Moorefield Examiner
Moorefield Post 64 fumbled away an early lead as Kingwood Post 56 rallied for a 5-3 victory at George Hott Field during the American Legion Baseball Area 4 Tournament opener on Thursday. “It started when Isaac [Van Meter] started getting sore. My plan was to go as far as I could
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The Hardy County Stingrays splashed into the summer with 21 top-three finishes in the season opening freestyle swim meet at the Cumberland YMCA on Friday night. Cumberland Sea Otters hosted the swim meet with the Stingrays joining Garrett County Manta Rays and the Bel Air Swim Club. In their first season as
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Moorefield walked 13 times around the West Virginia District 6 Area 2 8-10 years old All-Stars Baseball Tournament quarterfinals diamond traveling to home plate for an 18-3 victory over East Hardy in Romney on Saturday. “Eight to ten year olds are like a box of chocolate, you never know what you
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Circleville Ohio Post 134 Panthers carved two big innings combining eight runs en route to drawing an 11-0 five-inning shutout circle around Moorefield Post 64 in the 28th annual American Legion Pizza Hut Hillbilly Hardball Classic at Elkins High School on Thursday afternoon. “They’re definitely a very good baseball team. They
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In a pitcher’s duel, Moorefield Post 64’s bats finally came alive breaking the scoreless game in the ninth inning during a 4-1 victory over Beckley Post 32 in the opener of the 28th annual American Legion Pizza Hut Hillbilly Hardball Classic in Elkins at Robin Harvey Field on Thursday morning. The
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Moorefield American Legion Post 64 Baseball battled in a doubleheader at Geoge Hott Field on Thursday in the season opener, but fell short against Garrett County Post 214/71 in a 7-5 eight inning game and 9-7 five inning contest. Members of Moorefield Post 64 are from state champion Yellow Jackets, East
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Resilient (adjective): Able to withstand or recover from difficult situations. The fourth ranked Yellow Jackets are the epitome of the word resilient, fighting through adversity in an eight inning battle with second ranked Wheeling Central Catholic to become the West Virginia Class A State Baseball champions with a 4-3 victory at
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Moorefield senior pitcher Garett Haggerty zeroed in on the strike zone and kept the Irish off balanced during a one-hitter dethroning the top ranked defending champion Charleston Catholic with help of the defense in a 2-0 victory in the West Virginia Class A state baseball tournament semifinal at Appalachian Park
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Class A Moorefield Baseball skipper Wade Armentrout earned his 350th career victory as the Yellow Jackets rallied from a 4-nil deficit to defeat Class AA Frankfort 6-5 in a state tournament tune-up game at George Hott Field on Memorial Day. “That’s a credit to the players. It takes a lot of
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Moorefield senior Garett Haggerty struck out 11 Fighting Irish batters and had a 3-nil run supported lead entering the bottom of the sixth inning in the first game of the Class A Region II Baseball Championship series before it was suspended due to a sudden downpour on Monday and the
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Wheeling Central Catholic completed the triple play of three straight Class A state softball championships and 12th title in program history in a 12-0 shutout over the Lady Yellow Jackets on Thursday afternoon in Vienna. “I’m very proud of these girls. They played with a lot of heart and passion. We
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The Lady Maroon Knights splashed through the mud throwing 23 strikeouts in the first round of the Class A state softball tournament, but couldn’t shake the pesky Lady Yellow Jackets forcing nine innings before notching the game-winning home run for a 5-3 final. “That game was tough from beginning to end.
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Moorefield made sensational plays on the turf and surf over the Lady Tide for a 2-0 victory in the Class A state softball tournament elimination final to advance to the championship on Thursday in Vienna. “They stayed up the whole game. We had some really good clutch hits when we needed
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The Yellow Jackets battled in a tight pitchers duel with the winning run coming off the bat of Grant Keller in the fourth inning which was just enough for Moorefield to eliminate Notre Dame 1-0 at Bridgeport High School on Thursday to punch a ticket to the state tournament in
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Two giant steps for Hardy County were made at University of Charleston’s Laidley Field as East Hardy pounced to a boys shuttle hurdles bronze medal and SierraMarie Miller cleared the high jump bar for a sixth place medal during the 104th Boys and 44th Girls WVSSAC State Track Meet and
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East Hardy senior Brett Tharp signed his national letter of intent to extend his academic and football career at Bridgewater College in Virginia this past Wednesday. “I’m very blessed to have it. I’m glad I’m going to the next level and being able to play at the next level,” East Hardy
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The Lady Yellow Jackets had the right guidance system traversing past the road hazards to Blacksville and paved their way to a third consecutive Class A Region II Softball Championship with a 3-1 victory over Clay-Battelle on Tuesday to reach the state tournament for the ninth time in program history
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As the Lady Cee Bees invaded Moorefield, swirling winds sent the tarp flying and a torrential downpour caused a two and a half hour delay before the Lady Yellow Jackets coasted on the calmer sails of a pair of three-run home runs by Macie Zirk and Remington Hinkle en route
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The Hardy County Board of Education approved the hiring of new high school head football coaches as Matt Altobello will take over at Moorefield High School and Devon Orndorff will step up at East Hardy High School. Both coaches grew up in the Potomac Highlands as Altobello hails from Keyser and
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East Hardy High School senior Abigail Wilson signed her national letter of intent to play volleyball for Potomac State College of WVU last Monday. “This is honestly one of the best feelings in the world. Over the years, I’ve completely fallen in love with volleyball and I’ve had such a passion
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