Area Sports

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians Varsity Basketball Team picked up their ninth win of the season with a 54-43 win over visiting Faith Christian Academy. Before the tip-off the Lady Indians honored seniors Kaleah Mellott and Taylor Stotler for their four years of contributions to the basketball program. In the…

by Jim Buzzerd No O What was once a surprisingly promising season for the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team has taken a decided downturn as the Mountaineers have lost three in a row as this is being typed. WVU now sits at 18-7 Overall and 6-6 in Big 12 play. If someone told me…

by Jim Buzzerd Right on cue Last week the point here was that it would behoove the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team to figure out how to win a few road games if the Mountaineers want to retain their lofty post season projections. WVU defeated Iowa State 76-61 at the Coliseum last Wednesday to…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Varsity Boys Basketball Team hosted rival Keyser last Thursday, February 6. Just a few weeks earlier Keyser had blasted the Tribe 78-36 on their home court and this time around Berkeley Springs was looking for some redemption. In the first quarter the two teams battled to…

by Jim Buzzerd Looking for a road win The West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team split a pair of rematch games last week losing to a red hot Texas Tech team 89-81 in Lubbock and outlasting Kansas State 66-57 at home last Saturday. WVU has now split regular season games with both teams with the…

by Jamie Harris The Paw Paw Pirates Varsity Boys’ Basketball Team split a pair of games last week on the hard wood. On Monday, January 27 the Pirates hosted the Moorefield Yellow Jackets at the Paw Paw gym. Moorefield jumped out to a 19-9 first quarter lead. By the end of the second quarter the…

Berkeley Springs High School and Warm Springs Middle School girls basketball teams will hold a free basketball clinic for girls in grades second through fifth  on Saturday, February 1. The clinic will consist of basic skills and drills that will be led by the BSHS Lady Indian coach Dale McCumbee and his  staff and players…

by Jim Buzzerd Anyone’s game? Seems most West Virginia University fans would be pleased with the Mountaineers’ 16-3 record to begin the 2019-2020 season. That is especially true considering the team won only 15 games a season ago. The success so far has the Mountaineers projected to attain even more lofty status as the season…

by Jim Buzzerd Bit of a coaster ride A lot has happened with the West Virginia University Men’s Basketball Team since last Monday. WVU had an unexpectedly easy time with TCU at home last Monday posting an 81-49 win over the Frogs. WVU travelled to Kansas State last Saturday and were ambushed 84-68 by the…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Boys’ Varsity Basketball Team picked up a huge sectional win over PVC rival Petersburg on Thursday, January 9. Behind double digit scoring from four starters, the Indians rolled to a 79-65 win to improve to 5-5 on the season. In the first quarter, Berkeley Springs jumped…