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UNC eliminates WVU from CWS

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OMAHA, Neb. — The most productive season in West Virginia baseball history wrapped up Wednesday with one of its worst days. North Carolina, behind 16 hits – the most allowed by WVU this season – advanced to its first national championship series since 2007 following a 12-7 victory inside Charles Schwab Field in the College World Series. Facing elimination and needing to beat the Tar Heels twice, the Mountaineers (47-17) finally ran out of steam and heroics that had carried the program to all-time heights in reaching the national semifinals. “I couldn’t be more proud of ...

Elkins High’s Riffle named to Class AAA all-state second team

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CHARLESTON — Elkins High School’s Hailey Riffle and Gabby Mahanes have earned Class AAA all-state softball honors. Riffle, a senior, is a second-team selection, while Mahanes, a junior, is listed as honorable mention. Meanwhile, a fourth consecutive state softball title at Winfield ...

Area players set to compete in North-South football contest

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SOUTH CHARLESTON — After an historic season, a trio of Philip Barbour players and head coach Nick Mayle will get the band back together one final time in Saturday’s North-South All-Star Football game to be held at noon Saturday at South Charleston’s Black Eagle Stadium. The Colts ...

Colts, Bucs represented on all-Big 10 first team

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PHILIPPI — Philip Barbour and Buckhannon-Upshur placed players on the all-Big 10 Conference baseball first team. The Colts were represented by senior Kale Wolfe, who was named the league’s Pitcher of the Year, junior infielder Landyn Carpenter and junior first baseman Anthony Mosesso The Bucs’ Brody McDaniels, a junior infielder, also earned first-team laurels. The remainder of the first unit includes Robert C. Byrd senior Cooper Floyd, the conference’s Player of the Year, RCB senior outfielder Xavier Carvelli, Grafton sophomore outfielder Cameron Gray, Bridgeport junior ...

Petersburg’s Tingler tops talented Class AA all-state team

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CHARLESTON — Talk about a strong left side of the infield. Class AA state champion Petersburg certainly had it. Now that side — third baseman Miley Tingler and shortstop Shyane Tawney — leads the Class AA All-State team, released Wednesday by the West Virginia Sports Writers ...

Class A All-State team announced

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SOUTH CHARLESTON - Last month's Class A state softball tournament at Little Creek Park featured eight teams vying for the championship crown instead of the usual four. When all was said and done the Maroon Knights of Wheeling Central head coach Buck Davidson brought home the big prize following a title-clinching 12-2 victory versus top-seeded Wahama, which finished state runner-up for a second consecutive spring. From the start of the regular season through their 4-0 march to the school's first state championship since 2018, the fourth-seeded Maroon Knights had plenty of firepower in ...