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James Monroe’s Ava Pitzer captains double-A all-state volleyball

CHARLESTON - For the third time in as many seasons it was Oak Glen and Philip Barbour battling it out for statewide bragging rights in Class AA. However, James Monroe senior Ava Pitzer, whose Mavericks fell in the semifinals to the eventual champion Golden Bears, was honored as captain of the ...

Treysen Eaglestaff believes Mountaineers will become ‘scary team’

MORGANTOWN — The prediction from WVU guard Treysen Eaglestaff is that it will all soon begin to click. Not just for himself, but for the entire WVU men’s basketball team. When it does: “One day, we’re going to be a very scary team at West Virginia,” he said. That was not the case ...

WVU loses another starter to injury for season finale

It wouldn’t be a week of the West Virginia football season without a season-ending injury. Now, with this being the final week of the year, any injury that keeps a player out for Texas Tech would be season-ending. Rich Rodriguez announced Monday night on his radio show that his thin running ...

Wirt’s Stephens repeats as all-state captain

CHARLESTON - The Wirt County volleyball program stood atop the Class A field and earned the Tigers’ 14th overall state crown in school history. A large part of that success came from the all-around play of senior Addie Stephens, who for the second straight year was selected captain of the ...

WVU sold on Cooke’s progression

MORGANTOWN — The emergence of guard Gia Cooke continued Monday. The Houston transfer, who actually began her career at Maryland, was not a starter for the West Virginia women’s basketball team to start the season. Ever since, Cooke has continued to develop into one of the Mountaineers’ ...

Xavier pulls away from WVU at Charleston Classic

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia’s defensive reputation took a second consecutive beating Sunday, at the Charleston (S.C.) Classic. This time it was from downtown, as Xavier tied its season high with 16 3-pointers in a 78-68 victory against the Mountaineers inside TD Arena. “We allowed them ...