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 ...
READING -- There is no better feeling than closing a playoff series with an overtime goal. The Wheeling Nailers got to enjoy that ultimate celebration on Saturday night in game five of the Kelly Cup’s North Division semifinal series against the Reading Royals. The two clubs played to a 0-0 tie for more than 87 minutes of action, before Nolan Renwick delivered the winning goal for Wheeling. Taylor Gauthier made 41 saves for his third shutout of the series as the Nailers won the game, 1-0, and took the series, 4-1. Both teams had chances to open the scoring in the first period, as two ...
RICHMOND - The Linsly baseball team's grand finale was worth the wait. Linsly - the No. 3 seed - and No. 1 seed Indian Creek were deadlocked at 4 heading into the top of the seventh winning when the Cadets plated five runs before an out was recorded in the inning en route to a 12-5 victory in the OVAC Class 4A Tournament Final on a chilly and rainy Saturday afternoon out at the Edison Unified Sports Complex. "It feels great," Linsly (15-6-1) head coach Jay Cartwright said about winning the tournament title. "We lost the last couple of years. Two years ago, we lost to Wheeling Central ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes stood at his locker in a near-silent Pittsburgh clubhouse on Thursday after a four-game home sweep at the hands of St. Louis and offered a prediction when asked if he was confident things wouldn't snowball on a Pirates team still finding its way. “I think ...
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 ...
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, ...
