Area Sports

by Jim Buzzerd Tidbits Just going to touch on a few things related West Virginia University athletics today. I’ve touched on football recruiting lately and will do so again. New head coach Neal Brown and his staff have been busy recruiting since he was hired in January. The impression I get is the staff isn’t…

by Jamie Harris The following individuals and team have been selected as the newest members of the Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019. The Class of 2019 will be presented at the home varsity football game against Hancock on Friday, September 13. The official hall of fame induction ceremony will…

by Jim Buzzerd More Konate and a QB commit The topic of former West Virginia University basketball center Sagaba Konate and his somewhat mysterious knee injury has been a popular topic here since his season ended last December. I sort of bought in to the notion, perpetuated to some degree by coach Bob Huggins’ comments…

Berkeley Springs High School Fishing Team of Landon Harrington, Sam Ambrose and Captain Shane Ambrose has advanced to the Bassmaster National Tournament on Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee. The tournament will take place the week of August 5-10. Harrington was a graduating senior from Berkeley Springs High School this year and Ambrose is entering his…

by Jim Buzzerd   Konate This is sort of old news, but the basketball career of Sagaba Konate at West Virginia University officially came to an end on June 21 when the Mali native signed a free agent contract with the Toronto Raptors.The signing came on the morning after the NBA draft after the shot…

by Jim Buzzerd   Recruiting I don’t talk about the recruitment of high school athletes to colleges very often, but today I have a few thoughts to share. Football recruiting is a big deal these days and has become an industry unto itself with websites and other publications charging subscription fees for their coverage. Rivals…

by Jamie Harris & Bill Sterner This past fall the sports writers from the Morgan Messenger and Hancock News have partnered up with the athletic directors and head coaches from Berkeley Springs High School, Hancock High School and Paw Paw High School to select an All Area Team for the fall, winter and spring varsity…

by Jim Buzzerd Spieth Anyone catch Jordan Spieth raking his caddie, Michael Greller, over the coals during the first round of the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach last Thursday? Spieth was playing the eighth hole when he hit his tee shot too far and it rolled off a cliff and presumably into the ocean. He…

by Jim Buzzerd No golf for Washington This isn’t likely news to those of you who follow professional golf, but I missed the news that the Quicken Loans National Golf Tournament has left the area. Tiger Woods and his foundation saved golf in D.C. in 2007 when he brought the AT&T National to Congressional Country…