HUNTINGTON — Philip Barbour’s Malachi Cross advanced to the Division II 285-pound championship match with a thrilling victory in the semifinals at state wrestling tournament Friday night at Marshall Health Network Arena. Cross captured a 2-1 win over Robert C. Byrd’s Logan Fordyce ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s 2025 season ended on a sour note. The Mountaineers harnessed some momentum at the tail end, by upsetting Houston, beating Colorado and then having close games against Arizona State and TCU. But that came to a screeching halt when the best team in the ...
MORGANTOWN — Columbia took the first of a three-game series against No. 23 West Virginia, following a 7-4 victory Friday inside Kendrick Family Ballpark, handing the Mountaineers their first two-game losing streak along the way. Game 2 is scheduled for noon today and the final game is ...
WHEELING — Eighth-seed Davis & Elkins put up a valiant effort before falling to top-seed West Liberty, 84-74, Friday night in the quarterfinals of the Mountain East Conference. The Hilltoppers, ranked ninth nationally, advance to face the winner of Friday’s late game between No. 4 Charleston and No. 5 Glenville State at 6 p.m. today in the semifinals. Second-seed Fairmont State and No. 6 Concord battle in the other semifinal at 8:30 p.m. The Senators trailed 42-38 at halftime but forged ahead, 53-48, on a pair of free throws by Matthew Gray with 15:16 left in regulation. Gray ...
Former West Virginia quarterback Geno Smith will be looking for a new home for the 2026 season. Smith is expected to be released by the Las Vegas Raiders, barring a trade. The Raiders released Smith to make $8 million in salary cap space and are taking on $18.5 million in dead cap. Smith was only with the Raiders for a season. Last offseason, Smith was traded from the Seattle Seahawks for a third-round pick, reuniting him with his former head coach, Pete Carroll. He signed a two-year, $75 million extension after being traded from Seattle. Smith didn’t have the best season and ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sydney Shaw hit five 3-pointers and finished with 19 points, Gia Cooke scored 16, and second-seeded West Virginia beat No. 10 seed Arizona State 67-54 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 Tournament. No. 15 West Virginia (25-6) plays Saturday in the semifinals against the winner between No. 20 Baylor, the No. 3 seed, and sixth-seeded Colorado. The Mountaineers have won 25 games in each of coach Mark Kellogg’s first three seasons. Shaw tied the program record for 3-pointers in a Big 12 Tournament game. Jordan Harrison added 10 points, five assists ...
