The West Virginia Mountaineers entered their first bye week with a disappointing 2-2 record and many questions remaining about the direction of the 2024 season. Although the dramatic fourth quarter comeback against Kansas gives fans hope, WVU now enters a difficult stretch of their Big 12 ...
It seems that home football games have become an endurance test for WVU football fans. For the second time in three weeks a two-hour weather delay turned a game starting at noon into an early evening conclusion As the storm rolled in early in the fourth quarter the mood of WVU supporters was ...
From a football fan perspective, it doesn’t get much worse than this. The game Saturday at Pittsburgh was against an archrival, a game WVU expected to win, and one in which the Mountaineers had a 10-point lead with less than five minutes remaining and then completely imploded in ...
It’s hard to believe we’re already back to that time of year again — football season. Fellow scribes Jordan Holland, Kerry Patrick and Aaron Lee already have been out to make a few visits to their respective schools for the upcoming Pigskin Previews (Marietta Times, Aug. 22 and Parkersburg News and Sentinel, Aug. 29), but my first official trip will be Saturday when I make the trek to Reedsville to visit with the Eastern Eagles of third-year head coach Jason Jackson. Although the Eagles have some holes to fill after their graduation losses, coach Jackson’s program once again ...
Honestly, I don't give too much thought to the Olympics overall, but from the opening ceremonies on it's been quite interesting to say the least. Leading up to the Olympics, the biggest issue came with portions of the swimming where athletes had to compete in the Seine River. Well, that's not been anything to write home about if anyone has seen the footage from the competitors. However, it should be noted Canadian swimmer Tyler Mislawchuk, who vomited 10 times following the men's triathlon on Wednesday after the event was set to be postponed due to the water quality on Tuesday, didn't ...
It was good to spend some time Sunday afternoon at Parkersburg South with Braxton Amos on the final day of his wrestling camp. If anyone sees Amos around town and he has a new acquaintance with him, it’s his recently acquired puppy Jack Daniels. “Half lab and half golden retriever,” Amos said of the four-month old pup, who made the trek with him from Wisconsin to Parkersburg. “He’s the best dog ever. He just chills out. It’s like having a kid in the car. He slept the entire way.” Amos said he had planned to get a dog following the Olympics if he qualified, but a ...
