Area Sports

by Jim Buzzerd Great win and ESPN+ After a 38-7 drubbing at Missouri a week earlier who could have predicted that the West Virginia University Football Team would rebound with a healthy 44-27 win over North Carolina State last Saturday in Morgantown? I know I couldn’t have. Odds makers put the Wolfpack at around a…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School and Hancock High School football rivalry goes back many years. Both teams have picked up impressive wins over the years. The history and record books have all that documented. However a new name will go into the books as the winning coach after this past Friday night’s…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians boy’s and girl’s cross country teams traveled to Clear Spring, Md. for the Interstate Classic on Saturday, September 7. Berkeley Springs was in the small school division and both teams showed why their cross country programs are always a state threat. The Lady Indians led by…

by Jim Buzzerd   One way to go Mountaineer fans probably have a good idea now as to why former West Virginia University football coach Dana Holgorsen was focusing more on signing a nice deal with the University of Houston than he was preparing the Mountaineers for the Camping World Bowl last December. Saturday’s 38-7…

by Jamie Harris The 2019 Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Varsity Soccer Team got their fall season off to a good start last week. The Lady Indians hosted Class AAA Spring Mills last Tuesday, August 27 at the friendly confines of Morgan Field and then last Thursday, August 29 the Tribe traveled to Frankfort…

Jim Buzzerd   Nowhere to run We were told to expect James Madison to give the West Virginia University Football Team a strong challenge in the season opener last Saturday. James Madison was even a popular upset pick to win the game outright by numerous talking heads last week. West Virginia managed to take care…

by Jim Buzzerd   Season on the brink High school and college football begin in earnest this weekend and I believe that fact will make a lot of people happy. Personally, I keep my eyes on state and local high school scores, but my interest is college football in general and the West Virginia University…

by Jamie Harris One of the first female standout athletes in Berkeley Springs High School history is taking her rightful place as a member of the Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019. Mary Jean Hottel was a standout basketball and softball player for the Lady Indians in the late 1940’s.…

by Jamie Harris One of the newest members of the Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2019 is a well-known face around athletic events and programs in Morgan County. Mike Riggleman, a standout football player and wrestler for the Indians joins the elite class of athletes who have the distinction of…

by Jim Buzzerd   Who? Last week I kind of stumbled through what I believed to be the status of the starting quarterback job for the West Virginia University Football Team.  Admittedly, I had no clue how the quarterback battle was going and, one week later, I still don’t. New head coach Neal Brown has…