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Weir ends season for Tigers, 8-3

WEIRTON — Seventh-seed Elkins’ season concluded in an 8-3 loss to sixth-seed Weir Tuesday evening in Class AAA, Region I action. The Tigers finished with a 7-19 record. Elkins took a 1-0 lead in the first inning as Braden Cooper led off with a walk and Brayden Biller followed with a ...

Mountaineers fall to Kansas State, 14-9

MORGANTOWN — Kansas State, courtesy of a grand slam from Seth Dardar, put a hold on No. 13 West Virginia’s run for a Big 12 title on Sunday. The Wildcats (30-21, 16-11 Big 12) put up seven runs in the eighth inning — four coming on Dardar’s blast — for a 14-9 victory inside Tointon ...

Milum adjusting to pros, finished up rookie minicamp

Wyatt Milum could be seen wearing No. 64 for the Jacksonville Jaguars instead of his No. 74 for the West Virginia Mountaineers on Saturday. Milum lined up in a three-point stance to the left of the center, shed block the coach, who was in place of a defensive tackle, and drove through his ...

Whitmire tosses no-hitter as Patriots blank Bucs

WHEELING — Kolten Whitmire tossed a no-hitter as top-seed Wheeling Park blanked fifth-seed Buckhannon-Upshur, 1-0, Tuesday in Class AAAA, Region 1 action. Whitmire struck out 12 and issue just one free pass to outduel the Bucs’ Jerin Westfall, who had a strong outing on the hill as ...

Grafton ends Lady Tigers’ postseason run

GRAFTON — Elkins High’s run in the Class AAA, Region II, Section 1 tourney came to a conclusion in an 11-0 loss to top-seed Grafton on Saturday. The fourth-seeded Lady Tigers had stayed alive in the postseason with wins at third-seed East Fairmont and No. 2 Fairmont Senior after ...

Point Park wins MEC tourney title

CHARLESTON — Top-seed Point Park (Pa.) captured the Mountain East Conference Baseball Championship with a 7-0 win over Fairmont State Sunday at GoMart Ballpark. Despite the loss, Fairmont State earned the league’s automatic qualifier for the NCAA Division II tourney as the runner-up ...