chillicothe, ohio — Nathan Karaffa’s RBI single drove in Alex Ludwick to complete a three-run rally in the ninth inning in the Chillicothe Paints’ 4-3 win over the West Virginia Miners that completed a doubleheader sweep Thursday at VA Memorial Stadium. Read more

Fourth-seeded Jan-Care completed a nice postseason run with a 14-7 win over No. 2 SERVPRO to win Beckley Babe Ruth League’s Bambino tournament. Read more

At the end of the day, perhaps all that can be written is that the start of Shady Spring’s 2021 season was nearly derailed by a spring. A very shady spring. Read more

HINTON — Summers County will have a new football coach this season. Read more

huntington – Marshall University is mourning the loss of a former football player and beloved personality. Read more

athens — Dave Walker had been head football coach at Concord University only a short time before it became virtually impossible for his program to fully interact with area high school coaches and players the way he originally intended. Read more

Playing four games in two days got off to a good start for the West Virginia Miners. Read more

Woodrow Wilson’s Maddex McMillen wasn’t necessarily a reluctant quarterback. Read more

If Shady Spring basketball coach Ronnie Olson wants to drink in the spoils of winning the Class AAA state championship in May, perhaps he can use one of the stainless steel water bottles stored in a box he found on his desk at the school Tuesday. Read more

Hunters can be very nostalgic and passionate about our sport and the equipment and tools we use when we tramp the wild places. We may latch on to and defend our favorite boots, or an old hunting coat, but what guns we carry and shoot is where we really shine. Back in the day the gun brand yo… Read more

Suffering through a seven-game losing streak and down to a 23-man roster, West Virginia just needed something good to happen. Read more

There may be a slight feeling of "what if," but there's no spoiling a state championship. Read more

One of the words used more than once to describe West Virginia Miners catcher Straton Podaras is "tough." Read more

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As turkey harvest numbers are published across the country, there are some interesting results and even some concerns from hunters who watch the numbers. Read more

springfield, ohio — The West Virginia Miners can’t get home soon enough. Read more

It’s a small fraternity by number of athletes, but there is solidarity in the group of kickers, not only the area and the state, but nationally. Read more

There is no more Capital Classic and no Friends of Coal Bowl. The prospect of either series between West Virginia and Marshall universities coming back in the near future is more than doubtful. Read more

Jason Slay is loving the direction his life is going, which goes well beyond relocating to Florida. Read more

lafayette, ind. — Lafayette scored five runs in the seventh inning and defeated West Virginia 6-3, handing the Miners their fifth straight loss. Read more

It was plain to see from the start that Club Attack was in a different world than accustomed. Still, they remained unfazed and brought home a championship. Read more

lafayette, ind. — Carlos Contreras, Reed Chumley and Drew Behling all homered as the Lafayette Aviators defeated the West Virginia Miners 8-5 Wednesday in the first of a three-game series. Read more

Seemingly out of it halfway through the second quarter, Southern West Virginia Elite made an improbable 56-point comeback on Best Virginia to take a four-point lead with four minutes to go. Read more

springfield, ohio — The West Virginia Miners’ hitting woes followed them to Ohio. Read more

James Long will feel comfortable in just about every imaginable way Wednesday night when the Best Virginia WVU basketball alumni team plays the first of its two exhibition games. Read more

Isaiah Francis remembers watching games in the Beckley Summer League when he first started playing basketball. It was just one of the things that spawned his love of the game. Read more

The 2014 season was the first in which the West Virginia Miners did not make the Prospect League playoffs. But there was one player on that team manager Tim Epling points to as the embodiment of leadership. Read more

The West Virginia Miners were one run away from setting the mercy rule in motion. Read more

How is it something that you profess to love so much can cause you so much anxiety and grief? No, I’m not talking about dealing with your children or your friends. Read more

Ask anyone who hunts and fishes and they will tell you someone opened the door for them to become a sportsman or woman. They may not mention that person or group of people as their mentor, or teacher, but that is how it’s most likely to have happened. Someone had to teach us how to track, hu… Read more

Given the way the West Virginia Miners have victimized Johnstown’s bullpen this season, some may have thought it wise strategy for them to wait out Mill Rats starter Jon McCullough. Read more

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia quarterback Major Harris, whose No. 9 uniform will be retired on November 6 during the Oklahoma State game— the fifth such player to be so honored in Mountaineer history— was the quarterback of the future before the future arrived. Read more

The Miners swept the Mill Rats, winning 12-9 in the second game and 10-6 in the opener in front of a crowd of about 200 people. Read more

johnstown, pa. — The Johnstown Mill Rats and West Virginia Miners entered Sargent’s Stadium at the Point on Thursday evening looking for a fresh perspective in the Prospect League. Read more

Last year's summer high school baseball league at Linda K. Epling Stadium was a welcome sight for area players and fans after the spring season had been canceled due to the pandemic. Read more

Parker Redden is getting an early taste of the college game with the Burlington Sock Puppets of the Appalachian League, but he's still getting reminders of his successful high school senior season. Read more