Michael Minnich

Clarksburg

Sports Editor at WV News

Sports Editor for NCWV Media. Original and current @NWSL @washspirit commentator and stat nerd. @WVUGymnastics and @WVUSports PBP. “Luck favors the prepared.”

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Pearlman's power pulls WV News/GameChanger Play of Week

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

SHINNSTON, W.Va. (WV News) -- Sometimes, you just have to do it yourself. Lincoln's Riley Pearlman took that to heart on Tuesday, driving in herself (and an additional runner) with three home runs to account for four of the Cougars' five runs in a 5-1 win over county foe Robert C. Byrd. The second one, a two-run shot that broke a 1-all tie and put the Cougars ahead for good, is the WV News/GameChanger Play of the Week.
Run home: Pearlman, Hatfield claim Graham-Simon Plumbing/WV News Athlete of Week

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) – Runs come in different forms. The trot: Lincoln’s Riley Pearlman hit three home runs and drove in four runs in a 5-1 win over Robert C. Byrd. The sprint: South Harrison’s Jaden Hatfield won the 100 and 200 dashes at both the Harrison County Championships and the Harry Green Invitational last week, picking up high point honors in the former. Either way, they got the job done and then some to pick up Graham-Simon Plumbing/WV News Athlete of the Week honors.
Storm suspends play at Pete Dye

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

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Robert C. Byrd's Brookelynn Washington signs with Concord women's soccer

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) – When Robert C. Byrd was knocked out of the girls soccer playoffs last year, Brookelynn Washington didn’t know if that was the last time she would take the field. That changed two months ago when Concord University put itself on the Flying Eagle senior’s radar. “They reached out to me and asked me to come to a camp…I was extremely surprised because they hadn’t reached out and I hadn’t put myself out there,” Washington said.
area roundup

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

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Balanced group on All-Harrison County girls basketball list

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — Coaches and members of the WV News sports staff spread the wealth on the All-Harrison County girls basketball team, putting players from all six schools on the first team via voting. Bridgeport (Kloey Martinez and Haylee Pryor) and Lincoln (Sadie Adams and Brystol Toth) both have a pair, while Liberty (Gabby Forman), Notre Dame (Selena Wilson), Robert C. Byrd (Jada Sutherlin) and South Harrison (Halle Bland) placed one each.
Bridgeport quartet, Marshall lead all-Harrison County boys basketball team

1 week ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — After winning the Class AAA boys basketball state championship, the Bridgeport Indians picked up four of the eight first-team All-Harrison County spots, as selected by the voting of WV News media members and the county’s head coaches. Landon Sanders led the Tribe in scoring at 12.5 points per game, making nearly as many 3s (62) as 2s while shooting a solid 45% from the field and 74% from the free throw line.
Bridgeport's Kyleigh Anderson bound for Bethany College softball

2 weeks ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. (WV News) -- “I knew that four more years of this would not be enough.”Bridgeport’s Kyleigh Anderson wrote that simple thought at the beginning of her freshman year of high school into stone on Thursday, signing with the Bethany Bison softball program in a ceremony in the BHS locker room. Anderson immediately knew Bethany was a fit from her first visit. “I felt like it was a place where I could be comfortable for the next four years,” Anderson said.
FSenior.East.basebox

2 weeks ago | wvnews.com | Michael Minnich

BASEBALLFAIRMONT SENIOR 8, EAST FAIRMONT 3Fairmont Senior (5-1)Cam Peschl cf-ss 4 1 1 0, Logan Canfield p-cf 2 2 0 0, Trevor Bigelow c 4 1 2 3, Matt Masters 3b 2 1 1 1, Brayden Gorby ss-p 3 1 0 0, Blake Straight 2b 4 0 1 2, Brock Martin rf 3 1 2 1, Powers Dawson dh 1 0 0 0, Cole Sammons lf 4 1 2 1, Noah Pethel 1b 1 0 0 0, Evin Dobbins ph 1 0 0 0, Totals 29 8 9 8.
RCB.Lincoln.softbox

2 weeks ago | wvnews.com | Robert Byrd |Michael Minnich

SOFTBALLLINCOLN 5, ROBERT C. BYRD 1Robert C. Byrd (0-8)Lexi Hardy ss 3 0 0 0, Khloe McAvoy cf 3 0 1 0, Kayli Thompson 3b 3 0 0 0, Grayce DeFazio p 3 0 1 0, Airianna Wells cr 0 1 0 0, Amirah Moore c 2 0 0 0, Kaitlyn Fordyce lf 2 0 0 0, Cadence Blake 2b 3 0 1 0, Angelina Glover dp 2 0 0 1, Cam Ware 1b 3 0 0 0, Sameria Butler rf 0 0 0 0, Totals 24 1 3 1.