SPORTS
Lady Panthers roll past Tide, advance to sectional finals
SETH – Double-elimination tournaments can be grueling and exhausting for those having to fight their way out of the loser's bracket. It seems like you are playing almost every day and it can test the limits of your team's determination, mental and physical toughness and will to survive. The...
Tug Valley softball finishes as sectional runner-up
SETH, W.Va. — Tug Valley Lady Panthers moved into the championship round of the sectional tourney with a win at Sherman 7-3 on May 7. This was an elimination game in the double-elimination event and Tug improved to 20-7 overall and 4-1 in Class A, Region 4, Section 1 play.
Baseball Game Recap: Lawrence County Find Success
Lawrence County won the last time they faced Belfry, and things went their way on Friday too. The Lawrence County Bulldogs had just enough and edged the Belfry Pirates out 3-1. The win made it back-to-back victories for Lawrence County. For Belfry's part, they saw three different players step up...
Baseball Game Preview: Pike County Central Plays at Home
Pike County Central is 9-1 against East Ridge since April of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Pike County Central Hawks will be playing in front of their home fans against the East Ridge Warriors at 6:00 p.m. Pike County Central's hitters might...
Waine’s world: MCHS lineman inks with Tusculum University
NEWTOWN – If you know Chaz Waine he's the quintessential “nice guy” and often is soft spoken. But on the football field he's a beast. Waine, the anchor of Mingo Central's offensive line in his four-year career with the Miners at center and a two-time Class AA All-State selection, made it official on Tuesday afternoon as he signed a national letter-of-intent to play collegiate football at Tusculum University, a Division II school located in Tusculum, Tenn.
Bison blank Panthers 3-0 in sectional showdown
NAUGATUCK – Tuesday night's showdown between the Tug Valley and Buffalo baseball teams figured to be a donnybrook. It was certainly just that as No. 3 seed Buffalo escaped Tug Valley High School and Tug's Don Spence Field with a 3-0 win in the Class A Region 4 Section 1 Tournament showdown game at Naugatuck.
Panthers win opener, fall to St. Joe, Buffalo in sectional
NAUGATUCK, W.Va. — The Tug Valley Panthers baseball team opened up tournament play May 6 in the Class A, Region 4, Section 1 opener at Don Spence Field in Naugatuck. The Panthers advanced with a 14-4 mercy rule win in five innings over Van. Tug Valley improved to 13-15...
Johnson Central 14, Shelby Valley 0 (Five innings)
Last Thursday at the Johnson Brothers Athletic Complex, the Shelby Valley Wildcats hosted 15th Region foe Johnson Central in a baseball showdown that saw the Golden Eagles cruise to a 14-0 win in five innings over the Wildcats. As neither team scored in the first inning, the Golden Eagles got...
Lady Rangers nine-peat as county champions
DELBARTON – Winning two or three championships in a row is considered a major accomplishment in the sports world. That's what the Lenore Middle School softball team did on Friday, May 3 as the Lady Rangers captured their ninth straight Mingo County Softball Championship after LMS blanked Williamson Middle School, 12-0, at Blevins Field in Delbarton.
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