By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Luray Volleyball narrowly escaped the Lady Cougars den in a four set battle last Monday in Baker with the scores of 25-23, 25-20, 22-25 and 26-24. In JV action, East Hardy took charge pouncing for a victory by 25-17 and 26-24. “The kids we have[Read More…]
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Jackets Golf Repeats Region II Champions, Sets Sights on Wheeling
Moorefield Golf garnered the Class A Region II Championship for a second consecutive season last Tuesday at the Raven Golf Club at Snowshoe Resort to earn a trip to the state tournament at Oglebay Resort in Wheeling this week. The Yellow Jackets have won the region championship as a team[Read More…]
Moorefield Can’t Quite Escape Hawks’ Clutches
By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner The Hawks perched in the nest preparing for a defensive battle with Moorefield and South Harrison survived an errant field goal in the closing moments to snatch an 8-6 victory over the Yellow Jackets in Lost Creek. “The coaching staff absolutely got the defense ready[Read More…]
Lady Jackets Protect Hive, Eliminating East Hardy
By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Moorefield Volleyball defended the Hive against the Lady Cougars with a straight set match victory by the scores of 25-18, 25-18 and 25-15. In JV action, East Hardy garnered the win in three sets 25-18, 19-25 and 25-22. “From the front row, we swung hard.[Read More…]
Hardy County Middle School Football Teams Earn Victories
By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Winning was in the air for Hardy County on Wednesday as Moorefield Middle School Football garnered a 47-nil shutout over Capon Bridge Middle School at Yellow Jacket Field, while East Hardy Early Middle School rallied from a 14-0 halftime deficit to defeat the Vikings 20-14[Read More…]
Local OEM Managers Graduate From FEMA Academy
This week 38 staff from West Virginia’s State and county emergency management agencies graduated from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s National Emergency Management Basic Academy held in Flatwoods, West Virginia. Among them was Paul Lewis, director of Hardy County Office of Emergency Management. The graduation marks the completion of the[Read More…]
DNR Releases 2019 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook
Hunters can get help preparing for the fall hunting seasons by consulting the 2019 Mast Survey and Hunting Outlook publication, available on the Division of Natural Resources website, www.wvdnr.gov/hunting/PDFFiles/2019MastSurvey.pdf. Information analyzing mast conditions and wildlife harvests also is available on the website. Since 1971, the Wildlife Resources Section of DNR,[Read More…]
Gov. Justice Amends Outdoor Burning Ban Proclamation
At the request of officials with the West Virginia Division of Forestry and West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Gov. Jim Justice has amended the proclamation banning all outdoor burning throughout West Virginia – originally issued last Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 – to include an additional exclusion from the ban.[Read More…]
HardyTel, Capon Valley Bank Paying Student Admissions To Hardy Bowl
Hardy Telecommunications and Capon Valley Bank together will offer free admission to all Hardy County K-12 students for the upcoming Hardy Bowl high school football game featuring Moorefield at East Hardy. Hardy Telecommunications and Capon Valley Bank are teaming up to pay for any student tickets for the October 18[Read More…]
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Armed Robbery Suspect at Large
(Moorefield Police Department Press Release) On Saturday, August 17, 2019 at approximately 2:00 P.M., the Moorefield Police Department was advised of an armed robbery at the CVS in Moorefield. Upon officers responding it was determined that an unknown male had entered the store disguised with a wig, sunglasses, bandanna over[Read More…]
Cougars Navigate Traffic During Victory Against Moorefield
A stop sign needed to be placed in the lane to reduce the chaotic traffic flowing inside the Hive, but East Hardy navigated through the swarm of Yellow Jackets to control the boards en route to a 73-64 victory over Moorefield last Friday on senior night. “I told our guys[Read More…]
Lady Jackets Swarm Baker Den
The Lady Yellow Jackets inundated the Den in Baker with a 27-5 halftime advantage before swarming to a 56-16 victory over East Hardy during the second edition of the Hardy County Girls Hardwood Classic. “Coming off a game like we did, I thought we would come out a little flat.[Read More…]
Miller Is First East Hardy Wrestler To Reach State Tournament, Moorefield Sending Three
If there was a glass ceiling in Bridgeport, it would be shattered as history was made on the mat. East Hardy Wrestling sophomore SierraMarie Miller became the first state bound grappler in program history with a fourth place medal at the Class AA-A Region II Wrestling Tournament last weekend and[Read More…]
Lady Jackets Upset Tucker County As Rinker Reaches Career 1,000 Points
It was a historic night in the Hive as Moorefield Girls Basketball upset the tenth-ranked Lady Mountain Lions for the first time since 2003 by a score of 62-59 guided by junior Lindsey Rinker’s game-high 31 points which helped her eclipse the 1,000-point career milestone on Wednesday. Rinker is the[Read More…]
Viking Smash: Hardy County Grapplers Reach Milestones At Viking Smash
Moorefield and East Hardy Wrestling programs reached new heights with total team victories in the season along with the fastest pins plus conference honors at the Vikings Smash which featured 38 state ranked wrestlers in Petersburg last weekend. Moorefield Wrestling set a new program season record with 24 team victories[Read More…]
Lady Rams Rally To Edge Moorefield
The Lady Yellow Jackets defended the Hive with a nine-point halftime advantage, but Southern Garrett found a way to penetrate the honeycomb scoring inside the paint causing it to crumble leading to a 50-48 victory rally on Friday night in Moorefield. “[We] Played good first half. Thought we should have[Read More…]
Wildcats Leave Moorefield Out in the Cold
Coming off winter break both teams struggled to break the ice on the rims combining for 50 missed field goals with the Yellow Jackets chipping away for a 17-14 halftime lead, but Pendleton County warmed up the hoop with late third quarter shooting as Moorefield became frigid during the Wildcats[Read More…]
Lady Crusaders End Moorefield’s Playoff Journey In State Quarterfinals
The Lady Yellow Jackets were grounded on the courts by Parkersburg Catholic in the Class A state volleyball quarterfinals at the Charleston Civic Center last Friday in straight sets: 25-17, 25-11 and 25-20. Moorefield entered the state tournament for a fifth straight season, but that experience wasn’t enough to survive[Read More…]
2018 Hardy County General Election Results
Unofficial Results U.S. Senate Patrick Morrisey — 2,460 Joe Manchin, III — 1,870 U.S. House of Representatives Alex Mooney — 2,855 Talley Sergent — 1,418 State Senate Dave Sypolt — 2,755 Stephanie Zucker — 1,613 House of Delegates (Including Pendleton County) Jon Hof — 2,292 (+726) = 3,018 Isaac Sponaugle[Read More…]