SOUTH CHARLESTON — After an historic season, a trio of Philip Barbour players and head coach Nick Mayle will get the band back together one final time in Saturday’s North-South All-Star Football game to be held at noon Saturday at South Charleston’s Black Eagle Stadium. The Colts ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Area players are set to participate in the North-South Basketball All-Star game Friday at the South Charleston Community Center. The girls game start at 6:30 p.m. and the boys at 8 p.m. Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jerin Westfall will suit up for the South squad, which will be coached by Buc mentor and Jerin’s father Jason Westfall and Tug Valley’s Garland Thompson. The remainder of the South squad includes Malcolm Brown (South Charleston), Braylan Dawson (Wirt County), Nate Dixon (Greenbrier East), Braydun Ferris (Tug Valley), Jayce Gum (Princeton), Brody Hamric ...
OMAHA, Neb. — The most productive season in West Virginia baseball history wrapped up Wednesday with one of its worst days. North Carolina, behind 16 hits – the most allowed by WVU this season – advanced to its first national championship series since 2007 following a 12-7 victory inside Charles Schwab Field in the College World Series. Facing elimination and needing to beat the Tar Heels twice, the Mountaineers (47-17) finally ran out of steam and heroics that had carried the program to all-time heights in reaching the national semifinals. “I couldn’t be more proud of ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball’s Matthew Gravline threw down to third base to try to catch the North Carolina base runner. He had him dead, but Tyrus Hall didn’t catch the ball, sending it into the outfield, allowing a run. Ben Lumsden and Hall set up for a fly ball in foul territory, and the ball dropped to the left of both of them in fair play, setting up another run. Brodie Kresser tried to get a double play at second from first base and threw it wide right, making both Tar Heel runners safe. On offense, with bases loaded and two outs, Brock Wills, who was ...
CHARLESTON — Talk about a strong left side of the infield. Class AA state champion Petersburg certainly had it. Now that side — third baseman Miley Tingler and shortstop Shyane Tawney — leads the Class AA All-State team, released Wednesday by the West Virginia Sports Writers ...
PHILIPPI — Philip Barbour and Buckhannon-Upshur placed players on the all-Big 10 Conference baseball first team. The Colts were represented by senior Kale Wolfe, who was named the league’s Pitcher of the Year, junior infielder Landyn Carpenter and junior first baseman Anthony Mosesso The Bucs’ Brody McDaniels, a junior infielder, also earned first-team laurels. The remainder of the first unit includes Robert C. Byrd senior Cooper Floyd, the conference’s Player of the Year, RCB senior outfielder Xavier Carvelli, Grafton sophomore outfielder Cameron Gray, Bridgeport junior ...
