ELKINS — When Elkins was eliminated from the recent American Legion State tourney, eight players saw their careers in a Post 29 uniform come to an end. “It was real emotional and there were a lot of tears shed,” Post 29 manager Chris George said. “Some of those guys will never play ...
ELKINS — The Davis & Elkins College athletic department will induct six new members into the athletic Hall of Fame during the 2018 Homecoming/Senator Nation weekend on Oct. 13. Shellie Burda, Glenn A. Davis, William R. Hitchner, John “Jack” Sanzari, Carmel L. Shearer and Charles A. ...
ELKINS — Allegheny Insurance Services, Inc., recently announced Tygart Valley Little League as winners of their latest “Keep the Change” match donation program. The organization received $1000 in a match donation from Allegheny Insurance for their efforts. For this outstanding ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers rookie Olasunkanmi Adeniyi is all too familiar with the comparisons to James Harrison. Both undrafted free agents from the Mid-American Conference feature a similar, small, stocky-type build considered by some as undersized for the position. But like ...
MORGANTOWN —West Virginia University men’s basketball student-athlete Brandon Knapper has been cleared to fully participate in all basketball activities this season. Knapper, a redshirt-freshman guard from South Charleston, had been sitting out certain basketball activities while some ...
ELKINS — The West Virginia State Police will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 6 p.m. to midnight Aug. 23 on state Route 92, west of Elkins Near Crystal Springs in Randolph County The focus of this checkpoint is driving under the influence (DUI) enforcement. Other enforcement activities ...
The Inter-Mountain photo by Joey Kittle Buckhannon-Upshur linemen take part in a drill during fall practices last week. The Bucs, along with Elkins, Philip Barbour and several other Big 10 Conference teams, competed in the North Marion Big 10 Grid-O-Rama Saturday at North Marion High School. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A year ago, Dereck Rodriguez was down in Double-A ball, a converted outfielder hoping to take a new path as a pitcher. A non-roster invite to spring training, Rodriguez finally got the call to the majors in late May. Since then, he’s sparkled. Rodriguez threw ...
BUCKHANNON — The West Virginia Wesleyan women’s soccer team is 22nd in the NCAA preseason rankings. The Lady Bobcats went 18-2-2 last season, advancing to the NCAA Division II tourney for the fourth straight season. They are the lone Mountain East School appearing in the ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — Damoun Patterson knows a strong performance in his first preseason game won’t be enough to guarantee his future with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The rookie wide receiver feels he must continually prove himself to the coaching staff and his teammates — and he’s not the ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Landry Jones, Josh Dobbs and Mason Rudolph can do the math. The Pittsburgh Steelers have four quarterbacks in training camp. They’ll carry three at most into the regular season. Translation: one of them will be out of a job when rosters are trimmed to 53 on Sept 1. The ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — No investigation or federal case needed this time. The NFL says a bad football used in a preseason game Thursday night was simply defective. The league said in a statement Friday that a ball was removed from play during the third quarter of the Steelers-Eagles game in ...
MARLINTON — The Tygarts Valley High School golf team played its second match of the year Wednesday against Pendleton County and Pocahontas County. The match was held at Pocahontas County Country Club in Marlinton. Pocahontas County does not have enough golfers to qualify for a team ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Landry Jones and Josh Dobbs each tossed touchdown passes and the Pittsburgh Steelers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 31-14 Thursday night in the preseason opener. The defending Super Bowl champion Eagles rested several starters, including quarterbacks Carson Wentz and Nick ...
(AP) — Stanford running back Bryce Love’s decision to return for his senior year instantly made him a preseason front-runner for some of college football’s top individual awards. Love won the Doak Walker Award as college football’s top running back and was runner-up in the Heisman ...
DENVER (AP) — Adam Frazier has been doing damage with his bat lately. But it was his glove that helped Pittsburgh take a series in Colorado. Frazier had three hits and made a run-saving play in the field, and the Pirates beat the Colorado Rockies 4-3 on Wednesday. Chris Archer (4-5) was ...
Saturday nights alright! The song says for fighting. It was all right for racing at Elkins Raceway this past weekend. With increased purses and laps, the stage was set for some great racing. First up were the Performance Chevrolet AMRA Modifieds. Fifteen cars were in the pits. Kyle Bond ...
ELKINS — The Elkins Lightning 12U traveling baseball squad has had a great summer competing against teams from around the state and beyond. • The Lightning dropped a game to Ohio Buzz Baseball after a late score in pool play. Elkins Lightning 12U stayed in it until the end, but Ohio ...
MORGANTOWN (AP) — Wide receiver Gary Jennings had a prolific 2017 season between the end zones for West Virginia with little else to show for it. Jennings figures his touchdown chances will improve a year after he scored just once despite amassing 97 receptions that ranked him fourth in the ...