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Taylor moves back to corner for WVU football

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MORGANTOWN — Nick Taylor played 11 games for West Virginia football as a sophomore. Taylor came over after playing corner for Appalachian State as a true freshman, logging 147 snaps. Taylor had a productive 11 games in his first season for the Mountaineers, but he played safety, changing positions. He had 20 tackles on the season, including 11 unassisted tackles and an interception, which was his first of his career. “It was amazing,” Taylor said. “One of my childhood dreams to be on a big stage and get a pick. Hopefully, get some more this year.” This year, Taylor is moving ...

No. 22 WVU women’s soccer beats No. 23 Penn State

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia women’s soccer's last win against Penn State was in 2017. It’s not like the Mountaineers haven’t had talented teams. WVU’s been to the NCAA tournament multiple times since then, just never had a team to beat the rival Nittany Lions. But after nine years ...

2026 Season Prediction

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MORGANTOWN — In just two weeks, West Virginia football kicks off against Coastal Carolina at noon for the first game of the 2026 season. The second year of Rich Rodriguez starts very soon. Year 1 left a lot to be desired. The Mountaineers finished 4-8, with a lot of surprising wins and losses. You could’ve penciled in a win against Ohio in Week 2, which you would’ve been wrong about, and a loss on the road against ranked Houston. You would’ve been wrong there, too. It was hard to predict the team last year, but what wasn’t hard to predict was that the team wasn’t going to ...

Flanagan selected for Randolph sports Hall of Fame

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Editor's Note: The 2026 Randolph County Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 29 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. In the rich history of Elkins High ...

D&E, Charleston picked as divisional favorites in MEC Poll

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FAIRMONT - Davis & Elkins College and the University of Charleston were selected as the north and south division favorites in the 2026 Mountain East Conference Men’s Soccer Preseason Poll, the league announced on Thursday.  Davis & Elkins was chosen as the north division favorite, receiving five first place votes while Charleston leads the south division, with six first place votes. The poll was decided on by the league's 10 head coaches.  Davis & Elkins finished the 2025 season with an overall record of 8-7-4, with a mark of 7-5-4 in conference play. The Senators fell to south ...

Rosencrance to be inducted into Randolph Sports HOF

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Editor's Note: The 2026 Randolph County Sports Hall of Fame Induction ceremony will be held on Saturday, August 29 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. Today's inductee is 2018 Elkins ...