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Schramm pitches and hits Williamstown into the LKC title game with 7-2 win over South Harrison
GLENVILLE, W.Va. — Williamstown junior Parker Schramm tossed a complete game and he added three hits to help the Yellowjackets reach the Little Kanawha Conference Championship game with a 7-2 win over South Harrison at the Sue Morris Sports Complex. Schramm allowed six hits, walked three batters and struck...
Gilmer County holds off Tyler Consolidated, 5-3 to secure a spot in the LKC title game
GLENVILLE, W.Va. — Faced with an early deficit, one big swing of the bat and four shutout innings to follow allowed Gilmer County to reach the Little Kanawha Conference Championship game. The Titans defeated Tyler Consolidated, 5-3 in the second LKC semifinal to set up a matchup against Williamstown Friday at 5 p.m.
St. Marys defeats Roane for first ever LKC crown
GLENVILLE — Cali Masters had five hits in as many at-bats and had a pair of dominating performances inside the circle here Friday night at the Sue Morris Sports Complex to help lead St. Marys to its first Little Kanawha Conference softball championship following a 4-0 victory versus Roane County.
Patriot Legacies: John Walker an early settler at Big Springs
John Walker was born in 1747 in County Antrim, Ireland. At age 29, in 1776, he enlisted as a Private in Capt. John Morrow’s Company of Pennsylvania Riflemen of the 2nd Battalion. He took part in the battles of Long Island, New York; Trenton, New Jersey; and Brandywine and Germantown in Pennsylvania. John’s service coincided with a bleak time in our country’s fight for independence. The Continental Army only narrowly got away after its defeat at Long Island. Trenton was a morale booster as Washington...
Ritchie’s Sydney Kopshina sets school record in pole vault
PARKERSBURG – Track is not necessarily Sydney Kopshina’s primary sport. Which makes what she is doing as a pole vaulter even more impressive. Friday at the Erickson Invitational, the senior from Ritchie County broke the school record formerly owned by Parkersburg South pole vaulting coach Kelli Barker. Kopshina cleared the bar with a winning height of 11 feet, 1.25 inches.
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