HAMBLETON - In their 2026 home opener, the Tucker County Mountain Lions fell to the visiting Pocahontas County Warriors, 31-16, at R.H. Armstrong Memorial Stadium on Friday evening. Pocahontas County scored a quick touchdown to jump out to a 7-0 lead early in the game. Tucker County ...
PHILIPPI — The Philip Barbour Colts opened their season with a 30-29 victory over the Grafton Bearcats in the last play of the game on the leg of sophomore kicker Ayden Thorne. Thorne made the 20-yard field goal with four seconds left on the clock. The Colts were led by running back Landyn Carpenter and quarterback Robbie Jones. Grafton won the toss and elected to defer until the second half. The Colt's first drive stalled in Grafton territory and the Colts turned the ball over on downs at 9:41 in the first quarter. In their first drive, Grafton went three and out and was forced to ...
MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez couldn't keep West Virginia football's starting quarterback a secret forever. The Mountaineers are expected to name Oklahoma transfer redshirt sophomore Michael Hawkins Jr. its starting quarterback, per On3's Pete Nakos. Hawkins beat out sophomore Scotty Fox Jr. for the starting spot. Rodriguez was mum with local media regarding who the starting quarterback would be between the two. When asked recently about the starter, Rodriguez joked no one will know until the Mountaineers march out for the first drive against Coastal Carolina, similar to last year's ...
Editor's Note: The 2026 Randolph County Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be Saturday at the Gandy Dancer Theater. The Inter-Mountain will be running profiles and photos of this year's class in the days leading up to the ceremony. The 1970-1971 Tygarts Valley Bulldogs delivered one of ...
ELKINS — The Elkins High School golf team earned top honors in a tri-match held Wednesday at the Elks Golf Course. The Tigers finished the match with a 151, ahead of visiting teams Moorefield (176) and Lincoln. Kendrick Smith led the way for Elkins and finished atop the leaderboard with a ...
ELKINS - The wait is finally over and the start of the 2026 high school football season officially gets underway for area teams tonight with a handful of games slated for 7 p.m. kickoffs. Two local squads, Elkins and Philip Barbour, are both coming off strong campaigns from a year ago. Both ...
