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Lady Warriors get past Lady Bulldogs in battle of ranked teams

MILL CREEK — In a Class A battle of ranked team and regional foes, No. 5 Pocahontas County used a big third quarter to get past No. 9 Tygarts Valley, 67-61, Monday evening at Weber-Wamsley Court. The Lady Bulldogs controlled play early, leading 17-13 after one quarter and entering ...

Kimble nets 25 as Wildcats top Pocahontas

DUNMORE — Josiah Kimble scored 14 of his game-high 25 points in the second quarter as Pocahontas County cruised to a 92-55 win over regional foe Pocahontas County on Monday night. The Wildcats held a 16-12 advantage after one quarter before erupting for 31 points in the second frame to ...

Tomlin doesn’t feel the Steelers are stuck, but all options are on the table

PITTSBURGH (AP) — There is a sameness to the way the Pittsburgh Steelers keep ending their seasons. Yet Mike Tomlin shrugged on Tuesday when asked if it feels as if the Steelers are “stuck” after their fifth first-round playoff exit in eight years, all of them embarrassing in their own ...

WVU football welcomes more players, coaches

The West Virginia University football team continues to fill out its coaching offices and roster welcoming several new faces in both areas. The Mountaineers announced Monday that they have hired former Coastal Carolina and University of South Florida offensive coordinator Travis Trickett as a ...

WVU holds off Buffaloes, 78-70

MORGANTOWN — On its first visit to Colorado in any sport, West Virginia found Boulder to be a lovely place to visit. For skiing, not basketball. If you think you get a thrill on a downhill run, it’s nothing compared to how No. 21 WVU (12-3, 3-1) had to fight to survive the Colorado ...

Oklahoma St. rallies to best WVU women

MORGANTOWN — Sometimes games are grind-it-out affairs that are won with sweat and muscle and Oklahoma State will forever tell you that’s how it was as it beat West Virginia’s women, 64-57, on their home court in Stillwater on Saturday. But this one wasn’t won with the second-half ...