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WVU football earns commitment from another LB

MORGANTOWN — After a little over 24 hours, West Virginia football earned its second commitment from another linebacker in two days. 2027 linebacker Wesley Flamer announced his commitment to the Mountaineers Saturday night. Linebacker Rick Brown committed Friday afternoon. Flamer had multiple offers from East Carolina, Temple, Buffalo and James Madison, but picked WVU and has an official visit from June 5-7th. According to his social media, in his junior season, Flamer had a big season. He had 174 tackles, 17.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, five blocked kicks and a pick-6. He also ...

Mountaineer pitchers limit Houston to just two hits in 7-3 win

MORGANTOWN — No. 15 West Virginia baseball's pitching staff dominated to help win another series, beating Houston. The Mountaineers' pitching staff had a no-hitter through seven innings and held the Cougars to just two hits to win 7-3, winning Game 3 Sunday afternoon. This was the second-fewest hits allowed in a game this season. WVU moved to 27-9 on the year and 12-6 in the Big 12. Houston fell to 17-21 and 4-14 in the conference. The Cougars have just won one series this season. WVU has now won every series aside from the UCF one. "Anytime you win a series in this league, ...

What to expect from WVU football’s Gold-Blue Spring Festival

MORGANTOWN — The evolution of the college football spring game has been a topic of discussion in recent years, especially with the transfer portal and NIL. It used to be an intersquad scrimmage, but now it’s shifted to a more modern interpretation. What it looks like depends on the ...

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Bucs, Colts drop games in McDonald’s Classic action

BRIDGEPORT — Buckhannon-Upshur dropped a pair of games in the McDonald’s Classic on Friday. The Bucs fell to Cabell Midland, 8-0, as Owen Maynard allowed just four hits over six innings, striking out 13 and walking one. Brody McDaniels was tagged with the loss in 3 2/3 innings, giving up eight runs (three earned) on four hits, striking out three walking four. Eli McGinnis had a two-run homer for the Knights. McDaniels, Jerin Westfall, Jacob Frye and Clay Lantz had hits for the Bucs. In Friday’s second game at played at South Harrison High School, B-U lost a 6-2 verdict to ...

Bulldogs cruise past Highlanders

UPPER GLADE — Tygarts Valley utilized a 12-hit attack to hand Webster County a 14-1 setback on Friday night. Jacob Wamsley cracked a solo homer and Austin Wilson and Joey Rader collected two RBIs each for the Bulldogs, who erupted for 10 runs in the sixth inning to build on a 4-0 advantage. Cooper Markley earned the win on the hill, going all six innings and allowing just two hits. He fanned four and walked four. David Adkinson was saddled with the loss for the Highlanders. Adkinson and Haden Myers accounted for Webster County’s hits. Caleb Teter, Wilson and Austin Gear had two ...