESVILLE – Homestanding Barnesville built a 6-0 lead after three innings and cruised to a 7-3 victory over Shenandoah in high school softball action Tuesday night on the Memorial Park diamond in western Belmont County. The win was the fifth straight for the Shamrocks (5-6). Peyton Loudin drove in two runs with a single and double and also picked up the win inside the circle in relief of Ella Betts. Loudin struck out two and didn’t walk a batter. Betts chalked up three Ks. They yielded a combined seven hits. Betts and Aubrey Johnson each singled twice and drove in one run. ...