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WVU's offensive line is bigger, stronger

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s offensive line in 2025 was one of the many reasons the team went 4-8. The line lacked the size and execution that was required from an offensive line under Rich Rodriguez. It’s hard to run the ball when there’s no push or holes from those men up front. It was very evident in the last game of the season against Texas Tech, who had one of the top defenses in the country. The Red Raiders' defense had four sacks and nine tackles for loss. WVU was shut out and had 180 yards of total offense. Over the course of the season, WVU’s offensive ...

Schoenfeld making an impact for WVU

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By Paul Schoenfeld’s own admission, the moment first hit him last fall. It was the sudden realization that baseball isn’t some universal game where stepping into the batter’s box at one level was the same at another level. “The fall was a really big learning curve for me,” the WVU ...

Mountaineers complete Big 12 sweep of K-State

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MORGANTOWN — Tyrus Hall’s blast landed on the building of the ticket office out in left field, while Gavin Kelly sent another one 425 feet to deep center. For a split second, the shot appeared as if it was going to sail over the blue batter’s eye. Sean Smith followed with a third home run – all of them coming in the eighth inning Sunday — as No. 18 WVU completed a three-game sweep of Kansas State with 13-6 victory inside Kendrick Family Ballpark. “I’ve been struggling at the plate a little bit,” said Hall, whose shot to left field traveled 419 feet. “It was a ...

Area players to participate in North-South All-Star contest

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SOUTH CHARLESTON — Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jerin Westfall and Tucker County’s MaKenna Evans will participate in the North-South Basketball All-Star games next month. Westfall will suit up for the South squad. Pendleton County’s Josh Owens and Petersburg’s Kaleb Kuhn will play for ...

Lady Tigers split with Lady Cougars

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BAKER — Elkins split a pair of games against East Hardy on Saturday. The Lady Tigers took the lidlifter, 16-2, as Maddie Lambert worked all five innings, allowing two unearned runs on six hits and fanning four with no walks. She also helped herself at the plate by collecting three hits ...

Pirates believe they're built differently this year, sweep Reds

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes stood at his locker in a near-silent Pittsburgh clubhouse on Thursday after a four-game home sweep at the hands of St. Louis and offered a prediction when asked if he was confident things wouldn't snowball on a Pirates team still finding its way. "I think we'll be alright," the reigning NL Cy Young winner offered. Less than 72 hours later, the vibes had shifted significantly. Three very different kinds of wins in three days over a division rival trying to have a breakout season of its own will do that. As Big Sean blared from the speakers following a ...