This week’s Upshur County sports schedule features Buckhannon-Upshur teams competing in golf, soccer, volleyball and cross country, including matches against Morgantown, Preston, Bridgeport, Fairmont Senior and Greenbrier East, plus several scrimmages.
Highland Landscaping kept first place in the Bob Cupp Memorial Golf League with 91½ points despite a 21-19 loss to Sam’s Pizza, edging only one point ahead of High Point Construction (90½).
Division II colleges like West Virginia Wesleyan are adapting to growing NIL deals, expanding agency involvement and a volatile transfer portal that complicate recruiting, roster stability and compliance as Division I trends trickle down.
West Virginia Wesleyan Vice President for Athletics Dr. Rae Emrick, entering her third year, says Bobcat sports show positive momentum, coaching stability, growth plans, and community support while evaluating new teams and strengthening conference ties.
Twenty-year-old Dalton Auvil, entering his second year as Buckhannon-Upshur boys’ soccer coach with a new assistant and a full offseason, says he’s more prepared and aiming to lead the Bucs to greater success in 2025.
Highland Landscaping stayed atop the Buckhannon Country Club Bob Cupp Memorial Golf League after a 21-19 win over Lisa Cain Edward Jones, leading the standings with 72½ points in week three of the third quarter.
Justin Bowers, previously assistant coach and middle school track head, has taken over the Buckhannon-Upshur cross-country teams, aiming to continue fostering a family-oriented, hard-working culture to help student-athletes thrive on and off the course.
Buckhannon-Upshur head football coach Sloan Baisden welcomed 37 players to the first preseason camp, emphasizing team building with a trip to Selbyville and preparing a roster with several new and inexperienced athletes.
Highland Landscaping surged to first place in the Buckhannon Country Club Bob Cupp Memorial Golf League with a commanding victory, while Chris Brady and Chris Zickefoose earned top individual honors for the week.
Jason Westfall, longtime Buckhannon-Upshur boys’ basketball coach and former B-U golf coach, has been named the new golf coach at West Virginia Wesleyan, where he plans to build on the program’s strong tradition.
