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Class A Girls Basketball All-State teams named

St. Marys junior Brynnley Bulluck overcame a slow start to the season and was the driving force in helping the Blue Devils secure their first Class A state championship since 1990 when they dethroned Gilmer County, 45-35. Bulluck, who a year ago was a second team honoree in double-A, was named captain of this year’s small school first team as selected by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. “I’ll tell you what. First of all, it’s well deserved simply because of all the time and energy and sacrifice for herself and her parents over the years. This just didn’t happen ...

WVU hosts Kentucky today

MORGANTOWN — In front of what is expected to be a second consecutive sold-out Hope Coliseum, history will be on the line at 5 p.m. today for the 11th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team. As the host and No. 4 seed, the Mountaineers (28-6) haven’t quite been in this position before, ...

Atmosphere has been special at tourney being held in Morgantown

MORGANTOWN — No. 4 West Virginia women’s basketball couldn’t play its signature post-win song, “Country Roads,” after it rolled No. 13 Miami (OH), 82-54. Even if WVU’s women’s basketball game was playing in Hope Coliseum. It’s against NCAA tournament rules. WVU couldn’t display its sponsors on the walls, either. That’s also against the rules. There are rules to make it somewhat of a fair playing field. But, sitting down on the floor, not being able to hear the person next to you without yelling, it felt nothing like a fair playing field. That’s the advantage of ...

Colts best Bulldogs in opener; Lady Tigers split games

MILL CREEK — Anthony Mosesso had a three-run homer and finished with five RBIs to power Philip Barbour to a 15-2 win over Tygarts Valley Saturday in its season opener. Mosesso had a two-run single as part of an eight-run second inning and connected on his homer in the third. Robbie Jones allowed just one hit in going the first three innings to earn the win. He fanned four and walked one. Jacob Wamsley was charged with the loss. He allowed eight runs (four being earned) on eight hits in two innings of work. He fanned four. Kent Rowan and Slaton Harris added three hits each ...

Cooke felt pain before pleasure at WVU

MORGANTOWN — The only thing longer than Gia Cooke’s list of basketball accomplishments just may be her medical chart. “I’ve been to the hospital a lot,” the WVU guard said Friday, just before the 11th-ranked Mountaineers went out to practice for today’s 5 p.m. game against ...

EHS grad sees success on the field and in the classroom

ELKINS — Former Elkins High School standout Anna Belan was recently named to the 2025 Old Dominion Athletic Conference (ODAC) second team for women’s soccer. The Bridgewater College senior outside defender earned her first all-conference honor and was a key piece to the Eagles’ ...