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Taylor moves back to corner for WVU football

MORGANTOWN — Nick Taylor played 11 games for West Virginia football as a sophomore. Taylor came over after playing corner for Appalachian State as a true freshman, logging 147 snaps. Taylor had a productive 11 games in his first season for the Mountaineers, but he played safety, changing positions. He had 20 tackles on the season, including 11 unassisted tackles and an interception, which was his first of his career. “It was amazing,” Taylor said. “One of my childhood dreams to be on a big stage and get a pick. Hopefully, get some more this year.” This year, Taylor is moving ...

No. 22 WVU women’s soccer beats No. 23 Penn State

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia women’s soccer's last win against Penn State was in 2017. It’s not like the Mountaineers haven’t had talented teams. WVU’s been to the NCAA tournament multiple times since then, just never had a team to beat the rival Nittany Lions. But after nine years ...

Flanagan selected for Randolph sports Hall of Fame

Editor's Note: The 2026 Randolph County Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 29 at the Gandy Dancer Theater. The Inter-Mountain will be running profiles and photos of this year's class in the days leading up to the ceremony. In the rich history of Elkins High ...

Rosencrance to be inducted into Randolph Sports HOF

Editor's Note: The 2026 Randolph County Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 29 at the Gandy Dancer Theater. The Inter-Mountain will be running profiles and photos of this year's class in the days leading up to the ceremony. Today's inductee is 2018 Elkins ...

D&E, Charleston picked as divisional favorites in MEC Poll

FAIRMONT - Davis & Elkins College and the University of Charleston were selected as the north and south division favorites in the 2026 Mountain East Conference Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll, the league announced on Thursday.  Davis & Elkins was chosen as the north division favorite, receiving five first place votes while Charleston leads the south division, with six first place votes. The poll was decided on by the league's 10 head coaches.  Davis & Elkins finished the 2025 season with an overall record of 8-7-4, with a mark of 7-5-4 in conference play. The Senators fell to south ...

Rodriguez frustrated with WVU injuries

MORGANTOWN — It’s been over two weeks since West Virginia football started camp, and as classes have started, camps over and now it’s just normal practice, moving the sessions to the afternoon. A talking point Rich Rodriguez’s brought up a couple of times is the weather for practices. Rodriguez is used to practicing in the south with the humidity and intense heat, but for camp and now the start of normal practices, the weather’s been just perfect. “We’ve had no heat, no humidity, it’s been 75 degrees, which has been beautiful,” Rodriguez said. With the weather being ...