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 softball: Winfield walks off Point Pleasant in five to win sectional title

5 days ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

WINFIELD — The defending Class AA softball state champions took another step toward their first Class AAA title. Winfield scored in every inning on Friday to knock off Point Pleasant 10-2 for the Class AAA Region 4 Section 1 championship at Winfield High School. The Generals will meet Chapmanville, the Section 2 winner, which defeated Lincoln County 3-0 on Friday to eliminate the Panthers.
Prep lacrosse: Three Kanawha County teams make state tournament

6 days ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

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Prep softball: Hoover coasts to section title over Sissonville

6 days ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

Herbert Hoover captured the Class AAA Region 3 Section 2 softball tournament championship on Thursday with a 7-1 home win over Sissonville in the final. The Huskies swept the double-elimination tournament, first defeating Ripley in the first round and Sissonville in the semifinals. After the Indians fought their way into the final with a win over the Vikings in the losers bracket earlier Thursday, Hoover finished off its Kanawha County rival in the championship.
MSAC semifinals: late surge puts GW in first league title game

1 week ago | waynecountynews.com | Rick Elmore

Charleston — Three Spring Valley errors in the sixth inning on Monday, April 28, opened the door for George Washington to come away with a 4-0 win at GoMart Ballpark. The miscues in consecutive at bats for the Patriots gave head coach Mike Davis’ team a 2-0 lead. Slade Barton’s double later in the inning capped a four-run inning that propelled GW into Tuesday Mountain State Athletic Conference championship game. kAm%96 C@F89 :??:?8 CF:?65 H92E 925 366?
Prep softball: Bentley pitches SA past GW, to sectional championship game

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

St. Albans’ softball team is sitting pretty in Class AAAA Region 3 Section 1 after the Red Dragons shut down the George Washington offense on Tuesday for a 4-2 home win. St. Albans earned its way into Thursday’s section tournament championship game to face either the Patriots again or South Charleston after those two teams meet Wednesday in an elimination contest. The winner will match up against the Red Dragons in St. Albans on Thursday.
Prep notebook: Riverside's Groom becomes state's top girls discus thrower

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

Riverside discus thrower Cianna Groom had a busy Saturday. Like many students at area schools, Groom had prom on Saturday at 8 p.m. While prom attendees might dedicate a whole day to prepare for that event, Groom had to put her preparations off until she finished competing at the Tudor’s Biscuit World Charleston Relays at University of Charleston Stadium at Laidley Field.
Atlantic League: Dirty Birds celebrate park's 20th anniversary, but fall to Crabs

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

The long ball was working on Friday at GoMart Ballpark. Charleston and Southern Maryland combined to hit five home runs in the Dirty Birds’ home opener on Friday, which after a lengthy weather delay concluded in a 7-5 Blue Crabs victory. Charleston took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second inning when cleanup hitter Bobby Bradley hit a solo home run off Southern Maryland starter Ian Kahaloa. It didn’t take long for the Blue Crabs to steal the lead.
Prep softball: Shamblin, Herbert Hoover down Riverside

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

Missy Smith didn’t see the cleanest game by her Herbert Hoover softball team on Thursday, but she did see the Huskies string together 10 hits to come away with a 6-2 win over visiting Riverside. Hoover (18-5) overcame five errors to hold the Warriors (16-9) to two runs on five hits. Smith, the coach for the Huskies, focused on the pitching of Hannah Shamblin and the defensive plays Hoover did make as positives.
Prep baseball -- MSAC tournament: Hurricane tops Midland in 8-inning MSAC semifinal

2 weeks ago | wvgazettemail.com | Rick Elmore

A pair of late runs, including a walk-off sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on Monday, gave Hurricane a 2-1 victory over Cabell Midland at GoMart Ballpark in the second Mountain State Athletic Conference semifinal. Griffin Dempsey’s fly ball to center off Knights pitcher Landon Nida scored Aiden Ocheltree to put Hurricane into the MSAC championship game against George Washington on Tuesday. GW beat Spring Valley 4-0 in the earlier semifinal Monday. That game will also be played at GoMart Ballpark.
MSAC semifinals: late surge puts GW in first league title game

2 weeks ago | herald-dispatch.com | Rick Elmore

Charleston — Three Spring Valley errors in the sixth inning on Monday opened the door for George Washington to come away with a 4-0 win at GoMart Ballpark. The miscues in consecutive at bats for the Patriots gave head coach Mike Davis’ team a 2-0 lead. Slade Barton’s double later in the inning capped a four-run inning that propelled GW into Tuesday Mountain State Athletic Conference championship game.