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SHEPHERDSTOWN— A torrid stretch of game-changing scoring gave visiting Charleston a 77-72 victory over Shepherd in a men’s game where the unfortunate Rams could never find defense enough to cool the free-scoring Golden Eagles during the second half. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is [...]
Continue reading …SHEPHERDSTOWN— After a first half replete with rim-rattling shots that caromed away to rebounders and more and more turnovers, deflected passes, and botched dribbles, Shepherd and Charleston had combined for only 43 points. The second half had to have fewer snarls, splintered edges, and turnovers. But it didn’t. There were nearly as many missed shots [...]
Continue reading …SHEPHERDSTOWN— The confident and effective performance Shepherd received from freshman Alex Weakland belied the fact that she had been used so sparingly this season, almost to the point that few could remember that she actually started the first game of the women’s campaign. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The [...]
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Damon Runyon wrote about gangsters and race track characters alike. The gangsters carried hand guns that Runyon called “the old equalizer”, a “gat”, a “roscoe”, or “a black hammer”. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to view it. The rest [...]
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It was a year after Secretariat had loosed below-the-surface emotions in people who didn’t know they could enjoy personable thoroughbreds and then the races that are, in theory, held to entertain the public. This article is exclusive, use Cleeng to view it in full. The rest of this article is exclusive, use Cleeng again to [...]
Continue reading …Unbeaten Martinsburg continues to lead the latest Class AAA boy’s basketball poll conducted by the Associated Press. Martinsburg (14-0) received all nine first-place votes with unbeaten Fairmont Senior in second place after receiving all nine second-place votes. Ranked third was once-beaten Hedgesville. The fourth-through-tenth place Class AAA teams were South Charleston (13-2), Beckley Woodrow Wilson [...]
Continue reading …Shepherd baseball coach Wayne Riser is a ways into his third decade of coaching the Rams. Last year was a miserable time for the coach of more than a few WVIAC championship teams. Shepherd lost more than it won. In fact, the Rams finished in last place in the conference’s Northern Division. But Riser [...]
Continue reading …Ten Pinners 11-1 J & J Pro Shop 9-3 Pure Luck 9-3 Dead Last 8-4 Misfits 6-6 Hammertime 6-6 Gimps Are Us 5-7 Power Rollers 4-8 Blue Ridge Carpentry 1-11 King Pinz 1-11 High Average: Brian Longerbeam-206; Troy Longerbeam-203; Chad Coulter-201 High Game: Pork Barrow-277; Chad Coulter and Sonny Biggs Sr.-256 High Series: Troy Longerbeam-727; [...]
Continue reading …St. Maria Goretti visited Washington High on Tuesday and the Hagerstown private school handed the Patriots a third straight loss, 53-48, when Tyrus Fleetwood scored 14 points and handed out five assists. Yannick Zanfack contributed 13 points and claimed seven rebounds for the Gaels, who improved to 13-8 overall with the victory. Martin Geben [...]
Continue reading …SHENANDOAH JUNCTION— For the second time this season, Handley tripped the Jefferson girl’s basketball team. The Judges needed an overtime period on Saturday to defeat the Lady Cougars, 58-52. The latest loss dropped Jefferson to 3-15 overall. Kristen Ward scored 20 points to pace Handley. Corin Scott was able to add 10 points. McKinley Thomas [...]
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