ELKINS — With the high school football season heading down the final stretch, the postseason picture will soon become clear. Elkins, Buckhannon-Upshur, Philip Barbour and Tucker County are all on in the mix heading into Week 9 of the schedule. The Tigers, who were idle last week, dropped ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s offense has been firing on all cylinders to start Big 12, despite the 1-3 record. The Mountaineers have put up 500 yards of offense three out of four conference games, and in the lone one where they didn’t, they still racked up 400. WVU has the fourth-best ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football pass rusher Harper Holloman isn’t afraid of contact. He had five tackles, which were third on the team, and had a sack in the win over Cincinnati. On a bad defense, Holloman has 19 tackles, which is among the most of pass rushers. Holloman having no fear of sticking his nose in on every play wasn’t always the case. Holloman’s mother was very wary for him to play football when he was younger. Instead, Holloman tried baseball and swam. It was hard to keep him away from the gridiron, though. Football is sprinkled throughout his family. His ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s defense has been put through a gauntlet to start Big 12 play. The Mountaineers opened conference play against Oklahoma State and quarterback Drew Mestemaker, who is projected to be the first passer taken off the board in the NFL Draft. A few weeks later, WVU faced Arizona quarterback Noah Fifita, another top-tier quarterback in the Big 12. Last week, Cincinnati brought one of the best rushing attacks to Morgantown. Defensive coordinator Zac Alley’s unit hasn’t looked good against any of them. There were improvements, with more stops, but ...
ELKINS — Elkins and Robert C. Byrd battled to a 1-1 deadlock during the regular season. The Big 10 Conference rivals will now meet this evening at RCB in the Class AAA, Region II semifinals. Fourth-seed Hampshire visits top-seed Bridgeport in the other semifinals. The title game is set for Wednesday at the site of the highest-remaining seed with a state tourney berth going to the winner. The third-seed Tigers (13-4-2) advanced with a 2-1 win over Lewis County Tuesday night at home while the second-seeded Flying Eagles (12-3-4) had a first-round bye. In the Class AAAA, South ...
MORGANTOWN — The Big 12 released its weekly awards for football this week, and a lot of West Virginia fans are scratching their heads. Two quarterbacks were listed, and neither of them was Mountaineers quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. Hawkins led WVU to a comeback win over Cincinnati, where he led a game-winning drive. He finished the game with a season- and career-high 464 passing yards and three passing touchdowns. It was the fifth-best performance for a Mountaineers quarterback. Hawkins had another two scores and 77 yards on the ground. Instead, the Big 12 named BYU quarterback ...
