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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 ...

Mountaineer Pride: Breaking down WVU’s 2026 expectations

The 2025 season had highs and lows, but looking at it as a whole, it was a lot of lows. A 4-8 record with just two Big 12 wins wasn’t on the fans' bingo card when Rich Rodriguez was hired in the winter of 2024. Fans remembered the glory days for the Mountaineers led by West Virginia’s ...

Mountaineer Pride: WVU goes into second straight season with a QB battle

It’s almost like deja vu. This time last year, the media, fans and even Rich Rodriguez were trying to figure out who West Virginia’s quarterback was going to be. In 2026, after a 4-8 season, the question of who the Mountaineers quarterback is going to be still looms into fall camp. Last ...

Mountaineer Pride: Going against grain paid off Latimer brothers

It was December 2, 2025. The next day was early National Signing Day for high school seniors looking to play college football. Running back Amari Latimer, a 4-star out of Fairburn, Georgia, had a big decision to make. He was the 21st-ranked running back in the entire class, and many teams and fans were anxiously waiting. Latimer had been committed to Wisconsin since June of that year. But he wasn’t certain about the Badgers. Latimer felt pressure to play for the Badgers because that’s where his brother, Geimere Latimer Jr., was. It seemed like the easy choice, but not for ...

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 ...

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 ...