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TOURNAMENT WEST VIRGINIA BASEBALL Brooke falls at East Fairmont FAIRMONT — The Brooke baseball team fell in an early hole on Tuesday and could not battle back all the way, falling 6-2 at East Fairmont in the winner's bracket of the Class AAA, Region 1 tournament. The Bruins will play North Marion in an elimination game today at home. The winner goes back to East Fairmont needing to win twice to reach the state tournament. Brooke fell behind 3-0 in the bottom of the first inning on Tuesday and trailed 5-0 after five before plating two in the sixth, Zac O'Mery driving in ...

Blue Dons open regionals with a win

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WEIRTON — Competing in the new double elimination regional format, Madonna knew starting off with a victory would be important. The Blue Dons got off to a slow start in that quest, but got the bats going with a big fifth inning to pull away from Clay-Battelle for a 6-2 victory in the ...

Wheeling Central blanks Weir in second round of regional

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ST. CLAIRSVILLE — After winning their final 19 regular season games, Wheeling Central upped their win streak to 20 in their initial playoff outing Tuesday vs. Weir, the Maroon Knights defeating the Red Riders 3-0 behind a dominant pitching outing from senior Steven Brodegard. Brodegard ...

Nailers win Game 7, move on to Eastern Conference Final

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WHEELING – The Wheeling Nailers are headed to Florida. No, the team is not re-locating to the Sunshine State, nor are the players headed to the beach for vacation. By virtue of their white-knuckle, 4-3, decision over Maine before a raucous crowd of 3,210 Monday night in Game 7 inside WesBanco Arena, the Nailers are headed to the Eastern Conference Finals for the first time in 10 years. “It feels good. It’s where we should be. We were the (North) division winner,” first-year Wheeling head coach Ryan Papaioannou. “We’ll probably be one of four division winners in the ...

Blue Dons' strong season ends in regional final deciding game

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WEIRTON - The Madonna softball team battled, but it came up short against Ritchie County. The game was scoreless through three innings, however, the Rebels plated a run in each of the final four innings en route to shutting out the Blue Dons, 4-0, in a West Virginia Class A Region 1 Co-Final Monday evening at Starvaggi Park. "They have an all-state pitcher, and she showed why," Madonna (21-7) head coach Jason Backel said. "She's fantastic. I knew she was going to be tough to beat. We were able to string some hits together in that first game. In that first game, we scored two runs in ...