ELKINS — Landon Shreve made his final game of his career playing inside Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium a memorable one on Thursday night. The senior tossed in 36 points as the fourth-seeded Tigers fended off No. 5 Lewis County, 66-56, to advance in the Class AAA, Region II ...
MT. STORM — Braylon Ward scored 13 of his game-high 29 points as fourth-seed Union pulled away for a 52-42 win over fifth-seed Tygarts Valley Thursday night in Class A, Region II action. The Tigers will now travel to top-seed East Hardy on Wednesday in co-regional final action. Second-seed Tucker County, a 95-48 win over Paw Paw on Thursday, will host No. 2 Pendleton County in the other co-regional final, with the winners of both of those games advancing to the state tournament. Ward overcome early foul trouble in helping Union outscore the Bulldogs, 22-12 in the final frame ...
PHILIPPI — Philip Barbour is headed back to the state tournament for the fifth straight season after claiming a 50-40 win over Petersburg Thursday night in a Class AA, Region II co-final. The Lady Colts (16-8) will be the seventh seed in Charleston, facing No. 2 Williamstown (19-3) at 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the quarterfinals inside the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. The other quarterfinal matchup on Wednesday is Wheeling Central vs. No. 6 Wayne at 11:15 a.m. On Tuesday, No. 4 Charleston Catholic battles. No. 5 Wyoming East at 11:15 a.m. and top-seed James Monroe faces ...
MORGANTOWN — In more ways than one, it is a jumbled mess that the WVU men’s basketball team finds itself. The Mountaineers host UCF at 8 p.m. today on the heels of a disappointing 65-63 loss at Kansas State, one that seemingly eliminated the Mountaineers (17-13, 8-9 Big 12) from NCAA tournament contention without winning the Big 12 tournament. As to where WVU might fit into the league tournament, well, that is simply left up to speculation at this point. Win or lose against the Knights (20-9, 9-8), all WVU knows at this point is it will fit somewhere in the 7th-10th seed ...
MORGANTOWN — In her lone season at WVU, Kierra Wheeler is well aware of the change she’s brought to the program. As for the way the transfer from Norfolk State quickly bonded with her new teammates, well, that apparently has a lot to do with tacos. WVU head coach Mark Kellogg, who will ...
WHEELING — Much of the talk entering this week’s annual Mountain East Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament centered around the title being wide open for the taking by any number of teams. Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals at WesBanco Arena seventh-seeded Frostburg State validated that conversation. FSU erased a seven-point halftime lead late in the third quarter and then held off every challenge from second-seeded West Virginia Wesleyan in the fourth and final period to record a 77-71 victory. The win, which improved Frostburg to 16-14, marks only the third time in ...
