Belington falls to Chapmanville in opener
The Inter-Mountain photo by Joey Kittle Belington-Barbour County’s Ryder Kirkpatrick makes contact during Saturday against Chapmanville in Little League state tourney action at Melvin Heckel Fields.
ELKINS — Chapmanville plated five runs over the first two innings en route to a 5-0 win over Belington-Barbour County Saturday in 10-12-year-old state tournament action at Melvin Heckel Fields at Riverbend Park.
Belington will now face Winfield at 6 p.m. today in an elimination contest in the Herd Division.
Ethan Akers had two RBIs and Kayne Stapleton, Luke Berry, Chase Blankenship one RBI each for Chapmanville.
Ryder Kirkpatrick had a double and Sawyer Sublett, Callen Cherok, Landon Wolfe and Cordell Blake hits for Belington in the setback.
Scott Wright pitched five innings of relief for Belington, fanning six batters on the day.
Four different players saw action on the mound for Chapmanville.
Blankenship had three strikeouts and Berry, Cole Deskins and Hunter Farley two apiece.
In other Herd Division games from Saturday, Winfield defeated Shady Spring (7-6) and Jefferson claimed a 12-0 win over Fringe.
On Sunday, Chapmanville claimed a 9-1 victory over Huntington, Jefferson defeated Winfield (12-2) and Fringe eliminated Shady Spring, 4-0.
Fringe faces Huntington at 8:30 p.m. today in the other Herd Division elimination contest.
In Mountaineer Division action on Saturday, Logan defeated Summersville (6-2), Central Greenbrier edge Martinsburg (8-7) and Bridgeport got past Hurricane (8-4).
Barboursville defeated Logan (8-4), Bridgeport claimed an 8-5 win over Central Greenbrier and Hurricane eliminated Martinsburg, 7-6, in Sunday’s action.
A pair of elimination games are on tap today in Mountaineer Division action as Summersville squares off against Central Greenbrier at 5:30 p.m. and Hurricane faces Logan at 8 p.m.
Little League 10-12-year-old state
tournament
At Melvin Heckel Fields
Riverbend Park
Elkins
Mountaineer Division
(All games on East Field)
Saturday, July 12
Game 1 — Logan 6, Summersville 2
Game 2 — Central Greenbrier 8, Martinsburg 7
Game 3 — Bridgeport 8, Hurricane 4
Sunday, July 13
Game 4 — Barboursville 8, Logan 4
Game 5 — Bridgeport 8, Central Greenbrier 5
Game 6 — Hurricane 7, Martinsburg 6, Martinsburg eliminated
Today
Game 7 — Hurricane vs. Logan, 8 p.m.
Game 8 — Summersville vs. Central Greenbrier, 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15
Game 9 — Barboursville vs. Bridgeport, 5:30 p.m.
Game 10 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 8 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16
Game 11 — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 6 p.m.
Herd Division
All games on West Field except Game 11)
Saturday, July 12
Game 1 — Chapmanville 5, Belington-Barbour County 0
Game 2 — Winfield 11, Shady Spring 6
Game 3 — Jefferson 12, Fringe 0
Sunday, July 13
Game 4 — Chapmanville 9, Huntington 1
Game 5 — Jefferson 12, Winfield 2
Game 6 — Fringe 4, Shady Spring 0, Shady Spring eliminated
Today
Game 7 –Fringe vs. Huntington, 8:30 p.m.
Game 8 — Belington-Barbour County vs. Winfield, 6 p.m.
Tuesday, July 15
Game 9 — Chapmanville vs. Jefferson, 6 p.m.
Game 10 — Game 8 winner vs. Game 7 winner, 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 16
Game 11 — Game 9 loser vs. Game 10 winner, 8:30 p.m.
Championship Round
Thursday, July 17
Game 1 — Mountaineer Game 9 winner vs. Herd Game 11 winner, 6 p.m.
Game 2 — Herd Game 9 winner vs. Mountaineer Game 11 winner, 8:30 p.m.
Championship
July 18
Game 3 — Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner, 6 p.m.



