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...
NFL free agents; Jordan Roberts; Bird Hall tourney Several players with state ties signed as free agents with NFL teams once the draft was over on Saturday.
As of Monday, West Virginia University had five players to sign. They are center Joe Madsen with the Pittsburgh Steelers, wide receiver J.D. Woods, also signed with the Steelers, offensive lineman Jeff Braun with the Baltimore Ravens, offensive lineman Josh Jenkins with the Seattle Seahawks and running back Shawne Alston with the New Or...
Hazard tops Belfry 3-1 in JVSI Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Hazard Bulldogs topped the Belfry Pirates 3-1 on Friday evening in the Jim Vaughn Smith Invitational (JVSI) played at the BHS sports complex at Goody, Ky.
Sophomore Keaton Taylor had only BHS hit, a single to left field leading off third.
The Pirates got their only run in the 2nd inning with two outs. Zac Fields was hit by a pitch to reach first base. Garrett Fannin came into the game as ...
Taylor leads Belfry to 6-0 shutout against Logan Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates played one of their better games of the season defeating perennial West Virginia baseball power 6-0 in the Jim Vaughn Smith Classic Thursday.
Sophomore pitcher Keaton Taylor hurled a complete game, two-hit shutout for Belfry.
The Pirates jumped out to an early 2-0 lead after the first inning.
Logan sophomore pitcher Cameron Sammons hit the first two batters he faced, Tayl...
The Tug Valley Panthers lost a 4-3 heartbreaker i Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
NAUGATUCK – The Tug Valley Panthers lost a 4-3 heartbreaker in high school baseball action on Friday evening at the Naugatuck field.
Both teams scored a run in the 1 st inning, but Lincoln County plated two in the bottom of the 3 rd frame and Tug Valley answered with one run.
Lincoln County took a 3-2 lead and got an insurance run in the 5 th inning. Tug Valley was able to score one run in the 5 th , b...
Ladies All-Star game should be a great match-up Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
The two ladies teams lined up for the Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star game should make for an exciting matchup.
The West Virginia squad will be led by Julius ‘Boo’ Hatcher, while the Kentucky squad will be coached by veteran mentor Clay Campbell. Hatcher coaches at Mingo Central and Williamson Middle School, while Campbell coaches at Pike County Central. He previously coached at Phelps and Matewan.
The Mount...
Jets draft QB Geno Smith in 2nd round
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — The New York Jets have selected West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith with their second-round pick in the NFL draft.
After falling through the first round Thursday, Smith was taken by New York on Friday night as the likely future replacement for Mark Sanchez, the team’s first-rounder in 2009 who has struggled mightily the past two seasons.
Smith could compete for the starting job this season with Sanchez, who ...
Rams trade up for WR Austin, down for OLB Ogletree ST. LOUIS (AP) — Under coach Jeff Fisher and general manager Les Snead, the St. Louis Rams refuse to stay put on draft day.
The Rams got help for quarterback Sam Bradford, trading up eight spots with Buffalo and taking speedy West Virginia wide receiver Tavon Austin with the eighth overall selection Thursday night. They surrendered two picks in that deal and got two back from the Atlanta Falcons when they traded down eight spots, and then ...
Tavon, Geno, Andrew Wiggins, local All-Star game While writing this column on Thursday, there are two big sports stories that have the interest of local fans.
One is the NFL draft, where WVU’s Tavon Austin and Geno Smith are predicted to go in the first round. By the time you read this, those two players should be future millionaires, once they sign on the dotted line.
Austin’s stock has risen and he could actually be picked before Smith. On many draft boards, the speedy Austin is the b...
Consol Energy KY All-Star squad has shooters Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
The Kentucky squad for the First Annual Consol Energy All-Star game has some of the top talents from eastern Kentucky.
Frankie Smith will coach the Bluegrass State squad.
The Kentucky squad has several of the top 3-point shooters in this part of the state and no doubt will be firing shots in a run-and-gun style noted for all-star games.
The two starting guards for the Belfry Pirates, Josh Robinson and...
Belfry holds on to beat Hillbillies 9-8 Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
MAN – The Belfry Pirates scored five runs in the top of the 7 th inning to take a 9-4 lead, but had to hold off a rally by the Man Hillbillies to win the game 9-8.
Man took a 2-0 lead scoring two runs in the 2 nd inning. Cody Carter singled to left with one out and then Mike Rose doubled to center field. Carter advanced to third base on the hit. Then both scored on an error by Joey Duty on a ball hit by M...
Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star Game loaded with talent Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
The First Annual Consol Energy All-Star game is loaded with talented basketball players from southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky.
Two players from the nationally ranked Huntington Prep school are playing for the West Virginia squad. They are Carlos Arroyo, who is from Puerto Rico, and Williams Otor Gabriel, who hails from Nigeria. Both have received several Division One scholarship offers.
The Wes...
Wildcats claw Panthers in battle of the cats Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
NAUGATUCK - Shelby Valley scored five runs in the top of the 3rd inning and went on to beat Tug Valley 13-4 in baseball action Tuesday night at the TVHS field at Naugatuck.
The Wildcats scored three more runs in the 4th inning, one more in the 6th and three insurance runs in the final frame to coast to the win.
Tug Valley scored a pair of runs in the 3rd inning and one each in the 5th and 6th innings.
M...
Pike Central Hawks squeeze by Belfry Pirates Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
BUCKLEYS CREEK, Ky. – The Pike Central Hawks squeezed by the Belfry Pirates 4-3 on Monday evening in a 60 th District regular season battle.
Belfry scored three runs in the top of the 3 rd inning to take a 3-0 lead.
However, Pike Central plated two runs in the bottom of the 4 th frame and two more in the bottom of the 5 th inning to take the lead.
The Pirates got their three runs when Zack Francisco...
Predicting the 1st round of NFL draft BARRY WILNER
AP Pro Football Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Get me out of here.
Maneuvering to move down in Thursday night’s first round of the draft will be a common behind-the-scenes scramble. There simply are few franchise-type players teams will be enamored of, yet plenty of depth to make picking up extra picks later on a worthwhile strategy.
The big bodies will dominate the opening round. Look for 17 of them to go in the top 32 at Radi...
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