MORGANTOWN - Starting over. That's the story in Stillwater, Oklahoma, where Eric Morris retraces the steps Rich Rodriguez took all the way back in 2001 when he replaced the legendary Don Nehlen at West Virginia. "Such a unique time for me and being in my first year, but such an amazing past ...
MORGANTOWN — The fullback is back for West Virginia football. The days of a player who has the size of a tight end but can carry the ball like a running back will be displayed on Mountaineer Field once again. Rich Rodriguez turned some heads when he picked up fullback Kayden Luke from Arizona in the transfer portal. Luke is completely bald in his WVU football photo — he had a full head of hair at Arizona — and comes in at 251 pounds and 5-foot-11. Nicknamed "Cowboy Luke, he fits the description of a guy who isn't afraid to do the dirty work and is all about ball. But, in ...
NEW MARTINSBURG - The Elkins Little League 9-10 year-old All-Star team wrapped up state tournament play this past weekend. After bowing to West Mon County in its opener on Friday, the Elkins All-Stars were facing an elimination game on Saturday against Greenbrier. Leading 6-5 in the bottom-half of the sixth inning, Greenbrier tallied a two-run inside park home run to rally for a 7-6 victory. "The entire Elkins Little League baseball family is proud of this young group of kids," said Mike Jackson, who manages the 11-12 year-old All-Stars. "They played hard all weekend long and you ...
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 — There were a lot of issues for West Virginia football's 2025 4-8 season, and one of the biggest was the offensive line. The Mountaineers' lineman allowed the second-most sacks in the Big 12 last season (38), just behind Colorado, who was one of the two conference wins for WVU. Rich Rodriguez said the struggles weren't entirely the line's fault, but he did say they needed improvement in that area. Most of the line from 2025 won't be back, which is a plus, and Rodriguez didn't renew offensive line coach Jack Bicknell Jr.'s contract, and instead hired veteran line coach ...
MORGANTOWN — The final take on West Virginia’s best baseball season in school history was the Mountaineers saw four of its top players drafted into the major leagues over the weekend. As for WVU’s future roster, utility man Armani Guzman announced Sunday he was coming back to Morgantown for his senior season, while incoming transfer shortstop Owen Henne and incoming freshman pitcher Kyle Casteel were drafted. After seeing pitchers Dawson Montesa (St. Louis) and Maxx Yehl (Kansas City) get selected within the first 100 picks on Saturday, former teammates Paul Schoenfeld and Ian ...
