MORGANTOWN — It started badly and only got worse for the West Virginia defense Saturday against the Kansas State Wildcats. WVU’s defense, which has been picked on several times this season, offered paper-thin resistance to an efficient and effective Kansas State offense en route to a ...
MORGANTOWN -- For the second consecutive season, WVU distance runner Ceili McCabe earned All-American honors in cross country, but she fell short in becoming the Mountaineers’ first-ever national champion. McCabe placed 24th overall Saturday, at the Greiner Family Cross Country course in ...
Years ago one of my graduate students was taking imprinted wild turkeys into the field to see what they ate. Often I’d tag along. Several times I noticed that the poults (about 10 weeks of age) would stop and look into the sky then seek cover. At first I thought they were spotting hawks in the air, but I never saw one. Then one day I realized they were seeing jet planes 30,000 feet up. Amazing. It turns out that turkeys have very good vision and detect movements really well. Their eyes are at the side of their head and each eye is constantly on the lookout for ...
MORGANTOWN -- In Bob Huggins’ own words, he’s still waiting on WVU to play a “sharp” game. Despite WVU shooting a season-high 55.6% from the floor in a 92-58 victory against Penn on Friday night, Huggins saw too many mistakes. “How many times did we throw the ball out of ...
MORGANTOWN -- There is a trend developing within the WVU men’s basketball team. It’s one predicted by head coach Bob Huggins back in September with four simple words: “The ball goes in.” Now, Huggins has spent many a preseason talking about his players making shots, only to see ...
BLACKSVILLE — Having someone on your offense reach 1,000 rushing yards in a season is an achievement in itself. But having two reach that mark is something that doesn't happen often for a football program, if ever. This season, Clay-Battelle High School seniors and football captains ...
