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Mountaineers’ loss shouldn’t overshadow historic season

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 ...

Petersburg’s Tingler tops talented Class AA all-state team

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 ...

Colts, Bucs represented on all-Big 10 first team

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 ...

WVU to face Troy in elimination game

OMAHA, Neb. – There is the unfortunate feeling of being one game away from elimination now for West Virginia in the College World Series. It is not exactly an uncomfortable feeling for a group that was in the exact same position just two weeks ago in Morgantown, when the Mountaineers bounced back after a loss against Kentucky to beat Wake Forest, before beating the Wildcats in two straight games. “I really do think we’re one of the toughest teams in the country,” was how WVU reliever Reese Bassinger explained it. “It wouldn’t be a Mountaineer weekend if we didn’t bounce ...

Class A All-State team announced

SOUTH CHARLESTON - Last month's Class A state softball tournament at Little Creek Park featured eight teams vying for the championship crown instead of the usual four. When all was said and done the Maroon Knights of Wheeling Central head coach Buck Davidson brought home the big prize following a title-clinching 12-2 victory versus top-seeded Wahama, which finished state runner-up for a second consecutive spring. From the start of the regular season through their 4-0 march to the school's first state championship since 2018, the fourth-seeded Maroon Knights had plenty of firepower in ...

WVU pitching ‘in great shape’ heading into elimination game

OMAHA, Neb. – In the end, West Virginia’s 5-2 loss against North Carolina in the College World Series simply completed a 360-degree spin for the Mountaineers. WVU entered Sunday one win away from reaching college baseball’s Final Four. It exited Charles Schwab Field in the exact same position. The difference for the Mountaineers (46-15) is how head coach Steve Sabins will now handle his pitching rotation the rest of the way. The uniqueness to the World Series format is that it allows a day of rest between games until the national semifinal round. The advantage the Tar Heels ...