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Parkersburg’s Myers wins Dutton Award

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PARKERSBURG — The journey for Parkersburg High School three-time state champion Stephen Myers is far from over, but the junior and former national title winner at Fargo will be adding to his trophy case after being selected by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association as the 42nd annual Robert Dutton Award winner for being the best high school wrestler in the state. “Stephen is a phenomenal wrestler and an even better young man and leader. We are super excited for him to win the Dutton,” said PHS head coach Matt Littleton of the future West Virginia University Mountaineer. ...

Lady Tigers coast past TV

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HUTTONSVILLE — Braelynn Washington had four RBIs as Elkins coasted to a 20-1 win over Tygarts Valley on Friday night. Meria Tarley added three RBIs, going 3 for 5, Hailey Riffle went 2 for 3 with a pair of RBIs and Maddie Lambert, Zeya Price and Maddie Shreve collected two RBIs apiece ...

Reynolds homers as Bucs blank Cubs

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CHICAGO (AP) — Bryan Reynolds hit a two-run homer and Carmen Mlodzinski pitched six-hit ball into the sixth inning, helping the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Chicago Cubs 2-0 on Friday. Pittsburgh was shut down by Shota Imanaga before breaking through against Caleb Thielbar in the seventh. Ryan O’Hearn hit a leadoff single for the Pirates’ first hit of the chilly afternoon, and Reynolds drove Thielbar’s next pitch deep to left for his third homer. Pittsburgh won for the seventh time in nine games since its 1-3 start. Chicago went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position and ...

Teter powers Bulldogs to win; Colts fall to GW

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MILL CREEK — Caleb Teter drove in five runs to power Tygarts Valley to a 16-1 victory over Richwood on Friday. Teter had a bases-clearing single and RBI single in the second inning as the Bulldogs plated eight runs to build a 9-1 lead. They tracked on seven more in the third as the game ended due to the 10-run mercy rule. Austin Gear tallied an RBI double in the first for Tygarts Valley and Austin Wilson and Austin George RBI doubles in the third. Teter, Wilson, Gear and Cooper Markley all had two hits for the Bulldogs. Zayden Defibaugh went all three frames to garner the ...

Bulldogs cruise past Mountain Lions

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MILL CREEK — Adam Woods collected four RBIs as Tygarts Valley cruised to a 22-3 win over Tucker County on Thursday. Woods had a two-run double in the first as part of an 18-run outburst for the Bulldogs, who drew 11 walks in the three-inning affair. Drew Arbogast, Austin Gear, ...

Malkin, Crosby and Letang help the Penguins beat the Devils to clinch a playoff spot

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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Evgeni Malkin scored as part of his two-point game, Sidney Crosby set up two goals and Kris Letang had an assist as the Pittsburgh Penguins clinched a playoff spot by defeating the New Jersey Devils 5-2 on Thursday night. The Penguins are playoff-bound for the first time since 2022, ending a three-year drought that followed a streak of qualifying 16 seasons in a row. Crosby, Malkin and Letang have been around for all of it, including Stanley Cup runs in 2009, ‘16 and ‘17. Bryan Rust, who was part of the back-to-back championships, scored his 29th goal of the ...