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Post 64 falls to Post 15 in extras

Easton Miller’s eighth-inning line drive hit off the back of the infield umpire and rolled into center field to plate the go-ahead run in Parkersburg Post 15’s 7-6 win over Marietta Post 64 Friday at Pioneer Park. Post 15 (5-3) trailed 3-1 after three and 5-2 after five, but put up a ...

Baseball, softball back at Parkersburg Catholic

PARKERSBURG – Pieces are falling into the place. Baseball is back at Parkersburg Catholic High School. And their female counterparts are joining in on the spring fever with the creation of a softball program. “We’ve talked about having those two sports at Catholic for some time,” ...

Luck’s decision helped WVU reach new heights

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Oliver Luck had a decision to make in the fall of 2011, a few weeks after the Big 12 announced the addition of West Virginia effective the following year. Should he recommend dropping what had been a mediocre Big East baseball program or commit to giving the Mountaineers ...

COLUMN: How about Coach Deegan?

In the world of college baseball, West Virginia earning its first ever College World Series berth has been a huge story of interest in the area. The Mountaineers are set to take on Troy at 2 p.m. today in Omaha, Neb. to begin the double elimination tournament. The final two teams standing will play a best-of-three championship series to determine the national champion. But there’s another college baseball story relevant to the Mid-Ohio Valley that recently occurred in the Division III ranks. Denison University defeated Endicott twice in three games to capture the D3 national ...

W.Va. looks to snap 2-game BACF skid

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The coaching staff under East Fairmont’s Shane Eakle should be worth a few points by itself for Friday’s Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Football Classic at St. Marys High School. Eakle, who completed his seventh season at his alma mater last fall, brought Doddridge ...

‘Other guys’ pivotal to West Virginia’s postseason

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The stars of WVU’s baseball lineup you already know. Some of them are chasing records, whether that’s Armani Guzman needing one stolen base to set the school’s single-season mark or Gavin Kelly needing two home runs to tie the program’s single season record of ...