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Knights sink Tigers behind 3-point barrage

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ELKINS — Preston drilled 15 treys and dominating second half to hand Elkins a 66-42 setback Thursday night in Big 10 Conference play at Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium. Aidan Schmidl had five treys in finishing with 27 points for the Knights, while Kash Jenkins with 15 points — all coming on 3-pointers over the final two frames. Easton Hayes added 18. Landon Shreve paced the Tigers with 23 points. Isaiah Nutter chipped in 10. Elkins led 24-22 at halftime but was outscored 21-6 in the third quarter and 21-10 in the fourth. The Tigers will honor their senior players ...

Lady Colts, Lady Vikings to meet in co-regional final

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PHILIPPI — Second-seed Philip Barbour and No. 3 Petersburg advanced in the Class AA, Region II tourney with wins on Friday night. The Lady Colts will now host the Lady Vikings at 7 p.m. on Thursday with the victor advancing to the state tournament. Philip Barbour’s Izzy Knotts scored ...

WVU’s lineup experimentation pays off

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MORGANTOWN — If you were in attendance for West Virginia baseball’s home opener against Ohio, or you were watching on TV, or if you just looked at the lineup card, you might’ve noticed something odd. The Mountaineers’ long-time outfielder, Armani Guzman, was taking ground balls at ...

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby placed on IR

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins will have to start their playoff push without Sidney Crosby. The club placed its longtime captain on injured reserve on Wednesday. The move comes after Crosby sustained a lower-body injury during the Olympic hockey tournament at the Milan Cortina Games. The 38-year-old three-time Stanley Cup winner went down in the second period of Canada’s quarterfinal win over Czechia. The Canadians held out hope Crosby would be able to return, but he sat out a semifinal win over Finland and a loss to the United States in the gold medal game. Crosby, ...

Late scoring burst lifts WVU women by UCF

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MORGANTOWN — The scoring burst came later than expected, but it eventually happened. The end result was the 17th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team walked out of Addition Financial Arena in Orlando, Fla. on Wednesday with one collective “whew.” Behind a dominating third-quarter performance that saw the Mountaineers shoot nearly 77% from the field, WVU avoided what would have been a major upset with a 74-62 victory against struggling UCF. Gia Cooke scored 19 points and Jordan Harrison added 16 points and seven assists, as WVU (23-6, 13-4 Big 12) won its eighth true road ...

Skenes loses 4 strikes to challenges in Cy Young winner’s spring debut

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NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — National League Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes lost four strikes to challenges in his first spring training start. Skenes struck out four and walked four over 2 1/3 innings for Pittsburgh on Wednesday against the Atlanta Braves, who were 4 for 4 against the right-hander on challenges to get called strikes overturned to balls — one of them by the slimmest of margins. The 53-pitch outing is expected to be the only one Skenes has for Pittsburgh before he joins the U.S. for the World Baseball Classic. He allowed one hit and one run while facing 12 batters. He ...