Rick Elmore

Barboursville

Sports Reporter at Charleston Gazette-Mail

Sports reporter for @wvgazettemail. Opinions are my own. Graduate of MarshallU W. Page Pitt SOJMC

Articles

Prep baseball: New turf at Carpenter Field paying dividends for Cougars

6 days ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

New artificial turf placed on the infield and outfield of Sam Carpenter Field was a great gift for Capital coach Steven Lewis, but it’s had an unintended consequence. It left the Cougars spoiled, he cracked. “These guys, they’ve got it good,” Lewis said on Tuesday after Capital’s 10th home game of the season against Hurricane.
Prep softball: SA falls to Spring Valley despite 2 HRs from Lackey

6 days ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

SPRING VALLEY — If speed kills, it was downright deadly for Spring Valley on Thursday in a 9-6 Mountain State Athletic Conference softball win over St. Albans at the Wolves Den. The Timberwolves’ speed on the base paths led to eight stolen bases, while on defense they easily tracked down fly balls to get outs, as well as balls hit into gaps to limit potential extra-base hits to singles.
Prep baseball: Hurricane strikes for 17-run fourth to beat Capital

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

Hurricane’s trip to Capital for a high school baseball game Tuesday didn’t start well, but it left Sam Carpenter Field at Cougars Stadium with a 21-2 win in five innings. Hurricane didn’t have a hit against Cougars starting pitcher Grant Barclay until the fourth inning, when Hurricane broke the game open with 17 runs on eight hits, including a three-run triple by Bryce Shirkey. “It was a good ball game until that one inning,” Hurricane coach Brian Sutphin said.
Prep baseball: Spring Valley's Wagoner no-hits St. Albans

1 week ago | waynecountynews.com | Rick Elmore

SPRING VALLEY — St. Albans pitcher Bryce Eggleton pitched well enough to get the win over Spring Valley on Tuesday, April 8, but the Timberwolves’ Garrett Wagoner was just better. Wagoner pitched a no-hitter while striking out 14 batters to help Spring Valley earn a 4-0 victory at Timberwolves Field. Wagoner allowed only four runners to reach base, with two walks and two Spring Valley errors. kAm%96 %:>36CH@=G6D :>AC@G65 E@ h\a @? E96 D62D@?]k^AmkAmt88=6E@?
Former Reds great George Foster opens Nitro's Little League season

1 week ago | herald-dispatch.com | Rick Elmore

NITRO — Nitro Little League baseball player Brady Ullman likely wasn’t ready for a quiz on Saturday, April 5 when he arrived at the city’s park and Ivan D. Meadows Complex for the opening ceremony of the 2025 season. However, a quiz was what Ullman got from George Foster, a former Cincinnati Reds outfielder and a member of the Reds Hall of Fame, when the youngster showed up wearing a replica road jersey from Cincinnati’s most dominant years that bore Foster’s No. 15.
Rick Elmore: Putnam County softball teams off to hot starts

1 week ago | herald-dispatch.com | Rick Elmore

As the baseball and softball season begins its third week, teams from Putnam County have had solid starts to their campaigns. Softball teams across the county have compiled a 27-4 combined record among Buffalo, Hurricane, Poca and Winfield. Last year’s Class AA champion Winfield, with several key returners for coach Steve Hensley, was expected to be a formidable team even with the move up to Class AAA this season.
Prep baseball: Childers' pitching silences Winfield's bats for Highlanders

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

WINFIELD — Will Isaacs said that, at times in high school baseball, a pitcher will appear who can control a game similarly to how Huntington’s Evan Childers did on Friday to Winfield. Childers allowed three hits over six innings on a cold night at the Generals’ home field as the Highlanders took an 11-7 win. The Generals approached a comeback with a five-run seventh inning once Childers left the game, but Caleb Nicely managed to shut down the rally to preserve the win for Huntington (5-8).
Prep baseball: Nettles pitches GW past Hurricane

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

George Washington pitcher Ty Nettles had everything working for him on Thursday night in a 3-1 victory for the Patriots over visiting Hurricane. Nettles picked off three Hurricane runners, struck out eight batters and surrendered one run on three hits to help GW pick up a Mountain State Athletic Conference win. Ryan Anderson struck out the final batter of the night to save the win for Nettles after Hurricane got the tying run on base in the final inning.
Prep baseball: Jarvis strikes out 11, doubles twice to lead Catholic past Scott

2 weeks ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

The rain held off just long enough on Wednesday for Charleston Catholic and Scott to get their baseball game in at Shawnee Sports Complex. No one was happier about that than Irish coach Will Bobinger, who saw his team pound the Skyhawks for nine hits and take advantage of three errors for a 9-4 win in a matchup of two early contenders in Class AA Region 4.
Prep baseball: Jarvis strikes out 11, doubles twice to lead Catholic past Scott

2 weeks ago | coalvalleynews.com | Rick Elmore

The rain held off just long enough on Wednesday for Charleston Catholic and Scott to get their baseball game in at Shawnee Sports Complex. No one was happier about that than Irish coach Will Bobinger, who saw his team pound the Skyhawks for nine hits and take advantage of three errors for a 9-4 win in a matchup of two early contenders in Class AA Region 4. kAm“$@[ H6’C6 9@A:?8 $4@EE 8@6D 5@H? 2?5 362ED {@82?[” q@3:?86C D2:5[ “2?5 E96? 2== @7 FD H:== 92G6 2 =@DD :? E96 C68:@?[ 2?5 E96?