Tim Stephens

6 days ago | herald-dispatch.com | Tim Stephens

HUNTINGTON -- Morgan Zerkle liked that Marshall University's softball team hit the ball hard Thursday but wished it would have, as late big-leaguer Wee Willie Keeler said, "hit 'em where they ain't."The Thundering Herd outhit Coastal Carolina 6-4 but lost 2-0 at Dot Hicks Field to fall to 23-20, including 9-7 in the Sun Belt Conference. "We had some loud outs," said Zerkle, Marshall's coach. "We had a line drive to left field, a double-play line drive.

6 days ago | herald-dispatch.com | Tim Stephens

ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio — Jessica Price laughs at 5K runs, scoffs at 10K races and spits at marathons. She can do that now that she’s run a Backyard Ultra, running 87.5 miles in an unusual race March 22 in the Shawnee Forest near Lucasville, Ohio. The former Fairland High School all-state distance runner and Shawnee State University All-American finished 20th of 110 competitors in the race, which features a series of 4.1667-mile runs known as “yards.”“It was rough, to say the least,” Price said.

1 week ago | herald-dispatch.com | Tim Stephens

HUNTINGTON — What Marshall University’s baseball team wants is what West Virginia University has. A top-25 ranking? Yes, but more importantly, Thundering Herd coach Greg Beals said Marshall needs the attitude it takes to achieve that level of success. “The difference in where they’re at and where we’re playing to get is, they were playing to win,” Beals said after the Mountaineers rallied from a 4-2 deficit to beat Marshall 5-4 on Tuesday night at Jack Cook Field.

1 week ago | wvgazettemail.com | Tim Stephens

HUNTINGTON — Marshall University’s baseball team wants what West Virginia University’s team has. A top-25 ranking? Yes, but more important, Thundering Herd coach Greg Beals said Marshall needs the attitude it takes to achieve that level of success. “The difference in where they’re at and where we’re playing to get is, they were playing to win,” Beals said after the Mountaineers rallied from a 4-2 deficit to beat Marshall 5-4 on Tuesday night at Jack Cook Field.

1 week ago | waynecountynews.com | Tim Stephens

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