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No. 6 Tucker uses big second half to get past Bulldogs

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MILL CREEK — A big second half propelled Class A, No. 6 Tucker County to a 58-51 win over Tygarts Valley Tuesday night in a battle of regional foes at Weber-Wamsley Court. Sam Marks fired in 20 points for the Mountain Lions, who erased a 27-22 halftime deficit by outscoring the Bulldogs, 17-12 in the third and 19-12 in the fourth. Mikey Mitchell and Cayden Arnold added 11 apiece. Parker Bell drilled five treys in finishing with 27 points for Tygarts Valley. Jacob Wamsley chipped in 18. Tucker County (8-5) returns to action Friday in the Magnolia Tournament. The Bulldogs ...

Mountain Lions rally for victory over Tigers

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HAMBLETON —Class A, No. 6 Tucker County rallied in the fourth quarter to hand Elkins a 47-43 setback on Monday night. The Tigers held a 36-27 lead heading into the final frame, before being outscored, 20-7 in the fourth by the Mountain Lions as Carson Dearborn scored all six of his points on the night in the period, hitting 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. Isaiah Nutter bucketed 16 points and Landon Shreve added 14 to lead Elkins, which jumped out to a 16-7 lead after one quarter and carried a 28-14 advantage into halftime. Mikey Mitchell and Sam Marks had 11 points apiece for ...

Tygarts Valley girls best Webster County to improve to 8-2

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UPPER GLADE — The Tygarts Valley girls picked up a 59-39 win over Webster County on Tuesday night. Sarah Defibaugh fired in 24 points and Kailen Yokum added 10 for the Lady Bulldogs, who are now 8-2 on the season and have won six straight. They led 17-1 after one quarter and took a 26-9 lead into the intermission. Maddie Williams led the Lady Highlanders with 19 points on the night. Elizabeth Case added nine. Tygarts Valley returns to action Thursday at Pocahontas County in a key regional matchup. On Saturday, the Lady Bulldogs picked up a 55-40 win at Paw Paw. Defibaugh ...

Rodriguez reloads the trenches to restore WVU’s ‘hard edge’

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MORGANTOWN — The hard edge is the foundation on which Rich Rodriguez wants to build his second stint as coach at West Virginia. Over the course of the season, it was talked about ad nauseam, and the basis of it was moving bodies, being physical, and most importantly, not loafing. There were cases where the Mountaineers showed a hard edge. The comeback win in the Backyard Brawl, where Tye Edwards plowed his way into the endzone with the extra lineman package. There was also the end of the Houston game, where WVU marched down the field to run out the clock. But, most of the time, ...

Arizona fullback transfers to play for Mountaineers

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MORGANTOWN — The fullback is back at West Virginia. Arizona fullback Kayden Luke announced on social media that he’s changing Big 12 teams, transferring to the Mountaineers. Luke will be the first fullback listed on WVU’s roster. There have been multiple great fullbacks in the long history of the Mountaineers, but they have slowly been phased out in modern-day football, especially in college. However, Rodriguez and staff talked about bringing it back in 2026. “It was funny, when I first got here, the meeting rooms out there are labeled,” tight end coach Michael Nysewander ...

WVU women escape with 84-76 victory at Cincinnati

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s women’s basketball team owned the paint at the Fifth Third Arena in Cincinnati Sunday yet they painted anything but a masterpiece as they escaped with a 84-76 victory over the Bearcats. The Mountaineers were on cruise control with 5:25 left in the third quarter as they held a 26-point lead in a game that coach Mark Kellogg had sort of designated as a gut check after that brutal loss to TCU on a last second buzzer beater when last seen, but instead of finishing it off as thing of art as, say, Grandma Moses would have done, they played like Grandma ...