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Elkins High Basketball Skills Sessions slated

ELKINS — The Elkins High School Basketball Skills Sessions will get underway June 1 at Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium. Dates for the sessions include June 1, June 3, June 8, June 10, June 15 and June 17 for third through eight-graders an from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. on those dates. One or multiple sessions are available at a cost of $20 per session or $100 for all six sessions. Elkins High School boys basketball coach Amrit Rayfield will serve as camp director. For more information, call 304-678-9503 or by email arayfield@k12.wv.us.

Pendleton County, East Hardy drop openers in state tournament

SOUTH CHARLESTON — Potomac Valley Conference members Pendleton County and East Hardy dropped decisions on the first day of the Class A state tournament Wednesday at Little Creek Park, Fifth-seed and defending state champion Pendleton County lost a 4-3 verdict to fourth-seed Wheeling ...

Wildcats outlast Bulldogs in extra innings to secure state berth

MILL CREEK — Third-seed Pendleton County secured a state tournament berth with a 4-3 win over second-seed Tygarts Valley in eight innings Monday night in Class A, Region II action. The Wildcats, who secured their second extra-inning win over the Bulldogs in tourney action, took advantage of a pair of Bulldog errors in the top of the eighth inning en route to taking a 4-2 lead. Jacob Wamsley’s solo homer with two outs in the bottom of the frame brought Tygarts Valley to within one run, but reliever Travis Owens got a fly-out to end the game and send Pendleton County to the state ...

Elkins youth golfer captures championship

ELKINS — At the season-ending championship for the U.S. Kids Golf, young golfer Valentina Aguilar, of Elkins, delivered a performance to remember, overcoming difficult weather conditions and pressure-filled moments to capture the league championship in the girls 11-12 age division. The ...

WVU’s Gavin Kelly ‘100 percent’ and ready to go for NCAAs

MORGANTOWN -- The best news for West Virginia, as it gets set to host its second NCAA baseball tournament regional since 2019 on Friday, is the Mountaineers will be at relative full health. That includes catcher/second baseman Gavin Kelly, who took a fastball across his hand in last week’s ...

WVU’s regional isn’t as scary as you might think

MORGANTOWN — When West Virginia baseball's regional was announced as the No. 16, and the rest of the teams were revealed, it might've seemed daunting. Especially when the No. 2 seed in the regional is Wake Forest, who is the highest No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Demon Deacons have had a lot of postseason success, have been to the NCAA tournament the last five years, were in the semifinals in 2023, and have won the ACC six times. It didn't get any better when the No. 3 seed announced was Kentucky, who is from the SEC and was in the regional with WVU last year. The Wildcats have ...