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Mountaineers to face Marshall

MORGANTOWN — The final result of West Virginia’s worst weekend of the season thus far was the Mountaineers dropping four spots in the D1 Baseball poll to No. 17. It certainly could have been worse after allowing 32 hits and 20 runs in three games at home against UCF, which rose from No. 23 to No. 12 in the national ranking. Meanwhile, the Mountaineers (21-7) find themselves in regroup mode, while also trying to get a bulk of their roster back to full health. WVU head coach Steve Sabins said a bad flu bug had ripped through most of his players last week, including Matthew Graveline, ...

Latimer brothers reunited to make impact at WVU

MORGANTOWN — Geimere and Amari Latimer played a lot of 1-on-1 basketball growing up. Geimere, who is now a senior at West Virginia, would always beat Amari, who is now a freshman, because he’s four years older. But, as Amari grew up, he got bigger, and Geimere stopped growing. The games became a lot more competitive. “He started beating me,” Geimere said. Now, four years later since Geimere started playing college ball, the Latimer brothers have reunited on the Mountaineers. They are still having the 1-on-1s with Amari at running back and Geimere in the secondary at nickel ...

Brenwalt shines in Snowshoe Foundation invite

ELKINS — Marissa Brenwalt picked up 38 points, a school record, and a meet record to lead the The Elkins girls to a second-place finish in the 12-team Snowshoe Foundation Invitational held Friday at Irwin Track on the EHS campus. The Lady Tigers tallied 134 points to winner ...

Tigers split with Moorefield, earn victory over Philip Barbour

MOOREFIELD — Elkins split a pair of game against Moorefield on Saturday. The Tigers recorded a 10-6 win and dropped a 4-3 verdict. Blayne Thompson and Braden Cooper had two RBIs each in the win for the Tigers, while Brady Biller went 3 for 4. Owen Stanley earned the win, allowing four runs on five hits in three innings of work. Edison Smith had a pair of hits for the Yellow Jackets. Moorefield got a walk-off victory as Trevor Baldwin delivered an RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning. Thompson and Dyer Barger had two hits apiece for Elkins. Baldwin finished with a ...

Huff scores 38 as WVU tops Sooners to win Crown title

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Honor Huff made eight 3-pointers and scored a career-high 38 to propel West Virginia to an 89-82 overtime victory over Oklahoma on Sunday in the championship game of the College Basketball Crown Tournament. The senior guard teamed up with Jasper Floyd to do all the scoring in a game-ending 13-0 run for the Mountaineers (21-14) after spotting the Sooners (21-16) the first six points in OT. Floyd missed his first eight shots before sinking 3-pointers on both sides of one by Huff in a 9-0 run that gave West Virginia the lead for good at 85-82. Huff scored the final four ...

WVU freshman Sieg just focusing on defense

MORGANTOWN — Before spring practice started, West Virginia football’s safety and more a ulitity freshman, Matt Sieg, drew a lot of interest. Sieg was a National Signing Day steal from rival Pitt, Penn State and other local schools, and was a top 5 high school prospect in Pennsylvania as a consensus 4-star. Sieg drew a lot of interest from teams because he’s an overall athlete. He was the first player in WPIAL history to register 5,000 yards rushing and 3,000 yards passing for his career. Sieg was named first-team defensive back and had four interceptions, returning two for ...