MYERS: Winning ugly will suffice

November 27, 2023

There was a point late Saturday night that WVU fans were scratching their heads wondering if they were watching the same game. In the first half, the West Virginia offense was unstoppable, with 365 total yards, 17 first downs, and scoring on five consecutive possessions. Unfortunately, as the Mountaineers often find a way to do, the game was still competitive as WVU gave up not one, but two kickoff returns for touchdowns limiting the halftime lead to just 27-14. But with the offense on a roll surely the second half would be more of the same. Only it wasn’t. Suddenly the ...

MYERS: RB White opens eyes at WVU

November 6, 2023

Freshman running back Jaheem White opened eyes on Saturday with a breakout performance helping lead West Virginia to a comfortable 37-7 thrashing of BYU. White gained 146 yards on just 16 carries and showed lightning speed. CJ Donaldson also looked more like his old self and had a 100-yard day with two touchdowns. They gave the offense a thunder and lightning look and led the Mountaineers to their most productive game of the 2023 season. Although Garrett Greene did miss some open looks, the WVU receivers stepped up and made some outstanding contested catches. As head coach Neal Brown ...

PATRICK: The Wildcat Way

October 17, 2023

WATERFORD – As long as Colten Jones’ words hold water, no surprise what his younger brother is bringing to the table as a freshman at Waterford High School football. “We come out and we play ball – hard-hitting kids, the way we were raised,” Colten Jones said following the Wildcats’ gut-wrenching 14-8 win over Trimble last Friday night in Waterford. “No matter what sport, we are there to compete and win.” Trailing 6-0 in the second quarter, Jones scored the first Wildcat touchdown on a 24-yard pass reception which initially tipped off his fingers. The junior had the ...

MYERS: Miracle TD burns WVU

October 16, 2023

It was an unbelievable double miracle game. Unfortunately it had a wrong ending. West Virginia was down three points facing fourth-and-10 from midfield with no timeouts and only seconds remaining. The only reasonable hope was to be able complete a pass for a first down and kick a long field goal to take the game to overtime. But quarterback Garrett Greene hit Hudson Clement in stride, who then outraced the Houston secondary for a touchdown with just 12 seconds remaining. It was a miraculous play that would have completed an amazing comeback and catapulted the Mountaineers to a 5-1 ...

MYERS: WVU coming off bye

October 9, 2023

The West Virginia Mountaineers have achieved a better than expected 4-1 record entering last weekend’s bye on the schedule. Three of those wins over Pitt, Texas Tech and TCU were achieved with solid defense and special teams play. But most of all, these games have been decided by making winning plays in the final minutes—-stopping Texas Tech on four pass plays from the 11-yard line and blocking two late TCU field goal attempts. In recent seasons these were the kind of plays that WVU often did not make, leaving fans with an empty feeling that a potential win had slipped away. ...

BENNETT: Wirt Hall of Fame finalized

September 2, 2023

Last weekend at Mingo Bottom Golf Club the finishing touches on the inaugural class for the Wirt County Sports Hall of Fame finally came to fruition. Joey Vincent, the president of the committee and a fellow 1993 Wirt County graduate like myself, deserves a lot of the credit for spearheading this endeavor. “You know what, it takes a village. It takes a village,” admitted Vincent, who responded “it’s been good” when asked how the reception has been since he made the announcement a few days ago. “We had committed individuals come together and arrived at a list, that was ...