HUNTINGTON — Success in lower weights helped University High get off to a good start Feb. 22 in the 71st West Virginia state high school wrestling tournament, […]
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Morgantown boys blitz Buckhannon-Upshur
MORGANTOWN — Heading into their Region 1 Section 2 semifinal game at home against Buckhannon-Upshur on Feb. 28, the Morgantown boys’ basketball team was on a serious […]
Trinity boys win to earn berth at state tournament
HAMBLETON — When Trinity Christian needed a go-to player March 7, junior guard Caleb Jenkins stepped up. Jenkins poured 21 points on Tucker County during the WVSSAC […]
Morgantown earns trip to state hoops tourney
BY BUBBA KAPRAL Wheeling Newspapers WHEELING — Morgantown prides itself on its suffocating defense. The Mohigans are now state tournament bound thanks to another virtuoso defensive effort, […]
Trinity girls eliminated at state tourney, 78-47
CHARLESTON — Class A No. 2 Wheeling Central led from start to finish March 8, beating No. 7 Trinity, 78-47, in the girls’ state basketball quarterfinals. The […]
For University, Morgantown, this one counts
MORGANTOWN — Crosstown rivals University and Morgantown have clashed three times on the hardwood this winter. On March 14, they’ll meet one final time, in the only […]
Trinity gets fourth shot at Irish in state quarterfinals
MORGANTOWN — Trinity Christian has come down with a severe case of March Madness. The Warriors are preparing for their first trip to the WVSSAC Class A […]
Trinity in state semis with 2OT victory over Notre Dame
CHARLESTON — In the fourth meeting between the two teams this season, No. 5 seed Trinity finally broke through and eliminated defending state champion Notre Dame, 64-52, […]
Hawks knock off Mohigans in state quarterfinals
CHARLESTON — University advanced into the Class AAA boys’ basketball state tournament semifinals for a second straight year March 14, beating rival and No. 8 Morgantown, 70-51, […]
Trinity boys’ basketball team using passion in move toward top
MORGANTOWN — Passion is a funny thing. It isn’t just excitement or energy, and it isn’t something that can be tampered with easily, or turned off at […]
