Welcome back to Phil for the Game, your glimpse into the sports community of Boone County.
Since prep football season is merely weeks away, I wanted to discuss quarterback play in Boone County for the upcoming season.
CHARLESTON - The outlook on the West Virginia University football team's season, at least in the conference media's eyes, has changed drastically over one year.
The Boone Northern 8-10 year-old girls softball team won a state championship last weekend, which marks the first in team history.Â
ASHFORD - A Boone County native, Samantha Tincher, is set to attend and fight for the USA team in the 2019 WCJJO World Championships in Orlando, Florida.
MADISON — When Shawn Ballard learned that there was an opening at Scott High School for a boys basketball coach, he jumped at the opportunity.
The Madison 8-9-10 year old All Stars won the District 2 Championship banner. They will represent the district in the state tournaments in Barboursville. Â
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CHARLESTON - Steven Moyers registered a career-high 8.1 scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts as West Virginia blanked Hickory, 1-0, Tuesday night at Appalachian Power Park.
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BOONE COUNTY - The Boone Northern 8-9-10 Softball team won two games to advance to the District 3 Championship last week. Their first opponent was the defending state and regional champions Winfield.
MADISON - With Madison bringing back Senior League Baseball in 2018 thanks to the efforts of Boone County Circuit Judge William Thompson and a host of parents volunteering resources and time, Madison and Chapmanville fielded teams on Saturday at Scott High School with one game ending in a tie and the other resulting in a Chapmanville victory.
The Madison Lugnuts took on the Chapmanville Tigers in Senior League action.
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Below is the 2019 Cardinal Conference football master schedule.
Thursday, Aug. 29
*Chapmanville vs. Sissonville at Charleston's Laidley Field, 7:30 p.m.
MADISON - Former Scott High baseball standout Isaac Miller has made a decision on where he'll further his education as a biology major and patrol centerfield.
WV Coal Festival organizer Dolores Cook holds Landon Stevenson, ambassador of the children's pageant, at the Coal Festival parade on June 22, 2019.Â
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After successful 2016 and 2017 post-season runs, the Cardinal Conference had a letdown last season during the playoffs.
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St. ALBANS - After years of coming so close, the Boone Northern 9-11 year old baseball team defeated St. Albans All-Stars soundly in a double elimination tournament 16-1 and 26-0 to win the 9-11 year old West Virginia District 3 banner at Kirk field located in St. Albans.
MADISON - Seven schools joined the Scott High Lady Skyhawks soccer team at the school's first Soccer-Rama event as part of their three-week-long summer conditioning.
SETH - After a back injury caused her to miss her entire junior season of softball, Sherman High's Haylee Clendenin returned to the field of play to help lead the Sherman High softball team to the Class A Championship in 2019.
BUFFALO - Three rain delays spelled the doom of a scheduled third game at the North-South Softball Classic at Buffalo High School on Thursday.
Welcome back to Phil for the Game, your glimpse into the sports community of Boone County.
It has been several months since my last column as we've had a pretty eventful spring sports season. I wanted to congratulate all of our spring sports participants on one of the most exciting seasons the county has ever had. For this column, I want to focus on Sherman High School.
SOUTH CHARLESTON - Rhett Heston caught a short pass from Connor Neal and turned it into a 73-yard touchdown pm Kime 9 as the North hung on for an 8-6 victory in the 66th WCHS-TV 8/Fox 11 North-South All-Star Football Classic on a drizzly afternoon at South Charleston High School.
Now that summer has arrived, so does the risk of heat illness. Overexposure to heat while exercising can adversely affect athletic performance and, in some instances, pose a serious health threat.
CHARLESTON - Sherman High School pitcher JT Hensley earned First Team Class A All-State honors for his play on the field in 2019 by the West Virginia Sportswriters Association.
MADISON - With summer conditioning underway for soccer teams across the state, Scott High School's Lady Hawks squad will be holding a set of friendly matches in an event dubbed Soccer-Rama.
HUNTINGTON - The official song of the United States Military Academy is known as "The Army Goes Rolling Along."
In 2025, when the Army football team goes rolling along, it's first stop will be in Huntington.
CHARLESTON - State Softball Champion Sherman High School's Autumn Thompson has been named the captain of the 2019 Class A All-State softball team as released b
Scott High freshman Jayden Elkins earned a Class AA softball honorable mention All-State nod. Elkins hit .382 to lead the Lady Skyhawks in 2019. Â
Sherman High's Tommy Harper and Ian Beller signed letters of intent to run track at Glenville State College. Â
Haylee Clendenin of Sherman High signed a letter of intent to play softball for Fairmont State. Â
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Sunday June 9, marks the last day of the WVDNR's free fishing weekend for the year. If you haven't had a chance to participate, there are a few hours left. The WVDNR sets aside one weekend a year where anyone can go fishing and you don't even need a license.
BOONE COUNTY - The Coal Valley News has released the 2019 All-County Softball Team and awards for coach and player of the year.
CHARLESTON - Frankfort's Chandler Rhodes hit a routine fly ball to the Scott outfield that was misplayed in the eighth inning to give the Falcons a 3-2 win over the Skyhawks in eight innings Friday night at Appalachian Power Park and send Frankfort to Saturday's Class AA championship game against Bridgeport.
BOONE COUNTY - The Coal Valley News has released the 2019 All-County Baseball Team and awards for coach and players of the year.
CHARLESTON - Scott High School had a hardball showdown with Frankfort Friday evening at Appalachian Power Park for a shot at the Class AA title game on Saturday.
MADISON - As Scott High School's baseball team (28-7) entered state tournament play on Thursday versus Frankfort (26-5), no players on the Skyhawk squad had provided more clutch moments than seniors Nathan Kuhn and Isaac Miller this season.
CHARLESTON - Weather permitting, Scott High School will have a hardball showdown with Frankfort this evening at Appalachian Power Park for a shot at the Class AA title game on Saturday.
RED JACKET - Talented multi-sport athletes, brothers Drew and Devin Hatfield, are on the move once again as they have officially enrolled back at Mingo Central High School this past week according to multiple reliable sources.
MADISON - The Scott High baseball team punched their ticket to the state tournament and secured a Regional Championship coupled with an opportunity to play among the elite Class AA squads in West Virginia with an 8-0 win over Point Pleasant in Madison.
MADISON - Point Pleasant's Kyelar Morrow hurled a shutout while allowing four hits over seven innings and striking out two as they defeated Scott 1-0 in Class AA Region 4 action on May 20.
VIENNA - Sherman High and Wheeling Central kicked off Class A play in Vienna for the state softball tournament on May 22 as the Lady Tide disposed of the reigning state champs, 8-1.
VIENNA - Sherman coach Jim Henderson put it best after a win over Wheeling Central last Wednesday morning.
"We are here for a reason and we just have to keep doing the things that make us a good softball team," he said. "We're ready for this and we can't wait to get back out there."
POINT PLEASANT - Scott High's baseball team forced a game three in Class AA Region 4 action in Point Pleasant as the Skyhawks held off a late rally by the Big Blacks and won, 11-7.
Each school enjoyed appearances at the State Meet in Charleston, with twelve athletes representing Sherman and two for Scott.
VIENNA — Sherman Coach Jim Henderson put it best after a win over Wheeling Central on Wednesday morning.
MADISON - The Scott High baseball team punched their ticket to the state tournament and secured a Regional Championship coupled with an opportunity to play among the elite Class AA squads in WV with an 8-0 win over Point Pleasant in Madison.
VIENNA - Sherman High and Wheeling Central kicked off Class A play in Vienna for the state softball tournament on Wednesday morning as the Lady Tide disposed of the reigning state champs, 8-1.
Van High basketball standout Haleigh Cook signed to play for Bluefield State last week.
VAN - It was a hard season for the Bulldogs. Their 2-21 record showed the difficulty of facing a number of tough opponents as a squad largely made up of newcomers to the game.
CHARLESTON - Scott High and Sherman High track and field athletes attended the West Virginia State Meet at Laidley Field on Friday and Saturday.
The team, which graduates two seniors in Allison Matthews and Tori Allen, enjoyed more consistent hitting as the season went on. Defensive struggles and a small bullpen led to a number of losses for the team, and a mid-season change in pitching meant that the Lady Hawks would need to adapt to the sudden shift.
MASON - Sherman High's softball team plated five runs in the eighth inning to break a 2-2 tie and the Lady Tide went on to a 7-2 win over Wahama in the first of a best-of-three with the Mason County school to punch a ticket to the state tournament.
