Miscues lead to WVU loss

October 9, 2017

The West Virginia Mountaineers incurred their second loss of the season to a good team by an identical 31-24 score. And similar to their season opening loss to Virginia Tech, key special teams miscues led to their downfall at TCU Saturday. With the WVU defense playing well a fumble was lost on a punt return when a Mountaineer player blocked a defender into the returner. The Horned Frogs took advantage of the short field to take a 7-3 lead, and West Virginia was climbing uphill the rest of the afternoon. A miss of a makeable field goal in the second quarter also hurt the cause. Later an ...

My week (almost) without sports

October 10, 2017

Going back as far as I can recall, sports has always been a huge part of my life. Every day has consisted of some interaction with the topic I love maybe too much. Whether watching, playing (recreationally of course), discussing, writing, or covering some event, sports was always on the forefront of my mind. Seven years ago, a special person entered my life as an immediate rival for my affection of the activities I've constructed my career around the past four years. My now-wife overtook anything remotely close to her Sept. 30, when tears streamed down my face as I married her at ...

WVU gets to catch a breather

October 2, 2017

With the Big 12 Conference having a championship game for the first time since West Virginia joined the league the regular season must be concluded by the end of November. The effect on conference teams is that instead of two bye weeks there is only one in 2017. That may not seem to be significant, but when injuries accumulate those weeks off can be important. That was certainly the case for the Mountaineers this past week, as three defensive starters Jacob Long, Ka’Raun White and Toyous Avery would likely have not been able to play if there had been a game this previous weekend. ...

Mountaineer defense slipped up vs. Kansas

September 25, 2017

After a slow start Saturday the West Virginia offense scored on four consecutive long drives to build what appeared to be an insurmountable 28-3 lead late in the second quarter. Everything looked easy as expected against a weak Kansas squad, and Mountaineer fans put up their feet to relax and enjoy the rest of the afternoon. But then our serenity was rudely interrupted. Apparently some of the Mountaineers on the field thought the game was already over as well and were thinking of the flight home. The Jayhawks began shredding the West Virginia defense up and down the field, while the WVU ...

Who are the best pitchers?

September 24, 2017

Major League Baseball enthusiasts know we are among the final games of the season this upcoming week. There are a few division titles and wild cards left to be decided, but we have a good blueprint at most of the teams qualifying for the postseason. Wrapping up another year of baseball also means award season (and plenty of debate) quickly approaches as the 2017 World Series champion is roughly a month-and-a-half away from being crowned. Each award outside of the Rookie of the Year is fairly competitive, but I am focusing on who takes the cake as the best hurler in each league ...

Heading into fall

September 21, 2017

It’s hard to believe summer is almost over and October is right around the corner. Football Friday night this week marks the beginning of fall, which means golf season is quickly winding down. In fact, all of our Mid-Ohio Valley golf programs will be in action on Monday with hopes of advancing to the state tournament. Greenhills Country Club is the only area course playing host to a tournament — the Class A, Region IV meet. Ravenswood, which has been led all summer by Alex Easthom, Carson Fox and Ciah Kennedy, is hoping to be one of the top two teams in order to secure its ...