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Zirkle nets 17 as Elkins girls pull away from Preston

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KINGWOOD — Maddy Zirkle scored 13 of her game-high 17 points in the second half as Elkins pulled away for a 50-30 win over Preston Tuesday night in Big 10 Conference action. The Lady Tigers led 20-12 at halftime but outscored the Lady Knights, 30-18, over the final two quarters. Mencia Gomez chipped in 14 points in the win. Camdyn Metheny led Preston with 10 points. Elkins (6-3, 3-1 Big 10) is slated to visit Lewis County this evening for another Big 10 contest. Elkins (50) Maddy Shreve 2 0-0 4, Mencia Gomez 6 1-2 14, Ziah George 2 0-0 4, Emma Gilbert 3 0-0 7, Maddy ...

Cignetti reaches pinnacle of college football

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MORGANTOWN — “Tentacles” Sounds like a title for a horror movie, right? Truth is, there once was one in 1977, an Italian-American horror film about a killer octopus occupying a seaside town, starring a rather strong, all-star cast — Henry Fonda, John Huston, Shelly Winters — for this genre of movie that was little more than a ripoff of the hit movie “Jaws” from a year earlier. In a way it would be the perfect title for the movie that is sure to come out of Indiana’s stunningly rapid climb to the top of the college football world, for seldom has such a national ...

WVU women can’t overlook Arizona State

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia women’s basketball’s bounce-back win over Cincinnati and one-point loss to TCU launched it back into the AP Top 25. The Mountaineers are now ranked No. 22 in the newest AP Poll, marking the second time they’ve been ranked this season. The Mountaineers are off to a hot start in Big 12 play and have just two losses and five wins, making for a 15-4 record overall. The wins should only grow over the next couple of games if WVU takes care of business. After the close loss to the Horned Frogs, the Mountaineers started a stretch of games against ...

WVU cagers visit Arizona State tonight

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MORGANTOWN — The trip will cover around 2,000 miles — give or take — and when the WVU men’s basketball team arrives in Tempe, Ariz. for today’s 9 p.m. matchup against Arizona State, the weather will be about 30 degrees warmer than it is in Morgantown. It’s still up in the air whether that’s good or bad news for the Mountaineers, who are still searching for their first victory of the season away from Hope Coliseum. “What (WVU head coach Ross Hodge) left us with right now, before we kind of all brought it in, he was like, ‘Let’s take it on the road,’ ” WVU ...

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 ...