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Shade can now show off 13 landslide victories after their most recent game on Wednesday. They were the clear victor by a 17-2 margin over the Blacklick Valley Vikings. Winning may never get old, but Shade sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row. For Blacklick...

Ironton stacked a 13th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Monday. They were the clear victor by a 13-5 margin over the Meigs Marauders. The win made it back-to-back victories for Ironton. Ironton got a massive performance out of Graycie Brammer, who went 2-for-3 with a home run, three...

Tug Valley has not done well against Sherman recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Wednesday. The Tug Valley Panthers walked away with a 7-3 win over the Sherman Tide. The victory was nothing new for Tug Valley as they're now sitting on three straight.

MASON COUNTY, WV (WOWK) – A local community is getting ready to start their engines once again after a popular dragway in Mason County announced they’re set to reopen this weekend. Kanawha Valley Dragway, which closed in 2017, will reopen as the Southside Dragway on Saturday, May 18, according to the new owner Earl Smith. […]

Wednesday just wasn't the day for Salisbury Township's offense. They lost 9-0 to the Southern Lehigh Spartans on Wednesday. Salisbury Township has struggled against Southern Lehigh recently, as their contest on Wednesday was their eighth consecutive lost matchup. Salisbury Township's defeat dropped their record down to 16-4. As for Southern...

A West Virginia community is getting ready to start their engines once again because a popular dragway is set to reopen this weekend for the first time since 2017.

Round one of what could be a season-long battle between a pair of Class A Softball heavyweights went to St. Marys last Monday evening. It required extra innings and another special mound effort by junior Cali Masters, but the Lady Devils pulled out a 4-2 victory over Wahama on the White Falcons home field in Mason. Wahama and St. Marys were the two best teams in class A a year ago and they are considered state title contenders again this season. The Lady Devils also won the last four match ups, including wins in the Little Kanawha Conference and Class A state champion games. Masters was her normal dominant self as the hard-throwing southpaw improved to 3-0 on the season with an impressive complete-game performance. She struck out 17 and allowed five hits. Both runs against her were unearned. Kate Reynolds’s tied the game at 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh with a clutch two-run single. St. Marys scored what proved to be the winning runs in the top of the eight innings thanks to back-to-back run-scoring singles by Layne Kincaid and Ava Giovinazzo. Masters easily protected the two-run advantage in the bottom of the eighth inning for the Lady Devils. Giovinazzo smacked three hits on the day while Kincaid and Ava Childers each has two base knocks. Autumn Mossor had St. Marys remaining hit. Giovinazzo, Kincaid, Childers and Mossor all collected one run batted in. Elissa Hoffman was the tough-luck loser for Wahama she went the distance, surrendering four runs (three earned) on eight hits while striking out two and walking one. Payton Staats had two hits for the White Falcons, who suffered their third straight loss to dip to 5-3 on the season. A sacrifice fly by Ava Childers put St. Marys on the scoreboard in the top of the first inning. Mossor singled home another run in the second frame to put the Lady Devils on top 2-0 and the lead stood up until the bottom of the seventh. St. Marys kept its perfect record intact with the win. St. Marys 110 000 02 – 4 8 1 Wahama 000 000 20 – 2 5 4 WP: Cali masters. (3-0) 8 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 17 SO, 1 BB, LP; Elissa Hoffman 8 IP, 8 H, 4 R, 3 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB. St. Marys hitting: Zoey Winland run, 2 stolen bases; Ava Childers 2-3. Run, RBI: Autumn Mossor 1-3, RBI;

The successful track team made the trip to Ripley recently to compete in the Viking Classic meet. The boys’ team finished in fifth and the girls finished in seventh place. In way of individual finishes, the only first place for the boys’ team was Ty Watkins, who has been very successful in the shotput, throwing an impressive 46 feet, 3 inches. Our racers were very successful with two second place finishers. These include Max Dauch in the 1600 and our 4×800 relay of Jay Mote, Reece Westfall, Tristan Murner, and Preston Lawhon.

Gilmer County lost against Ravenswood back in May of 2023, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Gilmer County Titans fell just short of the Ravenswood Red Devils by a score of 2-1. Gilmer County has not had much luck with Ravenswood recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.

Coach Rick Pitino continues to turn the St. John's Red Storm into a problem for the rest of the country with the addition of Seton Hall Pirates transfer Kadary Richmond. Richmond spent the last 3 years playing at Seton Hall following a lone freshman year at Syracuse.

RIPLEY – On the verge of elimination, Ripley’s baseball team made the most of the opportunity and survived to play another day with a 7-2 sectional win against Hurricane at home. After losing to the Redskins two days earlier by a score of 3-1, the Vikings got up early to ensure a rematch the next day for the sectional crown.

LCHS — who have clinched no less than a share of the Division I Southern Hills Athletic Conference title, depending on outcomes of other games — lost the sectional final game, as they scored their lone run in the top of the third, and were held to one hit with three errors.

The Meigs Marauders will head out on the road to face off against the Warren Warriors at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Meigs has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the matchup with four straight defeats, while Warren will come in with five straight wins. Meigs will head into Tuesday's match...

Salisbury Township owes their pitching crew a big pat on the back after their performance on Monday. They skirted past the Saucon Valley Panthers 1-0. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Salisbury Township. The result came thanks to Jenna Swoyer's shutout, as she gave up just two hits and...

After a string of four wins, Tug Valley's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They lost 10-1 to the Sherman Tide. Having soared to a lofty 16 runs in the game before, Tug Valley couldn't push the score so high this time. Tug Valley saw four different players step...

PARKERSBURG — Krista Durkin, Brynn Frye, Abby Roberts and Kendall Kimes had two hits apiece and Kylie Conley fired a six-hitter with nine strikeouts to help lead Parkersburg to a 5-1 Class AAA, Region IV, Section 2 elimination game victory Thursday evening at Larry Allen Field. The triumph keeps...

On April 24, Kerr had an annual soccer game against Alief Early College High School at Crump Stadium. The ticket to the game was $3 pre-sale and $5 at the door. There was lots of excitement from both sides before the game started, waiting for an exhilarating game ahead with lots of goals. As expected, the game was very competitive, and Alief Early College High School took the lead before halftime with a score of 2-1. During halftime, we had performances from the Kerr cheerleaders and the AECHS cheerleaders. After the halftime performance, the competitors headed back to the second half with a mindset to secure a victory. Kerr had a performance with three goals in the second half to complete the comeback with a score of 4-3. Leading the score was Hamed Qarizadah, who scored two goals for Kerr High School. “I felt great joy. Our team was playing much better than last year, and we had good support from our school. Since I’m in my senior year, we had to win this game because some of us won’t be here next year. It was somewhat revenge from last year’s game.” Qarizadah said.

The Southern Tornadoes will head out on the road to take on the South Webster Jeeps at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Southern is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last six games. Southern will head into Friday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they only won...

Wahama won the last time they faced Gilmer County, and things went their way on Wednesday too. The Wahama White Falcons sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 7-6 win over the Gilmer County Titans. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Wahama. Elissa Hoffman...