Month: March 2018

Lady Jackets Swarm Past Southern Garrett

The Lady Jackets scored 13 runs in the second inning to defend the Hive during a 14-1 three-inning rout of Southern Garrett at Sager Field on Monday afternoon. “We hit the ball extremely well today, that’s all I have to say,” Moorefield Softball Coach Tammie Ayers remarked. Moorefield starting pitcher[Read More…]

Moorefield Tennis Dominates Vikings and Trojans

The Yellow Jackets served up victories against Class AA Petersburg and Class AAA Hampshire last week. In Petersburg, Moorefield Girls has a complete sweep led by top seed Nautica Crosco with an 8-nil win against Calei Reel. Moorefield No. 2 Cara Jo Long defeated Petersburg’s Hailey Jenkins 8-1, Moorefield No.[Read More…]

Lady Jackets Split Against Washington

Moorefield lost the first game of the doubleheader against the Patriots 10-2 in chilly conditions, then got the bats warmed up for a 9-5 victory with a game winning grand slam by Alyssa Vetter on Saturday at Sager Field. “We hit the ball much better in the second game. Coach[Read More…]

Falcons Drum Up Victories In Baker

Central Softball and Baseball marched to the beat of a different drum resonating in Baker as the Lady Falcons narrowly tapped past East Hardy 5-4, while simultaneously down the hillside the Falcons rolled to a crescendo in a 12-0 shutout over the Cougars in season openers last Monday. “I was[Read More…]

Moorefield Slams Rams In Season Opener

Embracing the cold, Moorefield shattered the ice with consistent heat at the plate generating a grand slam by Jake Ours and solo shot by Garett Haggerty to scorch the Rams 12-9 in Strasburg last Friday. “It was great to see our pitchers did a fantastic job, they only walked to[Read More…]

Lady Jackets Topple Strasburg In Opener

The Lady Jackets swarmed to a 7-nil advantage and withstood a grand slam retaliation, while fending off Strasburg for a 10-5 victory in the season opener at the Moorefield Town Park on Thursday. “I was very impressed with our hitting this evening and I told them at the end of[Read More…]

Work Hammock

By Sam Reyes I once dreamed the unimaginable. Or is it dreamt? My notepad doesn’t give you green, squiggly “oopsie lines” afforded by the more tech-savvy computer types. I digress. My dream was a fight that many labor advocates had taken up, but few had ever leveraged it to the[Read More…]