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West Virginia feeds off crowd energy in first-round victory

MORGANTOWN — No. 4 West Virginia women’s basketball couldn’t play its signature post-win song, “Country Roads,” after it rolled No. 13 Miami (OH), 82-54. Even if WVU’s women’s basketball game was playing in Hope Coliseum. It’s against NCAA tournament rules. WVU couldn’t display its sponsors on the walls, either. That’s also against the rules. There are rules to make it somewhat of a fair playing field. But, sitting down on the floor, not being able to hear the person next to you without yelling, it felt nothing like a fair playing field. That’s the advantage of ...

Gia Cooke felt pain before pleasure with Mountaineers

MORGANTOWN — The only thing longer than Gia Cooke’s list of basketball accomplishments just may be her medical chart. “I’ve been to the hospital a lot,” the WVU guard said Friday, just before the 11th-ranked Mountaineers went out to practice for Saturday’s 5 p.m. game against ...

All-LKC Boys Basketball

2025-26 All-Little Kanawha Conference Boys Basketball Team PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Isaac Hodges, Ritchie County COACH OF THE YEAR: Adam Scott, Buffalo FIRST TEAM Isaac Hodges, Ritchie County (POY) Asher Flannery, Buffalo Braylan Dawson, Wirt County Jaden Solomon, Doddridge County Caleb Atkinson, Williamstown Joel Elliott, Clay County Kolten Holbert, Gilmer County Brady Toler, Braxton County Graham Saas, South Harrison Jerod Trent, Doddridge County Wesley Mallett, Buffalo Cyrus Rickard, Wahama Chase Schoolcraft, Calhoun County Luke Anderson, Parkersburg ...

Not What South Expected: Patriots fall to Washington in state quarterfinal

CHARLESTON — After Parkersburg South’s boys basketball team went one-and-done at the Class AAAA state tournament for the second straight season, coach Mike Fallon feels a heavy weight on his shoulder. Not only does he feel he has let his seniors down, but the Parkersburg South ...

All-MSAC Girls Basketball Team

2025-26 All-Mountain State Athletic Conference Girls Basketball Team PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Jeriyah Pryor, George Washington, JR COACH OF THE YEAR: Jamie LaMaster, George Washington FIRST TEAM Ava Gallion, Huntington, SR LaLa Sloan, Huntington, SR Ray Breckenridge, George Washington, JR Brooklyn Ellis, Spring Valley, SR Frances Guice, Parkersburg, JR Kennedy Porter, Parkersburg, SR Triniti Austin-Russell, St. Albans, JR Lindsey Logston, Parkersburg South, FR Gracie Day, Cabell Midland, JR Sophi Hutchison, Spring Valley, SR SECOND TEAM Ava Ward, Riverside, ...