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District 4 Little League Baseball Roundup: Big Night for Central Greenbrier All-Stars; Shady Spring beats Princeton

4 days ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Monday night there was no place like home for the Central Greenbrier Little League Baseball All-Stars. The 8-10 All-Stars opened the night by grabbing the District 4 championship with a 12-2 win over Shady Spring in four innings at Hollowell Park. Central Greenbrier did not lose a game in District play and advances, along with Shady Spring, to state tournament in Huntington, July 4. In the nightcap, the 11-12 All-Stars never trailed in a 13-5 win over Sophia in a winner's bracket contest.
Little League Baseball: Beckley advances with a win over NRG

4 days ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Survive and advance. For the second straight day and the second game in a row, the Beckley Little League Baseball All-Stars faced an elimination game. Once again, the Beckley boys came up big. Building a 4-0 lead, Beckley held off a solid effort from the New River Gorge All-Stars to take a 7-4 win Monday night at Beckley Little League Park. Beckley will now play Sophia Tuesday night in another elimination game. The location is still to be determined.
Beckley Post 32 Legion Teams Sweep Florida Gulf Coast Prospects

4 days ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Beckley Post 32 Top Prospects Junior Legion and Beckley Bash Post 32 Senior Legion both picked up wins Monday at Linda K. Epling Stadium over Florida Gulf Coast Prospects guided by former Greenbrier East standout and Major League Baseball player Seth McClung. The Post 32 Junior Legion team opened the doubleheader with an 11-4 win over FGCP Black 16U. Jacob Claypool shined at the plate with three hits, including a double, and four RBI's.
Greater Beckley All-Stater Drew Fitzwater Signs with Wheeling University

1 week ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

"Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths."Proverbs 3:5-6 (ESV)Entering his senior year of high school, Drew Fitzwater faced a tough decision. Stay at Woodrow Wilson where he had played basketball for three seasons, or transfer to Greater Beckley Christian School for his final year.
Beckley Bash Post 32 Sweeps Charleston Post 65

1 week ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Charleston - On a night where both games could have gone either way, Beckley Bash Post 32 made the key plays and had the timely hits to leave town with a doubleheader sweep of Charleston Post 65. The visitors escaped the opener with an 8-5 win before grabbing 10-4 victory in the nightcap. Beckley took an early 3-0 lead in the opener, but surrendered four runs in the bottom of the third inning to trail 5-3.
Shady Spring Standout Cooper Ward Wins Callaway Southern Two-Day Event Tuesday

1 week ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

The Callaway Junior Tour concluded its southern two-day, 36-hole combined event Tuesday at Pipestem Resort, following the opening round Monday on the Cobb Course at the Resort at Glade Springs in Daniels. A Par 3 Shootout scramble also took place on Monday evening on Pipestem Resort’s Short Course.
Area Players Shine at North-South Football Classic

1 week ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

•4 min readThe 2025 North-South All-Star Football Classic was a big play highlight reel Saturday at South Charleston High School. The South Cardinals converted iys decisive big plays in all three phases. Using three game-changing special teams plays, the South held off the North 29-22 for its second win in a row at the annual showdown. Ronnie Staley from Wayne fired the first fireworks for the Cardinals when he returned the opening kickoff 90-yards to the North one-yard line.
Shepard's Hoops Passion Turns into His Tennis Dream

2 weeks ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

When Ethan Shepard entered high school at Woodrow Wilson, he carried with him aspirations of playing at the collegiate level one day. That dream came true for the recently graduated senior, it just happened to be in a different sport than what he had originally envisioned. Hoping one day to play college basketball, Shepard instead found an untapped passion on the tennis court.
Beckley Bash Post 32 American Legion Hammers Buckhannon

3 weeks ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Buckhannon - On a night where scores looked more like football than baseball, Beckley Bash Post 32 opened the 2025 American Legion Baseball season with an emphatic doubleheader sweep of Buckhannon Post 7 at Hank Ellis Field. Beckley scored 36 runs across the two games to take 16-1 and 20-6 wins. Both games ended after five innings. The theme of the night for the Bash was big innings. In game one Beckley scored six runs in the second and third innings before adding four more in fourth.
Wyoming East Jumps Into The State Tournament Frying Pan Against Wheeling Central Catholic

3 weeks ago | sportswithrusty.com | Rusty Udy

Championship buzz in Wyoming County is nothing new. In regards to the baseball team, however, it has been a while for that postseason fervor. Thirteen years to be exact. The excitement this year for Warrior Nation will reach its zenith Thursday evening at 5 p.m. when the Warriors battle top-seeded Wheeling Central inside GoMart Park for a berth in the Class AA state championship game Saturday.