B-U swimmers place seventh at Big 10 Conference Championships

Buckhannon-Upshur’s swim Buccaneers finished seventh of eight at Saturday’s Big 10 Conference Championships with 50 points. Grayson Colburn led the way with a third-place 500 free and a third-place 400 free relay, as the Bucs now turn to regionals in Huntington.

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Wesley Ed Howard, 93, died January 30, 2026, at home in Hinkleville, where he’d lived since childhood. A sharp-witted family man and outdoorsman, he served in Korea, earned a WVU degree, and built Buckhannon’s Southern States through his famous “buy, sell, or trade” style.