CHARLESTON — Throughout the grueling grind of the track and field season, the Weir High track team has had one clear focus — get as many of its members to Charleston at the end of the season as possible. The Red Riders were pretty successful in achieving that goal, as a total of 27 Red ...
BASEBALL WEST VIRGINIA TOURNAMENT Oak Glen's season ends in close battle WILLIAMSTOWN — After upsetting Williamstown earlier in the week, Oak Glen gave the Yellowjackets another tough battle on Thursday in an elimination game. The Golden Bears, looking to stay alive in the Class AA, Region 1 tournament, got off to a good start, scoring the first four runs of the game to open a 4-0 lead, which they held until the fourth inning. The host Yellowjackets, however, got a run each in the fourth and sixth before driving three runs across in the bottom of the seventh for a ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Brandon Lowe homered, Marcell Ozuna drove in two runs and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 6-2 on Thursday. Rookie Konnor Griffin extended his hitting streak to eight games with a double. He also scored a run and stole a base. Griffin went 6 for 13 in ...
DETROIT (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a solo home run, Joey Cantillo threw 5 2/3 shutout innings and the Cleveland Guardians extended their winning streak to six games with a 3-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday. Brayan Rocchio had three hits, including two doubles, and scored a ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Josh Hart scored a playoff career-high 26 points, Jalen Brunson had 19 points and 14 assists, and the New York Knicks moved halfway to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1999 by beating the Cleveland Cavaliers 109-93 on Thursday night. Mikal Bridges also scored 19 points and Karl-Anthony Towns had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Knicks, who won their ninth straight game. That's the NBA's longest postseason winning streak since the Boston Celtics won 10 straight on their way to the 2024 championship. Two nights after rallying from a 22-point deficit in the ...
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause of death was given. Busch's family said earlier Thursday that he was hospitalized with a "severe illness," three days before he was to compete in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on Wednesday when he became ...
