Buckhannon-Upshur’s Cora Cottrill and Landon Wright are the Hank Ellis All-Stars for Sept. 21–27. Cottrill led volleyball to a 3-0 week with 27 kills, while Wright stopped 10 of 11 shots in two soccer matches.
Injury-hit Buckhannon-Upshur battled through lineup changes but fell 4-1 to Parkersburg South for its third straight loss. Kallie Perry’s free kick briefly cut the deficit to 2-1 before the Patriots pulled away.
Volleyball shares the MEC South Division lead, Mia Rodriguez scores twice in a soccer shutout and both cross-country teams finish fifth in Wesleyan’s weekly sports roundup.
A DUI arrest followed a September 25 crash into a Marion Street home, three days after a separate wreck damaged Don Patron. Police reports detail both crashes.
West Virginia students in kindergarten through fifth grade can sign up starting October 1 for the Dolly Days Read-a-Thon, a statewide challenge to read 25 books by December 31, with prizes from Blenko Glass.
Wesleyan reached Frostburg State’s 2-yard line with a chance to tie it in the first quarter. A strip-sack ended that opportunity, and three lost fumbles and six sacks helped turn the battle of the Bobcats into a 45-7 loss.
