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South golf team earns state tournament berth

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CHARLESTON — Hurricane, George Washington, Cabell Midland and Parkersburg South earned their way to Wheeling on Tuesday by finishing as the top four teams in the Class AAAA South Region golf tournament at Berry Hills Country Club. Under coach Sam O’Dell, Hurricane figured to be one of the teams that took one of the region’s spots for the state tournament Oct. 12-13 at Wheeling’s Oglebay Resort. Hurricane backed that up by finishing first in the team standings with a score of 216, compiled by its top three finishers across 18 holes. “I feel like this is one of our best team ...

Williamstown girls win big over Tyler on senior night

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WILLIAMSTOWN – Lakyn Harshbarger stepped away from competitive soccer for nearly a decade. Deep into her first year back, the senior was able to savor joining the Yellowjacket scoring list for the first time this season in Tuesday’s 11-1 win over Tyler Consolidated. “All the cheering ...

Prep Football Ratings

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WVSSAC Football Ratings CLASS AAAA T1. George Washington (5-0) 16.80 T1. Morgantown (5-0) 16.80 3. University (6-0) 15.33 4. Martinsburg (5-0) 14.80 5. Huntington (4-1) 13.90 6. Cabell Midland (4-1) 12.70 7. Parkersburg (3-3) 10.60 8. Spring Mills (3-3) 10.27 9. Woodrow Wilson (3-3) 9.23 10. Wheeling Park (2-4) 8.32 T11. Musselman (1-4) 7.80 T11. Jefferson (1-4) 7.80 13. Preston (2-4) 7.03 14. Riverside (2-4) 6.65 15. Washington (1-4) 6.00 16. Buckhannon-Upshur (1-4) 5.46 17. Hurricane (1-4) 5.40 18. Parkersburg South (0-5) 4.02 19. Hedgesville ...

Strikes And Spares

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STRIKES AND SPARES EMERSON LANES BIO-MET: 8/23: Billy Dye 227,234,262,723. Zack Jumper 225,238,222,685. Nick Lambert 266,193,222,681. Adam Sprouse 233,248,661. Jason Mincks 257,215,643. Matt Cooke 198,209,209,616. Shawn Brand 243,221,610. Travis Bui 196,222,606. Ferrin Thomas 236,203. Kenny Alkire 213. Jake Alkire 212. Mike Talbott 210. Don Sams 208. Roger Taylor 206,201. Kelly VanHorn 205Jeff Johnson 203. Matt Cooke Jr 203. Chuck Graham 203,200. Mike Brand 201. Matt Ward 201. Chesley Wilson 200. 8/30: Billy Dye 235,209,206,670. Zack Jumper 215,233,213,661. Jason Mincks ...

MHS doubles team advances to state tennis tourney

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ATHENS, Ohio — Jaida Perez and Theda Tofoute are heading to the state tennis tournament. The Tiger duo captured the Southeast District Tennis Tournament doubles championship over the week and will compete on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Cincinnati for the state tourney. Perez and Tofoute are ...

Alley losing sleep, wants WVU defense to improve

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West Virginia football has its weekly press conferences on Tuesday around noon. Rich Rodriguez goes first for around 20 minutes, followed by defensive coordinator Zac Alley, and then select players. Usually, everyone looks forward to hearing what Rodriguez has to say, but for the second straight week, all eyes and ears were on Alley. Alley walked to the stage with his hat on, shading his eyes. He usually keeps his facial hair well-groomed, but you could tell it wasn’t tended to. It’s been a rough two weeks. “It’s hard to sleep currently,” Alley said. “I’m not doing a ...