Track & Field: Boys and Girls Place First at Shamrock Relays
The 2025 Shamrock Relays were held at the track at Barnesville High School Saturday.
The 2025 Shamrock Relays were held at the track at Barnesville High School Saturday.
The annual Rails-to-Trails 5K Race was held Saturday and featured 155 contestants. There were four categories of participants, and that included those who ran, walked, a heavyweight group and people who brought their dog(s) to walk.
The final game of the regular season would determine if Head Coach Kelly Hanlon’s team finishes over the .500 mark. Thanks to some exquisite pitching from junior right-hander Ella Betts and a potent offense, the Barnesville Shamrocks (13-12 overall) were able to do just that.
The Barnesville Shamrocks (18-6 overall) get their second-straight victory with their latest being against the visiting Meadowbrook Colts (11-11 overall) in an 19-5 scoring effort on Wednesday, May 13.
After going 0-2 in their last two games, Coach D.J. Butler and his Barnesville Shamrocks (17-6 overall) needed to pick up a victory, especially with Monday, May 11 being Senior Night in a game against the Shenandoah Zeps (6-15 overall).
Both Barnesville High School’s boys and girls track and field teams recently competed in the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference at Red Devil Stadium in St. Clairsville, Ohio.
The visiting Shadyside Tigers piled up five runs in the sixth inning to mount a come-from-behind victory over the Barnesville Shamrocks.
The Barnesville Shamrocks fell 14-5 to the visiting Edison Wildcats Wednesday, May 6 at Barnesville Memorial Park despite out-hitting them 12 to 11.
In a four-game set at Barnesville Memorial Park, the Shamrock Junior High team won both of their games to claim the title for the first Paul B. Burkhart Junior High Softball Classic Sunday May 3 at Barnesville Memorial Park.
Barnesville – 13, River – 1 The Shamrocks came out firing on all cylinders at Memorial Park Monday in a convincing 13-1 win over the visiting River Pilots in 5 innings. Blake Burkhart started and was excellent on the mound scattering 4 hits over 5 innings of work. He struck out 5 batters walking just […]