After dealing with days of rain, the Lady Yellow Jackets navigated through the mud to a 4-1 victory over East Hardy in the Hardy County Softball Showdown on Thursday night at Sager Field. “Hanna [Carlson] did an awesome job pitching. We need to score a lot more than three runs[Read More…]
Month: March 2018
Cougars Split Against Tygarts Valley, Tharp Records 11 K’s In Opener
In a doubleheader rematch of last year’s Class A Region II Championship series, East Hardy won the first game 1-nil against the Bulldogs as Brett Tharp pitched 11 strikeouts in a complete game shutout and hit the winning home run before losing the nightcap 18-7 on Thursday. “I was glad[Read More…]
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…]
Nothing Is Impossible: Moorefield Takes Down Class AAA Powerhouse Jefferson
Moorefield pulled off what no other Class A team has been able to do in the past five seasons, defeat Class AAA Jefferson and did so with a nine strikeout performance of Blake Watts for a 9-1 victory during a doubleheader split losing the opener 5-nil on Saturday at George[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…]
Paw Paw’s Journey To Success Stymies Yellow Jackets
The Pirates are finished navigating the rough seas of the Potomac Valley docking in Paw Paw to send Moorefield off the plank after a 72-61 victory in the Class A Region II Section 2 semifinal on Thursday. Paw Paw (17-7) has seen its share of futility in recent years like[Read More…]
Lady Warriors Armor Ricochets Moorefield Attacks In Region Championship
The Yellow Jackettes stingers ricocheted off the iron 48 times as Trinity Christian warded off the attacks to claim the Region II Championship 44-24 in Morgantown on Wednesday night to earn a spot at the state tournament in Charleston. Moorefield battled throughout the game with intensity and hustle, yet couldn’t[Read More…]