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WVU must prove 3-1 start is not a mirage

MORGANTOWN — It’s taken four-plus years, but that climb Neal Brown asked West Virginia fans to trust has finally begun. In the past seven games: They’ve beaten Oklahoma for the first time since joining the Big 12. They’ve beaten Pitt for the first time since 2011.  They’ve ...

Homecoming tilts on tap for tonight

ELKINS — Homecoming celebrations will take place this evening at Elkins, Philip Barbour and Tygarts Valley on Week 6 of the high school football season. The Tigers (0-5) face Big 10 Conference foe Grafton at Tiger Stadium for a 7 p.m. encounter. Junior running back Nick Bowers has been ...

Bodkins’ hat trick lifts PB

TENNERTON — Freshman Rylee Bodkins turned in her first career hat trick to lead Class AA-A, No. 3 Philip Barbour to a 3-1 win over Buckhannon-Upshur Thursday night at Ted Crites Memorial Field at Tom Hasbrouck Stadium. Bodkins tallied her first goal off an assist from Arrington Sparks ...

Sonny Dykes and Neal Brown go back a long way

MORGANTOWN — Once they were teacher and student, Sonny Dykes and Neal Brown, two head coaches who will meet when West Virginia travels to Fort Worth for an 8 p.m. game Saturday in a crucial early season meeting in the Big 12 shown on ESPN2. Dykes’ Horned Frogs of TCU are the national ...

B-UHS Athletic HOF to add new members

TENNERTON — Five individuals and one team will be inducted into the Buckhannon-Upshur High School Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday. The list includes Russ Bush, Andrew Carrier, Emily Godwin Summers, Myron B. Hymes Sr., Rick Starkey and the 2010 B-UHS girls track & field team. Bush ...

Battle’s eligibility still up in the air for WVU cagers

MORGANTOWN — It seemed that WVU was held hostage by the NCAA all of last year as the governing body refused to give grant waivers to transfers Jose Perez and Omar Silverio, which would have granted them eligibility to play with WVU. Now they are in a similar situation as they await word ...