http://www.montgomery-herald.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 06 May 2008 16:15:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_127161246.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_127161246.html The lure of the outdoors has always been strong with Bassmaster pro angler Mickey Thomas.And that fascination eventually led the Michigan man to a spot in the BASS southern and central professional fishing series. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:46:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194646.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194646.html Overall, first-year WVU Tech football coach Scott Tinsley says he saw some good things from his Golden Bears as they concluded spring practice with a controlled scrimmage Sunday. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:44:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194537.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194537.html The dark clouds that resulted in a brief, torrential downpour Saturday matched Chris Walls’ mood for most of the afternoon.After a 52-minute rain delay, Walls’ Oak Hill Red Devil baseball team escaped with an 11-9 win over the Valley Greyhounds, but the coach was far from ecstatic afterward. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:42:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194343.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_120194343.html In high school girls softball action on Thursday, the Valley girls continued their strong play, defeating Greenbrier West 13-7 in a varsity contest and topping the Cavaliers 7-5 in jayvee play. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:56:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113165700.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113165700.html The Valley and Fayetteville girls split a softball doubleheader Wednesday. Valley captured the first game 2-0 and Fayetteville rebounded with a 15-0 shutout in the nightcap. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:55:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113165510.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113165510.html Tim Epling has been pleased with the performance of his pitching staff this season. Still, part of him can’t help but wonder, what if.What if one of his top prospects, a native of the Dominican Republic, had been able to obtain a green card? Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:45:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113164615.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113164615.html Scott Tinsley has been doing a lot of teaching the past couple of weeks. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 16:41:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113164444.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_113164444.html Reggie Carrick has resigned as women’s basketball coach at WVU Tech.Carrick, who oversaw the Tech women for the past four seasons (the first as interim head coach then the final three as full-time head mentor), announced his intentions late last week. He and his wife, Shauna, and children Carter, Liam and Aislin left Sunday for his native Calgary, Alberta, Canada, where he plans to enter the private business world. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:06:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_106160737.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_106160737.html After hard-to-digest baseball losses to Scott and Van earlier last week, the Valley Greyhounds were in need of a pick-me-up.It came in the form of a 9-4 triumph over Fayette County foe Fayetteville Wednesday. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_099164923.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_099164923.html In last week’s Oak Hill Invitational high school track and field meet, Raleigh County teams led the charge. Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:47:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_099164816.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_099164816.html Catcher Josh Thompson homered, doubled and drove in four runs as the Valley Greyhounds won for the sixth time last week, defeating host Richwood 12-5.Also for the ‘Hounds (6-1), James Newkirk delivered a double and two RBIs, and Nick Accord was 2-for-3 and drove in two runs. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_092161919.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_092161919.html Three schools — Fayetteville, Midland Trail and Oak Hill — landed two players each on the 2008 All-Fayette County boys basketball first team as selected by county coaches. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_085155741.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_085155741.html No matter the sport, coaches enjoy having a bevy of experienced players returning.That, however, is not always the be-all and end-all. Sometimes, it also pays to have newbies looking to stake their claim to playing time. Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:54:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_085155532.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_085155532.html The Valley High girls placed second in the Oak Hill Warmup Track Meet Saturday at John P. Duda Stadium. Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:42:00 +0000 http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_078174307.html http://www.montgomery-herald.com/sports/local_story_078174307.html Oak Hill will have the next eight months to ponder what happened in the first round of the state tournament Wednesday night at the Civic Center Coliseum.It was pretty simple, really.