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Midland qualifies several for states, Page 6 Seth Kinker celebrates with his teammates after scoring a run against Spring Valley. Kinker reached base three times in the comeback win.
Midland baseball wins sectional By Matt Gajtka matt@theputnamstandard.com
It took eight days for the Class AAA Region 4 Section 4 baseball tournament to conclude, but if you ask Cabell Midland the result was worth the wait. After squandering a late lead to Huntington on Saturday, Midland rebounded to clinch the sectional trophy with a 9-3 victory over the Highlanders in a winner-take-all scenario Monday evening. The Knights went 3-1 in the tournament, including a pair of wins against Huntington. Midland is now two victories away from a return to the state tournament, where it came up one win shy of a championship last year. "I told the seniors, 'If we get beat, you start a new career, your new life starts up,'" Midland coach Tracy Brumfield said. "It's a one-and-done game, so you'd better come out fighting." Midland senior Seth Kinker pitched twice against Huntington in the sectional, and while his performance Monday couldn't match his dominant one-hitter May 14, he threw well enough under duress to go all seven inSEE BASEBALL ON PAGE 7
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Landau Eugene Murphy to perform Landau Eugene Murphy Jr., the Sinatra-singing Season 6 winner of NBC Television’s America’s Got Talent, will appear in concert at 7 p.m. on Memorial Day, May 26 at the Barboursville Park Amphitheater. Murphy will be accompanied by members of his own Big Band touring group. General admission tickets are $20 in advance and $30 on the day of show. Attendees are encouraged to bring their lawn chairs or blankets. A limited number of patron tickets are available for $50; these tickets are for priority seating and include a chair. Tickets may be purchased at any First Sentry Bank location, Barboursville City Hall, and at all locations of First State Bank. Gates open at 6 for the 7 p.m. show. The opening act will be Barboursville's own heralded
Landau Eugene Murphy will appear in concert on Memorial Day, May 26 at the Barboursville Park Amphitheater. singer Emily Kinner with her band The Fringe. The Barboursville Park Amphitheater is a state-of-the-art facility that can accommodate
several thousand people in a lovely hillside environment. It has been the site of many community concerts and most recently hosted veteran entertainer Lee
Greenwood, who performed for the 200th Anniversary of the founding of Barboursville. There is ample parking and a pristine setting for all guests. Landau Eugene Murphy Jr. thrilled fans of NBC television’s hit series America’s Got Talent as the dreadlocked crooner that won America’s hearts, walking away with the largest number of winning votes in the history of the series. Murphy’s classic crooning and smooth style has spread well beyond AGT audiences worldwide. From headlining Caesars Palace in Las Vegas to Harlem’s famed Apollo Theater and all points in between, Landau has performed across the country and internationally, having toured China with fellow AGT winner Michael Grimm and perSEE MURPHY ON PAGE 3
Several Cabell Midland students win scholarships
Pitcher Jenna Marsh delivers against Lincoln County. Marsh will be a key part of Cabell Midland's team again next season.
Midland softball falls to Lincoln in regional By Chris Stadelman chris@theputnamstandard.com
Four teams will get together next week in Wood County to battle for the Class AAA state softball title. Those two days aren’t likely to include much better competition than Region 4 saw over the past two weeks, however.
Cabell Midland (25-9) fell short of a berth in the state tournament Friday night when the Knights lost 6-1 to Lincoln County (26-8). The Panthers now are on track to emerge from the murderer’s row region that includes Hurricane, Point Pleasant, Logan and Spring SEE MIDLAND ON PAGE 12
Cabell Midland High School is proud to announce scholarship winners from the graduating class of 2014. Amrita Valluri has received the esteemed Neil L. Bucklew Scholarship at West Virginia University. The scholarship is valued at $30,000 and provides students with more than $7,500 per year toward educational costs during four years at WVU and is able to be used in addition to the state’s Promise Scholarship. Carter Sutton and Brody Wallace are both National Merit Finalists. Sutton has chosen to attend Arizona State University and Wallace has chosen to attend University of Alabama. As a National Merit Finalist, each student will receive the Presidential Scholarship at their respective universities. Chase Parsons has also been selected as a Presidential
Scholar at University of Alabama. These students as well as many others were recognized at the Class of 2014 Senior Awards ceremony on May 12 in the school’s auditorium. Representatives from the governor’s office were on hand to deliver Promise scholarships. Additionally, representatives from Marshall University and WVU presented presidential scholarship awards and other prestigious scholarship awards.
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