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WVU takes on Wheeling in final exhibition

MORGANTOWN – West Virginia concluded its preseason Wednesday night with a convincing 98-55 victory against Wheeling University inside the Hope Coliseum. With it came some positives, some concerns, too, but also one major question: Are these Mountaineers with 12 newcomers ready to embark on a new college hoops season? “We still have a lot of learning,” said Ross Hodge, who is in his second season as WVU’s head coach. “I think our ceiling to improve is high, but they’re willing listeners. Up to this point, they’ve really tried to do what we asked of them, whether it was ...

CCHS back in the playoffs

LANCASTER — The Catholic Central football team secured its fifth-straight playoff appearance early Saturday morning, and then the Crusaders went out and took care of business in their season finale. Catholic Central raced out to an early 12-0 lead against Wellsville on Senior Night, and ...

Madonna set to battle Clay-Battelle tonight

WEIRTON — The Madonna football team is looking to finish strong as it heads into the final two games of its comeback season. The Blue Dons a challenge on their hands this week in the first of their two remaining games as defending Class A state runner-up Clay-Battelle comes to town ...

Bruins look to shake close losses and stay in playoff picture

WELLSBURG — The Brooke football team is a couple of plays away from being 7-1. Unfortunately, those couple of plays have not gone their way and they enter the home stretch at 4-4.  After a 4-1 start to the season, Frank Sisinni’s Bruins have suffered three-straight losses by a combined ...

Strong finish to season has Connor, Creek excited for future

WINTERSVILLE — Veteran Indian Creek coach Andrew Connor could not be happier with how his team finished the season. His only disappointment is they’re not preparing for a playoff game this week.  After starting the season 1-2, Creek rattled off six wins in its last seven games, ...

Edison Wildcats wrap up an up and down season

RICHMOND — The Edison football team put forth a strong effort from the first whistle of the season until the last whistle. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the results did not always reflect how hard the team worked this season. Edison battled Jefferson County rival Indian Creek Friday ...