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Calhoun County riding high from opener

MT. ZION — Calhoun County's 42-18 victory last week against visiting Gilmer County allowed fourth-year head coach Jeff Goodrich's Red Devils to start 1-0 for the first time since 2019. The Red Devils are celebrating homecoming at 7 p.m. today as Richwood rolls into town with CCHS trying to ...

Rich Rod discusses changes to football calendar

MORGANTOWN — The college football season is officially underway. West Virginia football’s 2026 season is still a few days from starting when it opens against Coastal Carolina on Sept. 5, and so are the rest of the FBS schools, but there were games last weekend in Week 0. A couple of the ...

Mountaineer Pride: Keeping Cook healthy key for West Virginia

Rich Rodriguez’s biggest offseason move this fall for West Virginia was adding Jacksonville State running back Cam Cook. But that’s not how to address him. He’s last year’s nation-leading rusher Cam Cook. Cook carried the ball for 1,659 yards, leading the FBS. Cook knows that’s how ...

Pioneers beat Westminster in Hinkle’s debut

MARIETTA — Antwon Johnson didn’t get the start at quarterback, but the senior from Monaca, Pa., put his best foot forward and found a way to make an impact in Marietta College’s season opener. Johnson, who began the 2025 campaign as the Pioneers’ starting QB before suffering a ...

PHS, South cross country happy with early results

PARKERSBURG — Albeit early in the cross country season, both Parkersburg head coach George Angelos and Parkersburg South head man Brian Blanc are happy with the results following the opening two weeks. PHS senior Morgan Metz, who earned all-state honors each of the past two seasons, has ...

COLUMN: Love of the game

Kansas City starting pitcher Seth Lugo inked a two-year, $46 million dollar contract for 2026-27. Left-hander Connor Thomas is playing under a one-year, pre-arbitration contract with a base salary of $171,011. The Royals teammates were both in on the action Sunday afternoon at Progressive Field in Cleveland. Lugo, who allowed nine hits and as many runs, didn't make it out of the fourth. During what turned out to be a three-run third, Lugo basically didn't bother on a "hustle effort play" to first base which allowed Guardians leadoff man Steven Kwan to reach on an infield single ...