Weh Council Eagles Win State Basketball Title at Vines Center
Council High School boys win their first state basketball championship. Five starters named seniors Rasnake Harman Ratliff and juniors Nuckles Jackson are all honor students with high SAT scores. A police escorted homecoming parade retraces routes through Buchanan Russell counties to Council High.
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Liberty University
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Radford
Cobra
Buchanan
Russell County
Va. Rt. 80
Honaker
Big A Mountain
Council High School
Ria
CHS
Willie Sullivan
Ryan Rasnake
Cass Harman
Jeremy Ratliff
Brad Nuckles
Benji Jackson
Lindsey Wilson Finishes First As Bluefield Invites Golf
Lindsey Wilson College wins the Bluefield College Collegiate Invitational at Fincastle Country Club in Virginia. Individual honors go to Diego Besga of Lindsey Wilson with a one under par 69, while team scores list Lindsey Wilson 294 and Bluefield College 312 among others.
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Lindsey Wilson College
Bluefield College
Fincastle Country Club
Concord
Bluefield State
Diego Besga
Lindsey Willson
K.P Harris
Matt Tiller
Steven Crigger
Aaron Howell
Jared French
Scott Miller
Jeff Meade
Jason Lambert
Graham Laird
Mike Carter
Bo Goins
Lindsey Wilson
Milligan
Brevard
Uva-Wise
Pikeville
Tennessee Wesleyan
Williams leads Delbarton in Class A all state honors
Jessica Williams, a 5-5 senior guard and captain of the Lady Bulldogs, earned first-team all-state honors as Burch High School produced multiple players on the West Virginia Sports Writers Association list. Williams set the school scoring record, shot 60 percent from the floor and 89 percent from the line, while averaging 24 points, five assists, and three steals per game.
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Bill Smith
Mingo County
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Lady Cavaliers
Bethany Wilkerson
Wilkerson
Martha
MCA
Liberty
Penn State Knocks UNC to Reach NCAA Sweet 16
In Happy Valley, Penn State shocks North Carolina 82-74 to reach the NCAA final 16 for the first time in 46 years. Guard Jon Crispin leads with five points and three steals as the Nittany Lions, led by coach Jerry Dunn, ride an up-tempo attack and clutch late plays. The football-leaning region celebrates this basketball breakthrough amid questions about fan support and the program’s overall balance between men’s and women’s teams.
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Tate College
Hoops Valley
Happy Valley
Joe Paterno
Penn State
Nittany
North Carolina
Nittany Lions
Paterno
Jon Crispin
Tar Heels
Northwestern
Providence
Jeremy Bennett
Carolina
Kentucky
Temple
Pennsylvania
Jerry Dunn
Indiana
Rene Portland
Lady Lions
TCU
Illinois
Iowa
Mississippi State tops Pitt in NIT with late 3s
Mississippi State defeats Pittsburgh 66-61 in the NIT second round. Zimmerman scored 15, Gholar hit a crucial 3 with 1:34 left, and Patterson, Smith, and Jackson added double digits as Mississippi State advances to face Tulsa in the quarterfinals. Pitt led early 27-13 but State rallied.
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Bulldogs
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Quentin Smith
Jackson
Tulsa
Pitt
Picnaran
Michael
Jaron Brown
Brandin Knight
Antonio Jackson
Isaac Hawkins
Panthers
Roy Goffer
Julius Page
Knight
Lady Blues open softball season with 2-2 mark
CO college softball team, the Lady Blues, opened their season 2-2 after a four game week that included a doubleheader sweep at St Augustine's. Kristi Brooks and Kim Irvine provided key hits as Melissa Bolden and Jenny Bourne pitched well. They host Alderson-Broaddus in their conference opener at Graham Recreation Park.
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Lady Blues
St. Augustine's
Raleigh, N.C
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Alderson-Broaddus
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Snively
Melissa Bolden
Jenny Bourne
Tazewell
Kristi Brooks
Kim Irvine
BSC
Salem-Teikyo
West Liberty
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Wheeling Central
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