KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Sam Elliott’s character in “The Big Lebowski” said, “I wouldn’t miss the semis,” and, well, neither has the West Virginia men’s hoops […]
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Autumn Stemple tosses 13 strikeouts as University defeats Wheeling Park 5-2
MORGANTOWN — Freshman pitcher Autumn Stemple pitched seven innings and recorded 13 strikeouts as University High’s softball team defeated Wheeling Park, 5-2, on Thursday afternoon. Stemple didn’t […]
Fairmont Senior boys rout Lewis County 92-35
CHARLESTON — Ahead of their Class AA quarterfinal No. 7 Lewis County knew it faced long odds against No. 2 Fairmont Senior. “We knew coming in we’d […]
Trinity boys look to pull off upset vs. Greenbrier West
CHARLESTON — The challenges keep coming for Trinity Christian senior Daniel Woods. Greenbrier West’s 6-foot-9 forwards Collin and Riley O’Dell towered over Woods in the quarterfinals, but […]
Emmitt Matthews scores 28 to lead West Virginia past Texas Tech 79-74
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — West Virginia went from the cellar to Cinderella on Thursday. Freshman forward Emmitt Matthews made sure of that. He threw his body around […]
Bill Self sees a ‘hungry’ West Virginia team now
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Prior to Kansas’ 65-57 Big 12 quarterfinal victory against Texas on Thursday, Jayhawks’ coach Bill Self saw plenty of West Virginia’s 79-74 upset […]
Morgantown receives lesson in close loss to Capital
CHARLESTON — The most challenging thing about basketball sometimes is accepting the tough losses. You can’t change the result, of course, but you can’t ignore what led […]
Morgantown falls to Capital in state quarterfinals
By Greg Carey CHARLESTON — Kerion Martin’s layup with 25 seconds remaining gave Capital a one-point lead over Morgantown, and the Cougars made it stand in a […]
West Virginia ‘owes’ Texas Tech in Big 12 quarterfinals
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Welcome to Day 2 of the Big 12 tournament at the Sprint Center, where West Virginia held on for a thrilling 72-71 victory […]
University awaiting winner of George Washington vs. Cabell Midland
MORGANTOWN — University coach Joe Schmidle wasn’t thrilled with his team’s performance in a 65-51 win over Musselman on Wednesday, but in the state tournament, moving on […]
