WILLIAMSTOWN 鈥� Lately, when Ravenswood and Williamstown hook up in a boys athletic event expect quirky. Tuesday night in a Class AA, Region I elimination baseball game, a one-hour rain and lightning delay with Ravenswood leading 3-2 in the top of the fourth inning didn鈥檛 phase ...
PARKERSBURG 鈥� Despite not having a track and field complex of their own, Class A, Region IV Little Kanawha Conference programs Wirt County and Calhoun County are more than excited about this week's state meet in Charleston. 鈥淚t's been a pretty good year so far,鈥� said Tiger head ...
HUNTINGTON 鈥� It is tournament time in the Mountain State, and Huntington used a three-run sixth inning to come from behind to beat Parkersburg 5-4 on Highlander Mountaintop to advance to the winners bracket of the double-elimination Class AAAA South Region baseball tournament. 鈥淲e did just enough to win that ball game,鈥� Highlanders coach John Dennison said. Dennison was excited about Huntington's Jamie Legg鈥檚 performance on the mound as the starting pitcher. Legg collected seven strikeouts while allowing only two earned runs as he demonstrated great control with his off-speed ...
Russ Montgomery, of Parkersburg, recorded a hole-in-one at Oxbow Golf Course. He used a pitching wedge to ace hole No. 4, a 105-yard par 3. Montgomery鈥檚 hole-in-one was witnessed by Scott Perry, Don Pottmeyer and Charlie Gragg.
CHARLESTON 鈥� The Patriots won Tuesday night. That would be the George Washington Patriots, picking up a 11-1 win over the Parkersburg South Patriots in the Class AAAA South Region tournament at Floyd Wilcox Field in Charleston. George Washington scored 10 of its 11 runs between the third and fifth innings, including four in the fourth inning. Eli Smith and Ryan Anderson hit home runs, with Anderson clubbing a grand slam in the fourth. Anderson's home run extended GW's lead to 8-1. "It was a tight game up until that, then, on two swings, it's a seven-run swing for us there," GW ...
WATERFORD 鈥� The Waterford Wildcats were declared a 7-0 winner Tuesday evening in a weather-shortened Division VI district quarterfinal against the visiting Ripley Blue Jays. The game was called in the bottom of the second inning due to lightning in the area and it was then decided by both coaches to go ahead and pull the plug on the game and declare the Wildcats the victors over the winless Jays. The Wildcats batted around in the opening inning as they scored six times. A two-run triple by senior Braun Doak, an RBI-double by Henry Huffman and a run-scoring single off the bat of ...
