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Skylar King home run pushes West Virginia baseball past Ohio State in 5-2 victory

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2 years ago

March 16, 2024

Skylar King home run pushes West Virginia baseball past Ohio State in 5-2 victory

“That was probably the biggest hit of the season.”
– WVU head baseball coach Randy Mazey

Sometimes, you don’t have to be willing to go through with your threat. You just need to pull off a strong enough bluff to make your enemy capitulate.

With the score tied 2-2 on Friday night as West Virginia baseball hosted Ohio State in the first of a three-game weekend series at Kendrick Family Ballpark, sophomore outfielder Skylar King decided to test his poker face. His bluff? He decided to show bunt as he took the plate in his third at-bat of the night.

“The fact that he’s a threat to bunt, he showed bunt earlier in that at bat with men on first and second and were going to try and get a base hit bunt down,” WVU Head Baseball Coach Randy Mazey said

But when Ohio State (8-8) felt that it was safe to toss the pitch that King was waiting on, he reared back and unleashed his second hit of the night. That hit just happened to be an absolute dinger that soared over the fence, driving himself and two others across the plate to take a 5-2 lead that would hold through the final inning to give WVU (11-7) the win.

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— WVU Baseball (@WVUBaseball) March 16, 2024

“Anytime a pitcher thinks the guy might bunt, you have a tendency to say, okay here, if you’re going to bunt here’s a fastball, see if you can get it down and so we took the bunt off and let him swing away and what a big hit that was,” Mazey said. “That was probably the biggest hit of the season.”

On the mound, WVU was led by a quartet of pitchers — junior Aidan Major started the contest and matched his career-high nine strikeouts in the first six innings of action. Sophomore Gavin Van Kempen earned the win as he striked out his only batter with bases loaded in the seventh-inning, while redshirt sophomore David Hagaman netted six strikeouts while handling the final two innings of play. Sophomore Maxx Yehl also saw light action on the mound.

Game two of the series is set for Saturday afternoon, with first pitch scheduled for 4 pm.

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Sentencing for man convicted of murdering West Virginia State Trooper; other top stories

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7 hours ago

July 7, 2026

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Sentencing for man convicted of murdering West Virginia State Trooper; other top stories

MINGO COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) – Sentencing is underway for Timothy Kennedy, the man convicted of murdering West Virginia State Police Trooper Cory Maynard.

Trooper Maynard was shot to death in June 2023.

The jury found Kennedy guilty on all counts: first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree disarming a law enforcement officer, and two counts of first-degree attempted murder.

Shannon Litton has has that, plus your other top stories for Tuesday, July 7th.

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11 Marshall student athletes suing NCAA over new rule – WV MetroNews

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17 hours ago

July 7, 2026

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11 Marshall student athletes suing NCAA over new rule – WV MetroNews

Peyton Ilderton and Meredith Maier with the WNIT trophy (Photo from Bill Cornwell)

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Eleven players in various Marshall University sports are suing the NCAA over its new eligibility rule.

The student athletes are seeking an injunction in Cabell County Circuit Court over the new five years to play five seasons rule approved last month.

The lawsuit was first reported by the West Virginia Record.

The players say the new rule cuts them off because they graduated high school in 2022 and played four seasons and are now being denied a fifth season.

The lawsuit alleges the rule violated West Virginia Consumer Credit and Protection Act and the covenant of fair dealing.

The players want to play again in the 2026–27 sports year.

The players include Meredith Maier, Peyton Ilderton, Dewain “Boogie” Trotter, Bryce Blevins, Cam Harthan, Bailey Fisher, Johanna Strom, Blessing King, Paige Simpson, Ryan Holmes, Momo Diop and Hannah Wyler.

The student athletes are represented by Beckley attorney Steve New.

Similar lawsuits have been filed in other states. The NCAA has said making another change would create chaos.

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DEP Report: Parkersburg plant had prior fire containment issues

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1 day ago

July 6, 2026

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DEP Report: Parkersburg plant had prior fire containment issues

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WCHS) — Records show containment issues predated a massive warehouse fire in Wood County, West Virginia.

The facility, formerly REO Processing West Virginia, is now Peoples Cartage. The company states it acquired the operation in September 2024, although the regulatory responsible-party name was not updated until May 2025.

County commissioners say they’ve learned to deal with disasters like this, including the Ames plant fire in 2017.

“They can shed light on what, to answer that to other people too,” said Jimmy Colombo, a county commissioner and former mayor in Parkersburg. “We are very interested in the health and well-being of our community just as you are and it’s a major concern for us that we do follow through what we’re supposed to be doing too.”

According to documents from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection, the company, the buildings and others under their umbrella have had several issues over the last half-decade plus.

In June of 2025, the state spill hotline got a call about a fire at the facility that involved the combustion of calcium hypochlorite hazardous waste, which is often called Cal Hypo for short.

That’s a powerful and unstable solid chlorine that’s commonly used to sanitize swimming pools and clear bacteria.

This underlying issue led to the West Virginia DEP inspecting the facility. They found an accumulation of Cal Hypo in floor sweepings.

The agency said the company failed to minimize the possibility of fire, explosion or any unplanned sudden or non-sudden release of hazardous waste or waste constituents to the environment.

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Last September, Peoples Cartage submitted a plan of corrective action that outlined how and when they would become compliant with all the issues.

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