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Chargers hold off Bulldogs

MILL CREEK — Tygarts Valley dropped a 4-3 decision to Bath County (Va.) on Wednesday. Cooper Markley was saddled with the loss for the Bulldogs. He went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out eight. Corban Oldaker struck out the side in one inning of relief. Dylan Hicklin earned the win, scattering one run on three hits over three innings of work. He fanned four. Nate Hunt was credited with the save. The Chargers took a 2-0 lead in the second on RBI single by Cade Perdue and Mark Durney’s RBI groundout. Markley’s double in the third scored ...

Mountaineers battle Stanford tonight in Crown tourney

MORGANTOWN — It’s a list that includes former WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries, who finished 18-14 in his first season at Indiana. Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Cincinnati and Florida State added their names to the list, too. What’s the list? Schools who opted out of playing in a postseason hoops tournament after not getting an invite to the NCAA tournament this season. “I don’t feel that playing in another postseason event would benefit us,” San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said in a statement. And then there is the current bunch at ...

Rodriguez frustrated with recurring mental mistakes through seven practices

MORGANTOWN — At some point this spring, Rich Rodriguez wasn’t going to be happy with one of West Virginia football’s practices. There were a couple of times last summer when Rodriguez thought a practice didn’t meet his expectations, and he wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts with the media. The spring hasn’t been perfect so far, but Rodriguez seemed in a better mood. That changed after the sixth practice, which was WVU’s first scrimmage, and then the seventh practice on Monday. “Scrimmage was just OK,” Rodriguez said. “Offense moved the ball some and made some ...

Lady Hornets’ Pyles sets school record in 3,200

BRIDGEPORT — The Elkins Middle School track teams opened the season this past Saturday in the Connect-Bridgeport Invitational. Clara Pyles won the 3,200 and set a new Elkins Middle School record with a time of 11:50.52. The other first-place finisher for the Lady Hornets, who tied East Fairmont and Ritchie County for second in the meet with 66 points, was Isabella Drain-White (discus, 73-11). She was also fourth in the shot put (28-10). The 4x200 relay of Everley Harper, Flora Perkins, Ruthie Capps and Lily Hayes placed second with a time of 2:06.39, Vivienne Shepherd was third in ...

Tigers best Huskies in home opener

ELKINS — Elkins opened the home season with an 8-5 win over North Marion Tuesday in Big 10 Conference play at EHS Field. The Tigers, who played their home games at Robin Harvey Memorial Field last season due to wind damage to the visiting team’s dugout at EHS, used three RBIs from ...

Lady Tigers split pair of contests

ELKINS — North Marion plated a run in the top of the seventh inning to edge Elkins, 7-6, Tuesday in Big 10 Conference action at Betty Heckel Field. Kinlee Hess opened the inning by drawing a walk and later scored on a passed ball for the eventual game-winning run. The Lady Tigers had ...