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Title Town: WVU captures Big 12 Conference Tournament championship

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — As the buzzer sounded on the Big 12 Tournament championship game, Jordan Harrison ran and leaped into the waiting arms of her West Virginia teammates, who squeezed her so hard it looked as if it hurt. It was just about the only time anyone corralled Harrison on Sunday. The senior guard scored 20 points while wreaking havoc on defense, and Sydney Shaw added 17 points of her own, helping the No. 15 Mountaineers avenge a pair of regular-season losses to No. 10 TCU with a 62-53 victory in the title game. “Just seeing the ball going through the hole is all I ...

South's Justice Anthony becomes 4-time state champ

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HUNTINGTON - In what was the final West Virginia girls state invitational held Saturday night inside the Marshall Health Network Arena, the Parkersburg South wrestling program watched senior Justice Anthony complete a run for the ages as the Patriots finished third overall as a team with ...

State wrestling: Ripley captures Division II crown

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HUNTINGTON — Ripley senior heavyweight Carter Neal accounted for the final points in the team race here Saturday night during the 79th annual West Virginia State Wrestling Tournament as the Vikings finished with 191.5 to outdistance runner-up Williamstown's 131.5, which allowed head coach ...

Glenville State advance to MEC Tournament final

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WHEELING — Top-seeded Glenville State uncharacteristically chose not to attend its morning shootaround prior to its semifinal showdown with fifth-seeded Fairmont State here Saturday afternoon in the annual Mountain East Conference Women’s Basketball Tournament at WesBanco Arena. The decision, however, proved to be the right one. The Pioneers came out on fire connecting on seven of their first 10 shots, including their first four 3-point field goal attempts as they raced to an early 10-point lead and eventually an 83-74 victory over the Falcons. “That’s not like us is it to ...

West Virginia women advance to Big 12 tournament championship game

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia fell into the madness that comes with March on Saturday with its own style of late-game heroics. It was not the typical buzzer-beater that generally pops up this time of year. Instead, the 15th-ranked and second-seeded Mountaineers advanced to their first Big 12 tournament championship game since 2021 with a clutch steal from senior point guard Jordan Harrison. WVU’s 5-foot-9 speedster snuck up from behind and stole the ball from Colorado’s 6-3 forward Jade Masogayo, as the final seconds ticked off the clock inside the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, ...