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Season winds down for Morgantown semi-pro team

MORGANTOWN -- University, Morgantown, Preston and Clay-Battelle are about four weeks from the start of their summer football camps as the regular season quickly approaches. The same can be said for the WVU football team, which is eight weeks from its season-opener, in Charlotte, N.C., against ...

Greenbrier notebook: Watson disgusted with 2-under 68

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — His 2-under 68 wasn’t exactly the stuff of nightmares, yet Bubba Watson left the July 5 opening round of the Greenbrier chastising himself for poor shotmaking. “I feel miserable. It was a terrible round of golf,” he said. “No confidence off the tee. Didn’t ...

Simpson takes a 1-shot lead after first round at Greenbrier

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, — A chip-in for eagle and seven birdies gave Webb Simpson a career-low 61 July 5. A timely weather delay and one fortuitously located golf cart also helped make him the Greenbrier’s first-round leader. “You never shoot 9 under thinking before the round, ‘Today ...

College golf standout Xiong making Tour debut at Greenbrier

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS — By the time Norman Xiong skies his first professional tee shot at 8:40 a.m. July 5, he’ll be swinging into the stiff breeze of grand expectations. The NCAA’s top freshman in 2017 who won the Haskins Award this year, Xiong is a 19-year-old wunderkind making his ...

Despite lightning, Post 2 continues to roll with win over Bridgeport

When a team has a winning percentage over .800, it can seem like only an act of God can stop them, and that’s exactly what it took last night. Coming into their match-up with Bridgeport at Mylan Park last night, the Morgantown Post 2 American Legion baseball team has been the Big Kahuna so ...

Ex-Marshall golfer survives playoff in Greenbrier qualifier

GLADE SPRINGS — Wedged into a four-man playoff for the final three Greenbrier qualifying spots, former Marshall golfer Logan Lagodich found himself feeling “pretty nervous” Monday. His anxiety diminished considerably once an opponent’s tee shot found the trees on No. 18. Lagodich ...