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Pirates calling up Griffin ahead of today’s home opener

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Konnor Griffin Era will begin on Friday in Pittsburgh. A person familiar with the decision has told The Associated Press that the Pirates are calling up the 19-year-old shortstop, the consensus choice as the top prospect in baseball, before Friday’s home opener against the Baltimore Orioles. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the roster move was not yet official. The club tipped its hand on Thursday, featuring Griffin on various social media platforms, including an Instagram post featuring pictures of Griffin at PNC Park and included the ...

Elkins’ Shreve earns all-state HM laurels

CHARLESTON — Elkins High School’s Landon Shreve has been named to the honorable-mention list on the Class AAA all-state team released today by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Shreve, a senior forward, led the Tigers in scoring and rebounding this season. Meanwhile, ...

Area players garner postseason honors

MILL CREEK — The Mason Dixon all-conference boys team and the Potomac Valley Conference Division II girls squad have been released. Tygarts Valley placed two players on the Mason Dixon first team — Jacob Wamsley, who went over 1,000 career points this season, and Parker Bell. They ...

Chargers hold off Bulldogs

MILL CREEK — Tygarts Valley dropped a 4-3 decision to Bath County (Va.) on Wednesday. Cooper Markley was saddled with the loss for the Bulldogs. He went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits and striking out eight. Corban Oldaker struck out the side in one inning of relief. Dylan Hicklin earned the win, scattering one run on three hits over three innings of work. He fanned four. Nate Hunt was credited with the save. The Chargers took a 2-0 lead in the second on RBI single by Cade Perdue and Mark Durney’s RBI groundout. Markley’s double in the third scored ...

Mountaineers battle Stanford tonight in Crown tourney

MORGANTOWN — It’s a list that includes former WVU men’s basketball coach Darian DeVries, who finished 18-14 in his first season at Indiana. Virginia Tech, Seton Hall, San Diego State, Cincinnati and Florida State added their names to the list, too. What’s the list? Schools who opted out of playing in a postseason hoops tournament after not getting an invite to the NCAA tournament this season. “I don’t feel that playing in another postseason event would benefit us,” San Diego State head coach Brian Dutcher said in a statement. And then there is the current bunch at ...

Rodriguez frustrated with recurring mental mistakes through seven practices

MORGANTOWN — At some point this spring, Rich Rodriguez wasn’t going to be happy with one of West Virginia football’s practices. There were a couple of times last summer when Rodriguez thought a practice didn’t meet his expectations, and he wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts with the media. The spring hasn’t been perfect so far, but Rodriguez seemed in a better mood. That changed after the sixth practice, which was WVU’s first scrimmage, and then the seventh practice on Monday. “Scrimmage was just OK,” Rodriguez said. “Offense moved the ball some and made some ...