Herbert Hoover rides pitching, defense to sectional softball crown

Herbert Hoover’s Megan Seafler beats the throw to Roane County first baseman Abby Nichols during the Huskies’ sectional tournament clincher. Craig Hudson | Gazette-Mail

By: Ryan Pritt, Staff Writer | Posted: May 4, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

It doesn’t take a degree in mathematics to figure out that if Herbert Hoover’s pitching and defense continues down the postseason path it has started on, the Huskies are going to be impossible to beat.

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Kanawha Valley prep baseball sectional schedule

By: Rick Ryan, Prep Sports Reporter | Posted: May 4, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail

Double-elimination sectionals

(Numbers denote seeds)

Class AAA

Region 3 Section 1

All games at 6:30 p.m.

Monday – No. 4 Capital at No. 1 St. Albans; No. 3 George Washington at No. 2 South Charleston

Tuesday – Winners at higher seed; losers at higher seed

Region 3 Section 2

Monday – No. 4 Princeton at No. 1 Greenbrier East, 6 p.m.; No. 3 Riverside at No. 2 Woodrow Wilson, 6 p.m.

Tuesday – Winners at higher seed; losers at higher seed

Region 4 Section 1

Monday – No. 3 Parkersburg at No. 2 Ripley

Tuesday – Parkersburg-Ripley loser at No. 1 Parkersburg South

Region 4 Section 2

All games at 6 p.m.

Monday – No. 4 Huntington at No. 1 Hurricane; No. 3 Spring Valley at No. 2 Cabell Midland

Tuesday – Winners at higher seed; losers at higher seed

Class AA

Region 2 Section 2

Monday – No. 5 Braxton County at No. 4 Herbert Hoover, 6 p.m.; No. 6 Roane County at No. 3 Clay County, 6 p.m.

Tuesday – Hoover-Braxton winner at No. 1 Lewis County, 6 p.m.; Clay-Roane winner at No. 2 Nicholas County, 6 p.m.

Wednesday – Losers bracket games

Region 4 Section 1

All games 6 p.m. at higher seed

Monday – No. 6 Poca at No. 3 Nitro, 6 p.m.; No. 5 Point Pleasant at No. 4 Sissonville

Tuesday – Sissonville-Point winner at No. 1 Winfield; Nitro-Poca winner at Wayne

Wednesday – Poca-Nitro loser vs. TBA; Point-Sissonville loser vs. TBA

Region 4 Section 2

Monday – No. 6 Mingo Central at No. 3 Logan; No. 5 Man at No. 4 Lincoln County

Tuesday – Man-Lincoln County winner at No. 1 Chapmanville Regional; Logan-Mingo Central winner at No. 2 Scott

Class A

Region 3 Section 1

Monday – No. 5 Webster County at No. 4 Midland Trail, 6 p.m.; No. 6 Richwood at No. 3 Valley, 5:30 p.m.; No. 7 Pocahontas County at No. 2 Fayetteville, 5:30 p.m.

Tuesday – Midland Trail-Webster winner at No. 1 Charleston Catholic, 6 p.m.; Valley-Richwood winner vs. Fayetteville-Pocahontas winner at higher seed

Region 4 Section 2

Monday – No. 5 Van at No. 4 St. Joseph; No. 6 Tug Valley at No. 3 Tolsia; No. 7 Hannan at No. 2 Sherman

Tuesday – St. Joseph-Van winner at No. 1 Buffalo; Tolsia-Tug Valley winner vs. Sherman-Hannan winner at higher seed

Clendenin Conducting Community Survey for Comprehensive Plan – Deadline May 31

CLENDENIN, W.Va. – The Town of Clendenin is currently in the process of developing a comprehensive plan. The purpose of a comprehensive plan is to identify issues and concerns of residents that are negatively affecting the quality of life for those that live and work in Clendenin. The plan will include a detailed action plan outlining specific steps that Town government and other partners can take to address the identified issues and concerns. The plan will also be the foundation for future growth and development in the Town.

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Water settlement checks could impact programs that low income and disabled people rely on

By: Ashley Bishop | Posted: May 3, 2018 | Source: WCHSTV

As many people still wait for their water settlement checks to come, which are expected now in late June, thousands of people who receive government assistance may have to repay their settlement back to the government. (WCHS/WVAH)

Not all people who were impacted when MCHM spilled into the Kanawha River will be getting a payout from the water crisis settlement. (more…)

Obituary-Mary Bethel Hawkins

Posted: May 2, 2018 | Source: Matics Funeral Home

On Saturday, April 28, 2018, the gates of heaven opened and Mary Bethel Lesher Hawkins entered, greeted by the loving arms of her Savior, Jesus Christ. Bethel was born October 2, 1935, in Clendenin, WV, the daughter of Romie and Martha Lesher. She married William “Bill” Hawkins, and for the next 64 years, they embraced their vows and lived their life as one before the Lord. (more…)