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Wednesday, April 22 High School Baseball: Parkersburg at Parkersburg South, 5 p.m.; Williamstown at Wheeling Central, 5 p.m.; Marietta at Eastern; John Marshall at Warren, 5 p.m.; Frontier at Belpre High School Softball: Ravenswood at Ritchie County, 6:30 p.m.; Marietta at Eastern; Waterford at Warren, 5 p.m.; Frontier at Shenandoah; Parkersburg at St. Marys, 6 p.m. High School Track: Waterford at Belpre Quad, 4:30 p.m. High School Tennis: Marietta at Dover College Baseball: Mount Union at Marietta (DH), 4 p.m. College Softball: Marietta at Mount Union (DH), 1 p.m.

No. 12 WVU meets Pitt in Backyard Brawl

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball managed to take two of three games against Houston after falling in the first game of the series again. The Cougars are the worst team in the Big 12, but even taking two games, it shot the Mountaineers up three spots in this week's Division 1 Baseball rankings to No. 12. UCF, who handed WVU its only series loss, dropped out of the rankings this week after losing three of its last four, including a three-game series to Cincinnati. But WVU didn't come out of the weekend unscathed and suffered injuries to two of its best players, second baseman and ...

Spring Sports Stars (4/20)

SOFTBALL * Emmy Ward, Marietta: Went 3-for-4 at the plate with two RBIs and two runs scored as Marietta won at Waterford, 13-3, in six innings. Ward also earned the decision after allowing two runs over four innings of work. Teammate Sophie added two hits, including a double. BASEBALL * Lucas Hager, Morgan: Pitched a complete-game victory as Morgan won walk-off style over Philo, 3-2 in seven innings. Hager also went 1-for-3 at the plate and scored a run. Teammate Aaron Baker accounted for three of Morgan’s eight hits. TENNIS * Adam Erdelyi, Marietta: Erdelyi defeated his ...

Scoreboard (4/20)

HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL Marietta 13, Waterford 3 Marietta 002 902 – 13 9 1 Waterford 011 010 – 3 6 7 WP: Ward 4.0IP 5H 2R 2ER 0BB 2SO Harris 2.0IP 1H 1R 0ER 0BB 0SO LP: Schaad 3.0IP 1H 5R 3ER 6BB 3SO Baldwin 3.0IP 8H 8R 1ER 5BB 1SO Leading hitters Marietta: Mayo 2 runs; Miller 4 runs, RBI; Harris 1-4, run, 2 RBIs; Ward 3-4, 2 runs, 2 RBIs; Barth 1-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Bills 1-2, RBI; Morris 2-4, 2B, run; Hanson 1-3, run; Constable run, RBI Waterford: Valandingham run; Smithberger 1-3, run; Stout 3-3, RBI; Hayes RBI; Hansell 1-3, run; Morris 1-2, 2B, RBI HIGH SCHOOL ...

Warriors get sweep in return of Warren Invite

VINCENT — The return of the Warren Warrior Invitational netted spectacular results for the royal blue and white boys and girls track teams Saturday. The Warren boys bested runner-up Morgan 157-107.5, while the WHS girls ran away from second place Federal Hocking 166-79. Strong winds ...

Scoreboard (4-17; 4-18)

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL Marietta, Morgan split GAME 1: Marietta 5, Morgan 3 MA 200 011 1 — 5 11 2 MO 000 020 1 — 3 7 2 WP: A. Barnett 4 IP, 0 BB, 5 SO SAVE: J. Loughry 1 IP, 0 BB, 0 SO O. Warden 2 IP, 1 BB, 1 SO LP: C. Steimer 4.1 IP, 1 BB, 5 SO M. Winner 2 IP, 1 BB, 2 SO L. Hager .2 IP, 0 BB, 0 SO Leading hitters Marietta: B. Chidester 2-4, 2B, 2 RBIs; W. Tornes 3-4, 2 Rs; C. Hutchinson 2-4 E. McLeish 2-4, RBI Morgan: A. Baker 2-3 GAME 2: Morgan 14, Marietta 8 (6 inn.) MA 250 010 0 — 8 7 1 MO 012 83x — 14 12 2 WP: C. ...