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Surging Lady Bucs win fifth straight; TV bests Pocahontas

TENNERTON — Maddie Tucker had three hits and Kynnedy Marple a pair of RBIs and earned the win on the mound to carry surging Buckhannon-Upshur to a 10-4 win over North Marion Thursday in Big 10 play. The Lady Bucs have won five straight games to improve to 6-1. Marple went four innings to earn the win, giving up two runs on five hits, fanning six with no walks. Kristine Frye added two hits and drove in three for B-U, which visits Oak Hill on Saturday afternoon. Keyser 9, Elkins 1 KEYSER — Elkins High School dropped a 9-1 decision to Keyser Thursday in softball ...

WVU needs Kelly’s hot bat against No. 22 Arizona St.

MORGANTOWN — On March 26, former West Virginia baseball player J.J. Wetherholt will make his MLB debut for the St. Louis Cardinals as they host the Tampa Bay Rays at 4:15 p.m., becoming the 32nd Mountaineer to reach the big leagues. Wetherholt was called up to the majors as the league’s No. 5 overall prospect. After he was drafted with the seventh overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft, Wetherhold hit .304 with a .931 OPS across the lower leagues and drove in 19 home runs. Wetherholt will play second base for the Cardinals. Since Wetherholt left, WVU has had another infielder step ...

Benge homers in big league debut as Mets beat Pirates

NEW YORK (AP) — In his fourth major league plate appearance, Carson Benge connected. And when he saw the ball sail over the right-field fence, the 23-year-old New York Mets rookie couldn’t help but shout and jump for joy as he rounded first base. “I kind of blacked out running around the bases. I don’t really remember too much,” Benge said. “I know I got it good off the bat.” Benge homered in his big league debut for his first career hit and was one of several Mets newcomers who played pivotal roles as New York pounded the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-7 in its season ...

Big 10 Conference Honors

BRIDGEPORT — Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jerin Westfall has been named the Big 10 Conference’s Player of the Year. Westfall, a senior, helped lead the Bucs to a 16-8 record this year. Elkins High senior Landon Shreve was named to the first team, along with Bridgeport’s Anderson McDougal, ...

Tigers pound out 18 hits to defeat Irish

CLARKSBURG — Trent Stone had five RBIs to power Elkins to a 23-7 win over Notre Dame on Wednesday. The Tigers erupted for 16 runs in the fifth inning, with Stone hitting a two-run triple, Dyer Barger a two-run triple and an RBI single and Owen Stanley, Isaac Shepler, Caden Kreps, Brady Biller, Braden Cooper and James Linger RBI singles. Cooper earned the win in 2 1/3 innings of relief, going two runs on two hits, striking out two and walking two. Blayne Thompson and Stone also saw time on the hill. Elkins had 18 hits on the night as Shepler and Stone had three apiece. The ...

Brown powers Lady Bucs past Lady Colts

TENNERTON — Payton Brown had six RBIs as Buckhannon-Upshur blanked Philip Barbour, 16-0, Wednesday in Big 10 Conference action. Brown had bases-clearing doubles in each of the second and third innings. Kynnedy Marple, who drove in three on the day, added a two-run double and Maddie Tucker went 3 for 3 with two RBIs, including a run-producing triple for the Lady Bucs. Braylea Squires, Makenna Marsh and Becca Pastorius had two hits apiece and Zoey Burr and Tucker two RBIs each. Charity Talbott went all three innings to earn the win, allowing just one hit and fanning ...