Moorefield senior Alyson Simmons delivered an ace to force a tiebreaker fifth set against the Cougars after trailing two sets to kick off the second edition of the Hardy County Volleyball match as the Yellow Jackets exacted revenge evening the series against East Hardy last Thursday in the Hive: 20-25,[Read More…]
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Cougars Splash Through Berkeley Springs
The Cougars splashed the volleyball through the defense of Berkeley Springs creating a kaleidoscope of three straight sets forming a match victory in Baker last Tuesday by the scores of 25-16, 25-20, 25-17. “We came out and battled. When you are down a couple of kids, it is always a[Read More…]
Yellow Jackets Cast Net Over Petersburg
Much akin to catching fish, the Yellow Jackets used a net to capture the Vikings during last Monday’s adventure into Petersburg covering the volleyball court with a four-set victory: 26-24, 25-23, 20-25, 25-21. “We came out and got the first two. We got the first two and dropped number three.[Read More…]
County Planning Commission Continues Probing How Best To Regulate Mega-Projects
By Lon AndersonMoorefield Examiner At its October meeting, the Hardy County Planning Commission’s probing for the best way to regulate future agricultural “mega projects” proceeded full steam ahead. The Commission is under instruction from the County Commission to take steps to ensure that any proposed future developments like the $10[Read More…]
Moorefield Trick-or-Treating Approved For Halloween Night
Trick-or-treating will be Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m. Please turn on your porch light if you wish to participate. The Moorefield Town Council unanimously approved moving forward with the annual tradition at their meeting on Oct. 6. In Mayor Gary Stalnaker’s absence, council member Scott Fawley conducted[Read More…]
Construction Work to Begin On Main St., Winchester Ave. in Moorefield
The West Virginia Division of Highways advises motorists of upcoming delays on US 220 in Moorefield, beginning as early as Monday, October 19. Work will begin at the railroad crossing on US 220 South, near Southern States and Food Lion Grocery, and will end at the junction of US 220[Read More…]
Yellow Jackets Are State Golf Runners-Up
Clippings of grass from the tenth hole flew back into the gallery just off the hands of the golfers reminiscent of how the Yellow Jackets flew full force to the fairway en route to obtaining the first state golf championship runner-up trophy in program history last Wednesday in Wheeling. Moorefield[Read More…]
Cougars Preach Defense In Gridiron Sermon
The sermon in Morgantown was about having a strong defense against the Warriors as East Hardy bellowed out a 21-2 victory at Trinity Christian on Sunday afternoon. “Focus. I don’t know if it was the change of the week and playing on a Sunday and the uncertainty of the schedule[Read More…]
Moorefield Layoff Spells Doom As Rebels Reckon Homecoming Comeback
A slumbering hiatus rejuvenated the Yellow Jackets navigating their adventure into Ellenboro to commandeer a 14-nil advantage over Ritchie County in the opening frame, but the Rebels responded to save homecoming with a 28-21 victory last Friday. “Moorefield is an imposing team and you could tell that early in the[Read More…]
Paint the Town Pink
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and normally Hardy County’s breast cancer survivors and caregivers would gather at Love Memorial Clinic in Moorefield to celebrate life and, at the same time, remember those who lost the battle with the dreaded disease. Not so this year. COVID-19 has forced a change[Read More…]
Yellow Jackets Golf Drive And Soar to Region II Championship Three-Peat
The serenity of wide open spaces at Canaan Valley Resort Golf Course enabled the Yellow Jackets to drive off the tee and soar like birdies to the green with ease finishing with stellar putting to claim the third consecutive Class A Region II Golf Championship last Monday in Tucker County[Read More…]
East Hardy Freezes Warriors On Dunmore Trail
The Cougars slashed through the frigid temperatures clawing the Warriors for four fumble recoveries and the offense put Pocahontas County on ice with six touchdowns culminating in a 40-7 victory in Dunmore last Friday. “It’s not just about the points, it is what we saw schematically from the Shadyside game[Read More…]
Hampshire Staves Off Cougars Rally
Finding a rhythm at the right moment can create momentum in a match as the Cougars were facing a 23-11 deficit in the opening set before rallying with effective serves to knot it at 23-all, but Hampshire Volleyball did just enough to escape with the win and kept the pressure[Read More…]
Shadyside Rallied For Homecoming Milestone Victory Over Cougars
The Cougars pounced into Ohio attacking the end zone on the opening drive and maintained the lead until the start of the fourth quarter, then Shadyside commandeered a rally to save homecoming 21-7 and notched the 100th career victory for the head coach in the centennial year of the program[Read More…]
East Hardy Swats Yellow Jackets In Hardy County Clash
East Hardy swatted the Yellow Jackets in four sets during the Hardy County Volleyball clash in Baker last Tuesday: 25-20, 22-25, 25-21 and 25-15. Moorefield has been controlling the volleyball supremacy during the past couple of seasons, so the Cougars had to trust the climb back up the trail to[Read More…]
Protocols Don’t Prevent East Hardy From Spacing Out Senior Night Trimatch Wins
Using social distancing, East Hardy Volleyball was able to celebrate senior night and masked up for the trimatch victories over Keyser (25-15 & 25-12) and the Vikings (25-14 & 27-25) in straight sets last Thursday, while Petersburg edged the Golden Tornado (25-21 & 25-15). The Cougars honored their trio of[Read More…]
Jackets Buzz Over the Raven For PVC Golf Championship
The Yellow Jackets commandeered the Potomac Valley Conference Golf Championship at the Raven Golf Course at Snowshoe Resort last Tuesday with a title card of 365 to defeat Pendleton County at 409 and Petersburg at 465 with four other schools sending individual representatives including Tucker County, Tygarts Valley, Union and[Read More…]
Moorefield Road Work Begins
Driving through Moorefield won’t get easier any time soon. The West Virginia Department of Highways started the first of four contracts last week involving Main Street. The contract involves upgrading and extending a drain line from Moorefield High School to Spring Avenue. The second contract, currently set to start in[Read More…]
Jackets Swarm And Inundate Tucker County
The Yellow Jackets swarmed over the mountain range into Parsons inundating the Mountain Lions in the Den with a 44-0 lead during the second quarter en route to a 44-28 victory on Friday night. Moorefield came out buzzing with energy rebounding from last week’s rivalry loss to the Cougars storming[Read More…]
Moorefield Sweeps Viking Remnants Out of the Hive
Moorefield Volleyball swept the Vikings remnants out of the Hive after defeating Class AA Petersburg in straight sets to claim the second consecutive win to commence the year this past Tuesday: 25-12, 25-16 and 25-20. “There was a lot of progression from Keyser to today and we like that. To[Read More…]