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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. seemed to have a "pinch me" moment as he climbed from his car in victory lane.
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Hunting, fishing and living the outdoor lifestyle are part of our state’s heritage and culture. Many of us hold those traditions surrounding that lifestyle as valuable as a family heirloom that has been passed down through the generations. In fact, I would argue that passing down those tradi… Read more
One of the benefits of writing this column is that readers let me know when they observe unusual, unpredictable natural phenomena. For instance, when a brood of 17-year periodic cicadas emerges, I hear about it on day one. Read more
The little girl was about 6 years old and cute as the proverbial button. Decked out in a pink T-shirt, pink-trimmed ball cap and sparkly sandals, she was blazing away with a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun. Read more
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Martell Pettaway couldn't remember the last time he spent an entire game watching from the sideline, never once getting onto the field after warmups — much less getting a carry. Read more
Scores from around the state: Read more
charmco — Noah Brown rushed for 259 yards and four touchdowns to lead Greenbrier West past Webster County 54-30 in a battle of teams rated No. 10 in Class A. Read more
Oak Hill — A jump ball pass play as time expired kept Wyoming East's early perfect record intact. Read more
Second-half woes have plagued Class AAA co-No. 15 Woodrow Wilson in recent years. Friday night at Van Meter Stadium, it was more of the same for the Flying Eagles when they hosted co-No. 11 Huntington. Read more
Shady Spring's defense has raised eyebrows around the state to start the season. Read more
Antonio Brown’s short but tumultuous tenure with the New England Patriots is officially over. Read more
morgantown — Call it a feeling, if you must, for there is no analytical way to back it up, and in this world where real football has become even more computerized than Madden, everything must be laid out in algorithms that is a rare occurrence. Read more
oak hill — Seven new inductees will be welcomed into the Collins/Oak Hill High School Red Devil Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 21. Read more
Home sweet home. Read more
Options, options and more options. Read more
New River Community and Technical College is looking ahead to basketball season and finalizing plans for the college’s invitational tournament Jan. 2-4, 2020, as thousands of basketball fans converge on Beckley. Read more
At the college level, playing well inside your respective conference is a key to making a postseason run. With that in mind, every team hopes to be riding some positive momentum when conference play rolls around. Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Something wasn't right when redshirt freshman Briason Mays was going through pregame warmups as the third center used by West Virginia this season. Read more
morgantown — Briason Mays was nervous. Read more
Prior to Friday night’s clash on the gridiron, longtime combatants Woodrow Wilson and Huntington met on the pitch Tuesday at Paul Cline Stadium. With both teams on the opposite side of player availability, it was the Highlanders who took control early and closed the match out late for a 4-1 win. Read more
It would be no exaggeration to say Atticus Goodson has exploded onto the scene. Read more
parkersburg — In effort to combat the state’s growing opioid epidemic, the WVSSAC-MVB Bank Opioid Awareness Summit kicks off a three- to five-year Game Changer Initiative today from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown and Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Marshall Universit… Read more
morgantown — Football has so many variations that a coach becomes as much of a sculptor as he is anything else, trying to shape the Xs and Os that he believes in into something that fits the players he has on hand. Read more
Offense gets nearly all the attention, but good teams don't win without defense. Read more
morgantown — It’s only a matter of time before West Virginia’s opponents begin putting up wanted posters in their locker rooms before facing the Mountaineers and their notorious band of outlaws known as “The James Gang.” Read more
This past Friday was a freaky night for sure. Read more
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Martin Truex Jr. clearly had one of the best teams this season as he rolled to four victories before the end of June. Read more
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — In the final round of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier, history was not on the side of Santiago, Chile, native Joaquin Niemann. Read more
morgantown — West Virginia’s 44-27 victory over North Carolina State before 57,052 fans in Milan Puskar Stadium was a game of defining moments and was a fitting climax to a week that became a defining momet to Mountaineer coach Neal Brown. Read more
Well, I didn’t see that one coming. I guess you could say that the response to the first entry of “So What Happened to Deer Hunting” was a tad more than I expected. Now it wasn’t a landslide and we didn’t have to get an extra mail bag (I wish we really had a mail bag!), but there were enough… Read more
On Sept. 5, 1975, CBS aired a documentary entitled “The Guns of Autumn”. It was a controversial anti-hunting program. A few weeks later CBS aired “Echoes of the Guns of Autumn”, a more even-handed follow-up to the subject. As autumn approaches 44 years later, let’s revisit the subject. Read more
People who choose to bow hunt are a different breed of hunters. First of all, the mere fact that they are using a stick and string in pursuit of their intended game species sets them apart. Secondly, they are like secrets in the natural world and hunt and move as undetected as possible. They… Read more
Huntington — The turf was green and the elevation much lower, but the second half was looking otherwise too familiar. Read more
parkersburg — Xadrian Snodgrass had a pair of second-half touchdown runs and Bryson Singer had another big game here Friday night at Stadium Field as host Parkersburg rolled to a 35-6 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory versus Woodrow Wilson. Read more
summersville — Wyoming East head football coach Larry Thompson believed his upstart Warriors could play with Class AA powerhouse Nicholas County. Read more
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — The 2019 edition of A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier has already been one for the record books. Joaquin Niemann is looking to add to the historic week when he tees off today with the final round lead. Read more
Shady Spring and Summers County both entered Saturday's matchup coming off losses. Shady's was a narrow home loss to Nicholas County and Summers' was at home against a tough Greenbrier West team. Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Austin Kendall and Kennedy McKoy made sure that West Virginia didn't repeat a miserable offensive showing from its last game. Read more
CLAY (AP) — West Virginia school officials say a student has died after collapsing on the field during a football game. Read more
hico – The high school football series between Meadow Bridge and Midland Trail has had the vicissitudes of climate change weather. Read more
The last two years have been the opposite for Liberty and PikeView. Read more
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Last fall, Kevin Chappell was at home recuperating from back surgery. On Friday in his first PGA Tour event since surgery, he had the 11th sub-60 round in tour history. Read more
Everything was going so well. Read more
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Matthew McKay has handled himself well since replacing Ryan Finley as North Carolina State's quarterback. Now the sophomore will find out what it's like to start on the road. Read more
MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia will play an exhibition men's basketball game to benefit the victims and families affected by a mass shooting in Dayton, Ohio. Read more
morgantown — Both of their paths to West Virginia have been star-crossed, the two transferred wide receivers Sean Ryan and George Campbell, but each now is in a position to prove himself if Neal Brown and his staff can put together a WVU offense. Read more
September is a transition month, with cooler temperatures in the early mornings that trigger the leaves on the trees to start showing hints of fall colors. Labor Day has come and gone, school is in session, football is back and, yes, another hunting season is here! The 2019 hunting season ki… Read more
White Sulphur Springs — Harold Varner lll came into A Military Tribute at The Greenbrier as anything but a favorite to win. At 50-1, his odds barely cracked the top 20. Read more
Approaching week three of the high school football season, head coaches will rarely entertain talk about the postseason playoffs. Read more
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Tony Gibson's West Virginia homecoming comes with a twist. Read more
morgantown (AP) — Austin Kendall didn’t presume that the vacant starting quarterback job was his upon arriving at West Virginia. Read more
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