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Texas begins softball title defense among the favorites in a wide-open NCAA bracket

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Texas is in prime position to successfully defend its national softball championship The Longhorns will need to navigate perhaps the most balanced and unpredictable field in NCAA Championships history to do it. Texas, which takes the No. 2 overall seed into regional play, will open against Wagner on Friday in the Austin Regional. The Longhorns (42-10) still have Teagan Kavan, the Most Outstanding Player of last year's Women's College World Series, leading the way from the circle. She has a 21-4 record with a 2.65 earned run average and got the win against ...

Conley fires no-hitter to lead Madonna

WEIRTON — Peyton Conley went from not being sure if she was even going to be able to play in Wednesday’s regional game to turning in a performance for the ages. The Madonna sophomore went from battling an illness on Tuesday night to spinning a no-hitter in the circle for the Blue Dons, ...

Big Red falls in district tournament

STEUBENVILLE — The Steubenville softball team got off to a fast start against Tri-Valley, however, the Scotties mounted a comeback and pulled away for the victory. Big Red — the No. 2 seed - led by two runs going into the top of the third inning, however, third-seeded Tri-Valley tallied ...

Creek snaps slide with big win at St. C

ST. CLAIRSVILLE — A pair of perennial Ohio Eastern District baseball powers collided Wednesday, with each riding a lengthy losing skid as the regular season winds down. Indian Creek halted its 5-game slide while extending St. Clairsville’s slump to four straight with an 8-3 verdict on ...

Prep Roundups

REGULAR SEASON BASEBALL Edison rallies for walk-off win over Big Red RICHMOND — The Edison baseball team got its second big win in as many days, battling back and earning a walk-off, 4-3 win over Big Red on Wednesday evening at home. Brady Haught's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh lifted the Wildcats (15-6) to the win after they had trailed 3-1 in the fourth inning. Bryce Rogers had two hits, including a triple, and drove in two runs for Edison, while JD Henderson also had an RBI. Haught also fired six innings on the mound for Edison, striking out six and walking ...

Ace Maxx Yehl looking to have another dominant performance for No. 9 WVU baseball

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia pitcher Maxx Yehl doesn’t get the average treatment of a regular college pitcher. After pitching, his week leading up to his next start includes massages, red light therapy and ice baths. Yehl is doing everything a MLB pitcher does after pitching. “We're treating Maxx like a big leaguer,” head coach Steve Sabins said. “Because he is a big leaguer… The truth is that that guy should pitch for another 15 years. He's that good. He's an exceptional talent.” Yehl is coming off his best start of the season, which is saying something because he ...