CLEAR FORK —
Class AA No. 10 Summers County fought off a sluggish start and a furious rally by Wyoming East to win 64-54 in its Region 3, Section 1 semifinal game Tuesday.
Tyra Wynes led the Lady Bobcats with 21 points, while Hayley Shrewsbury and Avery Pivont added 14 points apiece.
Hannah Ford led the Lady Warriors with a game-high 23 points.
Summers County plays Class AA No. 1 Westside for the sectional championship Thursday.
Summers County (16-7)
Hayley Shrewsbury 5 2-2 14, Avery Pivont 5 4-6 14, Abby Taylor 3 3-4 9, Brenna Davis 0 1-2 1, Tyra Wynes 6 8-11 21, Kaitlyn Thomas 0 0-2 0, Brandy Morrison 0 3-4 3, Brittany Bonds 1 0-0 2. Totals: 20 21-31 64.
Wyoming East (13-10)
Kristen Bailey 2 2-2 6, Chelsea Duncan 2 2-8 6, Chiara Jewell 3 1-2 7, Bre Pertee 2 3-4 7, Hannah Ford 9 5-6 23, Hailey Lowman 1 3-4 5. Totals: 19 16-26 54.
SC 6 23 18 17 — 64
WE 13 8 12 21 — 54
3-point goals — SC: 3 (Shrewsbury, Wynes); WE: none. Fouled out — WE (Duncan, Pertee).
Westside 89, Independence 16
CLEAR FORK — Class AA No. 1 Westside placed five players in double figures and opened up sectional play with a convincing win over Independence Tuesday.
Megan Endicott led the Lady Renegades with 17 points, while Danielle Brown and Faith Davis added 14 points apiece. Brown also had seven assists and eight steals.
Kristin Hash and Hope Lester scored 10 points apiece and Lester grabbed 11 rebounds for Westside.
Kelsey Hart led the Lady Patriots with seven points.
Westside (21-1) hosts Summers County Thursday for the Region 3, Section1 championship.
Independence (8-15)
Krista Harris 0 3-4 3, Krista Greene 1 0-2 3, Emily Fedukovich 1 0-0 3, Kelsey Hart 3 1-2 7. Totals: 5 4-8 16.
Westside (21-1)
Morgan Spolarich 2 0-0 4, Hope Lester 4 2-2 10, Danielle Brown 6 0-0 14, Faith Davis 5 0-0 14, Megan Endicott 7 3-7 17, Kristin Hash 3 4-4 10, McKenzie Endicott 3 1-2 7, Lakyn Walker 3 0-0 9, Brooke Milam 1 0-0 2, Beth Bledsoe 1 0-0 2. Totals: 35 10-15 89.
I 6 3 4 3 — 16
W 18 34 21 16 — 89
3-point goals — I: 2 (Greene, Fedukovich); W: 9 (Walker 3, Davis 4, Brown 2 ). Fouled out — none.
Fayetteville 53, Midland Trail 43
FAYETTEVILLE — Class A No. 8 Fayetteville fought off a pesky Midland Trail squad to defeat the Lady Patriots in the semifinal round of the Region 3, Section 2 tournament.
The Lady Pirates were led by Jessica Brown and Avina Sedlock with 22 points apiece. Sedlock scored 16 of her points in the decisive fourth quarter, and Brown collected 11 rebounds in the win.
Madison Syner led the Lady Patriots with 15 points.
Fayetteville (16-6) hosts Valley Thursday for the sectional championship.
Midland Trail
Kennedy Cochran 1 2-3 5, Jessica Cooper 1 0-0 2, Emily Carte 3 0-0 6, Marissa Workman 3 0-0 7, Emily Kenney 4 0-0 8, Madison Syner 7 1-2 15. Totals: 18 4-5 43.
Fayetteville (16-6)
Jessica Brown 6 10-14 22, Avina Sedlock 7 8-11 22, Madie Pritt 2 4-6 9, Erica Hogan 0 0-0 0, Katherine Peelish 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 22-31 53.
MT 20 3 7 13 — 43
F 15 11 7 20 — 53
3-point goals — MT: 3 (Workman, Kenney 2); F: 1 (Pritt). Fouled out — MT (Workman).
Bluefield 65, James Monroe 61
PRINCETON — Destiney Sims and Jesslyn Fullerton scored 19 points each to lead Bluefield past James Monroe in the Class AA Region 3, Section 2 tournament.
Dazia Edwards added 10 for the Beavers (12-10), who will play for the championship Thursday.
James Monroe (12-9) got 25 points from Jordan Page. Carter Shiflett added 12 points and Laine Shiflett 11.
James Monroe (12-9)
Carter Shiflet 4 4-6 12, Emily McKinney 0 0-1 0, Jordan Page 8 3-5 25, Kelsie Mann 3 1-8 7, Laine Shiflet 3 4-7 11, Kelsie Gillespie 0 2-2 2, Kayla Via 1 0-0 2, Mikaila Moran 1 0-2 2. Totals 20 14-31 61.
Bluefield (12-10)
Kaitlyn Thompson 0 0-2 0, Destiney Sims 6 4-12 19, Jesslyn Fullerton 7 3-4 19, Tyra Jackson 2 2-2 6, Dazia Edwards 2 6-8 10, Abby Atwell 0 1-2 1, Khadijah Brown 0 0-2 0, Sheila Hopkins 5 0-0 10, Dazia Taxley 0 0-2 0. Totals 22 16-34 65.
JM 10 13 9 29 — 61
B 14 11 24 16 — 65
3-point goals — JM: 7 (Page 6, L. Shiflet); B: 5 (Sims 3, Fullerton 2). Fouled out — B: Edwards, Jackson, Hopkins.
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Webster County 69, Shady Spring 64
UPPER GLADE — Brett Morris scorched the nets for 39 points to lead Class AA No. 8 Webster County past Class AAA Shady Spring Tuesday.
Dalton Davis added 14 points and freshman Robbie Cogar chipped in eight points for the Highlanders.
The Tigers led at the half and were up by one point midway through the third quarter when leading scorer Chase Connor left the game with an ankle injury. Shady Spring responded with a burst to stretch the lead to 48-41, only to see the Highlanders close on an 8-0 run and go on to win.
Connor finished with 14 points and Jordan Meadows had 13 points. Tyler Bonds and Juwan Rowe scored 10 apiece for the Tigers.
Shady Spring (12-9) hosts Richwood for Senior Night tonight. Webster County (16-3) hosts Midland Trail Thursday for Senior Night.
Shady Spring (12-9)
Chase Connor 5 1-2 14, Steven Chhabra 2 0-0 4, Jordan Meadows 5 0-0 13, Tyler Bonds 5 0-3 10, Corey Snyder 2 2-2 7, Jacob Buckland 3 0-0 6, Jawan Rowe 4 2-2 10. Totals: 26 5-9 64.
Webster County (16-3)
Guy Cowger 10 -0 2, Robbie Cogar 2 4-6 8, Dalton Davis 5 3-4 14, Drew Green 0 1-4 1, Brett Morris 15 8-12 39, Hunter Given 1 1-4 3, Logan Taylor 1 0-4 1. Totals: 25 17-34 69.
SS 18 15 15 16 — 64
WC 10 20 19 20 — 69
3-point goals — SS: 7 (Connor 3, Meadows 3, Snyder); WC: 2 (Morris, Davis). Fouled out — none.
Liberty 71, PikeView 59
Levi Cook and Trevor McGhee each posted a double-double to lead the Liberty Raiders past PikeView Tuesday in Glen Daniel. Cook finished with 26 points and 12 rebounds, while McGhee finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds.
Austin Lyons chipped in 10 points for the Raiders.
Bradley Flinchum and Austin Cordell led the Panthers with 13 points apiece.
Liberty (14-8) opens sectional play against Independence Friday at Westside High School.
PikeView
Seth Wood 1 0-0 2, Bradley Flinchum 6 1-2 13, Austin Cordell 5 1-3 13, Jonathan Burrell 3 1-2 8, Jason Weitzel 4 0-0 10, Tanner Farley 2 0-2 6, Logan McKinney 3 1-2 7. Totals: 24 4-11 59.
Liberty (14-8)
Austin Lyons 3 2-2 11, Michael Prater 1 1-2 3, Levi Cook 8 10-13 26, Tre McDowell 3 0-4 7, Trevor McGhee 10 2-3 22, Jacob Stump 1 0-0 2. Totals: 26 15-24 71.
P 10 13 20 16 — 59
L 20 14 21 16 — 71
3-point goals — PV: 7 (Cordell 2, Burrell, Weitzel 2, Farley 2); L: 4 (Lyons 3, McDowell). Fouled out — none.
Greenbrier East 71, Mount View 55
FAIRLEA — Bryce Woodliff scored 13 points on Senior Night as Greenbrier East turned back Mount View.
Rondale Watson scored 22 points and made seven steals, while Tyler Canterbury scored 14 for the Spartans (19-2), who visit South Charleston Thursday.
Antione Calloway scored 17 points and grabbed 12 rebounds for Mount View (13-6). Maurice Brown added 15 and Tayshawn Vineyard 10. Ishmyle Sawyers also had 12 rebounds.
Mount View (13-6)
Tayshawn Vineyard 3 4-6 10, Ishmael Sawyers 0 1-2 1, William Johnson 3 1-2 7, Antione Calloway 6 5-5 17, Maurice Brown 7 1-4 15, Donnell Bonds 2 1-2 5. Totals: 21 13-21 55.
Greenbrier East (19-2)
Dereck Weiford 1 1-3 3, Maurkese Triplett 1 1-5 3, Bryce Woodliff 5 0-0 13, Evan Ramsey 1 0-0 2, Deante Erskine 2 0-0 4, Owen Browning 2 2-2 7, Rondale Watson 9 4-8 22, Tyler Canterbury 5 0-0 14, Ryan Lindsey 0 0-2 0, Obi Romeo 1 1-3 3. Totals: 27 9-23 71.
MV 10 10 21 14 — 55
GE 9 14 24 24 — 71
3-point goals — MV: 0; GE: 8 (Canterbury 4, Woodliff 3, Browning). Fouled out — MV: Sawyers, Brown.
Independence 74, Montcalm 48
The Patriots improved to 4-16 on the season with a victory over Montcalm in its final regular season game.
Cody Collins led the way with 20 points, while Tyler McKinney had 15. Senior Shane Greco had 11 rebounds.
Montcalm’s Darvis Brodessor had 15 points.
Independence will play Liberty Friday night in the play-in game of the sectional tournament. That game will take place at 7:30 p.m. at Westside.
Montcalm (5-15)
Jacob Lambert 1 2-2 5, Michael Blackwell 3 0-0 7, Darvis Brodessor 4 7-8 15, Tyler Gowens 1 3-4 5, Matt Pennington 2 0-0 5, Josh Hamblin 2 1-2 5, Jacob Howard 2 0-2 4, Dustin Williams 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 13-18 48.
Independence (4-16)
Drew D’Angelo 3 0-0 6, Zach Tucker 1 0-0 2, Tyler McKinney 6 0-0 15, Bill Sargent 2 0-0 4, Brandon Treadway 1 0-0 2, John Powell 0 1-2 2, Austin Reed 3 2-2 10, Shane Greco 2 2-4 6, Cody Collins 8 4-7 20, Nathaniel Jordan 1 0-0 2, Adam Tolliver 2 0-0 6. Totals: 29 9-15 74.
M 11 13 8 16 — 48
I 21 16 14 23 — 74
3-point goals — M: 3 (Lambert, Blackwell, Pennington); I: 7 (McKinney 3, Reed 2, Tolliver 2.). Fouled out — none.
Winfield 83, Oak Hill 42
WINFIELD — John Bellomy scored 24 points, including five 3-point baskets, to lead the Winfield Generals past Oak Hill Tuesday.
Zach Fisher added 18 points, while Kenneth Price and Chris Turner added nine points apiece for Winfield.
Oak Hill was led by Marc Logan with 10 points and Ervin Fruit with eight.
Oak Hill (3-16) hosts Class AAA No. 2 Woodrow Wilson Thursday.
Oak Hill (3-16)
Kadrin Goodman 1 1-2 3, Josh Jones 2 1-2 6, Marc Logan 5 0-0 10, Joey Re 1 2-6 4, Ervin Fruit 2 4-4 8, Chris Hysell 3 0-0 9, Colby Gray 1 0-1 2. Totals: 15 8-16 42.
Winfield (14-8)
Jake Lemmerman 1 0-0 2, Cole Schoolcraft 1 0-0 2, Toby Show 3 0-0 6, Chris Turner 4 0-2 9, Zach Fisher 7 0-0 18, John Bellomy 8 3-4 24, John Hathaway 1 0-0 2, Aaron Ferrell 1 1-1 3, Kenneth Pence 4 1-4 9, Garrett Grafton 4 0-0 8. Totals: 34 5-11 83.
OH 8 8 18 8 — 42
WE 17 24 19 23 — 83
3-point goals — OH: 4 (Jones, Hysell 3); W: 10 (Turner, Fisher 4, Bellomy 5). Fouled out — none.
Summers County 74, James Monroe 72, OT
LINDSIDE — Josh Graham’s two free throws with 1.7 seconds left in overtime gave Summers County the win.
TaRon Ayers led the Bobcats with a game-high 35 points. T.J. Smith added 21 and Graham finished with 14.
James Monroe got 24 from Jacob McClartney, 19 from Micah Deskins and 15 from Derek Mann.
Summers will take on Wyoming East in sectional play Tuesday, Feb. 26, in Beckley.
Summers County (12-9)
Isaiah Brown 0 2-2 2, TaRon Ayers 9 13-15 35, Jaquan Ayers 0 1-2 1, Josh Graham 3 8-8 14, T.J. Smith 7 2-3 21. Totals: 20 25-28 74.
James Monroe
Micah Deskins 6 7-8 19, E.T. Weiss 3 00 6, Devin Carr 1 0-0 2, Jacob McClarney 9 0-0 24, Derek Mann 6 0-0 15, Josh Ganoe 3 0-0 6. Totals: 28 7-8 72.
SC 9 17 24 15 9 — 74
JM 19 14 19 13 7 — 72
3-point goals — SC: 9 (T. Ayers 4, Smith 5); JM: 9 (McClarney 6, Mann 3). Fouled out — none.
Greenbrier West 55, Midland Trail 48
HICO — Brandon Gwinn and Zack Johnson each had 14 points in the Cavalier victory.
Josh Martin added 10 for Greenbrier West (16-5).
Trail was led by Ricky Carter, who had 24 points.
Midland Trail will travel to Webster County on Thursday night.
Greenbrier West 55, Midland Trail 48
Greenbrier West (16-5)
Corey Cox 2 0-2 4, Chris Gabbert 2 0-1 4, Alex Hendrix 2 2-4 6, Pat Hendrix 1 0-0 3, Brandon Gwinn 5 0-0 14, Zack Johnson 7 0-0 14, Josh Martin 4 2-4 10. Totals: 22 4-11 55.
Midland Trail (8-12)
Collin Carte 3 0-0 6, Jake Grimmett 1 2-2 5, Tyler Skaggs 3 0-0 9, Ricky Carter 8 7-8 24, Austin Burdette 2 0-0 4. Totals: 18 9-10 48.
GW 15 14 14 12 — 55
MT 11 10 15 12 — 48
3-point goals — GW: 5 (Gwinn 4, Hendrix) ; MT: 3 (Grimmett, Skaggs, Carter). Fouled out — None.
Sissonville 70, Nicholas County 53
SISSONVILLE — Zach Null scored a game-high 26 points as Sissonville downed Nicholas County.
Eric Peyatt led the Grizzlies (10-10) with 18 points. Cody McClung added 12 and Jared Tharp 10.
Nicholas will host Clay County at 7:30 p.m. Thursday.
Nicholas County (10-10)
Andrew Ray 1 1-2 3, Jared Tharp 3 4-6 10, Nathaniel Baker 1 0-0 2, Cody McClung 3 5-6 12, Eric Peyatt 9 0-0 18, Austin Hill 3 0-1 8. Totals: 20 10-15 53.
Sissonville (8-14)
Adam Robinson 1 0-0 3, Austin Crawford 2 1-1 5, Anthony Bess 1 0-0 2, Ryan Kelly 2 0-0 6, Zach Null 9 4-6 26, Prince Stowers 10 3-6 23, Nathan Miller 1 2-2 3, Duncan McClung 1 0-0 2. Totals: 27 9-15 70.
NC 21 9 14 9 — 53
S 23 13 15 19 — 70
3-point goals — NC: 3 (Hill 2, McClung); S: 7 (Null 4, Kelly 2, Robinson). Fouled out — NC: Hill.
Meadow Bridge 53, Richwood 51
MEADOW BRIDGE — The Meadow Bridge Wildcats outscored Richwood 22-14 in the final period to erase a six-point lead for the Lumberjacks.
Cody White led the Wildcats with 22 points and Logan Pomeroy added 19.
Zach Bennett led Richwood with 14 points, John Bard added 12 and Ben Weber scored 11.
Meadow Bridge (10-10) travels to Fayetteville tonight.
Richwood
Levi Mowery 0 4-6 4, Zach Bennett 5 1-2 14, John Bard 4 2-2 12, Josh Kidwell 1 0-0 2, Braden Johnson 2 2-4 6, Ryan Bennett 1 0-0 2, Ben Weber 5 1-2 11. Totals: 18 10-16 51.
Meadow Bridge (10-10)
Cody White 8 6-9 22, Cole Porter 0 1-2 1, Logan Pomeroy 7 3-4 19, Marvin Bragg 2 0-1 5, Caleb Farr 2 1-3 5. Totals: 20 10-17 53.
R 12 14 11 14 — 51
MB 15 8 8 22 — 53
3-point goals — R: 5 (Z. Bennett 3, Bard 2); MB: 3 (Pomeroy 2, Bragg). Fouled out — R (Bard); MB (Porter).
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Woodrow Wilson headed to states
Hunter Greco will walk into the halls of Woodrow Wilson High School this morning for the final time. He’ll walk past his locker and the classroom of his favorite teacher.
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Rain halts AA final in 5th
It took nearly a week for PikeView and Independence to finally claim their sectional championships, largely because of persistent rain.
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Mavericks fall in AA title game
The James Monroe High School softball team scratched its way up to the championship game of Class AA softball this week.
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Months of waiting ends: Weeks signs with Marshall
Adam Weeks probably could have helped usher in a historic first season for the Mountain East Conference at any member school he wanted. Instead, he waited — and waited — for the offer he really wanted.
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A dream start, nightmare end
Lightning on the horizon brought Wednesday's final game of the state softball tournament to an end.
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One step away from Charleston
A trip to Charleston — with a lot more on the agenda than a tour of the capitol building and a shopping spree at Charleston Town Center — will be up for grabs tonight for three area teams that are one win away from punching their ticket to the WVSSAC State Baseball Tournament at Appalachian Power Park.
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Tanner is Summers County coach
After weeks of controversy, it appears Summers County High School officially has a new football coach.
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Woodrow downs defending AAA champs
It’s a play that Woodrow Wilson has practiced everyday this season and has rarely had to utilize.
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No repeat for Warriors
Independence has been on a tear offensively the entire month of May. It didn’t stop Tuesday, even against Wyoming East ace Derek Thornton.
The Patriots led 5-0 after two innings, and Brian Sexton — backed by that very offense and some sparkling defense — gutted out a complete game in a 7-5 win in the Class AA Region 3 semifinals Tuesday night. - More High School Sports Headlines
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