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PRINCETON — After winning its only game in the District 6 Senior League tournament, the Charles Town/Ranson team took a bus ride to the state tournament in Princeton. With its 1-0 record in hand, the Charles/Town Ranson defeated St. Albans, 11-10, in its first game in the state event. St. Albans had a 10-9 lead [...]
Continue reading …This may not be the ideal time for West Virginia to be joining the point-happy Big 12 Conference. Only five starters return to the Mountaineer defense . . . and both Terence Garvin and Paul Miller of the secondary are coming back from injuries. Jewone Snow was also injured and needs a full recovery. [...]
Continue reading …While Lowell was playing 26 games in the New York-Penn League, first baseman Nathan Minnich saw his name in the Spinners lineup only 12 times. Minnich is the national player of the year from the NCAA Division II ranks. He ended a star-studded four-year career at Shepherd, playing on a conference champion team and batting [...]
Continue reading …“Our key returnees will be Ryan Mumaw, Robert Fleming, Dylan Mumaw, Patrick Burgess, Tyler Sigler, and Hunter Hardy — our six top players from last year,” said Washington High golf coach Rusty Staubs. “We went to the state tournament last season and we’ll have the same goal again. I just hope we play a little [...]
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KEARNEYSVILLE–Forrest and Mildred Hammond didn’t come away from last month’s taping of PBS’s “Antiques Roadshow” with the news that a family keepsake actually is a treasure worth hundreds of thousands. And that’s just fine with them. “It was wonderful just to be there,” explained Mildred, an 82-year-old Berkeley County native who retired as a school [...]
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With the news this week that about half of Mountain State University employees will be without jobs come September, it’s impossible not to think of Charles H. Polk, the man credited with the massive expansion that enabled so many to come to work for the institution. Fired as president of Mountain State earlier this year, [...]
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CHRISTINE MILLER FORD Spirit Staff RANSON – Dr. Barbara Pittaras remembers just when she knew that she’d pursue a profession that helped people see more clearly. As an eighth-grader, an optometrist – Greek, like her – spoke at her Florida school for Career Day. “I was already thinking about some kind of medical career – [...]
Continue reading …At Jefferson High, second-year golf coach Alexander White has a team with no seniors . . . but plenty of experienced players returning from last year. Alex Tran, Bryce Lushbaugh, Quentin Foust, and Vincent Chicchirichi all played on the 2011 team. And all four are still underclassmen as the Cougars prepare for this season that [...]
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I love the beauty and history behind the old farms that dot the West Virginia landscape. I’ve been on several in a number of counties across the state and there’s usually something unique about each one. Some have big trees like the huge white oak I admired last week on a Braxton County farm. It [...]
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