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Defense carries Bulldogs past Warriors

MILL CREEK — Tygarts Valley limited Pocahontas County to just 13 first-half points in taking a 65-48 win Friday night at Weber-Wamsley Court in a battle of regional foes. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early advantage, outscoring the Warriors, 18-7, in the first quarter of play and leading 33-13 at halftime. Jacob Wamsley led the Bulldogs with 25 points. Alex Scott added 12 and Adam Woods 11. Carter Vandevender tossed in 13 points and Cash Beers added 10 for Pocahontas County. “Defense set the tone for us by holding Pocahontas County to 13 points in the first half,” ...

Lady Bulldogs cruise past East Hardy to move on

MILL CREEK — Third-seed Tygarts Valley cruised to a 60-16 win over No. 6 East Hardy Thursday night in Class A, Region II action on Weber-Wamsley Court. The Lady Bulldogs will now travel to second-seed Pocahontas County at 7 p.m. Wednesday with a berth to the state tourney on the ...

Knights sink Tigers behind 3-point barrage

ELKINS — Preston drilled 15 treys and dominating second half to hand Elkins a 66-42 setback Thursday night in Big 10 Conference play at Richard P. Simmons Memorial Gymnasium. Aidan Schmidl had five treys in finishing with 27 points for the Knights, while Kash Jenkins with 15 points — all coming on 3-pointers over the final two frames. Easton Hayes added 18. Landon Shreve paced the Tigers with 23 points. Isaiah Nutter chipped in 10. Elkins led 24-22 at halftime but was outscored 21-6 in the third quarter and 21-10 in the fourth. The Tigers will honor their senior players ...

Lady Colts, Lady Vikings to meet in co-regional final

PHILIPPI — Second-seed Philip Barbour and No. 3 Petersburg advanced in the Class AA, Region II tourney with wins on Friday night. The Lady Colts will now host the Lady Vikings at 7 p.m. on Thursday with the victor advancing to the state tournament. Philip Barbour’s Izzy Knotts scored ...

WVU set to host BYU and standout Dybantsa tonight

MORGANTOWN — It is not the ideal situation for the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s certainly not the way WVU head coach Ross Hodge would want to picture it. Yet here it is. Coming off the heels of one of the Mountaineers worst defensive performances of the season, WVU (16-12, 7-8 Big 12) now has to figure out a way to slow down quite possibly the best college basketball player on the planet. That challenge comes to pass at 5:30 p.m. today inside Hope Coliseum. He is BYU freshman A.J. Dybantsa, a scoring machine who averages 25.1 points per game and shoots 53% from the field, ...

Montesa fans 11 to lead WVU over Kennesaw State

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia baseball coach Steve Sabins talked about the legend of Dawson Montesa. In the first game of the series against Kennesaw State, the legend was on full display. Montesa pitched seven dominant innings to help WVU beat Kennesaw State 12-4 on the road, securing the first win of the series. The Mountaineers are now 7-1 on the season, and the Owls fell to 4-4 on the year. The second game of the series is on Saturday, Feb. 28, starting at 2 p.m. The final game of the series is Sunday, March 1, at noon. Both games are on ESPN+. This was the third start for ...