PITTSBURGH — Trailing by 10 and the clock dwindling, there was no panic on the Pittsburgh sideline. No nervousness. No anxiety.
Jyilek Harrington’s death Wednesday already had prompted West Virginia State and Carson-Newman to move their football game to Friday at noon.
Dane Hatfield felt like he let his Herbert Hoover team down with a couple of costly second-half turnovers Friday night. So in overtime, he carried the Huskies on his back — all the way to the end zone.
Friday evening’s Mountain State Athletic Conference matchup up on The Hill in ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä between Cabell Midland and George Washington was an old-fashioned chess match.
After a 1-1 start, West Virginia football fans are still on the fence about this 2024 version of their beloved Mountaineers.
PARKERSBURG -- Hurricane used a strong second half here Friday night at Stadium Field en route to securing a 49-14 Mountain State Athletic Conference victory against Parkersburg.
After a four-year absence from leading the Capital High football program, Jon Carpenter made his return to University of ÂÒÂ×ÄÚÉä Stadium at Laidley Field on Friday for the first time as coach in his second stint with the Cougars.
WINFIELD – Having quickly regrouped from last week, Winfield had to stave off a determined Chapmanville team in a key matchup, winning an intense 28-14 battle in front of a large, energized home crowd Friday night.
HUNTINGTON — Huntington High missed five extra-point attempts Friday night, but scored nine touchdowns, so it didn't come back to hurt them.
Sports can unite people after many different situations, including the loss of a player in a program.
POCA – Playing with three of its top players sidelined with injuries, Poca rolled to a big first-half lead behind backups for a 46-8 homecoming win over visiting Buffalo.
LOGAN — The Tug Valley High School football team used a steady diet of defense and Bryson Elia to notch a 13-6 road victory at local foe Logan on Friday night at the Wildcats' Willis-Nisbet Stadium.
WEST MADISON — Scott High School delivered a dominant performance Friday against Sissonville High School, securing a commanding 53-0 victory on their home field.
NEWTOWN — Mingo Central notched their first win of the season on Friday night as they cruised past visiting Liberty (Raleigh) by a final score of 46-20 at James. H "Buck" Harless Stadium.Â
One of the oldest college football rivalries will be played again Saturday afternoon at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh when the West Virginia Mountaineers and Pitt Panthers will meet for the 107th time.
League play and county rivalries overlap in Week 3 of the West Virginia prep football regular season on Friday.
GASTONIA, N.C. — Despite a nightmarish stretch run, the Dirty Birds did the deed on Friday the 13th.
HUNTINGTON — Virginia Tech's ability to apply pressure in man-to-man coverage gave the Marshall offense fits, at times, last week.Â
MORGANTOWN — The 2024-25 athletic year is underway for West Virginia University, and it follows a 2023-24 campaign that was filled with plenty of highs, though a number of lows as well.
Jyilek Harrington was more than a player on the West Virginia State football team. According to those who knew him, Harrington, 21, was a light in a dark room to those around him.
Mistakes cost Winfield in the Generals’ contest with Herbert Hoover, and coach Eddie Smolder said this week’s focus for his staff has been correcting those issues heading into Friday’s high school football matchup against visiting Chapmanville.
Two quarterbacks with very different styles of play leading two powerful offenses will be center stage on Friday when Herbert Hoover visits Nitro.
The three-headed monster that invaded Parkersburg sounds like a late-night horror movie.
It hasn’t been quite a perfect start for Riverside and Capital the first two weeks of the regular season.
