TENNERTON — Buckhannon-Upshur remained in the mix for a playoff berth with a 62-28 win over East Fairmont in front of the homecoming crowd Friday night at Freal “Red” Crites Memorial Stadium. The win improved the Bucs, 15th in this week’s WVSSAC Class AAAA ratings, to 3-4 on the ...
KINGWOOD — Elkins High School’s cross country teams swept both the individual and team Big 10 championships Thursday evening. Individually, Julia Biola and Trevor George raced to first-place finishes. These “Big 10 Harriers of the Year” covered Preston High School’s wet and ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s 52-31 loss to Arizona handed the Mountaineers their third-straight loss of the season. WVU is 3-3 on the year and winless in the Big 12 (0-3). The Mountaineers are one of five teams in the Big 12 without a conference win, but are the only team with three conference losses, making them last in the standings. For the second-straight season, Rich Rodriguez has started conference play 0-3. Last year, the sky wasn’t falling because Rodriguez had the excuse of its Year 1, but that no longer applies, so hexagons are falling from above. The fire ...
ELKINS — High school soccer postseason play gets underway next week. The Elkins boys will be the third seed in the Class AAA, Region II tournament and will host sixth-seed Lewis County on Tuesday. The victor visits second-seed Robert C. Byrd on Thursday in the six-team region. Bridgeport is the top seed in the region and entertains the winner of Tuesday’s contest between No. 4 Hampshire vs. No. 5 Keyser on Thursday. The regional title game is set for Oct. 28 at the site of the highest remaining seed. In the Class AAAA, South Region tourney, Buckhannon-Upshur is seeded sixth ...
WHEELING — Tygarts Valley finished fifth in the two-day Class A state golf tournament completed Thursday at Oglebay Park. The Bulldogs carded a team-total 552, 126-over. Wirt County won the title with a 493, +67, with St. Marys (508, +82) placing second, Charleston Catholic (539, +113) third and Gilmer County (543, +117) fourth to round out the top five. Pendleton County (560, +134), Greater Beckley Christian (567, +141) and Summit Christian Academy (577, +151) rounded out the field. Tygarts Valley’s Alijah Row-Sponaugle finished in the top 10 in scoring, shooting a 177, ...
ELKINS — While Elkins and Philip Barbour enjoy bye weeks in prime position to make the postseason, Buckhannon-Upshur and Tucker County seek victories this evening to remain in the playoff hunt. The Bucs (2-4) are 15th in this week’s Class AAAA playoff ratings and will host East Fairmont (1-6) for homecoming at Freal “Red” Crites Memorial Stadium. B-U is coming off a 20-0 win over Lewis County as Kadyn Baisden caught a pair of touchdown passes from Brody McDaniels, Kadeen Edwards returned a fumble for a score and the defense limited the Minutemen to 200 yards of ...
