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Rodriguez frustrated with recurring mental mistakes through seven practices

MORGANTOWN — At some point this spring, Rich Rodriguez wasn’t going to be happy with one of West Virginia football’s practices. There were a couple of times last summer when Rodriguez thought a practice didn’t meet his expectations, and he wasn’t afraid to share his thoughts with the media. The spring hasn’t been perfect so far, but Rodriguez seemed in a better mood. That changed after the sixth practice, which was WVU’s first scrimmage, and then the seventh practice on Monday. “Scrimmage was just OK,” Rodriguez said. “Offense moved the ball some and made some ...

Lady Hornets’ Pyles sets school record in 3,200

BRIDGEPORT — The Elkins Middle School track teams opened the season this past Saturday in the Connect-Bridgeport Invitational. Clara Pyles won the 3,200 and set a new Elkins Middle School record with a time of 11:50.52. The other first-place finisher for the Lady Hornets, who tied East Fairmont and Ritchie County for second in the meet with 66 points, was Isabella Drain-White (discus, 73-11). She was also fourth in the shot put (28-10). The 4x200 relay of Everley Harper, Flora Perkins, Ruthie Capps and Lily Hayes placed second with a time of 2:06.39, Vivienne Shepherd was third in ...

Tigers best Huskies in home opener

ELKINS — Elkins opened the home season with an 8-5 win over North Marion Tuesday in Big 10 Conference play at EHS Field. The Tigers, who played their home games at Robin Harvey Memorial Field last season due to wind damage to the visiting team’s dugout at EHS, used three RBIs from ...

Lady Tigers split pair of contests

ELKINS — North Marion plated a run in the top of the seventh inning to edge Elkins, 7-6, Tuesday in Big 10 Conference action at Betty Heckel Field. Kinlee Hess opened the inning by drawing a walk and later scored on a passed ball for the eventual game-winning run. The Lady Tigers had ...

Mountaineers face challenge in freshman Okorie

MORGANTOWN — You may have heard this college basketball season was packed with talented freshmen. Between BYU’s A.J. Dybantsa and Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, West Virginia has already scouted and performed against the two projected top picks in the 2026 NBA Draft. Duke’s Cameron Boozer was just four-tenths of a second of leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four and is still the odds-on favorite to be named the national player of the year. Of the top 10 scorers in the nation this season, four of them are freshmen. Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie is the one you don’t ...

Ferris repeats as captain of Class A all-state team

Tug Valley point guard Braydun Ferris has had one of the most illustrious careers of anyone to don the silver and black in Naugatuck. Ferris added another accolade to his long list of accomplishments on Tuesday as he was named the captain of the Class A All-State boys basketball team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. “I’m really blessed to be a two-time all-state captain,” Ferris said. “Not many people even get one all-state selection, and I’ve been the captain twice. So I’m just really blessed for that.” It is the second straight year that Ferris has ...