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Caridi Honored with Morehouse Award

Tony Caridi has been selected the winner of the 2026 Morehouse Award by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Caridi has been the play-by-play announcer for West Virginia University football and men’s basketball since 1997. The award is given for contributions to journalism and named for the late Marshall University sports information director Gene Morehouse, who died in the 1970 airplane crash that claimed the lives of 75 Marshall football players, coaches, staff and fans. The award has been given since 1971. Caridi will be presented the Morehouse Award at the 79th ...

MGA gymnasts bring home state titles

BECKLEY — Mountain Gymnastics Academy (MGA) athletes turned in an exceptional showing at the West Virginia State Gymnastics Championships, earning state titles, all-around championships,and numerous podium finishes across multiple Xcel divisions. Leading the way was Kinsley Ricottilli of ...

Mountaineers to face Marshall

MORGANTOWN — The final result of West Virginia’s worst weekend of the season thus far was the Mountaineers dropping four spots in the D1 Baseball poll to No. 17. It certainly could have been worse after allowing 32 hits and 20 runs in three games at home against UCF, which rose from No. 23 to No. 12 in the national ranking. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers (21-7) find themselves in regroup mode, while also trying to get a bulk of their roster back to full health. WVU head coach Steve Sabins said a bad flu bug had ripped through most of his players last week, including Matthew Graveline, ...

Latimer brothers reunited to make impact at WVU

MORGANTOWN — Geimere and Amari Latimer played a lot of 1-on-1 basketball growing up. Geimere, who is now a senior at West Virginia, would always beat Amari, who is now a freshman, because he’s four years older. But, as Amari grew up, he got bigger, and Geimere stopped growing. The games became a lot more competitive. “He started beating me,” Geimere said. Now, four years later since Geimere started playing college ball, the Latimer brothers have reunited on the Mountaineers. They are still having the 1-on-1s with Amari at running back and Geimere in the secondary at nickel ...

Brenwalt shines in Snowshoe Foundation invite

ELKINS — Marissa Brenwalt picked up 38 points, a school record, and a meet record to lead the The Elkins girls to a second-place finish in the 12-team Snowshoe Foundation Invitational held Friday at Irwin Track on the EHS campus. The Lady Tigers tallied 134 points to winner ...

Tigers split with Moorefield, earn victory over Philip Barbour

MOOREFIELD — Elkins split a pair of game against Moorefield on Saturday. The Tigers recorded a 10-6 win and dropped a 4-3 verdict. Blayne Thompson and Braden Cooper had two RBIs each in the win for the Tigers, while Brady Biller went 3 for 4. Owen Stanley earned the win, allowing four runs on five hits in three innings of work. Edison Smith had a pair of hits for the Yellow Jackets. Moorefield got a walk-off victory as Trevor Baldwin delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Thompson and Dyer Barger had two hits apiece for Elkins. Baldwin finished with a ...