Area Sports

Effective July 1, 2018, two Eastern Panhandle counties were be added to three that already have restrictions on the disposal and transport of deer carcasses. The restrictions are designed to combat the spread of chronic wasting disease (CWD). Berkeley and Mineral counties have been added to Hampshire, Hardy and Morgan counties as areas where restrictions…

by Jim Buzzerd Carter a Grizzly In the recent NBA draft, Memphis Grizzlies drafted West Virginia University’s senior point guard Jevon Carter. Carter was the 32nd overall selection and the second pick of the second round. The Grizzlies selecting Carter wasn’t set in stone, but there was a lot of chatter leading up to the…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Indians Football program will have a new head coach in place to start the 2018 season. Morgan County resident and 1987 Berkeley Springs High School graduate Chip Breeden is returning home to take over the reins of the Tribe. Breeden will be replacing Matt Puffenberger who resigned…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Athletic Hall of Fame committee has released the Class of 2018 members. The Class of 2018 is as follows: Lewis Close was a standout football, basketball, baseball and track athlete at BSHS from 1951-1956. Close went on and played basketball at Shepherd. Karen Clark was the first…

by Jamie Harris The Berkeley Springs High School Lady Indians soccer program will have a new head coach manning the sidelines at the start of the 2018 fall season. Steve Havermale was recently approved by the Morgan County Board of Education to take over for Carla Cacicia. Cacicia resigned last fall at the completion of…

U.S. Army Reserve Spc. John Mundey was named as a winner of the 2018 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition Best Warrior and Best Noncommissioned Officer in a ceremony at the Crown Complex in Fayetteville, N.C., on Friday, June 15. Thirty-six U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers from U.S. Army Reserve commands throughout the world, with occupations…

by Jamie Harris It seems each year a prolific group of male or female cross country and track athletes graduate Berkeley Springs High School with numerous state championships or all-state honors. In the past, names such as Valerie Peer, Rachel Buser, Megan Mock, Tone Belt, Lenny Hovermale, Shaun Spielman, Corey Shetler, Danielle Haynes, Kinsey Reed,…

Koepka wins again by Jim Buzzerd Brooks Koepka won his second U.S. Open title Sunday at Shinnecock Hills in Southampton, N.Y. No player has successfully defended the U.S. Open title since Curtis Strange in 1989. That kind of makes one wonder why Koepka isn’t more of a household name. Koepka has won 10 times as…