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SPRING VALLEY �����Ƶ� Tim George, Spring Valley�����Ƶ�s athletic director, is a social studies teacher by trade.

Logan Lingenfelter has been so hot on the baseball diamond, he�����Ƶ�s steaming.

CHESAPEAKE, Ohio �����Ƶ� Chesapeake hosted the second annual Ohio Valley Conference 7 on 7 and lineman challenge on Thursday in one of the last competitions of the summer.

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Program sales could boom this fall at high school football games, as for the second consecutive season players have transferred in bunches.

IRONTON �����Ƶ� Coaches say 7-on-7 scrimmages mean little and aren�����Ƶ�t real football.

�����Ƶ�I just love the game of basketball.�����Ƶ�

When Huntington St. Joe canceled its 2024 football season, it sent 10 opponents scrambling to find foes to replace the Irish on the schedule.

Boosted by state titles in baseball and track and field, Cabell Midland finished second in the boys 2023-24 WVSSAC Champions Cup standings released Wednesday.

Boston�����Ƶ�s 1978 hit �����Ƶ�Don�����Ƶ�t Look Back�����Ƶ� is a great song, but we�����Ƶ�re going to ignore that advice today.

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Huntington St. Joe revived baseball and softball programs last season, but football will have to wait.

When Boyd County beat Cabell Midland 3-1 in high school baseball on March 21 in Ona, more than half of The Herald-Dispatch All-Tri-State first team was on display.

The 16th Region has long held its own among Kentucky regions in its production of high school softball talent.

While playing and coaching sports, Gene Collins and Jeff Ramey learned the concept of mind over muscle.

West Virginia high school sports programs are taking advantage of the summer by competing in shootouts, team camps and other activities.

ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio �����Ƶ� Different sport, same goal.

The University of Pikeville hired Fairland High School�����Ƶ�s Mary Haynes as head volleyball coach.

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Jason Bankston might go on vacation, tell no one where, turn off his phone and stay off social media.

An entire college lineup could be made from the 2024 The Herald-Dispatch All-Tri-State Softball Team.

Breaking an Olympian�����Ƶ�s record was plenty enough to impress the folks at Gatorade.

That Luke Samuel attended the Cincinnati Reds�����Ƶ� baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates Wednesday couldn�����Ƶ�t have been more appropriate.

ROME TOWNSHIP, Ohio �����Ƶ� With the graduation of all-state quarterback Peyton Jackson, the Fairland Dragons are looking to fill the most important role in their offense.

Wearing an Ashland Tomcats basketball uniform might not be priceless, but to Zander Carter, it�����Ƶ�s worth more than $100,000.

Perhaps The Herald-Dispatch should sponsor a decathlon to determine its 2024 high school boys track and field athlete of the year.

Editor�����Ƶ�s note: The following story is part of a series of updates on former high school stars from the Tri-State playing in college or professionally.

Editor�����Ƶ�s note: The following story is part of a series of updates on former high school stars from the Tri-State playing in college or professionally.

HUNTINGTON �����Ƶ� Dustin Hatfield is adding a new level to his coaching resume.

SUMMIT, Ky. �����Ƶ� Savannah Wheeler soon might be playing koszykówka.

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Shayna Gore went a mere 58 miles from her hometown to land her first recruit at Youngstown State University.

Desiree Simpson of Symmes Valley High School was named first team all-Ohio Division IV in softball Monday.

CHARLESTON �����Ƶ� Dylan Ours�����Ƶ� run on a two-point conversion try in overtime was ruled short of the goal line, preserving a 21-20 win for the South in the annual football all-star classic at South Charleston High School on Saturday.

SOUTH CHARLESTON -- In sports, being the goat has two meanings, one bad, the other good.

MARTINSBURG, W.Va. �����Ƶ� When Carson Boober steps up on the mound to pitch, he could use an antacid.

SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Some of West Virginia's top high school boys basketball players met Friday evening inside the South Charleston Community Center for the North-South basketball game.

SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Fred Sauro�����Ƶ�s swan song hit a sour note at the end. Again.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. -- Spring Mills�����Ƶ� Marcus Law and Shady Spring�����Ƶ�s Vince Culicerto will be the coaches of their respective sidelines -- Law the North Bears, Culicerto the South Cardinals -- in the North-South Football Classic on Saturday at South Charleston High School.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. �����Ƶ� Unlike any of the players or other coaches on his team in the West Virginia North-South Football Classic, Vince Culicerto has experience in the all-star game.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. �����Ƶ� When Caleb Conrad was little, he dreamed of playing in the North-South football game.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. �����Ƶ� The Huntington High School football team is no stranger to postseason play, but while the team�����Ƶ�s season has long been over, three Highlanders are getting one more opportunity to lace up their football cleats for one last high school game.

If there were any doubts about what Kenyon Collins meant to Cabell Midland, he answered all of them during the state baseball tournament at GoMart Ballpark.

BUFFALO, W.Va. -- The weather at Buffalo High School was hot Thursday afternoon, along with the Region 3 bats in the North-South softball championship game against Region 4.

Friday�����Ƶ�s North-South all-star boys basketball game represents two different things for South player Dylan Casto and his coach for the exhibition, Hunter Moles.

The cream always rises to the top.

John Ashworth brings experience in aquatics, the oil and gas industry and, oh yes, football, to Cabell Midland High School.

Chuck Kelley smashed a line drive. Kenyon Collins caught it and tagged Hunter Giacomo between second and third bases.

CHARLESTON �����Ƶ� In a season in which Class A state champion Charleston Catholic placed four members on the all-state first team, Williamstown senior Maxwell Molessa of runner-up Williamstown was chosen captain of the top unit by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.

INSTITUTE, W.Va. �����Ƶ� A trio of high school football players from Mason County has vastly different plans, but this week one common goal.

Former Lincoln County High School softball star Maci Lunsford is flying high this week.

LEXINGTON, Ky. �����Ƶ� Boyd County brought a youth movement to the Kentucky high school softball state tournament.

Billy Seals keeps getting it done.

LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Boyd County scored in four of its seven offensive innings on Saturday, while North Laurel tallied in only one frame.

Herbert Hoover has been one of West Virginia�����Ƶ�s most successful high school softball programs since 2014.

HUNTINGTON �����Ƶ� �����Ƶ�Baseball is back in Huntington,�����Ƶ� declared Mike Kirtner, president of Tri-State Coal Cats, the first ball club of its kind Huntington has housed in 30 years.

Mallori Dunn-Martin�����Ƶ�s biggest hurdle to jump might have been to win The Herald-Dispatch 2024 high school girls track and field athlete of the year award.

A month after catching five passes for 114 yards in the Ohio North-South All-Star football game, Brycen Hunt was named Ohio Valley Conference baseball player of the year by the league�����Ƶ�s coaches.

A pair of college-bound pitchers head the Ohio Southeast District softball team.

It�����Ƶ�s been almost a year since David Price assumed the role of executive director of the WVSSAC, replacing Bernie Dolan, who held that position for nearly eight years.

The last nine years, Lawrence County�����Ƶ�s softball players might as well have worn bridesmaid dresses for uniforms.