ELKINS — Elkins celebrated Senior Night with a 7-3 win over Preston Tuesday in Big 10 Conference action at EHS Field. Brady Biller allowed three runs on just two hits in going 5 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked four. Dyer Barger finished in relief, allowing two hits, fanning ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football has made its first major splash for the class of 2027, prying a regional talent away from some neighboring schools. Four-star athlete Carter Bonner announced on 247Sports that he’s committed to the Mountaineers to play college football. He picked WVU over Maryland, Oregon State, Tennessee and Virginia Tech, and is the first consensus 4-star for WVU’s 2027 class. The Mountaineers landed Bonner because they kept in touch throughout the whole process. “Coach Rich Rod, he’s a legend. The conversations we had, he talked about my ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have left the door wide open for Aaron Rodgers to return. Still, the club gave itself a little bit of protection in case he does not. Pittsburgh placed the unrestricted free-agent tender on the four-time MVP on Monday, meaning the Steelers would be entitled to a compensatory draft pick if Rodgers doesn’t sign with them and instead lands elsewhere during the 2026 season. General manager Omar Khan and first-year head coach Mike McCarthy remain very optimistic that the 42-year-old will be back after leading them to an AFC North title ...
MORGANTOWN — Former West Virginia baseball player and current St. Louis Cardinals rookie J.J. Wetherholt played in his first MLB game locally against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday night. Head coach Steve Sabins and some of the coaching staff made the trip up to PNC Park to watch the former Mountaineer. Wetherholt didn’t disappoint and hit a home run in the top of the ninth inning to tie the game, leaving it to his teammates to win it. Sabins watched on in excitement. The excitement from Wetherholt put a quick mask on the recent struggles of the current WVU team. The ...
TENNERTON — Buckhannon-Upshur’s Jason Westfall has been selected as one of the coaches for the North-South Basketball All-Star game to be held June 19 at the South Charleston Community Center. Westfall and Tug Valley’s Garland Thompson will guide the South boys. Westfall has ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football went this year’s NFL Draft without a player from the 2025 team selected by a team in the league. There were former players selected, like Akheem Mesidor, who was picked in the first round by the Los Angeles Chargers. The Mountaineers ended their streak of having players drafted, but they weren’t the only Power Four team to not have a player selected in one of the seven rounds. WVU was one of 10 schools, which included Colorado and Oklahoma State from the Big 12, and local schools Virginia and Virginia Tech, to not have a draft pick. But ...
