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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 ...

Mountaineers add Villanova LB

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s defense needed some depth and experience during this cycle, but at first, the Mountaineers focused on offense. As the portal closed and the additions started to wind down, Rich Rodriguez and staff have loaded up on defense. Villanova linebacker Jason Hall has reportedly committed to the Mountaineers, according to multiple sources. This is WVU’s fifth defensive commit since Friday and the first linebacker out of that bunch. Hall started his college career at Villanova in 2023, and he played in four games that season, but he didn’t record a ...

Mountaineers beat Buffaloes to stay perfect at home

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s Treysen Eaglestaff had another big night to keep West Virginia men’s basketball in front, beating Colorado to remain perfect at home. It wasn’t easy for the Mountaineers, and they needed a big performance from Eaglestaff to beat the Buffaloes 72-61, ...