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NASCAR champ Kyle Busch dies after being hospitalized with 'severe illness'

CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup Series champion who won more races than anyone across NASCAR's three national series, has died. He was 41. The Busch Family, Richard Childress Racing and NASCAR issued a joint statement Thursday saying Busch died after being hospitalized. No cause of death was given. Busch's family said earlier Thursday that he was hospitalized with a "severe illness," three days before he was to compete in the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Busch was testing in the Chevrolet racing simulator in Concord on Wednesday when he became ...

Prep Roundups

BASEBALL WEST VIRGINIA TOURNAMENT Oak Glen's season ends in close battle WILLIAMSTOWN — After upsetting Williamstown earlier in the week, Oak Glen gave the Yellowjackets another tough battle on Thursday in an elimination game. The Golden Bears, looking to stay alive in the Class AA, Region 1 tournament, got off to a good start, scoring the first four runs of the game to open a 4-0 lead, which they held until the fourth inning. The host Yellowjackets, however, got a run each in the fourth and sixth before driving three runs across in the bottom of the seventh for a ...

Red Riders sending large contingent to state meet

CHARLESTON — Throughout the grueling grind of the track and field season, the Weir High track team has had one clear focus — get as many of its members to Charleston at the end of the season as possible. The Red Riders were pretty successful in achieving that goal, as a total of 27 Red ...

Huskies win first district title

STRASBURG — Having reached the district championship multiple times before and come up just short, veteran Harrison Central head coach Darrin Young said he had a feeling this time would be different. Call it coach’s intuition, because the Huskies' skipper was right — this time was ...