by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter
  It was Twin Valley’s second win, second one-run win, and its second straight victory over Buchanan County rival Grundy.
  Jacob St. Clair singled home Josh Smith with the winning run in the bottom of the 7th inning to give the Panthers a 5-4 non-district win over the Golden Wave Thursday afternoon at Enoch’s Branch.
  The game was moved from Twin Valley because of work being done adjacent to the TVHS baseball field. The Panthers defeated Grundy, 8-7, on the Wave’s home field the previous week.
  Smith, St. Clair and Hunter Simpson had two hits apiece in support of Twin Valley starter Ethan Prater, who went the distance to pick up the win. Prater struck out eight, walked two and scattered seven hits for the Panthers (2-2).
  John Hagy posted similar numbers in taking a complete-game loss for Grundy (0-7). Hagy also allowed seven hits, fanned seven and walked two batters.
  Hagy was 2-4 and Jeremy O'Quinn went 2-3 at the plate for the Golden Wave. Grundy took a 2-0 lead in the first on an RBI single by Hagy and an RBI groundout off the bat of Cody Billiter.
  Wild pitches and errors accounted for several runs after that. The Panthers tied the score at 2-2 when Prater and Smith each score on a wild pitch. Grundy regained the lead in the third thanks to four of Twin Valley’s eight errors.

by Lloyd Combs
Sports Reporter 
  Justin Vandyke and Shane Shelton combined on a two-hitter, while Shelton and Josh Childress led the offense as Hurley mauled Montcalm, W.Va., 14-4 in interstate baseball action Thursday afternoon at Montcalm.
  Vandyke worked the first four innings, striking out 10 batters. The freshman picked up his second win in as many decisions. He got relief help from Shelton, who entered the game in the fifth and picked up a save.
  “Shane came in and did a good job in relief,” Hurley coach Wayne Hall said. “I was able to hold Justin to 60 pitches or so, and that’s a luxury to be able to do that.
  “Both my freshmen (pitchers), Justin and Gary (Blankenship) have pitched well. With them and Shane, I’ve got three good pitchers I can count on.”
  The Rebels put the pressure on the Generals early, scoring three runs in both the first and third innings and adding two more on a two-run homer by Childress in the second.
  Childress was 3-4 and drove in three runs, while Shelton had two hits and also drove in three runs.
  “Josh and Shane have both hit the baseball well for me,” Hall added. “And the other guys have had some big hits here and there.
  “I need some of my freshmen to step up for me on defense. Other than that we’re playing pretty well.
  The Rebels built an 8-2 lead in the third and extended it to 12-3 with three runs in the sixth inning. Hurley had nine hits and took advantage of six Montcalm errors. The Rebels committed just two errors.
  Hurley hosts another West Virginia rival, Iaeger, on Thursday and opens Black Diamond District play Friday at Buchanan County rival Council.

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