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Gyorko soaking in Mountaineers’ run

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OMAHA, Neb. – During his eight-year career in the major leagues, Jedd Gyorko played in some of the finest and history-driven baseball cathedrals in the nation. Dodgers Stadium has more than twice the capacity of Charles Schwab Field, where WVU (46-15) will continue its march through history at 7 p.m. Sunday to face North Carolina in a winner’s bracket game of the College World Series. The newer Yankees Stadium may no longer be the House that Ruth Built, but the lore of the Sultan of Swat, Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio are still present. Gyorko played there, too. That didn’t ...

'We move forward': WVU falls to UNC in CWS

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OMAHA, Neb. — Brodie Kresser said he was thinking double play when he saw the ground ball off the bat of North Carolina’s Jake Schaffner on Sunday night. A double play would have got West Virginia out of the seventh inning tied with North Carolina. Instead, the ball came off hard and fell off Kresser’s glove. All UNC runners were safe. “It just ate me up,” Kresser admitted afterwards. “It bounced and that was it.” What followed was even more disaster, as North Carolina pulled past West Virginia, 5-2, to advance to the national semifinals. Gavin Gallaher hit a shot ...

WVU, UNC meet in College World Series

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OMAHA, Neb. – Maybe it was destiny that led both West Virginia and North Carolina to the College World Series. Their paths to Charles Schwab Field were nearly identical, both filled with adversities faced and heroically overcome. The Mountaineers (46-15) had their moments in the regional round with two victories against Kentucky. First, there was a ninth-inning rally capped off by Paul Schoenfeld’s two-run home run. That was followed a day later by Armani Guzman’s walk-off base hit in the 10th inning. North Carolina (51-12-1) faced its drama in the super regionals against ...

BACF: Doddridge passing game key for Mountain State

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ST. MARYS – On a night when a whole host of deserving candidates could have claimed Most Valuable Player honors, West Virginia’s Landon Thomas claimed the hardware as the Mountaineer squad snapped a two-game losing streak with a dominating 26-7 win over the Ohio squad in the 31st Annual ...

BACF: W.Va. gets back in win column

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ST. MARYS — West Virginia put on a strong defensive effort here Friday night at Bill Hanlin Stadium as the Mountaineers snapped a two-game losing streak to Ohio thanks to a 26-7 victory in the 31st Battle Against Cystic Fibrosis Football Classic. Doddridge County’s Landon Thomas, who ...

Shaeffer to coach Warren girls hoops

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VINCENT — Darius Shaeffer has more than 20 years of high school basketball coaching experience. Shaeffer, who recently completed his first year as an assistant principal at Warren High School, is taking over head coaching duties for the Warriors girls basketball team. “I had full ...