HUNTINGTON — Parkersburg South's Jesse Adams became the Mountain State's 28th four-time state champion following the conclusion of Saturday night's 79th annual state wrestling tournament while the Big Reds of Parkersburg had to settle for a solid runner-up finish behind inaugural Division ...
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 ...
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, ...
MORGANTOWN — To be sure, Honor Huff had already fielded about a dozen phone calls from potential coaches once he entered the transfer portal nearly a year ago now. For a young man who had knocked down 240 3-pointers over his last two seasons, including a nation-leading 131 at Chattanooga last season, that’s sort of to be expected. “I asked every coach who called me what do they need to see me do to get better from the first day of camp,” Huff said, after he scored 24 points on Friday to lead West Virginia to a 77-62 victory in the regular-season finale against UCF inside Hope ...
PARKERSBURG — What the darkness failed to do earlier in the evening by trying to put a damper on the Williamstown boys basketball season, Ravenswood nearly accomplished with a miracle type effort in the latter stages of the fourth quarter. On a night where something happened that the ...
HUNTINGTON — The Ripley wrestling program of head coach Matt Smith has a commanding 149.5-103.5 lead against Herbert Hoover in the Division II team race following the completion of Friday night's semifinals and blood rounds at the 79th annual West Virginia State Wrestling Tournament being ...
