Brewer, Newsome sign with University of Charleston Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
NAUGATUCK – Tug Valley’s Austin Brewer and Mikey Newsome have played basketball together since they were 5-years old.
Now the two seniors have decided to attend the same college and continue their exploits on the hardwood.
Both signed letters of intent to attend the University of Charleston in a ceremony held in the school auditorium on Tuesday afternoon.
The two all-state performers helped lead the Pan...
Mingo’s Austin Banks signs with Alderson-Broaddus Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
Mingo Central all-state guard Austin Banks is heading to Alderson-Broaddus to further his education and to play basketball.
The 5-10 guard was a third team Class AA All-State player this past season for coach Brad Napier’s squad. He was also a first team Daily News All-State player the past two seasons.
Banks averaged 17 points, eight assists, five rebounds and three steals a game for the Miners.
Banks ...
Chrissy Farmer signs to play hoops at W.Va. State Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
Mingo Central senior Chrissy Farmer has signed with West Virginia State to play basketball and continue her education.
“I was a little nervous about making my decision,” Farmer said. “But, I’m sure I made the right choice. State will be like a second home.”
Farmer also received interest from Rio Grande (Ohio), Concord and the University of Pikeville.
“My parents are glad because it’s close to home,” Far...
Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star Games successful Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
RED JACKET – What is to become an annual event the first-ever Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star basketball games were played at Mingo Central High School on Saturday night.
In the first game between the ladies, things started out rather close. At halftime Kentucky held a 42-37 lead. But eventually the Kentucky squad took charge and defeated the women from West Virginia 83-66.
In the nightcap the men from the M...
Mingo Central tennis player Kyle Surber makes history Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
PARKERSBURG – Mingo Central tennis player Kyle Surber made history on Friday with his play in the regional tournament at Parkersburg by advancing to the state tournament. He becomes the first tennis player from the new consolidated school to make it to the state tourney.
“The singles matches were ones that we came away with one player going to the state,” said coach Julius “Boo” Hatcher. “Honestly, it could...
Mingo Central track team in conference meet Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
POCA – The Mingo Central track team competed in the Cardinal Conference meet on Thursday held at Poca High school.
The young team, only in its second season of competition, competed very well.
“I thought this was the worst performance we had all year for our relay team and we still did okay,” said MCHS track coach Brad Webb. “We had a bad handoff and sluggish performances only because we have a few guys t...
Pirates fight off Warriors 6-2 Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GOODY, Ky. – The Belfry Pirates fought off the East Ridge Warriors 6-2 in baseball action on Thursday evening at the BHS field.
East Ridge took a 1-0 lead in the 1 st inning. The rally could have gotten more runs for East Ridge, but poor base running cost them.
In the top of the 1 st inning, Zack Ratliff led off with single to center, but was picked off at second base as pitcher Sean Hurley threw to fir...
Brewer, Newsome decide on UC; Banks to A-B; baseball sectionals Four local basketball players will be announcing their college choices early next week. It’s hard for me to keep it a secret, so here goes.
Tug Valley’s Austin Brewer and Mikey Newsome will be attending the University of Charleston. The official signing ceremonies will be this coming Tuesday at the school.
Brewer and Newsome, a pair of first team all-state selections, who led Tug Valley to back-to-back state championships, will announce a...
The Dots make point against Miners Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
POCA – The Poca Dots made a strong point against the Mingo Central Miners with a 4-0 and a 19-0 doubleheader sweep on Wednesday at Poca.
The Dots led 1-0 heading into the 4 th inning when they tacked on three more runs.
Matt Lester had a pair of hits for Mingo Central in the first game. Joe May took the loss on the mound. Ryan Leighton got the win for Poca. Matt Chandler had a double with a pair of RBIs....
Kentucky & West Virginia girls to face off Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
Many high school female students have been getting all dolled up and attending proms the past few weekends.
But, on Saturday night, some of these same girls will lace-up their high tops and hit the hardwood to battle it out as the senior all-stars from southern West Virginia will take on those from eastern Kentucky.
Julius “Boo” Hatcher will coach the W.Va. squad, while veteran high school coach Clay Camp...
Belfry baseball bouncing back from slow start Logan Copley
Guest Column
The Belfry Pirate baseball team has started off to a slow start for the 2013 Season. The Pirates, a team that went 25-9 last season and lost 4 players to graduation in 2012 has picked up the pace towards the ending of the season as they seem to have locked in the #1 seed in the 60th District as they ended regular season district play 3-1. Losing to Pike Central 3-4 in mid April and defeating Phelps twice and Pike...
Joe May clubs two homers to lead Miners Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
GILBERT – Mingo Central senior Joe May has been known for his exploits on the football field and even in track.
But on Tuesday he showed his best Babe Ruth impersonation when he clubbed a pair home runs to help Mingo Central to a 11-6 win over River View at the Gilbert field.
May had four RBIs with the two homers he hit. The feat slightly overshadowed a 4-for-4 day by junior Alex “Booger” Lee who also had...
Lady Billies pound Panthers to win sectional By Jerry Fekete
Civitas News Service 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 win and have advanced to play in next week’s regional semifinals where Man is likely to have a showdown at No. 4 Sherman. Man wo...
Tug Valley gets tricky to beat Cross Lanes Kyle Lovern
Sports Editor
CROSS LANES – Tug Valley got a little sneaky in their 13-11 win over Cross Lanes Christian.
Tug Valley had the lead heading into the bottom of the 7 th inning. Panther hurler Jordon Mounts got one batter to pop up for an out, but walked two batters.
With Cross Lanes threatening, coach Jeff Varney brought in relief pitcher Josh Spry.
That’s when the fun started. The runner on second base was caught in a...
Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star game is shaping up - Kyle's Korner ... The first annual Consol Energy WV-KY All-Star basketball games being held Saturday at Mingo Central High School could be the start of something big.
The games should be exciting. I had the chance to watch the Mountain State boy’s squad practice on Monday. If you like the high scoring, run and gun style of basketball, then you should love this game. Dunks should be plentiful along with some great 3-point shooting.
Then they have attracted ...
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