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Girls basketball Class A All-State Team selected

CAMERON — At 6-foot-3, Ashlynn Van Tassell has been a towering presence during her time at Cameron High School— and in her senior season, the Dragons center had a year to match her imposing physical profile. Van Tassell set the school scoring and rebounding records at Cameron, and helped ...

WVU’s Baker faces tough decision

MORGANTOWN — You might have noticed something as these conference tournaments have come to an end over the weekend. Certainly, WVU athletic director Wren Baker has. Being a star player does not necessarily translate into being a successful coach. Think about it for a moment. This weekend ...

Mountain Lions fall in title game

CHARLESTON — For the second straight season, Tucker County fell short in the Class A state championship — this one in heartbreaking fashion. Second-seeded Tug Valley used a layup off a steal from Bryson Elia with 13 seconds left to defeat the Mountain Lions, 35-32, Saturday night at the ...

Former WVU player offers thoughts on Eilert

MORGANTOWN — They care. Five years, 10 years, 20 years, even 40 years out, former West Virginia basketball players care about the state they represented, the school they played for, the coaches they played for and the fans who backed them. That’s why this year hurt, and it’s every ...

WVU women will play Princeton in NCAA Tournament

MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University women’s basketball team (24-7, 12-6 Big 12) was selected as a No. 8 seed for the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament, announced Sunday evening. West Virginia opens the first round against No. 9-seed Princeton in the Albany 2 Region of this ...

Baker lays out plan for next WVU coach

MORGANTOWN — In the end, West Virginia Athletic Director Wren Baker maintains, he is going to go out and get the man he wants to fill the profile he has in mind as best for the West Virginia job, but at the same time it thinks is sheer folly to believe there is only one such man out ...