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Bulldogs get walk-off win in season debut

MILL CREEK — Tygarts Valley opened the season with a 7-6 walk-off win over Clay-Battelle on Friday evening. Jacob Wamsley’s RBI double in the fourth had treated the Bulldogs to a 6-5 lead. The Cee Bees pushed across an unearned run in the fifth to draw even. Adam Woods started the bottom of the seventh by drawing a walk for Tygarts Valley. Austin Gear followed with a single and Preston Smith reached on a throwing error on a sacrifice bunt. Cooper Markley then lofted an RBI sacrifice fly to right field to chase home Woods with the game-winning run. Markley also earned ...

Lady Bucs fall in opener at MHS

MORGANTOWN — The Buckhannon-Upshur softball team fell to Morgantown, 16-1, to open the season on Friday. Zoey Burr had an RBI single in the first inning for the Lady Bucs. Burr, Becca Pastorius, Payton Brown and Kynnedy Marple each had a hit in the setback. B-U is slated to host Parkersburg South at noon and Grafton at 4 p.m. today.

Mountain Lions Battle Tug Valley in Single A State Tournament

MGA hosts Mountain Madness meet

Mountain Gymnastics Academy’s Mountain Madness gymnastics meet was held on March 7 and 8, bringing together more than 170 gymnasts and their families from eight gyms for two days of competition. Athletes competed on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and several MGA ...

Tucker renews rivalry with Tug Valley today

CHARLESTON — For the first time in three years, Tucker County and Tug Valley won’t be playing for a state title inside the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. The teams have met in the past two Class A championship games, with the Panthers prevailing in both contests. The ...

Can WVU women continue to make history?

MORGANTOWN — They will be rolling into Morgantown on Thursday, the official starting point of what is truly a special moment to be remembered for the WVU athletic department. They being NCAA women’s basketball tournament officials, 16th-ranked Kentucky and star players Clara Strack and Tonie Morgan, as well as the upset hopefuls from James Madison and Miami (Ohio). Hotels are filled. Restaurants will be packed. There is enough buzz around this university city that tickets to Saturday’s first-round games sold out in about two hours. To some small degree, the road to the Final ...