Upshur County’s Aug. 31-Sept. 6 sports calendar features Buckhannon-Upshur and West Virginia Wesleyan teams in football, soccer, golf, volleyball and cross country. Highlights include Friday night football and Saturday’s B-U Invitational.
Coby Smith scored four goals and added an assist as Buckhannon-Upshur earned its first win with a 10-0 rout of John Marshall. The dominant victory was a resounding response to Friday’s late 2-1 collapse against Martinsburg.
Buckhannon-Upshur went 1-2 against tough competition at University High, closing with a dominant sweep of East Fairmont after losses to University and Linsly. The 2-4 Lady Bucs return home Monday to host Pendleton County.
Mountain CAP of West Virginia, based in Upshur County, will receive $66,438 through a federal juvenile justice grant program. The award is among $659,570 in grants to 12 West Virginia projects announced by Governor Patrick Morrisey.
WVU Medicine performed West Virginia’s first single-port robotic-assisted lung lobectomy. The minimally invasive approach may reduce pain, shorten hospital stays and speed recovery while keeping advanced lung cancer care closer to home.
Read Aloud West Virginia will share September donations dollar for dollar with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library partners when gifts are marked “in memory of Dolly.” The campaign honors Parton’s legacy while expanding literacy support for children statewide.
