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Beaver Local wins extra innings battle at Weir

WEIRTON - The Weir baseball team was able to rally once to stay alive against Beaver Local, however, the it was not able to do it a second time. The Beavers scored a run in the top of the ninth inning to break the tie, and they were able to keep the Red Riders off the scoreboard in the bottom of the inning as they came away with a 4-3 victory in nine innings Tuesday evening up at the Weir High Baseball Field. With the loss, Weir is now 14-16 on the season, while Beaver Local improved to 15-9 with the win. After a scoreless eighth inning, Beavers came to bat in the ninth with a ...

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SOFTBALL TOURNAMENT WEST VIRGINIA Brooke rallies to open tourney with a win WELLSBURG — After falling behind by three runs, the Brooke softball team rallied back with the game's last seven runs to open the Class AAA Region 1 tournament with a 7-3 victory over Grafton on Tuesday. The Bruins (16-14), the No. 2 seed, fell behind 3-0 in the top of the fourth, but scored four runs in the bottom of the inning to take the lead and added two more in the fifth and one in the sixth to top the third-seeded Bearcats. Grafton will take on East Fairmont in an elimination game today, ...

Big Red’s Clutter headed to Bethany

Big Red senior Annabelle Clutter recently signed to continue her academic and volleyball careers at Bethany College. Clutter plans to major in physical science while competing for the Bison. Joining Annabelle, front, second from left, for the occasion were, front, her mother Janelle Clutter, ...

Angel Martinez homers, Guardians strike out 13 and top Angels 3-2

CLEVELAND (AP) — Angel Martinez homered and Cleveland's pitchers struck out 13 as the Guardians kept up their home mastery of the Los Angeles Angels with a 3-2 victory on Tuesday night. Martinez, Patrick Bailey and Bryan Rocchio drove in runs for Cleveland, which improved to 29-4 against ...

Sabins has guided WVU through ups and downs into Big 12 contention

MORGANTOWN — Peaks and valleys, yeah, Steve Sabins knows a bit about both. Three games shy of wrapping up just his second regular season as West Virginia’s head baseball coach, it’s likely Sabins has already either been fired on social media or hailed as a conquering hero dozens of ...