Mingo Central tennis player Kyle Surber makes history Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
PARKERSBURG – Mingo Central tennis player Kyle Surber made history on Friday with his play in the regional tournament at Parkersburg by advancing to the state tournament. He becomes the first tennis player from the new consolidated school to make it to the state tourney.
“The singles matches were ones that we came away with one player going to the state,” said coach Julius “Boo” Hatcher. “Honestly, it could...
Mingo Central track team in conference meet Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
POCA – The Mingo Central track team competed in the Cardinal Conference meet on Thursday held at Poca High school.
The young team, only in its second season of competition, competed very well.
“I thought this was the worst performance we had all year for our relay team and we still did okay,” said MCHS track coach Brad Webb. “We had a bad handoff and sluggish performances only because we have a few guys t...
Pirates fight off Warriors 6-2 Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates fought off the East Ridge Warriors 6-2 in baseball action on Thursday evening at the BHS field.
East Ridge took a 1-0 lead in the 1 st inning. The rally could have gotten more runs for East Ridge, but poor base running cost them.
In the top of the 1 st inning, Zack Ratliff led off with single to center, but was picked off at second base as pitcher Sean Hurley threw to fir...
Brewer, Newsome decide on UC; Banks to A-B; baseball sectionals Four local basketball players will be announcing their college choices early next week. It’s hard for me to keep it a secret, so here goes.
Tug Valley’s Austin Brewer and Mikey Newsome will be attending the University of Charleston. The official signing ceremonies will be this coming Tuesday at the school.
Brewer and Newsome, a pair of first team all-state selections, who led Tug Valley to back-to-back state championships, will announce a...
The Dots make point against Miners Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
POCA – The Poca Dots made a strong point against the Mingo Central Miners with a 4-0 and a 19-0 doubleheader sweep on Wednesday at Poca.
The Dots led 1-0 heading into the 4 th inning when they tacked on three more runs.
Matt Lester had a pair of hits for Mingo Central in the first game. Joe May took the loss on the mound. Ryan Leighton got the win for Poca. Matt Chandler had a double with a pair of RBIs....
Kentucky & West Virginia girls to face off Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
Many high school female students have been getting all dolled up and attending proms the past few weekends.
But, on Saturday night, some of these same girls will lace-up their high tops and hit the hardwood to battle it out as the senior all-stars from southern West Virginia will take on those from eastern Kentucky.
Julius “Boo” Hatcher will coach the W.Va. squad, while veteran high school coach Clay Camp...
Belfry baseball bouncing back from slow start Logan Copley
Guest Column
The Belfry Pirate baseball team has started off to a slow start for the 2013 Season. The Pirates, a team that went 25-9 last season and lost 4 players to graduation in 2012 has picked up the pace towards the ending of the season as they seem to have locked in the #1 seed in the 60th District as they ended regular season district play 3-1. Losing to Pike Central 3-4 in mid April and defeating Phelps twice and Pike...
Joe May clubs two homers to lead Miners Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GILBERT – Mingo Central senior Joe May has been known for his exploits on the football field and even in track.
But on Tuesday he showed his best Babe Ruth impersonation when he clubbed a pair home runs to help Mingo Central to a 11-6 win over River View at the Gilbert field.
May had four RBIs with the two homers he hit. The feat slightly overshadowed a 4-for-4 day by junior Alex “Booger” Lee who also had...
Lady Billies pound Panthers to win sectional By Jerry Fekete
Civitas News Service MAN - The Man High School softball team claimed the Class A sectional championship with an easy 17-0 mercy-rule win over Tug Valley on Tuesday night at Man. The Lady Billies, ranked No. 5 in the state in Class A, improved to 18-5 on the season with the win and have advanced to play in next week’s regional semifinals where Man is likely to have a showdown at No. 4 Sherman. Man wo...
Tug Valley gets tricky to beat Cross Lanes Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
CROSS LANES – Tug Valley got a little sneaky in their 13-11 win over Cross Lanes Christian.
Tug Valley had the lead heading into the bottom of the 7 th inning. Panther hurler Jordon Mounts got one batter to pop up for an out, but walked two batters.
With Cross Lanes threatening, coach Jeff Varney brought in relief pitcher Josh Spry.
That’s when the fun started. The runner on second base was caught in a...
Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star game is shaping up - Kyle's Korner ... The first annual Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star basketball games being held Saturday at Mingo Central High School could be the start of something big.
The games should be exciting. I had the chance to watch the Mountain State boy’s squad practice on Monday. If you like the high scoring, run and gun style of basketball, then you should love this game. Dunks should be plentiful along with some great 3-point shooting.
Then they have attracted ...
Cabell excited to coach WV All-Star squad Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
Nick Cabell was like a kid on Christmas morning when he walked into the gym at Mingo Central and saw some of the talented players warming up on the hard wood.
He has the pleasure of coaching this elite squad on Saturday night.
The boy’s all-star teams from both West Virginia and Kentucky have been practicing the last few days for Saturday’s first annual Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star game that will be playe...
Belfry Pirates blank SC Cardinals 5-0 Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates got back on the winning track as they sailed by visiting Sheldon Clark with a 5-0 shutout victory at home on Monday evening.
Sheldon Clark actually loaded the bases in the 1st inning, but Belfry was able to work out of the jam and keep the Cards from scoring.
In the bottom of the 1st inning, with one out, Eli Huddle walked on four pitches. Joey Duty walked on a 3-2 count af...
Mingo Central softball season ends in sectional tourney Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
WAYNE – Mingo Central’s Class AA sectional tournament play got off to a great start with a 13-5 win over Tolsia. Unfortunately it ended in the nightcap of the double header as they were shutout by Wayne 10-0 in the Class AA Region IV, Section 4 softball championship game Monday night at Pioneer Field.
The Lady Pioneers of Wayne were ranked third in the state heading into tourney play this week.
Tolsia did...
Renegades defeat Panthers in baseball action Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
CLEAR FORK – The Renegades of Westside defeated the Tug Valley Panthers 9-2 on Saturday at Clear Fork in Wyoming County.
David Runyon and Ethan Hager each smacked a double for Tug Valley. Mikey Newsome and Phillip Lucas each had a pair of hits, while Josh Cassell added a single.
Westside took a 3-0 lead after the 1 st inning and then added four more runs in the 2 nd frame.
The Renegades scored two mor...
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