CADIZ, Ohio — Squaring off with a really good Morgantown High baseball team, Steubenville (Ohio) knew coming into Friday’s OVAC championship game they could not afford to make mistakes. Unfortunately […]
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Maxx Yehl returns to dominance, No. 18 WVU shuts out Kansas State
GRANVILLE — Chandler Murray couldn’t catch up to the high heat. Nick English completely froze as another fastball tucked just under the “K-State” on his jersey. Curveballs hugged the corners […]
COLUMN: The demise of March Madness is now complete
MORGANTOWN — The NCAA men’s basketball tournament died Tuesday night of pure greed and nonsense. It was 86 years old. Beginning with the 2027 edition, a total of 76 teams […]
Sean Smith’s turnaround a product of hitters are always going to hit
MORGANTOWN — Sean Smith was brought to West Virginia to hit. That was the reputation the 6-foot-1 outfielder had built for himself during two years of junior college ball in […]
Strong pitching leads No. 15 WVU past Penn State, 3-1
MORGANTOWN — Paul Schoenfeld provided the power and Gavin Kelly provided the sacrifice fly, but it was WVU’s pitching that handed the 15th-ranked Mountaineers a 3-1 victory against struggling Penn […]
Ross Hodge adds former Georgia Tech center Mouhamed Sylla from the transfer portal
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia has secured another major piece to the basketball roster build with a commitment from Georgia Tech center transfer Mouhamed Sylla. Sylla, 6-foot-10, 240-pounds, is coming off […]
Penn State’s Michael Anderson will be an obstacle for WVU pitchers to overcome
MORGANTOWN — As far as facing some big boppers, 15th-ranked West Virginia is already well aware of their hits and the damage they can do. The Mountaineers (24-8) are scheduled […]
Ross Hodge adds Buchanan, Bizjack from the transfer portal
MORGANTOWN — The roster rebuild at West Virginia is underway with the basketball program already adding a pair of experienced commitments out of the transfer portal. The Mountaineers have landed […]
Texas Tech storms back to take Game 2 against No. 17 WVU, 4-1
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia came out on the wrong end of a pitchers’ duel Saturday, as Texas Tech held the 17th-ranked Mountaineers to just seven hits in a 4-1 victory […]
COLUMN: D.J. Thomas’ transfer presents interesting question for incoming freshman Miles Sadler
MORGANTOWN — Under normal circumstances, the process isn’t to go too deep on a dive into social media reactions whenever a WVU athlete surprisingly enters into the transfer portal. For […]
