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From Sour To Sweetness: Lemon Chewing Helped WVU Players Reach New Heights

MORGANTOWN — The following will likely leave a sour taste in your mouth. For some players on the 12th-ranked WVU women’s basketball team, that’s the idea. First, there is the sweet part, which is to say the Mountaineers (27-6) will find out Saturday if they will host the opening rounds of the upcoming NCAA tournament. After winning the Big 12 tournament with a 62-53 victory against then-No. 10 TCU, WVU is in a great position to be named a host for the first time since 1992, when the tournament fielded just 48 teams. “It’s a coaches’ dream, in a way, you have a vision and ...

Eastern District Wrestlers Fare So-So After First Day Of State

COLUMBUS – It was a so-so day for the Eastern District during Friday’s opening day of the 89th annual Ohio High School Athletic Association’s boys state wrestling tournament inside Value City Arena at the Jerome Schottenstein Center on the campus of Ohio State University. Of the 35 local entrants, just over half won their first-round match and advanced to the championship quarterfinals on Saturday morning. Eighteen individuals – nine in Division III and a like number in Division II – will compete at 9:30 a.m. and 10:10, respectively, for a berth in the championship semifinals ...

Maroon Knights Headed Back To State Tournament After Regional Win vs. Tyler

WHEELING — Playing on Coach Skip Prosser Court for the final time this season, the Wheeling Central Maroon Knights earned a chance to defend their state championship Thursday, the Maroon Knights claiming a WVSSAC Class AA Region 1 championship over Tyler Consolidated, 81-56, and punching ...

Wheeling Central Halted In State Semifinals By Williamstown

CHARLESTON — The second half spelled trouble for the No. 3 Wheeling Central Maroon Knights on Friday in their WVSSAC State Tournament Semifinal matchup vs. No. 2 Williamstown, as the Knights saw a 10-point halftime lead turn into a 53-42 loss by the final buzzer inside the Charleston ...