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WVU baseball loses to TCU, 4-0

GRANVILLE – That thud you may have heard coming out of Kendrick Family Ballpark on Friday night was WVU’s chances of winning a Big 12 championship hitting a brick wall. The pinging noise you heard was the reason why. TCU’s Preston Gamster, Kyuss Gargett and Noah Franco all hit solo home runs – a total of 1,191 feet of them – and Horned Frogs starter Lance Davis hurled a complete-game shutout in a 4-0 victory. The loss – just the second time the ninth-ranked Mountaineers (36-13, 20-9 Big 12) have been held scoreless this season – put a severe clamp on WVU’s chances ...

Red Riders headed back to state tourney

WEIRTON — The Red Riders are headed back to Charleston. Weir High jumped on visiting Ravenswood early and did not look back, rolling to a 9-1, run-rule victory in the Class AA, Region 1 Bracket 1 final on Thursday evening at the Roberta “Birdie” DeFrancis Softball Field, earning a ...

Rodriguez has 2 RBIs in his return to the majors, Pirates top Rockies

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Endy Rodriguez had two hits and drove in a pair of runs in his return to the majors and the Pittsburgh Pirates breezed past the Colorado Rockies 7-2 on Thursday. Rodriguez, a catcher once considered among the top prospects in Pittsburgh's farm system before missing all of ...

Prep Roundups

REGULAR SEASON BASEBALL Red Riders victorious to cap regular season GLEN DALE — The Weir High baseball team got off to a fast start then held on to defeat John Marshall, 7-6, on the road in the regular season finale on Thursday. The Red Riders close the regular season at 15-16 and begin regional action on Monday. Weir jumped out to a 5-0 lead in the top of the first inning against the Monarchs, got a run each in the fifth and sixth and fended off a JM rally in the bottom of the sixth at four runs to stay in front. Nick DiMatteis had a triple, Matt Geer had a double, ...

Oak Glen’s Stewart signs with Bethany

Oak Glen senior Haylee Stewart recently signed to continue her academic and volleyball careers at Bethany College. Haylee was part of the 2025 West Virgina AA State Championship, 2024 OVAC 4A championship and 2024 West Virginia AA state runner-up teams. She plans on pursuing a degree in ...

Korn pitches 6 scoreless to lead No. 9 WVU baseball to a shutout win

GRANVILLE — When Steve Sabins announced West Virginia baseball's pitching rotation for the week, it looked a little different. Maxx Yehl is starting Friday and Chansen Cole was a go for Saturday; that looks normal. But on a short week, with Thursday being the first game, Sabins went with relief pitcher Ian Korn as his Thursday starter. Korn didn't disappoint, making his second start of the season, and pitched six scoreless innings to help the No. 9 Mountaineers win a 2-0 over TCU in Game 1 of the series, extending WVU's win streak to eight. The Mountaineers moved to 36-12 on the year ...