WEST UNION—Elkins High School’s track stars continued their assault on meet and school records Friday night at Doddridge’s 44th annual Cline Stansberry Invitational. For the Tigers, Donovan Howes’ discus toss of 153-3 broke a 57-year old school record. Larry Spears established ...
It was an unorthodox weekend for No. 12 West Virginia baseball in its three-game series heading to Cincinnati. The Mountaineers played an extra-inning game, had a game postponed, making for a doubleheader on Saturday, and did all of it without their top pitcher, Maxx Yehl. In Game 3 of the series Sunday afternoon, in a rubber match, WVU blew a 5-2 lead in the eighth inning, losing 7-5 to Cincinnati, falling in its second series of the season. WVU needed a big bounce-back series this weekend, after being blasted in the Backyard Brawl on Tuesday by Pitt. The tide looked turned after ...
SUTTON — Philip Barbour pounded out 21 hits in rolling to a 25-0 win over regional foe Braxton County on Saturday afternoon. Kent Rowan went 3 for 4 with three RBIs Landyn Carpenter went 3 for 4 with two RBIs and Anthony Mosesso 2 for 4 with three RBIs for the Colts, who erupted for 13 runs in the fourth inning after leading 12-0. Kale Wolfe, Braxton Carpenter and Keagan Wolfe added two RBIs each. Robbie Jones allowed just three hits in going all four innings to earn the win. He struck out five and walked two. Philip Barbour (10-10) will host Petersburg at 5:30 p.m. Thursday ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers still don’t know if quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return for his 22nd season in 2026. If the 42-year-old decides to play, the four-time MVP will lead a team filled with fresh faces on offense. Pittsburgh used seven of its 10 picks in the NFL draft on that side of the ball, starting with offensive tackle Max Iheanachor in the first round and ending it with Navy wide receiver/running back (and Pittsburgh native) Eli Heidenreich in the seventh. “That’s how the draft sorted itself out,” general manager Omar Khan said. “We trusted ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kyle Harrison collected a career-high 12 strikeouts and allowed just one hit and one walk in six scoreless innings as the Milwaukee Brewers avoided a sweep by beating the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 on Sunday. The Pirates were attempting to complete a sweep in Milwaukee for the first time since winning four straight games here in August 2016. The Pirates' last sweep of the Brewers came August 2022 at Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh's only hits were Marcell Ozuna's single against Harrison (2-1) in the second and Nick Gonzales' double off Trevor Megill in the seventh. The ...
ELKINS — Braden Cooper twirled a five-inning, three-hitter as Elkins blanked Pendleton County 10-0 Friday at EHS Field. Cooper didn’t allow an extra-base hit, while fanning three and walking two. The Tigers got on the board in the first inning when Cooper led off with a walk and later ...
