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AG grad Shaffer in 2nd year on WVU’s cheerleading squad

Smithfield native Amanda Shaffer has been cheering and competitively dancing her whole life.The daughter of Jim and Mia, she is a 2016 Albert Gallatin graduate and served as the captain of the cheerleading squad.Shaffer is being able to live the dream of cheering on one of the countryĢƵ most ...

Mountaineers fall short against TCU

West Virginia came up short Saturday at TCU, and the Mountaineers have to be playing a game of “what if.”Will Grier threw for 366 yards and three touchdowns to continue his torrid pace for the Mountaineers, but it wasn’t enough. The team made plays, but TCU made a few more and that was ...

Connellsville’s Braxton destined to play football

Phil Braxton was destined to be a football player when he was born.“I come from a football family,” Braxton said. “My uncle, Jim, played for West Virginia and the Buffalo Bills, and another uncle, West Turner, played at West Virginia. I currently have a cousin, Landon Turner, who is the ...

PSU’s Barkley top player in the country?

IOWA CITY, IA — As a sports fan, sometimes when an athlete makes plays that most others can’t, you shake your head in amazement.When it comes to Penn State running back Saquon Barkley, it is to the point now that he is almost expected to not only make the impossible play possible, but to ...

Uniontown’s McLee born into athletics

The McLee bloodline cuts a wide swath through Fayette County athletics. The bloodline encompasses not only the McLees, but also included Ernie and Chuck Davis and Ray and Ed Parson.Reggie McLee, who was a football, basketball and track standout at Uniontown High School, is part of that great ...

AG grad Abraham adjusting to new role

Albert Gallatin graduate and Fairchance native has moved to a new role this season for the No. 5 West Virginia University womenĢƵ soccer team, and the junior forward is adjusting nicely mid-way through the season.Abraham came off the bench last year for the Mountaineers in WVUĢƵ trip to the ...