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Chapmanville track performs well in Gazette Relays
The Chapmanville Regional High School track and field team had a successful showing last weekend at the prestigious Gazette Relays at Charleston’s Laidley Field. “It was a pretty big event,” Chapmanville coach Joetta Thompson said. “We did very well as a team at the Gazette Relays. Almost my whole team had personal bests on their times. Our field events has work to do to get better but we are getting there.” Chapmanville senior Autumn Bai...
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<p>The Man High School softball team poses with the Class A sectional championship plaque after beezing past Tug Valley on Tuesday night at home.</p>
Lady Billies breeze to sectional title
MAN — The Man High School softball team claimed the Class A sectional championship with an easy 17-0 mercy-rule win over Tug Valley on Tuesday night at Man. The Lady Billies, ranked No. 5 in the state in Class A, improved to 18-5 on the season with the victory and have advanced to play in next week’s regional semifinals where Man is likely to have a showdown at No. 4 Sherman. Man won for the third time this season against Tug Valley, whic...
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<p>Logan High School baseball seniors Trent Dalton, Benji Adkins, Johnny Morrison and Alex Lakatos were honored on Tuesday night during Senior Night.</p>
Logan pounds out 16 hits in win over Billies
It was a happy Senior Night at Logan High School’s Roger Gertz Field on Tuesday as the homestanding Wildcats won 10-2 over county rival Man. Logan, which improved to 16-7 on the season, honored its four senior players — Johnny Morrison, Trent Dalton, Alex Lakatos and Benji Adkins. All played a part in the win. Leadoff man Dalton, Logan’s starting shortstop, was 1-for-3 at the plate with two RBI and made several good defensive plays. M...
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Lady Tigers survive in Class AA sectional
MADISON — Heading into last night’s Class AA sectional softball tournament game at Scott, it was do or die time for the Chapmanville Regional High School Lady Tigers. Chapmanville lost 1-0 to No. 4-ranked Scott on Tuesday in the first game of a best-of-three game series at Madison. A win in Game 2 would force a winner-take-all championship game on Thursday night. A loss would mean the end for the Lady Tigers. The defeat on Tuesday dro...
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CMS baseball blots out Dots 9-3
The Chapmanville Middle School baseball team traveled to Poca last Friday night and came away with a 9-3 win. Chris Bailey started for the Tigers, throwing five complete innings, striking out eight, walking three and hitting two batters while allowing only three base hits. He was relieved by Josh Zigmond who threw the final two innings. Zigmond allowed one hit and struck out three to complete the pitching effort for the Tigers. Chapmanvil...
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Daltons lead Tigers past Indians 3-1
The Chapmanville Regional High School baseball team ran its record to 19-6 overall and 8-4 in the Cardinal Conference with Tuesday night’s 3-1 win at Sissonville. The Tigers gained a season series sweep with the Indians, also winning 2-0 at home over Sissonville last week. Brock Dalton led Chapmanville at the plate as he was 3-for-4 with a pair of RBIs. Brent Clay also had two hits for the Tigers. Dominick Walker rapped out pair of sing...
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Sawmill United cuts down Insanity 9-0 in CYSL opener
CHAPMANVILLE — It was a big day for the growing Coalfield Youth Soccer League on April 13 as the new spring season got under way with a host of matches. There were approximately 1,300 players, coaches and fans in attendance according to league officials. The league has more players now than any previous season with 31 total teams ranging in ages from 3-16 years old. The CYSL plays in the spring and fall to accommodate all players in Log...
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<p>Logan High School tennis team seniors Logan Adkins and Zack Hatfield.</p>
LHS tennis soars over Skyhawks
The Logan High School tennis team wrapped up its regular season with a win over the Scott Skyhawks on Tuesday. The Logan boys won 5-2 and improved its record to 16-4 on the season. The LHS girls were a 7-0 winner over Scott. In the No. 1 boys’ singles match, Logan senior Zack Hatfield won 8-1 over Scott’s Caleb Starkey. In the No. 2, Logan’s Keith Williamson defeated Blake Chambers 8-0. Jacob Adkins of Logan downed Eric Constant 8-0 i...
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Billies get second win of season
The Man High School baseball team won again. The Hillbillies earned a doubleheader split with Oak Hill Red Devils on Saturday, taking the first game 7-6 before dropping the second game 10-9. In Game One, the Man (2-20) jumped out a 4-0 lead and held off a late Red Devils (8-13) charge for the victory. Braden Griffin picked up his first victory of the season allowing three runs and scattering five hits while striking out 11 and walking t...
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Tigers get forfeit win over Pike Central
CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Regional High School baseball team picked up a win on Monday night but it wasn’t your normal Tiger victory. Chapmanville didn’t have to throw a single pitch or swing the bat even once. They won via forfeit. Despite morning rainshowers, Chapmanville’s Ted Ellis Field was ready to go and ready for play on Monday night. There was just one problem. The Tigers’ opponent, Pike Central (Ky.) wasn’t coming ac...
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LMS softball 11-3 after win over Point Pleasant
The Logan Middle School softball team upped its record to 11-3 on the season with Monday’s see-saw 7-5 win at home over Point Pleasant. Kelsey Ward started within the circle and went four innings with one strikeout. Stephanie Curry pitched final three innings and fanned six. Alison Click was 2-for-4 at the plate to lead the Lady Wolves. Madyson Ooten, Lexi Hines and Chelsea Napier had one hit each. “I am very proud of the team,” LMS coa...
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<p>The West Virginia high school all-star basketball team.</p>
Scott’s Cabell excited to coach in W.Va-Ky. All-Star Game
NEWTOWN — Nick Cabell was like a kid on Christmas morning when he walked into the gym at Mingo Central and saw some of the talented players warming up on the hard wood. He has the pleasure of coaching this elite squad on Saturday night. The boys’ all-star teams from both West Virginia and Kentucky have been practicing the last few days for Saturday’s first-ever Consol Energy West Virginia-Kentucky All-Star Game that will be played at Ming...
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Softball teams ready for sectionals
Logan County’s three high school softball teams have had differing paths this spring as post-season play is set to begin this week. The goal is the still same for Man, Chapmanville and Logan. And that is to reach the state softball tournament, which is set for May 22-23 at Vienna. It begins this week as the sectional softball tournaments are scheduled to be played. Man (17-5), ranked No. 7 in the state in Class A, seems to have the mo...
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No. 9 Wildcats pound on Generals 11-2
The Logan High School baseball team ran its record to 15-7 on the season with Saturday night’s 11-2 win at Winfield. Senior right-hander Johnny Morrison was the starting and winning pitcher for the Class AAA No. 9-ranked Wildcats. He went five innings and allowed two runs while striking out eight and walking two. Lefty Jared Shawver then closed out the last two innings, yielding no runs and two hits with one strikeout. Jacob Browning wa...
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<p>Morgan Aguirre</p>
Logan’s Aguirre tosses no-hitter for UC
It was a heck of a way to close out her freshman season. Logan High School’s Morgan Aguirre, a frosh pitcher with the University of Charleston softball team, fired a no-hitter on Saturday in Game 2 of UC’s sweep over the Ohio Valley Scots. It was the first collegiate no-hitter for Aguirre, who had led Logan to a 112-23 record from 2009-12 and four straight Class AAA state tournament appearances. Charleston blanked Ohio Valley 4-0 in the...
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<p>Jordan Roberts</p>
CHARLESTON — Former University of Charleston standout running back Jordan Roberts was signed by the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs Saturday as an undrafted free agent immediately following the 2013 NFL Draft
CHARLESTON — Former University of Charleston standout running back Jordan Roberts was signed by the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs Saturday as an undrafted free agent immediately following the 2013 NFL Draft. Roberts, a native of Madison and a former Scott High School player, rushed for a league-best and school single-season record 1,572 yards and 18 touchdowns this past season for UC. He also led the way with a conference-best 197 all-purpose ya...
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<p>Man&#8217;s Taylor Tomblin pitched the Lady Billies to a 2-1 eight-inning win over rival Logan on Friday night at home.</p>
Lady Billies beat Logan 2-1 in 8
MAN — It was a thrilling win for the Man High School softball team which won 2-1 in eight innings over Class AAA county rival Logan on Friday night at the Man softball field. Man’s Kelly Grimmett got the game winner — a two-out RBI single off Logan pitcher Chastidy Wiley — scoring Rachael Griffith in the bottom of the eighth. The Lady Billies, ranked No. 7 in the state in Class A, improved to 17-5 on the season and earned a season series ...
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<p>Chapmanville&#8217;s Tyler Neil dives back safely into first base.</p>
Tigers’ Dalton shuts down Indians 2-0
CHAPMANVILLE — A baseball team can never seem to have enough left-handed pitching. Whatever the level — high school, college, the minors and the major leagues — having good lefties on the mound is always something that is prized. That’s why the Chapmanville Regional High School baseball team seemed so happy with Thursday night’s results. That’s because Chapmanville lefty Trey Dalton shut down the Sissonville Indians as the Class AA No. ...
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<p>Chapmanville Regional High School softball seniors were given special momentos at Thursday night&#8217;s Senior Night, including their freshmen jerseys from the Lady Tigers&#8217; 2010 Class AA state championship season. Pictured from left, Haley Mays, Brandi Broom, Talya Berry, Hanna Wooten and Emma Paris.</p>
Lady Tigers sweep Poca Dots on Senior Night
CHAPMANVILLE — The senior class of the Chapmanville Regional High School softball team went out in style on Thursday night. The Lady Tigers swept past Poca 8-0 and 12-2 in a home doubleheader on Senior Night. It was the last time Chapmanville’s senior class will play a game at home at the friendly confines of the Lady Tigers’ Ronnie Ooten Field. Chapmanville’s five seniors — Tayla Berry, Emma Paris, Brandi Broom, Hanna Wooten and Haley ...
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<p>Logan&#8217;s Alex Lakatos takes a swing in Thursday night&#8217;s loss at Belfry, Ky.</p>
Wildcats drop games to Belfry (Ky.), Hurricane
GOODY, Ky. — The Logan High School baseball team could do nothing off Belfry (Ky.) pitcher Keaton Taylor on Thursday night as the Pirates blanked the Wildcats 6-0 at the Belfry High School baseball field in Goody, Ky. Taylor scattered two hits and struck out one. Zack Francisco went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Belfry. Trent Dalton and Brenton Vance had the only two hits for Logan. Both teams committed two errors. Belfry had seven h...
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Chapmanville hoopsters in W.Va./Ky. All-Star Game
The inaugural Consul 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 West Virginia squad is being coached by ...
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<p>Three generations of the Lemon family at the last Huff Creek youth trout fishing event.</p>
Huff Creek youth take turn at trout action
Last Saturday’s cool weather didn’t stop the youth trout action from heating up along Huff Creek. Some 60 youngsters and a hundred or so adult helping hands were on board for the second annual youth trout fishing event sponsored by you guessed it, the Huff Creek Watershed Association. Hot on the heels of the Buffalo Creek folks just to the north, the newer group is making its own major headway of the trout fishing kind. The Huff Creeker...
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CMS Tigers down rival Man 9-5 in 10 innings
MAN — The Chapmanville Middle School baseball team traveled down the road to county rival Man on Tuesday looking to even the score. Man had beaten the Tigers earlier in the season. Not this time. It ended up being a dogfight of a game. In the end, Chapmanville Middle came out on top, defeating the Pioneers 9-5 in a 10-inning contest at the Man baseball field. Conner Mullins started the game for the Tigers and went 4.2 innings. Mulli...
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Logan bounces back to beat St. Albans
The Logan High School baseball team rebounded from its loss at home to Scott on Tuesday night by downing new Class AAA sectional foe St. Albans 4-1 on Wednesday night on the road. Logan (14-5) was led by pitcher Troy Burgess whoe tossed a three-hitter. He struck out four and walked only one batter. Alex Lakatos went 2-for-4 at the plate for the Wildcats. Z. Minnick had a double and Benji Adkins added a single. “It was the best game that...
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CRHS tennis wins over three teams
CHAPMANVILLE — It’s been another successful season for the Chapmanville Regional High School tennis team as CRHS has scored wins over Lincoln County, Scott and Westside. The Chapmanville girls’ tennis team won 7-0 over Lincoln County on April 15 at home, sweeping all seven matches with the Panthers. No. 1 singles player Natasha Williams of CRHS won 8-0 in her match. Chapmanville’s Haley Justice (8-0), Sravya Pidaparthi (8-1) and Lasya Pid...
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