OLD WASHINGTON – Blake Burkhart was a freshman when Barnesville (21-7) last played in the Ohio Baseball Regional Tournament. That was 2024 when the Shamrocks defeated Sandy Valley at Conotton Valley for the district crown before falling to Minford in the Division III regionals at Ohio ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ian Happ homered for the second consecutive game and the Chicago Cubs handed Paul Skenes his third straight loss with a 7-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday. The win came one night after the Cubs ended a 10-game losing streak. Happ hit a tiebreaking ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Thanks to a big bounce back on Thursday night, the Oak Glen softball team remains alive in its bid to repeat as state champs. The Golden Bears dropped a tough loss in a pitcher’s duel between their ace Mattie Carney and top-seed Logan’s Myleigh Adkins in their first ...
GRANVILLE — West Virginia pitcher Chansen Cole was overlooked coming out of the transfer portal. He was a Division II pitcher from Newberry College, was only a sophomore, didn’t have high velocity and was unproven at the Division I level, and more importantly, in a power conference. Head coach Steve Sabins took a chance on him and expected him to be in the mix for a weekend starter out of four to six pitchers he was working out in the fall. During Sabin’s after-practice press conference, he announced that Cole will start the first game of WVU’s NCAA postseason on Friday ...
SOUTH CHARLESTON — Going up against the No. 1 seed in the WVSSAC Class A State Softball Tournament, No. 4 Wheeling Central flipped the script and looked more the favorite than the underdog in a dominant 8-0, five-inning victory against the Falcons inside the confines of South Charleston's ...
DUNCAN FALLS - The Harrison Central softball team faced a tall order against undefeated Licking Valley. The Panthers— the No. 1 ranked team in the state— shut out the Huskies, 14-0, in four-and-a-half innings in the second Ohio Division IV Region 13 Semifinal of the day Thursday evening out at Philo. Emory Whisner, who is a sophomore, picked up the win inside the circle for the Panthers. She struck out seven and walked two while only allowing three singles. Offensively, Whisner went 4-for-4 with a single, two doubles, a home run, three RBI and three runs scored. Mikalya ...
