PINE GROVE — The Clay-Battelle football team hit the road for a rare Monday night football match-up against the Valley Lumberjacks. Originally scheduled for Friday evening, the game was postponed […]
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NOTEBOOK: Spells and Crandall are the next men up for WVU’s ailing secondary
MORGANTOWN — With the struggles in pass defense, West Virginia is turning to a new pair of cornerbacks looking for relief this week. Junior Jacolby Spalls and sophomore TJ Crandall […]
COLUMN: Narduzzi waited until hitting rock bottom to make a change; Neal Brown doesn’t have that luxury
Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi is as old school as college head coaches come. A defensive mind, Narduzzi just wants his offense to run the ball, control the clock and shorten […]
Eli Holstein passes Pitt to comeback win against WVU in Backyard Brawl
PITTSBURGH — Trailing by 10 and the clock dwindling, there was no panic on the Pittsburgh sideline. No nervousness. No anxiety. Given the way Eli Holstein is playing, why would […]
Preston can’t keep pace in loss to Fairmont Senior
KINGWOOD — Make no mistake, this was a very rough week for Preston High School. Terroristic threats disrupted and canceled classes and practices and put students and families in the […]
Mountaineers embracing role of top-ranked team in men’s college soccer
MORGANTOWN — The West Virginia University men’s soccer team and head coach Dan Stratford have made history in recent years, setting the program record for wins and reaching the first-ever […]
The Backyard Brawl returns to Pittsburgh with the 107th clash between the Mountaineers and Panthers
MORGANTOWN — The biggest game of the year isn’t typically played in the middle of September, but it’s hard to argue that there is ever a bigger game for WVU […]
COLUMN: Brown and Narduzzi show there’s more than one way to coach a football team
Morgantown and Pittsburgh are close enough that the weather doesn’t drastically change from one place to the other. We’ve had a beautiful week of weather here in Morgantown and it […]
Hawks boys’ soccer optimistic despite defeat to Wheeling Park
MORGANTOWN — The University High School boys’ soccer team has enjoyed a positive start to their 2024 campaign with five wins in eight games. Although the momentum halted slightly on […]
COLUMN: The only way to get players to care about the Brawl is to keep playing it
The Backyard Brawl is critically important to the WVU and Pitt football programs and their fans. For the players, not so much. Yet. The players know the rivalry is important, […]
