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New scoreboards installed at Mingo Central baseball, softball fields
NEWTOWN – Over the last few years the new Mingo Central High School baseball and softball fields have been a work in progress with continued upgrades and additions to the two facilities. The two on-campus fields atop Miner Mountain have both received further improvements with the installation of new...
Week 1 Grid Spotlight:
WHEN: Thursday, Aug. 29, 7 p.m. WHERE: Buck Harless Stadium, Mingo Central High School, Newtown, W.Va. Editor's note: This is Part One of an 11-part feature highlighting the week-by-week opponents this fall for the Mingo Central and Tug Valley high school football teams. The Mingo Central and Tug Valley high...
Drag strip again dominates conversation at MCRA meeting
For the past several months, the erratic future of the Twin Branch Drag Strip has essentially dominated discussion at the Mingo County Redevelopment Authority’s monthly meetings. To a certain degree, this extended and often hotly debated topic between agency officials and a group of racing enthusiasts has also bled...
New postseason basketball change creates 'Super Regionals’
The upcoming 2024-25 high school basketball season was already going to be a season of change for prep roundball in West Virginia with the WVSSAC's realignment and the implementation of some new sectionals across the state. For Mingo Central High School, the change would have been stark as the Miners'...
Twin Branch sparks lively debate at Mingo County Commission
Twin Branch Motorsports Complex again took center stage and resulted in a heated discussion during the Mingo County Commission’s May 21 meeting. The discussion began when proponents of the drag strip, who attended the meeting, raised questions regarding a DBA (doing business as) filing under the name "Twin Branch Motorsports Complex."
Lady Miners' Hammond hit .540 this season
NEWTOWN – The Mingo Central High School Lady Miners' softball season didn't go as well as hoped record-wise, nor in their difficult Class AA sectional tourney. The Lady Miners closed out the season at 7-13 and an 0-2 showing in sectional play. Mingo Central was eventually ousted on Wednesday,...
Wolfpack secures third straight Mingo County baseball title
WILLIAMSON – It was a heck of a year for Williamson Middle School boys' athletics. Back in the fall, the Wolfpack won the Mingo County football championship. In February, the Williamson boys' basketball team won the county title. Then last Thursday, May 9, the Wolfpack baseball team finished off...
Mingo Central’s Slone, Thomason ink with UPike
NEWTOWN – The biggest thrill for an educator or a coach is to see his or her athletes move on to the next level to further their education and athletic playing career. That day came into fruition on Monday, May 13, as two more Mingo Central High School athletes signed national letters of intents.
Chatham Baseball Makes its Own History as Delbarton Wins its Fifth Straight Morris County Tournament Behind 3-Time MVP Dill
MONTVILLE, NJ -- Chatham's reward for clawing its way from the No. 12 seed to the Morris County Tournament championship game for the first time in school history? A meeting with Delbarton, the No. 1 ranked team in the state, and its standout pitcher, Aiden Dill. The Green Wave pried open a scoreless pitching duel between Chatham's Wes Maksimow and Dill by scoring an unearned run without a base hit in the fifth and went on to win its fifth straight MCT title on Thursday night at Montville High.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE FREE TAPINTO.NET NEWSLETTER Delbarton (22-2)...
Mingo Central closes out softball season at 7-13, 0-2 in sectionals
WAYNE – All didn't end well for the Mingo Central High School softball team, nor of its senior class, in last week's Class AA Region 4 Section 2 tournament. The Lady Miners closed out the season at 7-13 and an 0-2 showing in sectional play. Mingo Central was eventually...
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