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Mountaineers face challenge in freshman Okorie

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MORGANTOWN — You may have heard this college basketball season was packed with talented freshmen. Between BYU’s A.J. Dybantsa and Kansas’ Darryn Peterson, West Virginia has already scouted and performed against the two projected top picks in the 2026 NBA Draft. Duke’s Cameron Boozer was just four-tenths of a second of leading the Blue Devils to the Final Four and is still the odds-on favorite to be named the national player of the year. Of the top 10 scorers in the nation this season, four of them are freshmen. Stanford guard Ebuka Okorie is the one you don’t ...

Tigers best Huskies in home opener

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ELKINS — Elkins opened the home season with an 8-5 win over North Marion Tuesday in Big 10 Conference play at EHS Field. The Tigers, who played their home games at Robin Harvey Memorial Field last season due to wind damage to the visiting team’s dugout at EHS, used three RBIs from ...

Grand slam helps WVU take series against Arizona State

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Sometimes the difference is just one swing. Sean Smith was that one swing for West Virginia baseball Sunday night in Arizona. After five innings of a pitching master class from Arizona State’s Kole Klecker, he worked his way into a jam, loading the bases with one out. Smith took the plate. With a 2-2 count, Smith took Klecker’s next pitch for a ride to right center. It looked like it’d at least be a gapper, but it lifted over the fence to clear the bases, finally getting WVU on the board, and its first lead 4-1. With the help of Smith’s homer, No. 17 WVU took Game 3, 9-5, and ...

Ferris repeats as captain of Class A all-state team

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Tug Valley point guard Braydun Ferris has had one of the most illustrious careers of anyone to don the silver and black in Naugatuck. Ferris added another accolade to his long list of accomplishments on Tuesday as he was named the captain of the Class A All-State boys basketball team by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. “I’m really blessed to be a two-time all-state captain,” Ferris said. “Not many people even get one all-state selection, and I’ve been the captain twice. So I’m just really blessed for that.” It is the second straight year that Ferris has ...

Pirates avoid sweep, hold off Mets, 4-3

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NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the plate to hold off the New York Mets 4-3 on Sunday for their first victory this season. Henry Davis added a critical RBI single off New York reliever Richard Lovelady (1-1) with two outs in the 10th, and the Pirates got another home run from Brandon Lowe as they salvaged the series finale to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2015. With the Mets trailing 4-2 and two runners aboard in the bottom of the 10th, ...

WVU plans to use more tight ends

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MORGANTOWN — Around this time last year, Rich Rodriguez discussed a couple of positions in his offense and how important their roles are. One of them was tight end. Rodriguez talked about how, other than quarterback, tight end is the hardest position at West Virginia to play and ...