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Clay-Battelle football falls to Williamstown in 49-6 loss

PARKERSBURG — No. 2 Williamstown scored on its first seven possessions Saturday afternoon at Stadium Field en route to a 49-6 victory against No. 15 Clay-Battelle in the opening round of the Class A playoffs. After falling behind 21-0, the Cee Bees (7-3) of head coach Ryan Wilson put ...

AP: Greene shines in relief, Legg's FG lifts WVU over Oklahoma

Garrett Greene jumped on a retaining wall and sang “Take Me Home, Country Roads” with West Virginia fans after the backup quarterback helped the Mountaineers get a rare win over Oklahoma. Greene ran for two touchdowns and threw for a third score in his most extensive work of the ...

Peace is the secret to Legg's pressure-free kicking

MORGANTOWN — For someone who has not played all that much football in his life, West Virginia kicker Casey Legg does not get rattled very easily.  In a tied game battered with heavy rain where there were four seconds on the clock against an opponent his team had never beaten in ...

COLUMN: Greene supplied the spark WVU has been missing

MORGANTOWN — For weeks, WVU coach Neal Brown has talked about wanting to use backup quarterback Garrett Greene on offense more. Greene showed exactly why Saturday, coming off the bench to lead four scoring drives in a gritty win over Oklahoma. Brown had thus far been unwilling to have ...

SAMUEL: Drought and heat causing wildlife problems

MORGANTOWN -- The hot November days have really impacted the bow deer season. Bucks are rutting and does are ready, but the abnormal hot weather has impacted their movement in the day.  Harvests are being made, but those big bucks just aren’t moving much during the day. One rule of thumb: I always used the temperature at night. When the temperature got below 45 or so, I found that buck movements in November increased and sightings did, too.  I had friends in Kansas two weeks ago hunting on private land where big bucks are common, yet the hot weather really limited ...