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W.Va. Academy adding high school basketball teams

MORGANTOWN — By this time next year, there will be one more high school basketball program in Monongalia County. West Virginia Academy, the state’s first charter school, announced this week plans to field boys and girls high school basketball teams for the 2023-24 season. Roy ...

Morgantown Ice Arena project bids rejected; Mylan Park takes the ice

MORGANTOWN -- BOPARC’s Morgantown Ice Arena project as currently presented is off. Mylan Park is getting into the ice business. Those were the two major takeaways from a brief special meeting Wednesday morning during which BOPARC’s Board of Directors voted unanimously to reject the ...

Lost season would have been ‘catastrophic’ for Morgantown hockey

MORGANTOWN — The Morgantown Blades 12-and-under hockey team took the ice at the Morgantown Ice Arena Saturday morning with a chance to move into first place in their division in the PAHL (Pittsburgh Amerature Hockey League).  Taking on first-place Lawrence County (Pa.), the Blades fell ...

Independence RB Judah Price wins Kennedy Award

BECKLEY — Judah Price's first three years in high school were best summarized as "second best." The Independence senior running back finished as the state runner-up as a freshman and junior in the state wrestling tournament, the state runner-up last year in football and was second on the ...

Mondrell Dean wins Huff Award as state’s best defender

Ironton (Ohio) boys basketball coach Chris Barnes pointed to Mondrell Dean as the reason the Fighting Tigers lost 68-61 to Hurricane in high school basketball Wednesday night. "We couldn't stop Dean," Barnes said. "He was the difference." High school football teams in West Virginia know ...

Bridgeport’s Kamar Summers returns from injuries to win Stydahar Award

BRIDGEPORT — This time a year ago, nobody knew for sure if Bridgeport’s Kamar Summers was going to play football again. He had suffered his second major knee injury, a torn ACL on his right knee, late in the regular season. That injury came on the heels of a torn MCL on his left knee ...