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Mountaineers look to upset No. 7 Jayhawks Tuesday

MORGANTOWN — As if Kansas’ homecourt advantage and 7-foot-2 center Hunter Dickinson weren’t sizable enough, the 7th-ranked Jayhawks have developed one more obstacle. It comes in the form of senior guard Zeke Mayo, who spent the days leading into the Christmas break coming into his ...

River City Classic tips off at MC

Belpre forced 31 turnovers and bolted to a 41-15 halftime advantage here Thursday afternoon during the River City Classic at Marietta College’s Ban Johnson Arena en route to posting a 66-34 victory versus Newcomerstown. The now 6-3 Golden Eagles of first-year head coach Austin Cunningham ...

Smooth transition to safety for Jackson

HUNTINGTON — Different position, same result. Huntington High football star Zah Jackson moved from cornerback to safety this season. The senior West Virginia University signee is the 2024 winner of the Carl Lee Award as the state’s premier prep defensive back. Jackson captured the honor, ...

Herbert Hoover’s Hatfield adapted to role of QB

Play at the quarterback position has changed since the namesake of the award given to West Virginia’s top prep quarterback -- Nitro’s J.R. House -- last took the field. Quarterbacks are now becoming more mobile and using their legs perhaps more than ever. House only recorded 243 rushing ...

Randy Moss Award goes to Nitro WR

Malachi Thompson watches a lot of film and studies several of the players who are, like him, wide receivers. The junior pass-catcher at Nitro said he prefers to watch college players like Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith or Alabama’s Ryan Williams. The professional players he watches are DK ...

Step Back: Taking hard look at WVU hoops

MORGANTOWN— With West Virginia’s first non-conference basketball season now nothing but a dusty page in the history books of time, it is time to take a hard look at the team that will return from an unusually long Christmas holiday break to play at Kansas on New Year’s Eve. It could not ...