Accustomed to giving support and encouragement, several local cheerleading squads will seek some reciprocal backing from the crowd this Saturday, Dec. 11.
SPORTS
Marshall isn’t looking at its New Orleans Bowl matchup against Sun Belt Conference champion Louisiana as a measuring stick game for the Thundering Herd, but MU and first-year coach Charles Huff certainly know they will have their hands full against the No. 16 Ragin’ Cajuns inside the Caesars… Read more
When John H. Lilly took the Independence job four years ago, he promised his current group of upperclassmen that if they worked hard and stuck with him he'd take them to Wheeling. Read more
When John H. Lilly took the Independence job four years ago, he promised his current group of upperclassmen that if they worked hard and stuck with him he'd take them to Wheeling. Read more
The prospect of facing the pressure that is Shady Spring basketball is daunting enough. Read more
No. 15 UConn (8-1) vs. West Virginia (7-1) Read more
Coming off a heartbreaking last-minute loss last week at Akron, Marshall was staring down another defeat early in its game Saturday against visiting Duquesne. Read more
WHEELING – Ritchie County’s football team made history this year as it collected its first state title. Read more
There was a time when Brooklynn Morgan saw herself playing basketball at the next level. Read more
SOUTH BEND — After an insane week for the Notre Dame football program that saw the all-time winningest coach in Fighting Irish history depart for the Bayou, Monday was a welcomed return to stability within the Irish Athletics Center. Read more
CHARLESTON (AP) — The Associated Press high school boys preseason basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Read more
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia's late season surge has them going bowling in Phoenix, Arizona, and they won't even need to go to a bowling alley to do it. Read more
The North-South Volleyball Classic was held Sunday at Woodrow Wilson High School. Here are the results: Read more
Marshall will get a peek into its future this bowl season. Read more
MORGANTOWN — It was early in the first half of West Virginia’s 67-51 victory over Radford at the Coliseum, a game that will be remembered far more for the return of former Mountaineer point guard Darris Nichols as head coach of the Highlanders than for anything that took place on the floor. Read more
Independence coach John H. Lilly was succinct about his preparations for the Patriots Class AA championship game with Fairmont Senior Friday night at Wheeling Island Stadium. Read more
The ultimate goal is much higher, but the weekend went according to plan for Woodrow Wilson. Read more
I glanced over at Ronnie Snedegar, and we gave each other a look. Read more
For those of you not aware, West Virginia now holds the newest national park in the country. It is, in fact, the 63rd national park, according to our WVTourism office’s website about the park — Welcome to America’s 63rd national park — the New River Gorge National Park & Preserve. Home t… Read more
When Sonny Harrah of Shady Spring signed up for wrestling at age 7, he went to the first practice expecting to see a ring and turnbuckles like the WWE matches had on television. He was a little disappointed at the onset, but eventually fell in love with the folkstyle of youth and high school… Read more
A day of firsts kept Concord from attaining the one it was looking for. Read more
The ultimate goal is much higher, but Friday went according to plan for Woodrow Wilson. Read more
WHEELING – Independence coach John H. Lilly felt that the Patriots had answers for Fairmont’s strikes in the Class AA state championship game Friday at Wheeling Island Stadium. Read more
Friday's high school girls basketball results: Read more
WHEELING – Fairmont Senior’s regular season schedule was a veritable who’s who of playoff teams. Read more
Mistakes doomed the Marshall men’s basketball team down the stretch Wednesday at Akron, but those mistakes were not exclusive to the end of the game. Read more
Any time you get a chance to participate In the Super Six, it’s a special thing, whether you are a perennial like Martinsburg or Fairmont, or a newbie like Independence or Ritchie County. Read more
Radford (4-4) vs. West Virginia (6-1) Read more
The season doesn’t officially start until next week, but there will be plenty of state boys basketball talent in Raleigh County this weekend. Read more
Marshall came up short in its bid for a Conference USA East Division title and a spot in the league championship game with last week’s loss at home to Western Kentucky, so now the Thundering Herd’s attention turns to a bowl game. Read more
Home field advantage remains with the Concord University women’s soccer team, even in the Round of 16 of the NCAA Division II national tournament. Read more
IRVING, Texas (AP) — Major League Baseball plunged into its first work stoppage in a quarter-century when the sport’s collective bargaining agreement expired Wednesday night and owners immediately locked out players in a move that threatens spring training and opening day. Read more
The way John Lilly sees it, Fairmont Senior, his opponent in Friday’s Class AA state championship game at Wheeling Island Stadium, is one of the main reasons the Patriots are playing for their first championship. Read more
You get the feeling that Independence’s offensive line would have no problem making Atticus Goodson an honorary lineman. Read more
Cole Blankenship is back where he always wanted to be. Read more
When Alanis Hill arrived on the WVU Tech campus in the spring 2021 semester, it was too late for her to suit up for the Golden Bears. Read more
NEW RICHMOND — For the longest time Tuesday in defending state champion Wyoming East’s 53-41 victory over Shady Spring, it looked like the same old story with a different cast. Read more
Brian Kelly is bolting Notre Dame to take over the football program at LSU. Read more
CHARLESTON (AP) — The Associated Press high school girls basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: Read more
Tim Epling has been happy with the progress and the accomplishments of the Upper Deck Middle School Baseball League since he founded it in 2010. Read more
Bellarmine (2-5) vs. West Virginia (5-1) Read more
The WVU Tech men’s and women’s basketball teams will return to Beckley Tuesday evening, each headed in different directions. Read more
Maybe you have heard; it's been in all the papers. Deer season, meaning the rifle season for buck deer, is in full swing in much of the country. Now if you are like many readers looking at this crazy column having a second cup of coffee or slurping your Cheerios, deer season being a current … Read more
Anyone who knows me personally or reads me professionally knows that I am nuts over wild turkeys. I hunt them all over the country every spring and, in fact, I have started to do so again in the fall. Read more
Southern West Virginia has always been blessed with good high school heavyweight wrestlers. You can go all the way back to West Virginia’s first wrestling state tournament in 1948 when Beckley’s Zernie Wickline won the initial heavyweight title. Donnie Ray won the Class AA-A heavyweight titl… Read more
CHARLESTON — One thing Class AAA volleyball in the Mountain State rarely lacks is talent. Read more
As Independence rolled up convincing win after convincing win this season, you got the feeling that it wasn’t all that convincing to many fans of the high school game. Read more
Noah Adams has an impressive resumé, one of the most decorated athletes to come out of Independence, but even the All-American, national champion wrestler just shook his head. Read more
It is not the first time that Independence’s Cyrus Goodson came up big on a big stage. It probably won’t be the last. Read more
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — West Virginia has gone through a rollercoaster of a season that includes soaring wins over Virginia Tech and Iowa State and crushing losses to Maryland and Texas Tech, and it all leaves the Mountaineers with everything on the line Saturday. Read more
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