CHARLESTON — Nathan Swaniger’s bid for a state championship in the 100 meters came up shy by one-hundredth of a second. In a stride-for-stride Class A final, Clay-Battelle’s senior sprinter held […]
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PHOTO GALLERY: Morgantown University, Preston, Trinity, Clay-Battelle compete at state track meet
By Michael Switzer
Morgantown’s Quintin Smith bringing pop to leadoff spot
MORGANTOWN — Quintin Smith lives by the phrase, “If you look good, you play good.” After helping the Mohawks hockey team claim the West Virginia state championship in February, Smith […]
Clay-Battelle goes 1-2 in state 100m hurdles with Carreon, Ammons
CHARLESTON — Clay-Battelle senior Hailey Carreon, not satisfied with being a state runner-up last year in the 100 meter hurdles, won the crown Saturday. “It’s a long-time coming. I really wanted […]
Morgantown girls’ 4×800 relay team wins state title
CHARLESTON — For a good portion of the state Class AAA girls’ 4×800 meter relay, it looked as if University High had it in the bag. The Hawks extended the […]
Clay-Battelle headed to first state tournament with 6-5 win over Moorefield
BLACKSVILLE — Camren Watson never expected to be the one to drive in the game-winning run to help the Clay-Battelle softball team advance to the first state tournament in program […]
Darius Hill leading West Virginia’s baseball program to new heights
MORGANTOWN — Alek Manoah is the name that’s brought West Virginia baseball to perhaps its highest level of national prominence in program history this season. He’s a certain first-round draft […]
Column: Girls lacrosse players seek rules to resemble boys game
MORGANTOWN — “Just let ‘em play!” It wasn’t all that long ago — 1971, to be exact — that women’s and girls’ basketball rules were much different from the game […]
Missed opportunities cost Morgantown vs. Wheeling Park as Mohigans are eliminated
By Greg Carey WHEELING — When Wheeling Park defeated Morgantown in Game 1 of the Class AAA Region I series Tuesday, it did so in large part because of a […]
Alek Manoah breaks WVU single-season strikeout record in romp over GW
GRANVILLE, W.Va. — As senior weekend kicked off for the West Virginia baseball team, catcher Ivan Gonzalez turned reflective. Not only for his classmates, but also for junior Alek Manoah, who […]
