TENNERTON — Buckhannon-Upshur remained in the mix for a playoff berth with a 62-28 win over East Fairmont in front of the homecoming crowd Friday night at Freal “Red” Crites Memorial Stadium. The win improved the Bucs, 15th in this week’s WVSSAC Class AAAA ratings, to 3-4 on the ...
PARSONS — Cade Rapp rushed for 130 yards and a score to help lead Class A, No. 18 Tucker County to a 20-6 win over Southern (Md.) Friday night in non-conference action at R.H. Armstrong Memorial Field at Class of 1984 Alumni Field. The Mountain Lions (3-4) jumped out to an 8-0 lead in ...
ELKINS — High school soccer postseason play gets underway next week. The Elkins boys will be the third seed in the Class AAA, Region II tournament and will host sixth-seed Lewis County on Tuesday. The victor visits second-seed Robert C. Byrd on Thursday in the six-team region. Bridgeport is the top seed in the region and entertains the winner of Tuesday’s contest between No. 4 Hampshire vs. No. 5 Keyser on Thursday. The regional title game is set for Oct. 28 at the site of the highest remaining seed. In the Class AAAA, South Region tourney, Buckhannon-Upshur is seeded sixth ...
KINGWOOD — Elkins High School’s cross country teams swept both the individual and team Big 10 championships Thursday evening. Individually, Julia Biola and Trevor George raced to first-place finishes. These “Big 10 Harriers of the Year” covered Preston High School’s wet and ...
WHEELING — Tygarts Valley finished fifth in the two-day Class A state golf tournament completed Thursday at Oglebay Park. The Bulldogs carded a team-total 552, 126-over. Wirt County won the title with a 493, +67, with St. Marys (508, +82) placing second, Charleston Catholic (539, +113) third and Gilmer County (543, +117) fourth to round out the top five. Pendleton County (560, +134), Greater Beckley Christian (567, +141) and Summit Christian Academy (577, +151) rounded out the field. Tygarts Valley’s Alijah Row-Sponaugle finished in the top 10 in scoring, shooting a 177, ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia quarterback Michael Hawkins Jr. had a receiver over the middle of the field and took a shot. Hawkins sailed the pass over his head, which would’ve been a walk-in touchdown. It was a hard pass, but one you’d like to make as a quarterback. In a boat race against Arizona, Hawkins was asked to throw the most this season. He threw the ball 28 times, which was five more than in the shootout the previous week in Ames. Hawkins went 11 for 28, resulting in his worst completion percentage of the season. “There were a couple throws that weren’t the most ...
