Buckhannon-Upshur’s Kierra Pumphrey earned Second Team honors on the Big 10 Conference All-Cheerleading Team, the school’s lone selection voted on by league coaches. Lincoln won the Big 10 Cheer Competition, and Lincoln’s Mandi Brown was named Coach of the Year.
Buckhannon-Upshur senior Jerin Westfall was voted the 2025-26 Big 10 Conference Player of the Year after topping 1,000 career points and leading the Bucs to a 14-9 season.
Buckhannon-Upshur senior Allie Key earned 2025-26 Big 10 Girls’ Basketball First Team All-Conference honors, the only Lady Buc selected. She led B-U with 9.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, plus 38 blocks, 37 steals and 29 assists.
Plan your week with the Upshur County Sports Calendar for March 23–29, featuring baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, and track & field. Find game times and matchups for Buckhannon-Upshur, Philip Barbour, and West Virginia Wesleyan all week long.
Buckhannon-Upshur powered to its first win of the season with a 15-3 rout of Wheeling Park, using balanced scoring from seven players despite a near 30-minute delay. Braylon Oldaker, Easton Rice and Tobias Marple netted three goals each as the Bucs improved to 1-1.
Buckhannon-Upshur led 5-4 at halftime but couldn’t hold on, falling 9-7 to George Washington in Friday’s season opener. Mallory Moss scored three goals, Ava Lynch and Chloe Bennett added two each, and keeper Josie Rosencrance made 10 saves.
Kynnedy Marple and Payton Brown went deep as Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs opened the 2026 season with a 12-5 Big 10 win over Robert C. Byrd, piling up 12 hits. Marple earned the relief win with seven strikeouts, while Brown, Marple, Knabenshue and Pastorius powered the offense.
Buckhannon-Upshur opened the 2026 season with a 13-6 home loss to Fairmont Senior, led by two goals each from Forest Catlin and Zack Simmons and 10 saves from Gage Scott. The Bucs’ game vs. George Washington was postponed, and they host Wheeling Park Friday at 7 p.m.
Upshur County’s sports calendar for March 16–22 features a full slate of lacrosse, baseball, softball, tennis, and track action. Highlights include multiple Buckhannon-Upshur home games plus West Virginia Wesleyan doubleheaders and road matchups.
A state champion wrestler and B-U basketball star are this week’s Hank Ellis All-Stars.
