John Marshall Softball Falls To Parkersburg

GLEN DALE – The old saying it’s not how you start but how you finish summed up Saturday’s home opener for the John Marshall softball team. Leading 1-0 after five innings, the Monarchs, the defending W.Va. Class AAA state champions, watched visiting Parkersburg (1-2) score solo runs in the sixth, seventh and eighth innings to pull out a 3-2 victory on Monarch diamond. “One game isn’t going to define us,” first-year John Marshall head coach Rob Blake said. “It’s a long season and we’ve still got a lot of softball...