ROMNEY— With a three-run fifth inning and a four-run sixth inning, Washington was able to overcome an early deficit to defeat homestanding Hampshire, 11-2, in a softball game played on Saturday in Hampshire County. The Patriots even added another four runs in the seventh for good measure. Devin Williams recorded the pitching win, moving her [...]
Continue reading …MARTINSBURG— Jefferson took little time in establishing its dominance over the other schools at last Saturday’s The Journal Invitational held at Cobourn Field. Jefferson rang up 183 points to more than double runner-up Martinsburg’s 79 points. Musselman (67), Hedgesville (55.50), Washington (46.50), and Hampshire (30) trailed the others. Even the field events, normally a shallow [...]
Continue reading …After splitting six games in a pair of three-game series against Alderson-Broaddus and Fairmont, the Shepherd baseball team is currently rated fifth in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Region. The Rams are 26-15 overall going into Tuesday’s doubleheader against conference rival Glenville. Atop the Atlantic Region is season-long pace-setter Seton Hill, now 37-7 overall. Following [...]
Continue reading …MYRTLE BEACH, SC— On its final day in South Carolina at the Mingo Bay Tournament, the Washington baseball team dropped an 8-2 decision to Georgetown (SC) to finish its six-game stand with a 4-2 record including one forfeit win. In the Friday, April 13 loss to Georgetown, the Patriots were led at the plate by [...]
Continue reading …SHEPHERDSTOWN— Shepherd softball pitcher Tiffany Biggs pitched both ends of a doubleheader the Lady Rams split with visiting Seton Hill last Friday. The Griffins posted a 2-1 win in the opener of the WVIAC twinbill, while Biggs hurled an eight-hit shutout in the second game. She did not walk anybody and fanned three. Jess Mason’s [...]
Continue reading …SHEPHERDSTOWN— Shepherd and Fairmont divided a WVIAC softball doubleheader last Wednesday. The Fighting Falcons used a seventh inning run to snap a tie and get a 4-3 win in the opener, but then Shepherd used the shutout pitching of Tiffany Biggs to secure a 1-0 win in eight innings in the nightcap. The splitting of [...]
Continue reading …Washington was able to post a convincing 6-1 win over homestanding Hedgesville in a girls tennis match played on Saturday. The Patriots won three of the four singles matches played— Jill Spuria (No. 2), Melissa Sirbaugh (No. 3), and McKenzie Littleton (No. 4). In sweeping all three doubles matches, Washington completed the afternoon’s success. Sirbaugh/Littleton [...]
Continue reading …ELKINS — Despite winning two of the three tennis doubles matches played against Elkins, the Jefferson boys lost, 4-3, to the Tigers. Isaiah Washington/Isaac Washington teamed to win the No. 1 doubles match from their Elkins counterparts and then Carlos Nathan/Catalino Leon also won their doubles match, but the Cougars could manage just one win [...]
Continue reading …BUCKHANNON — Washington ran its boys tennis team record all the way to 16-1 when it posted a 7-0 win against Buckhannon. The win was Washington’s 16th straight after losing its season opener to John Handley High of Winchester. In the four singles matches, Washington’s Will Wheatley, Patrik Haglund, Austin Thomas, and Alden Roth had [...]
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