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Huggins living with a ‘progressive cognitive condition’

MORGANTOWN — In a coordinated statement along with the University of Cincinnati, the family of Bob Huggins announced Wednesday that the former West Virginia men’s basketball coach is living with a “progressive cognitive condition that is affecting his memory and aspects of daily life.” Huggins was WVU’s men’s basketball coach from 2007 until his resignation in the summer of 2023. Over his 16 seasons, the Mountaineers advanced to 11 NCAA tournaments, including five trips to the Sweet 16 and the 2010 Final Four. He went 345-203 at WVU. “Although Bob and his family ...

EHS boys basketball to host Offensive Skills Clinic

ELKINS — The Elkins High School boys basketball team will host a three-day Offensive Skills Clinic at Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium. Dates for the clinic are this Saturday, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 from 9 a.m. to noon each day and is open for boys and girls kindergarten through eighth grade. Price for the clinic is $25 for one day, $40 for two or $60 for all three days. For more information, call 304-678-9503 or email boys head coach Amrit Rayfield at arayfield@k12.wv.us.

Elkins falls two spots in prep ratings; Tucker moves up

ELKINS - With the end of the high school football season in sight, a handful of area teams will be looking to position themselves for postseason play at the end of the campaign. Elkins, which improved to 6-1 after defeating North Marion on Oct. 9, was idle last Friday and dropped two spots ...

WVU defense not giving up, searching for identity

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s defense has been bad to start Big 12 play. No better way of saying it. The Mountaineers' defense has allowed 40-plus points and over 400-plus yards of offense in four straight games. Last weekend against Cincinnati, defensive coordinator Zac ...

WVU working to sign more players to multi-year deals

MORGANTOWN — There have been a couple of times in the past couple of weeks when Rich Rodriguez mentioned West Virginia’s open date or bye week, which comes after the Mountaineers head to TCU. WVU will have played eight straight games and needs a break. The bye will be time to focus on ...

WVU offense starting to get more receivers involved

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football hadn’t thrown the ball too much in the first half of the season. The Mountaineers hadn’t had to because they were running the ball so efficiently. But against Cincinnati, quarterback Michael Hawkins was forced to air it out a lot more, and he had a ...