ELKINS — Citizens Bank captured the Fuzz Jones City Tournament title with a 4-2 victory over Davis Trust Saturday at Robin Harvey Memorial Field. Davis Trust advanced to the championship contest after defeating Broughton's Sports 17-1 in the first of two games on Saturday. Citizens ...
MORGANTOWN — Dawson Montesa and Maxx Yehl beat expectations Saturday, big time. The two WVU pitchers were selected during the first day of the MLB Amateur Draft, Montesa with the 72nd overall selection by the St. Louis Cardinals and Yehl was picked 91st overall by the Kansas City Royals. “Turned down draft opportunity last season. Bet on himself,” WVU head coach Steve Sabins posted on social media about Yehl. “Took WVU baseball to Omaha. Became the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year and a 3rd Rounder.” Both pitchers were slotted as fourth- or fifth-round picks, but went ...
MORGANTOWN — Steve Sabins will be watching this weekend’s MLB Amateur Draft with both anticipation and with his fingers crossed. The draft begins at 1 p.m. today and will run through the first four rounds (135 picks), while rounds 5-20 will be on Sunday. After guiding the Mountaineers to ...
MORGANTOWN — Quarterback Nicco Marchiol hitting tight end Grayson Barnes in the end zone to tie the Backyard Brawl against Pitt was one of the top moments from West Virginia's 2025-26 athletic year. Everyone remembers just an hour later, Rich Rodriguez getting hit with Gatorade, and yelling on ESPN that the "West Virginia Mountaineers never quit," after the Mountaineers knocked off the Panthers in overtime, completing a 10-point comeback. It was iconic, and another page in the classic Backyard Brawl rivalry book on the gridiron. It's a book that won't be opened for quite some time, ...
MORGANTOWN — It seems like an annual question for Rich Rodriguez's second tenure at West Virginia. Who will play quarterback in Week 1 for the Mountaineers? Last year, Rodriguez held his cards close to his chest and had five different options for a starter, Nicco Marchiol, who eventually was ...
