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First Three Selections For Martins Ferry Athletic Hall of Fame Class Of 2026 Announced

Top Sports June 6, 2026

Two All-Ohio football standouts from 85 years ago and a three-sport athlete from the 1970s launch the selections for the Martins Ferry Athletic Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026. The first three individuals in the Class of 2026 are Harry Johns (Class of 1941), Walter J. Veloski (Class of 1941) and Frank Twardoski (Class of 1973). Those three and six other selections yet to be announced will be inducted on Friday, August 28 with an afternoon luncheon at the MFHS cafeteria and they will be introduced at halftime of the Purple Riders’ home football game against Columbus Mifflin. Two ...

WVU Athletics To Retire Quarterback Pat White's No. 5

Top Sports June 6, 2026

MORGANTOWN — West Virginia athletics announced Friday morning that it will retire former Mountaineers quarterback and current assistant quarterbacks coach Pat White's No. 5 jersey this fall at a home game this season. The game is to be determined later this summer. He becomes the seventh ...

J.T. Poston Handles The Wind At Memorial For Low Round Of Tournament And The Lead

Top Sports June 6, 2026

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) — J.T. Poston stepped onto the putting green Friday at the Memorial just in time to feel the first gust of wind, knowing a tough course was about to get even harder. Part of him was eager to see how a new golf ball to help with the wind was going to perform. It's safe to ...

"Boring" Chansen Cole Electric In Super Regional Victory

Top Sports June 5, 2026

GRANVILLE — His WVU teammates may get a handshake or sometimes a hi-five out of Chansen Cole from time to time. Don’t expect much more than that, at least not when the sophomore is busy on the mound. “I’ve been told my whole life I’m a pretty boring person,” Cole said Friday, ...

Tyrus Hall, Sean Smith Hit Home Runs To Put WVU Baseball A Win Away From 1st College World Series

Top Sports June 5, 2026

GRANVILLE — West Virginia baseball had bases loaded and an out. The Mountaineers No. 9 hitter, Tyrus Hall, came up to the plate. Hall isn't known as a power hitter, and has only hit five all season before Friday afternoon. Hall sent the ball to the opposite field and hit a grand slam to ...

Magical Season Leads To Top Draft Rankings For WVU’s Gavin Kelly

Top Sports June 5, 2026

MORGANTOWN — Prospect rankings and mock drafts are not high on Gavin Kelly’s priority list these days. Ask him about winning the MVP of the Morgantown Regional in the NCAA tournament and he quickly shrugs it off. “It’s a team MVP, it’s unreal,” he said in the moments that ...