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WVU Men's Hoops To Face Tar Heels In Charlotte

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MORGANTOWN -- It’s taken 61 years, but it appears North Carolina has finally gotten over Ron “Fritz” Williams and is set to play West Virginia once again. The two schools announced Thursday they would meet this season, on Nov. 27, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The game is part of the Dick Vitale Invitational. ESPN will televise the game on one of its networks. The last time the two schools met was in 1965, with Williams going for 25 points on 9 of 11 shooting and adding six assists in the Mountaineers’ 102-97 victory inside the Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, ...

WVU Being Patient With Adding Players After New 5-For-5 Ruling

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MORGANTOWN — On July 31, U.S. District Court of Colorado Judge Charlotte Sweeney issued a class-wide injunction against the NCAA, granting all 2022 athletes a fifth year of eligibility. This comes after the NCAA changed the eligibility rules to 5-for-5, meaning athletes have five years to play five seasons, which didn’t include 2022 athletes. Judge Sweeney clarified this doesn’t mean athletes can transfer to other schools. This new injunction opened up the opportunity for former athletes, who might’ve graduated, to return to their previous schools for another year. Multiple ...

Post 1 Narrowly Defeated In American Legion Regional Opener

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CHERRYVILLE — Wheeling Post 1’s first foray into this year’s American Legion Southeast Regional Tournament came down to the wire, but the West Virginia state champs fell just short against their North Carolina counterpart, Garner Post 232, in a 6-5 defeat on Fraley Field in Cherryville, N.C. Starting pitchers Jake Brown and Colton Haire were locked in a pitcher’s duel through three scoreless innings, and while Post 1’s Brown also blanked Garner in the fourth, Haire couldn’t do the same in the bottom-half of the frame. Chris Upton hit a sacrifice fly and Andrew Murdock shot ...