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Lady Tigers drop decision to Minutemaids

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ELKINS — Jaelyn Smith and Brooklyn Oldaker hit home runs to lift Lewis County to a 14-8 win over Elkins Tuesday night in Big 10 play at Betty Heckel Field. Smith and Oldaker finished with three RBIs each for the Minutemaids, who scored six runs over the final two innings after holding an 8-7 lead. Maddie Lambert went 3 for 4 with four RBIs to lead the Lady Tigers. Hailey Riffle was 2 for 3 with a triple and two RBIs and Gabby Mahanes and Lalia Cade added RBIs. Addison Carr and Lambert both saw time on the hill in the loss. Oldaker earned the win, going all seven innings ...

WVU pass rusher coach still learning his room

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MORGANTOWN — Defensive ends coach Deke Adams had a unique offseason compared to the rest of West Virginia football’s coaching staff. There were other changes, like Rick Trickett is the new offensive line coach and Jay Boulware is the new running backs coach, but those two were hired well before the roster was set. Adams was hired after pass rushers specialist Larry Knight took the Georgia linebackers job in the middle of February. Adams was announced to fill the defensive end job on March 2. “Our truck showed up yesterday at our house, kind of dropped everything off, and this ...

MGA gymnasts bring home state titles

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BECKLEY — Mountain Gymnastics Academy (MGA) athletes turned in an exceptional showing at the West Virginia State Gymnastics Championships, earning state titles, all-around championships,and numerous podium finishes across multiple Xcel divisions. Leading the way was Kinsley Ricottilli of ...

Latimer brothers reunited to make impact at WVU

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MORGANTOWN — Geimere and Amari Latimer played a lot of 1-on-1 basketball growing up. Geimere, who is now a senior at West Virginia, would always beat Amari, who is now a freshman, because he’s four years older. But, as Amari grew up, he got bigger, and Geimere stopped growing. The games became a lot more competitive. “He started beating me,” Geimere said. Now, four years later since Geimere started playing college ball, the Latimer brothers have reunited on the Mountaineers. They are still having the 1-on-1s with Amari at running back and Geimere in the secondary at nickel ...

Mountaineers to face Marshall

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MORGANTOWN — The final result of West Virginia’s worst weekend of the season thus far was the Mountaineers dropping four spots in the D1 Baseball poll to No. 17. It certainly could have been worse after allowing 32 hits and 20 runs in three games at home against UCF, which rose from No. 23 to No. 12 in the national ranking. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers (21-7) find themselves in regroup mode, while also trying to get a bulk of their roster back to full health. WVU head coach Steve Sabins said a bad flu bug had ripped through most of his players last week, including Matthew Graveline, ...

Tigers split with Moorefield, earn victory over Philip Barbour

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MOOREFIELD — Elkins split a pair of game against Moorefield on Saturday. The Tigers recorded a 10-6 win and dropped a 4-3 verdict. Blayne Thompson and Braden Cooper had two RBIs each in the win for the Tigers, while Brady Biller went 3 for 4. Owen Stanley earned the win, allowing four runs on five hits in three innings of work. Edison Smith had a pair of hits for the Yellow Jackets. Moorefield got a walk-off victory as Trevor Baldwin delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Thompson and Dyer Barger had two hits apiece for Elkins. Baldwin finished with a ...