One should have faith to take a leap on Leap Day. Moorefield junior captain Isaac Van Meter jumped into the arms of his coach-father after winning the Class AA-A 170-lb. State Wrestling Championship on Leap Day during the 73rd Annual WVSSAC State High School Wrestling Tournament at the Mountain Health[Read More…]

Moorefield Girls Basketball limited Pendleton County to only two field goals in the first half with the rest of the points coming at the free throw line to hold a 20-9 halftime lead en route to a 4-25 victory in the Class A Region II Section 2 semifinals last Tuesday.[Read More…]

Round for round in the first half Moorefield and East Hardy took the punches in the second edition of the Hardy Boys Hardwood Classic before the Cougars launched a right hook for a 13-point lead entering the fourth period and staved off a late rally uppercut by the Yellow Jackets[Read More…]

Shattering the Moorefield Girls Basketball career scoring record which stood for 21 seasons finally came to fruition with a 3-pointer by senior Lindsey Rinker on a third period buzzer beater during a 91-2 romp over Paw Paw in the Class A Region II Section 2 quarterfinals last Saturday. Moorefield alumna[Read More…]

Trailing by 25 points in the first half and still down by 17 points entering the final stanza, the Yellow Jackets buzzed to life swarming the Mountain Lair outscoring Tucker County 33-13 to secure a 68-65 comeback which was the first win on the road against the Mountain Lions in[Read More…]

A refusal to lose on senior night was motivation enough for the Yellow Jackets to rally for a 42-36 victory as Moorefield Girls Basketball evicted the Campers from the Hive on Thursday. “These seniors have worked hard for four years, every one of them. Everybody on the team comes to[Read More…]

Grappling through the snow to reach Braxton County was merely a test of determination in preparation for the Class AA-A Region II Wrestling Tournament last weekend where Moorefield and East Hardy Wrestling squads combined for ten medals with the Yellow Jackets earning four state tournament berths with one regional crown[Read More…]

Moorefield Girls Basketball buzzed to a 15-nil lead commencing the Hardy Girls Hardwood Showdown and set traps to ensnare the Cougars forcing 32 turnovers creating a 71-22 victory over East Hardy in the Hive last Thursday. “We want to create pressure on the offense. We might not get the initial[Read More…]

East Hardy senior Colten Spaid recorded a career-high 35 points enabling the Cougars to slash Union 87-38 during senior night in Baker last Wednesday. “I was proud of the seniors how they came out here and got the win. Colten [Spaid] is a kid who doesn’t get a lot of[Read More…]

Moorefield Wrestling dominated Frankfort and East Hardy during the trimatch in the Hive and reined in the Hardy Hammer trophy for a third consecutive season last Tuesday night in the regular season finale. “The kids really seem to enjoy it. I was just glad to have a couple more kids[Read More…]

\An electrifying atmosphere and dynamic effort on the hardwood created an intense contest with the largest lead was six points in the first half for the Vikings and the Yellow Jackets let a four point edge disappear in the final minute of regulation before forcing overtime at the buzzer and[Read More…]

Third time was the charm as the Yellow Jackets stung the Class A No. 7 ranked Tucker County Girls Basketball team in triple overtime by a score of 73-69 in the Hive last Saturday. It was a battle early in the contest with a tied game entering the second period[Read More…]

Hardy Girls Basketball corralled the ship sending the Pirates jumping overboard to the deep fathoms below commandeering the sails for a 54-16 victory on senior night last Wednesday in Baker. The Cougars honored their three seniors prior to the contest: Jaden Fleshman, Chelsea Keller and Rebecca Whetzel. Despite a combined[Read More…]

Petersburg Boys Basketball appeared to have the knock out punch with a 25-9 second period swing setting a 35-15 halftime advantage, but the Cougars heartbeat kept ticking with a valiant effort trying to push back with a 22-7 fourth period upper-cut only to collapse to the Vikings stronghold 53-48 in[Read More…]

Career victory milestones were reached at the Viking Smash with plenty of grappling among twelve teams on four mats last weekend with Moorefield and East Hardy capping off the final session in Petersburg. Petersburg hosted the following teams for the annual Viking Smash: East Hardy, Moorefield, Frankfort, Keyser, Berkeley Springs,[Read More…]

The felines struggled to find the basket as the Cougars had 35 errant shots which spelled doom and Pendleton County Girls Basketball survived the dismal outing persevering through 24 rim rockers for a 40-23 victory in Baker on Thursday. “We can’t shoot the ball,” East Hardy Girls Basketball coach Bridget[Read More…]

The Yellow Jackets had some deja vu having defeated Pocahontas County by 30 points to begin the season on the road and created the same margin of victory over the Warriors in the Hive last Wednesday by a score of 66-36. “It was nice to see our guys step up.[Read More…]

East Hardy Boys Basketball scorched the nets hitting a dozen perimeter shots and unleashed a relentless defensive attack to deliver a pounding on the Tygarts Valley Bulldogs 87-61 during the West Virginia Hometown Invitational Tournament last Saturday in Baker. “We played a really tough schedule and to get somebody back[Read More…]

The Tigers froze East Hardy as the icicles fell from the rim off 46 missed shots and the hardwood was a slippery surface creating 27 turnovers as Union Girls Basketball made a chilly 60-35 victory in Mt. Storm last Tuesday. “We had a lot of girls playing. We were running[Read More…]