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All-MSAC Girls Basketball Team

Local Sports March 20, 2026

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, ...

Ripley falls to Winfield in state quarterfinals

Local Sports March 19, 2026

CHARLESTON -- Winfield sixth man Owen Taylor came off the bench and delivered a game-high 20 points as the fourth-seeded Generals dealt No. 5 Ripley a 46-33 defeat in a Class AAA state quarterfinal late Wednesday night inside the Charleston Coliseum. Ripley, which had split the regular ...

Golf legend Greg Norman to tee it up at GameChanger

Community News March 19, 2026

MORGANTOWN — Look for a Great White Shark sighting in May at the Greenbrier Resort. Greg Norman, the Australian pro golfer known by the above moniker, will deliver keynote remarks there during the annual GameChanger gathering at the five-star resort in White Sulphur Springs. GameChanger is ...

Flanagan Family Tradition: PHS senior wins state title 30 years after her mom did

Local Sports March 19, 2026

PARKERSBURG — While Lauren Flanagan was sinking a pair of free throws to help the Parkersburg Big Reds clinch a state championship Saturday night in Charleston, her mom Sarah was in the stands having a bit of a deja vu moment. Thirty years earlier, Sarah Flanagan — then Sarah Hall — ...

Doddridge, Ritchie, Catholic fall in state quarterfinals

Local Sports March 18, 2026

CHARLESTON — The Wayne Pioneers of head coach Sean Meddings made a big splash here Tuesday inside the Charleston Coliseum during the program's first trip to the state basketball tournament. Sophomore Landon Preece poured in 29 points on 11 of 13 shooting as No. 5 Wayne never trailed ...

West Virginia men set to face Stanford in The Crown

Local Sports March 18, 2026

Ross Hodge became the fifth first-year men’s basketball coach at WVU to lead the Mountaineers to a postseason tournament on Monday. The Mountaineers (18-14) officially accepted an invitation to The College Basketball Crown tournament on Saturday, but learned on Monday they will face ...