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Virginia’s clutch hitting too much as Cavaliers end Kansas State baseball’s season
Kansas State baseball coach Pete Hughes on his resilient Wildcat team
Kansas State baseball coach Pete Hughes says he expects the Wildcats to battle back Saturday after losing their super regional opener to Virginia.
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Kansas State baseball’s magical postseason run finally ran out of gas.
Host Virginia put on a clutch hitting clinic, scoring all of its runs with two outs and pulling away late for a 10-4 victory Saturday at Disharoon Park, in Charlottesville, Virginia.
With the win, No. 12 overall seed Virginia (46-15) swept the Charlottesville Super Regional in two games and will advance to the College World Series in Omaha. K-State, making just its second super regional appearance in program history, finished with a 35-26 record.
Virginia never trailed in the game, scoring twice in the first inning. K-State came back to tie it at 2-2 in the second, but a two-run fourth put the Cavaliers in front for good.
Virginia took a 5-4 lead to the final inning and then blew it open with a five-run ninth.
Jay Woolfolk (4-1) was the winning pitcher for Virginia and Chase Hungate got his second save, while K-State starter Jackson Wentworth took the loss.
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Kyan Lodice led K-State’s offense with a triple and home run. Brendan Jones also homered for the Wildcats. Casey Saucke and Henry Ford had two hits each for Virginia.
K-State reached the super regional by sweeping three games last week in the Fayetteville Regional but could not duplicate that effort against a strong Virginia team.
Here are three takeaways from the Wildcats’ season-ending loss.
Aggressive base running backfires for Wildcats
True to form, K-State remained aggressive in the seventh inning when Jaden Parsons drew a leadoff walk with the Wildcats trailing 4-3. This time it could have cost them a tying run.
Parsons was caught stealing, and Chuck Ingram followed with a double to the wall in left center. At worst, the Wildcats would have had runners at second and third with nobody out, but instead Ingram was stranded at second when reliever Angelo Tonas got pinch hitter Danniel Rivera and Jones on fly balls to center.
Virginia’s Jay Woolfolk outduels K-State starter Jackson Wentworth
Kansas State starting pitcher Wentworth was solid, throwing 99 pitches and allowing four runs on eight hits over six innings while striking out five and walking two. Trouble is, Virginia counterpart Woolfolk was even better.
Woolfolk scattered six hits with seven strikeouts and two walks over his 6 1/3 innings, giving up three runs. He came in with a 6.15 earned run average, but has been money in the NCAA Tournament, holding Mississippi State to two runs in eight innings in the regional final.
K-State manufactures early runs
After spotting Virginia a pair of runs in the top of the first, K-State turned to its signature small ball to tie it after two innings.
Jones led off the bottom of the first with a walk, stole second, moved to third on Lodice’s bunt and scored on Kaelen Culpepper’s sacrifice fly to deep center.
In the second inning, Nick English led off with a single and moved to third on David Bishop’s base hit. After Bishop stole second, Parsons got the RBI on a ground out to shortstop.
Arne Green is based in Salina and covers Kansas State University sports for the Gannett network. He can be reached at agreen@gannett.com or on Twitter at @arnegreen.
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Dry and seasonal weather expected in Virginia through the weekend
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107-year-old Virginia woman credits faith, family after escaping fire that destroyed home
PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Ressie Keen, a 107-year-old Pittsylvania County woman, is safe after escaping a house fire that destroyed her more than 100-year-old home, leaving behind a yard filled with charred debris and scattered belongings.
Keen said she has no special secret to her longevity.
“I ain’t got no secret, just thanking the Lord to let me stay here to see 107,” she said.
Keen said she moved to the home decades ago and built a life there.
“I’ve moved there in 1969, our first crop was made in 1970, and I been living there ever since,” she said.
The fire broke out in Keen’s bedroom on Thursday afternoon. Keen said she and her sitter got out as the fire grew.
“I don’t know what happened, only thing I knew to do was to get out of there. So me and my sitter we got out. She tried to put it out but she couldn’t,” Keen said.
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Pittsylvania County Fire Marshal Scott Hutcherson said investigators believe the fire started with an electrical issue.
“We think we had an electric outlet failure, more or less; an adaptor on the outlet probably failed,” Hutcherson said. He said the fire spread quickly once it ignited nearby items. “It set the bed on fire and the clothes that was on top of it, the material on top of it, what’s pretty much what got the fire going. And then it easily spread to the second story.”
Keen’s son, Ronnie Keen, said the loss has been painful for the family.
“It was devastating real devastating, lot of memories lost. But I know those memories and emotions the things that were sentimental were still right here,” he said.
A family photo album was among the few items recovered. Pointing to one image, Ronnie Keen said, “That’s a picture of the house.”
He added that the album was badly damaged. “It’s so charred it’s kinda hard to open,” he said.
Keen also held onto her favorite cast-iron pan.
“I knew this wasn’t going to get burnt up,” she said.
The home was considered a total loss, but the family said the most important thing is that Ressie Keen survived. She is now living with her son.
“I’m overjoyed that she’s here with us and she’s safe,” Ronnie Keen said.
Hutcherson said to prevent this, make sure that there is a smoke alarm in your home. He says you can reach out to the Pittsylvania County Public Safety office for a free installation of a smoke alarm.
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Virginia attorney general launches investigation into Wallens Ridge homicide
WISE COUNTY, VA (WCYB) — Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger has requested the Virginia Attorney General’s Office investigate the 2025 homicide of a Wallens Ridge State Prison inmate.
The Attorney General’s Office confirmed the development to News 5 on Tuesday, May 27.
“The circumstances around the death of Aubrey McKay are of a very serious and troubling nature. Governor Spanberger has requested that the Office of the Attorney General conduct an investigation and initiate any criminal prosecutions that arise. This office will continue its thorough, complete, and timely investigation into these consequential matters,” Attorney General Jay Jones said in an emailed statement.
McKay died on June 4, 2025, while inside the Wise County correctional facility.
The Virginia Department of Corrections confirmed his death is being investigated as a homicide and said at least one officer was either reprimanded or placed on leave.
The Virginia medical examiner’s office listed McKay’s cause of death as multifactorial asphyxia. Virginia State Police also confirmed it is investigating the case.
The Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office also confirmed it will no longer be involved in the case.
A spokesperson for the Wise County Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office told News 5 on May 25 that Smyth County would oversee the prosecution because of the nature of the investigation.
Smyth County Commonwealth’s Attorney Phillip Blevins later confirmed he has recused himself from the case.
In a court order provided to News 5 dated May 22, Blevins wrote that he has an association with at least one potential witness involved in the investigation. He was excused from the case.
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