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Class AA All-State Baseball Teams Announced

Top Sports June 24, 2026

RIDGELEY — From start to finish this season, Lanson Orndorf was at the top of his game. After crescendoing his senior campaign with an RBI triple and seven innings of two-run ball to help the Frankfort Falcons capture the WVSSAC Class AA state championship over Logan, the hits keep coming for Orndorf, who earned the honor of captaining the 2026 Class AA All-State baseball team, selected by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. The Falcons star batted .413 with a 1.119 OPS, 27 RBI and 16 extra-base hits, and struck out 112 batters in 84 innings on the mound, pitching to a ...

Cole Young Hits A Two-Run Home Run In The Seventh To Lift Mariners To A 3-2 Victory Over Pirates

Top Sports June 24, 2026

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cole Young hit a two-run home run in the seventh inning in his first major league game in his hometown to lift the Seattle Mariners to a 3-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old second baseman’s drive into the right-field bleachers kept ...

Brendan Sorsby Has To Wait Until 2027 To Join The NFL

Top Sports June 24, 2026

Brendan Sorsby will have to wait until 2027 to begin his NFL career. The NFL informed the 22-year-old quarterback on Tuesday that it will not hold a supplemental draft this year, and encouraged him to focus on preparing for possible entry into the league through the regular draft next ...

WVU Baseball 2027 Projected Starter Zahir Barjam To Enter Transfer Portal

Top Sports June 24, 2026

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball's season ended less than a week ago, and there's already some major movement heading out of Morgantown through the transfer portal. Mountaineers freshman infielder Zahir Barjam has entered the transfer portal, according to D1 Baseball and multiple other ...

Mike Boynton Promoted To Interim Coach At Michigan As Dusty May Leaves For The NBA

Top Sports June 23, 2026

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan, coming off a national championship in basketball, suddenly had a coaching search no one seemed to see coming. Athletic director Warde Manuel didn't take much time to make a move. Mike Boynton was promoted to interim coach to replace Dusty May, a person ...

W.Va. All-State Baseball Class A Released

Top Sports June 23, 2026

HUNTINGTON - Sherman High School head coach Jeremiah Pettry and his staff knew they potentially had something special brewing four years ago. Earlier this month at Marshall University's Jack Cook Field, the second-seeded Tide ousted No. 6 Madonna, seventh-seeded Pendleton County and finally ...