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Tigers' season ends in setback to Bridgeport

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BRIDGEPORT — Fourth-seeded Elkins’ season came to a conclusion in a 7-2 setback to top-seed Bridgeport Monday afternoon in Class AAA, Region II action. The Tigers finished with a 13-16 record, while the Indians (30-4) advance to the state tournament. Owen Sondericker, who also smacked a three-run double at the plate, went the distance to earn the win, allowing no earned runs on three hits, striking out nine and walking just one. Owen Stanley took the loss, going the first five frames and yielding six runs (four earned) on seven hits, fanning one and walking five. The Tigers ...

Tucker boys place sixth in Class A state meet

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CHARLESTON — The Tucker County boys placed sixth in the Class A portion of the state meet completed Saturday at Laidley Field. The Mountain Lions tallied 46 points. Wahama took the boys title with 123.50 points. The 4x400-meter relay unit of Nate Ricottilli, Keeyln Eichelberger, Lucas Barb and Reid Kisamore placed second on Saturday in a time of 3:33.33. The same group placed eighth in the 4x200 relay (1:37.50). Ricottilli was also third in the 400 (51.86) and Kisamore fifth in the 100 (11.64). Barb won the state title in the high jump on Friday’s first day of the meet with ...

Tigers’ George shines in state meet

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CHARLESTON — Trevor George saved his best race of the state meet weekend for last as he paced the Elkins High School boys in scoring with 28.5 points. George’s 800-meter time of 1:57.02 marked his fourth school record in four races and earned the two-time cross-country champion his first solo win on the track. The junior’s Saturday began with a second-place showing in the 1,600-meter run (4:17.78), showcasing Elkins’ depth at the middle-distance events. Keyser’s Luca Altobello won that event in 4:16.47 and captured high-point honors with 29.5 points. Bobby Valentine ...

Mountaineers to host NCAA Regional

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MORGANTOWN — There are any number of takes that came out of the NCAA baseball tournament selection show on Monday, and not to get into so much which ones or right or wrong, well, yours is wrong. For instance, you can take a look at the Morgantown Regional, which opens play at noon ...

State meet off and running

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CHARLESTON — The Elkins High School 4x800-meter relay teams captured Class AAA titles on the opening day of the state meet Friday at Laidley Field, while Tucker County’s Lucas Barb claimed the Class A high jump title. Bobby Valentine, Josh Bodkins, Dylan Fortney and Trevor George ...

Baker expects WVU to have ‘best fundraising year ever’

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MORGANTOWN — The current state of college athletics has turned into an “arms race,” as West Virginia athletic director Wren Baker called it in April. It’s become who can generate the most money to pay the best players to compete for championships. And it’s happening in all sports. Now, as college football legend Nick Saban said, it depends on where you spend the money, but as Rich Rodriguez recently said in an interview with ESPN’s Pete Thamel, it gets to a point where you can’t miss. “When rosters get up to $50 million, $60 million, $70 million, they’d have to be ...