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WVU shakes off ugly start, rolls in Rich Rod’s return

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — There was a lot of anticipation for West Virginia’s 2025 season. Rich Rodriguez was back, after 18 years, and looked to pick up where he left off, bringing WVU back into the ranks. It wasn’t as clean as Rodriguez had hoped. The Mountaineers still bested Robert ...

Air Wildcats: Waterford relies on pass game, picks to beat Caldwell 21-6

WATERFORD – Don’t confuse Waterford as Air Wildcats. The ground game remains their bread-and-butter, but against Caldwell they had to revert to the passing game as their primary mode of production. Friday night in Week 2 in Ohio high school football, Waterford improved to 2-0 and ...

Morgan downs Warren, improves to 2-0

MCCONNELSVILLE – It’s not very often that a team commits five turnovers in a football game and still manages to come away with a victory. The Morgan Raiders proved it was possible Friday night as they gave the ball away five times yet still came away with a convincing 28-13 win over ...

Prep football roundup: Tigers lose on late field goal

GLEN DALE, W.Va. — Reid Hamrick drilled a 34-yard field goal in the final seconds of Friday’s game to give John Marshall a 23-21 victory over visiting Marietta. Dalton Cooper got the scoring started with a 75-yard touchdown run just 25 seconds into the affair. Marietta responded at the ...

Eastern erases early deficit, beats Wirt County 47-13

ELIZABETH — Wirt County jumped out to a 13-0 lead versus Eastern here Friday night at Wilson-Eismon Field, but the Tigers suffered injuries to starting quarterback Tyler Smith and backup Jake Moore as the Eagles left town with a 47-13 victory. “Only if we were up or down by 40,” ...

Southside Freedom 9U baseball team has perfect summer

PARKERSBURG — Three up, three down and it’s the end of an inning. That’s the simplicity of baseball. The problem with the grand old game? It’s a very difficult sport where failure is a daily occurrence. Although that’s inherently true on the surface, don’t bother telling ...