MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� The morning session of last week's Country Roads Trust's youth football camp at Mountaineer Field had just wound up and campers were heading for the exit while players finished signing autographs and headed off for lunch. Pretty soon only Rodney Gallagher III of the ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� In sports, there are stars, there are All-Stars, there are superstars. And there's Jerry West. West died at the age of 86 on June 12. In the world of basketball, he carries the same kind of aura as Babe Ruth or Willie Mays did in baseball; as Jim Brown or Tom Brady ...
Jack Smarslak had the unique distinction of playing a major role on three successful teams in three different sports while at Laurel Highlands. Smarslak helped lead the Mustangs baseball team to section championships in 1991 and 1992, he was named All-WPIAL as a goalkeeper on an LH team ...
MORGANTOWN 鈥� Randy Mazey's dream of leading the West Virginia Mountaineers to a College World Series came to an end in a taut, tense, tingling 2-1 loss to North Carolina in the Super Regional Saturday night. That gave the Tar Heels a two-game sweep of the best-of-three series and a final ...
Jeff Spinetti didn鈥檛 have his mind set on winning a PIAA wrestling gold medal when he was a senior at Uniontown in 1985. 鈥淚 didn鈥檛 plan on winning the state title,鈥� Spinetti said. 鈥淚 lost my first two rounds (as a sophomore and junior in Hershey). My senior year I was undefeated ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. 鈥� Let's be honest. Two years ago you didn't think Neal Brown would be coaching West Virginia's football team into 2024. Not really sure he believed he would. Certainly, the main subject of discussion in barrooms and on the Internet across West Virginia when football was ...
