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WVU flips the running back room

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia running back Tye Edwards lined up behind center with just a few yards until the end zone. Edwards took the handoff from quarterback Nicco Marchiol, behind extra linemen, and punched it in for the go-ahead overtime touchdown against Pitt in the Backyard Brawl. The best moments from the 2025 season were when backs like Diore Hubbard was moving bodies against Houston, or Cyncir Bowers caught the checkdown, taking off for a long touchdown against Arizona State. But now, all the running backs who were crucial to the 2025 season are gone. Jahiem White is in ...

WVU men fall to Arizona

MORGANTOWN — Somewhere between Brayden Burries’ relentlessness and his teammates’ ability to rebound and move the ball, West Virginia’s chance of pulling off a major upset Saturday was quickly extinguished. Burries, a freshman from San Bernardino, Calif., finished with 22 points and was 4 of 8 from 3-point range, as top-ranked Arizona ran past the Mountaineers, 88-53, inside a sold-out McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. It was West Virginia’s fourth consecutive loss against the No. 1-ranked team in the nation, with this one getting out of hand early, as the Wildcats (20-0, 7-0 ...

Lady Mountaineers earn win

MORGANTOWN — Maybe the quickest eight-point burst of the season gave the West Virginia women’s basketball team a cushion on Saturday night. Sydney Woodley and WVU’s defense made it stick against BYU. No. 22 WVU improved to 6-0 on the season in true road games following a 91-77 victory against BYU inside the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. The Mountaineers (17-4, 7-2 Big 12) have now won four of their last five games and are within a half-game of both TCU and Baylor for first place in the Big 12 standings at the halfway mark of the conference’s regular season. Both Baylor and ...

MGA hosts annual Snowflake Classic

ELKINS — Mountain Gymnastics Academy (MGA) recently hosted the annual Snowflake Classic, featuring a two-day internal meet scored by USA Gymnastics–certified judges. The event combined traditional individual competition with a new team-based format designed to promote camaraderie ...

Stephen F. Austin defensive back transfers to WVU

MORGANTOWN — It’s been a couple of days since West Virginia’s last transfer addition, and the portal is closed, but the Mountaineers are still picking up players. Stephen F. Austin defensive back Kameron Reddic announced he has committed to Rich Rodriguez and WVU on his social media. The Mountaineers haven’t had a transfer since Sunday, when they added a fullback. Reddic has spent the past two seasons with the Lumberjacks. In his true freshman season, he played in eight games and had nine tackles. Reddic saw more action in 2025. Reddic played in 14 games and had 42 tackles ...

WVU visits top-ranked Arizona today

MORGANTOWN — They have been a see-saw of sorts for a WVU men’s basketball team that faces the ultimate challenge at 2 p.m. today, when the Mountaineers walk into the McKale Center in Tucson, Ariz. to face No. 1 Arizona. Combined they are WVU’s wings, that being Treysen Eaglestaff on ...