By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor NAUGATUCK – The Tug Valley Panthers won their first baseball game in the past two seasons with a convincing 11-1 victor...
By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. – Belfry fell behind early, but came back in the late innings to beat visiting Mingo Central 8-3 Monday nigh...
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PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSON, SPORTS EDITORGilbert Times
NEWTOWN — The game between Scott and Mingo Central was supposed to tip off at 6 p.m. at the Williamson Fieldhouse last night. But it was two hours later on t...
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PAMELA SCOTT JOHNSON, SPORTS EDITORGilbert Times
MATEWAN — The Mingo Lady Miners tarnished the Golden Knights 57-24 on Feb. 2 at MCC. The Lady Miners took control early outscoring Mount View 17-8 in the fi...
Belfry travels to Knott County tonight KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. - The Belfry Pirates are currently 20-7 on the season and will travel to Knott County this evening as the regular season winds down. The Pirates of coach Michael Hagy will play host to East Ridge Monday for a regular season game. The final regular season game of the season will be at home on Thursday, May 17 against Lawrence County. All of those games are scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m. Belfry High...
Zak Roberts signs to play tennis at UPike DELBARTON – Regional Christian School senior Zak Roberts has signed to play tennis at the University of Pikeville. Since the Regional Christian did not have tennis team, Roberts was allowed to play with Mingo Central High School. Roberts is an honor student and he will be graduating in a few days. He is also enrolled at the vocational school, which is not located on the campus of Mingo Central. Roberts was an integral part of the Miners s...
Mingo’s season ends with sectional defeat KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor CHAPMANVILLE - The Mingo Central Miners ended their baseball season Wednesday night after losing 10-0 to home-standing Chapmanville at Ted Ellis Field. It was the second loss in the double elimination tournament. Mingo lost a tough game to Scott 7-5 on Monday, then the Chapmanville game was postponed because of rain on Tuesday. “Austin Reed pitched his heart out last night, but we just needed to make a few pl...
Belfry’s Trey Willis signs with UPike By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor GOODY, Ky. – Another Belfry Pirate football player has signed to play football at the next level. Trey Willis will be attending the University of Pikeville. Willis, a 5-8, 212 pound running back, signed his letter of intent in a ceremony at the school library on Wednesday morning. UPike recruiting and defensive coordinator Dayne Brown signed Willis. “He is a good player on both sides of the football,” Br...
Atkins’ walk-off hit wins game for Miners KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor GILBERT – The Mingo Central Miners won their regular season finale this past Saturday over Westside 4-3 at the Gilbert baseball field. Chris Atkins had a walk-off RBI single in the bottom of the 7 th to help the Miners win the game. Austin Trent went a perfect 4-for4 to lead the hit parade for MCHS. Josh May and Atkins each had a pair of hits, while Austin Reed, Jacob Staton and Gabe Vinson each smacked do...
Miners lose sectional game to Scott KYLE LOVERN Spots Editor CHAPMANVILLE – The Scott Skyhawks rallied for six runs in the 4 th inning with the big blow being a grand slam by catcher Forest Spurlock as they defeated Mingo Central 7-5 in sectional tournament action Monday night at Ted Ellis Field in Chapmanville. The start of the game was delayed almost an hour and a half as crews had to work on the field and put down several bags of turface to help dry up the wet infield...
Tug Valley will play Tolsia in tourney action By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor NAUGATUCK – The Tug Valley baseball team will hit the road for its sectional tournament. The Panthers will take on the Tolsia Rebels in the opener on Friday, May 11 at 5:30 p.m. The single elimination tourney will be held at George Brumfield Park in Wayne. The winner of that contest will then take on perennial Class AA power Wayne at approximately 7:30 p.m. The Pioneers will have the home field advan...
Tolsia rolls over Tug Valley in softball WAYNE – The Lady Rebels of Tolsia had a 13-run inning to start the game in its win over Tug Valley in Class AA Region IV, Section 4 tournament play Tuesday at Wayne. Tolsia won the game 16-8. Gina Cavins, Kristie Lahoda and Kaitlyn Robinson each drove in two runs for the Lady Rebels in the 1 st inning. Cavins got the pitching win, while Brooke Hanshaw took the loss for Tug Valley. Cavins went 3-for-4 with two RBIs for Tolsia, Lahoda ha...
Local Marshall outing scheduled By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor The MAD4MU coach’s tour will be coming back to the Tug Valley area on Thursday, May 17. The local Mingo County chapter of the Big Green organization helps raise scholarship money for Marshall University. Don’t miss your opportunity to hear Coaches Doc Holliday, Tom Herrion, assistant coach Mark Cline and Athletic Director Mike Hamrick address the state of Marshall sports. The first part of the outing w...
St. Joe sneaks past Tug Valley By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor NAUGATUCK – Tug Valley lost a tough home game to visiting Huntington St. Joe 8-5 Friday night at Naugatuck. After St. Joe took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 1 st inning, Tug Valley jumped ahead 4-1 in the bottom of the first frame. David Runyon got things started for the Panthers with a single. Jordon Mounts followed with another single, then Chuckie White slashed a triple down the right field line sco...
Former Tug Valley lineman walk-on for Herd Kyle Lovern Sports Editor HUNTINGTON - Channing Smith, a former Tug Valley and Pike County Central lineman, is getting first team reps this spring for Marshall University. Smith, a redshirt freshman, who is listed as a walk-on, is moving up the depth charts for the Thundering Herd. Smith has been moved to center because of injuries to other players on the roster. Smith played for his father, Mike Smith, at Tug Valley High School durin...
Belfry edges by Sheldon Clark Kyle Lovern Sports editor INEZ, Ky. – It was a game of firsts for Belfry freshman Keaton Taylor. He helped the Pirates improve to 16-6 on the season as they edged by Sheldon Clark on the road Wednesday night. Belfry took a 1-0 lead in the top of the1st inning with one out, Zack Francisco singled, then stole second base. He reached third on error by the catcher and then stole home to score the Pirate’s first run. Sheldon Clark took the...
Mingo Central, Tug Valley need football game Both Mingo Central and Tug Valley have an open date to fill on their upcoming 2012 football schedules. The two schools played last season, but will not meet on the grid iron this fall. With only nine games on each schedule, both coaching staffs need to pick up a game. Mingo Central’s two open dates are August 31 and October 12. Coach Yogi Kinder would like to fill the August 31 date, since that is only the second week of the regular season....
Mingo Central outscores Tug Valley By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor NAUGATUCK – Mingo Central made it a clean sweep over county rival Tug Valley on the baseball diamond with a 14-7 win at Naugatuck Tuesday night. The Miners led 7-3 after two innings and the Panthers tried to claw back, but were unable to get over the hump. Chris Atkins picked up the win on the mound for head coach Walt Cline, while Gabe Varney took the loss for Tug Valley. Garth Simpkins also saw actio...
Bruce Irvin a rag to riches story By KYLE LOVERN Sports Editor One can’t help but pull for former West Virginia University defensive end Bruce Irvin in this week’s NFL draft. To say that Irvin has had a tough road could be putting it mildly. Irvin’s high school career ended after three games as a sophomore. His grades weren’t good enough to play as a junior, so he dropped out of school. Irvin is from a tough inner-city neighborhood in Atlanta. He got with the wrong cr...
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