MORGANTOWN — Look for a Great White Shark sighting in May at the Greenbrier Resort. Greg Norman, the Australian pro golfer known by the above moniker, will deliver keynote remarks there during the annual GameChanger gathering at the five-star resort in White Sulphur ...
MORGANTOWN — Every year around this time I hear from my good buddy in Fairmont, Michael Spevock, suggesting that this will be the year we finally jump into the car for our tour of North Central West Virginia, focusing on the towns and houses that produced the densest concentration of great football coaches you can find anywhere. It’s something we’ve talked about but have never done, but this may just be the year, for a spark to ignite it has been lit in the most unlikely of places — the first-round matchup on Saturday in the NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships. The ...
MORGANTOWN — Ross Hodge became the fifth first-year men’s basketball coach at WVU to lead the Mountaineers to a postseason tournament on Monday. The Mountaineers (18-14) officially accepted an invitation to The College Basketball Crown tournament on Saturday, but learned on Monday ...
CHARLESTON — Sixth-seed Tucker County was set to battle No. 3 Huntington St. Joseph’s at 9:30 a.m. today at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center in Class A quarterfinal action. The Mountain Lions, who have finished as state runner-up the past three years, cruised past Pendleton County, 65-46, in a co-regional finale to earn a spot in Charleston as junior Ethan Cummings netted 19 points. Cayden Arnold added 16 and Carson Dearborn and Sam Marks 10 apiece. The Irish are led by senior Grady Paynter, who is hitting for 18 points per game. Junior Micaiah Ehirim adds 17.3 ...
MORGANTOWN — The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is heading back to Morgantown. The official word came down Saturday, as announced on ESPN. No. 12 West Virginia (27-6) is one of the 16 regional hosts for the opening two rounds of the tournament that begins in full on Friday. The ...
MORGANTOWN — One of the biggest returners and wins of the offseason for West Virginia baseball was the return of pitcher Maxx Yehl. Yehl is solidifying himself as West Virginia baseball’s ace, and he pitched a gem in the rubber match against Baylor. Yehl struck out 12 batters and pitched the longest out of any starter this season, pitching eight innings, leading to the Mountaineers’ 8-0 win over the Bears. Yehl helped WVU pick up its first Big 12 conference series win, and it still hasn’t lost a series all season, winning its fifth series. The Mountaineers are now 2-1 in ...
