Editing Bluefield, West Virginia (section)

==Sports==
Bluefield was the home of the [[Appalachian League]] (rookie) [[Bluefield Blue Jays|Bluefield Orioles]] baseball team until 2010. The Orioles have had a team in Bluefield since 1958, which was the longest relationship between a parent club and a town in affiliated baseball.<ref name="bdt28Aug2010">{{Cite news|title=Orioles leaving Bluefield|url=http://bdtonline.com/local/x329608842/AFTERNOON-UPDATE-Orioles-leaving-Bluefield|access-date=August 29, 2010|newspaper=Bluefield Daily Telegraph|date=August 28, 2010}}</ref><ref name="bsunblog">{{Cite web|title=Orioles out of Bluefield|url=http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/2010/08/orioles_out_of_bluefield.html|work=Orioles Insider: Baltimore Sun|access-date=August 29, 2010}}</ref> The Toronto Blue Jays replaced Baltimore for the 2011 season with the [[Bluefield Blue Jays]]. The team played at [[Bowen Field at Peters Park|Bowen Field]] (former Orioles stadium) through 2020. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball beginning with the 2021 season, the Appalachian League was reorganized as a [[Collegiate summer baseball|collegiate summer baseball league]], and the Blue Jays were replaced by the [[Bluefield Ridge Runners]], a new franchise in the revamped league designed for rising college freshman and sophomores.<ref>{{cite web|title=MLB, USA Baseball Announce New Format for Appalachian League|url=https://www.mlb.com/press-release/press-release-mlb-usa-baseball-announce-new-format-for-appalachian-league|website=Major League Baseball|date=September 29, 2020|access-date=September 29, 2020}}</ref>

Bluefield High School has 522 state championships in all sports, which is more than any other AA school in the state. Bluefield ranks second (tied with now-closed Ceredo-Kenova) in total football state championships with 11, behind national powerhouse [[Parkersburg High School]] (16). Bluefield won the High School State AAA Football Championship in 1959, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1975 and 1984. They won the West Virginia State AA football title in 1997, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2017. Bluefield High School won the West Virginia AA State Championship in boys basketball in 1995, 1996, 2013 and 2014.

Bluefield is largely a football town and carries on a rivalry between the Bluefield Beavers and their sister city [[Bluefield, Virginia]]. The annual Beaver-Graham game is played at [[Mitchell Stadium]], the home field of both schools.

Bluefield is also home to the East River Soccer Complex which has five fields and hosts local high school and [[College soccer in the United States|college soccer]] games. The [[Southern West Virginia King's Warriors]] of the [[USL Premier Development League|USL PDL]] began to play their home games at the [[East River Soccer Complex]] in 2014 before dissolving in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=King's Warriors Make Move To Bluefield|url=http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/786408.html|work=United Soccer Leagues (USL)|date=February 8, 2014|access-date=February 8, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223001610/http://www.uslsoccer.com/home/786408.html|archive-date=February 23, 2014}}</ref>

Bluefield is also the home of the Rough and Rowdy Brawl, an amateur boxing tournament owned by [[Barstool Sports]] and broadcast on pay per view via its website. The tournament features many local and non-local fighters who compete in 3 one minute rounds.