High School and Major League Baseball Results
A roundup of high school games in Wyoming East Mount View PikeView Midland Trail Bluefield Fayetteville action plus major league results from the American and National Leagues including Toronto Cleveland Detroit Oakland Kansas City Minnesota Seattle Mets Houston St Louis Cubs Dodgers Giants Phillies Atlanta and more. It notes a basketball semifinal slate and ends with a Jon Kitna quote about Carson Palmer.
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Wyoming East
Mount View
PikeView
Midland Trail
Bluefield
Fayetteville
Toronto
Anaheim
Cleveland
Texas
Detroit
Tampa Bay
Oakland
N.Y. Yankees
Kansas City
Baltimore
Minnesota
Boston
Seattle
Chicago White Sox
N.Y. Mets
Milwaukee
Houston
Florida
St. Louis
Montreal
Chicago Cubs
Colorado
Los Angeles
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
San Diego
Atlanta
Arizona
West Virginia awards honor high school and college athletes
The 57th Victory Awards Dinner by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association honored eight state high school players of the year and first team all-staters in football and basketball, plus coaches of 39 championship teams. Byron Leftwich won the Hardman Award for amateur athlete of the year for the second straight year.
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Fairmont
West Virginia
West Virginia Sports Writers Association
Hardman
Marshall
Byron Leftwich
Eric Smith
Wvu-Tech
Derek Jones
University of Charleston
Tracy Wyatt
Glenville State
Kennedy
Matt Shamblin
Palmer starts NFL life with Bengals mini camp flash
Carson Palmer wore a bright orange jersey with a new number as he took his first NFL snaps at Bengals mini camp. Jon Kitna and Akili Smith ran more plays while Palmer drew fan attention, but Kitna stressed the starter role could shift if Palmer impresses. Replicas of Palmer’s jersey are sold for 65 dollars online, bearing No 9 instead of his college No 3.
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Cincinnati
Carson Palmer
Cincinnati Bengals
Jon Kitna
Akili Smith
Palmer
Johnny B. Goode
Kitna
California
Carson
Bengals
Southern California
Akili
David Klingler
Klingler
Smith
Former WVU coach laments athletic cuts to three men's sports
Ian Romanoski, longtime WVU track and cross country coach, criticizes the decision to drop three men's sports, men's tennis and rifle. He calls it awful and a 100 year tradition being shredded, suggesting Title IX concerns over budget alone drove the move.
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Ian Romanoski
West Virginia University
Romanoski
Nostalgia Fights End of Longstanding WVU Track Lineage
Triadelphia native and former WVU standout Romanoski laments the loss of a 100 year tradition in track after a unilateral decision by school officials. He retired in 1981 and coached at Ansted and Dunbar high schools before leading Mountaineer track in 1958, succeeding Art Smith. He hopes alumni can revive amateur participation to keep the sport alive.
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Romanoski
Oul
WVU
Ansted
Dunbar
Art Smith
Zito beats Clemens as Athletics blank Yankees 2-0
Barry Zito outpitched Roger Clemens to lift Oakland over New York 2-0. Scott Hatteberg hit a solo homer off Clemens on the sixth pitch, Tejada added an RBI single, and Keith Foulke earned his eighth save as 45,426 watched.
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NEW York
Barry Zito
Roger Clemens
Oakland Athletics
New York Yankees
Athletics
Scott Hatteberg
Clemens
Zito
Yankees
Miguel Tejada
Keith Foulke
Pistons and Mavs win Game 7 in playoffs
Detroit and Dallas both clinched Game 7 victories. Chauncey Billups led the Pistons with 37 points as Detroit downed Orlando 108 to 93 to reach the second round against Philadelphia. Dirk Nowitzki and Nick Van Exel helped Dallas survive late to avoid a playoff exit.
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Dallas Mavericks
Nick van Exel
Portland Trail Blazers
Arvydas Sabonis
Dallas
Auburn Hills
Mich
Detroit Pistons
Tracy McGrady
Pistons
Chauncey Billups
Ben Wallace
Tayshaun Prince
Detroit
NBA
Orlando
Magic
Billups
Prince
Richard Hamilton
Wallace
Philadelphia
McGrady
Dirk Nowitzki
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Portland
New Jersey
L.A. Lakers
San Antonio
Montcalm
Big Creek
Princeton
James Monroe
Graham
Cincinnati Reds
Juan Castro
San Francisco Giants
J.T. Snow
Pacific Bell Park
Marquis Grissom
Parkersburg
Nick Newberry
Morehouse
Ed Barrett
Huntington
Brandon Barrett
Martinsburg
Hunt
Nate Howard
Spring Valley
Huff
Will Albin
NFL
Mickey Furfari
Twins
Red Sox
Matthew
LeCroy
Kenny Rogers
J.C. Romero
Eddie Guardado
Blue Jays
Angels
Carlos Delgado
Mark Hendrickson
Kelvin Escobar
Escobar
Mavs
Mavericks
Trail Blazers
Lee
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