Retired former prep sports reporter Charleston Gazette-Mail (W.Va.)

Charleston (W.Va.)
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🚨 BREAKING Nitro girls head basketball coach Pat Jones (@p_jones40) tells me that the 2026-27 season will be his last with the Wildcats. This will be his 10th season at Nitro. He's won 2 state titles and earned 4 Kanawha Valley COTY honors. He has a 158-60 record. #wvgirlsbb
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Week 10 top 16 teams in each class. Full ratings: wvssac.org/wvssac-week-10-fo…
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Final: West Virginia - 91 vs Niagara - 46 #WVU Six different Mountaineers finished in double-figures, with freshman Miles Sadler leading all scorers with 16 points.
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Halftime: WVU - 43 vs Niagara - 30 #WVU WVU's Finley Bizjack leads all scorers with 11 points. Brenen Lorient and Miles Sadler each added eight points in the first half. Logan Woods scored seven points for the Purple Eagles in the opening half.
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📍 Morgantown Set up here inside Hope Coliseum for tonight’s season opening contest between West Virginia and Niagara! Follow for updates! #WVU
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Spoke to Patriots coach Steve Edwards Jr. and Black Eagles sideline boss Donnie Mays about this today. Feature later this week in @GazMailSports and @heralddispatch
Before tonight, the last MSAC title won by a Kanawha Co. team went to Capital in 2014 Huntington, Cabell Midland, Spring Valley combined to win every title from '15 until the league split into two divisions in '25. Highlanders and Timberwolves won those last year @GazMailSports
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Congratulations to Ritchie County High School for winning the Girls Class A 2026 Cross Country State Championship. St. Marys High School finishes as runner-up.
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Congratulations to St. Marys High School for winning the Boys Class A 2026 Cross Country State Championship. Trinity Christian High School finishes as runner-up.
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Here are your top 10 finishers from the Boys A race! Koa Navarro(Champion) of St. Marys, Desmond Parks of St. Marys, Jenner Stewart of Ritchie County, Jacob Stephens of Trinity Christian, Lucas Passmore of Charleston Catholic, Parker Barnes of St. Marys, Edward Passmore of Charleston Catholic, Mason Melohn of Trinity Christian, Frank Jacquez of Trinity Christian, Kenson Roman of Ritchie County.
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Here are your top 10 finishers from the Girls AA race! Bailey Ferguson (Champion) of Frankfort, Raley Cochran of Lincoln, Adalynn Milnes of Lincoln, Cassie Sites of Williamstown, Marissa Atha of Clay County, Lacey Cameron of Oak Glen, Gwyn Gorrell of Ravenswood, Samantha Fitch of Lincoln, Reece Carpenter of Braxton County, Raeley Perdue of Williamstown.
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Congratulations to Lincoln High School for winning the Girls Class AA 2026 Cross Country State Championship. Williamstown High School finishes as runner-up.
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Congratulations to Frankfort for winning the Boys Class AA 2026 Cross Country State Championship. Doddridge County finishes as runner-up.
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Here are your top 10 finishers from the Boys AA race! Travis Moore (Champion) of Tyler Consolidated, Eric Mac Alexander of Frankfort, Johnny Jackson of Frankfort, Cory Swentzel of Doddridge County, Carter Knight of Lincoln, Samuel Gola of Doddridge County, Brody Lester of Westside, Dakota Henderson of Wayne, Gavin Wilburn of Williamstown, Colton Key of Doddridge County.
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FINAL: Marshall 36, ODU 23 Leave comments for mailbag
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3:54 14-yard TD for ODU's Maurki James. Herd leads 36-23, failed 2pt conversion.
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🏈 | FINAL ‼️ WVSU 24, GLENVILLE ST 19 🟡 J. Dailey - 11-17 Passing, 196 Yds, TD, 10 Rushes, 90 Yds, TD ⚫️ M. Baker - 6 Recs, 114 Yds, TD 🟡 J. Whitfield - 4 Tackles, 3 Solo, Game-Sealing INT ⚫️ D. Cox - 17 Rushes, 106 Yds, TD, 1 Rec, 14 Yds #GoState 🐝
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Here are your top 10 finishers from the Girls A race! Layla Devereux(Champion) of Ritchie County, Anna Bennet of St. Marys, Brianna Blake of Trinity Christian, Cassandra Hardbarger of Ritchie County, Brook Tinger of Calhoun County, Savana Burd of St. Marys, Ila Hutnick of Wheeling Central Catholic, Cassie Meriner of Wheeling Central Catholic, Paige Sterns of Gilmer County, Khloe Evans of Cameron.
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7:15 3Q: Zion Turner comes in for a play at QB and gets sacked for a big loss. Herd settles for a 34-yard field goal. Diaz Nicolas makes it. Marshall leads 30-17.
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100 YARD KICK SIX #SCTop10 | @ESPNCFB | @SickosCommittee
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Congratulations to Morgantown High School for winnning the Boys Class AAAA 2026 Cross Country State Championship. University High School finishes as runner up.
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