GRANVILLE — The Morgantown Regional started off with a bang, and Kentucky won the battle to come out on top. The No. 3-seeded Wildcats had a four-run sixth inning to edge out No. 2-seeded Wake Forest to win 6-5, advancing to the winners’ bracket of the region. Kentucky (32-21) awaits ...
GRANVILLE — Kendrick Family Ballpark opened at 4 p.m. for the second game of the Morgantown Regional, and the stadium quickly filled up with gold and blue shirts. Mostly gold since it was supposed to be a gold-out. The Mountaineer fans were ready. They'd been tailgating since the first ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Pendleton County and Petersburg are still alive in state tournament action being held at Little Creek Park. Defending Class A state champion Pendleton County eliminated PVC rival East Hardy, 12-4, in its first contest on Thursday and then knocked Sherman out of the ...
GRANVILLE — We flash back a few years ago to begin this story, back when Randy Mazey was still the head coach of the WVU baseball program and Parkersburg native Grant Hussey was just about to set the school record for career home runs. An in-state kid was about to set a record in one of ...
GRANVILLE — West Virginia pitcher Chansen Cole was overlooked coming out of the transfer portal. He was a Division II pitcher from Newberry College, was only a sophomore, didn’t have high velocity and was unproven at the Division I level, and more importantly, in a power conference. Head coach Steve Sabins took a chance on him and expected him to be in the mix for a weekend starter out of four to six pitchers he was working out in the fall. During Sabin’s after-practice press conference, he announced that Cole will start the first game of WVU’s NCAA postseason on Friday ...
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Big 12 coaches unanimously agreed Thursday on their preference for a 24-team College Football Playoff, a scenario in which the conference would have had five playoff teams last season instead of only league champion Texas Tech like it did in the current 12-team playoff format. When the 16 coaches were informally polled about doubling the size of the playoff field during one of their sessions at the Big 12 spring meetings, all of them raised their hands. “They should ask coaches for more opinions on what’s best for college football,” West Virginia coach ...
