Buckhannon Banter: Get the local lowdown for February 28, 2025

Claire Small’s 8-5 win at No. 1 singles was the lone bright spot as Buckhannon-Upshur fell 6-1 at John Marshall, with a near upset in No. 3 doubles. The Lady Bucs were then swept 7-0 by a strong Wheeling Park squad, leaving them 1-8 heading into a busy week.

Buckhannon-Upshur ran into a buzzsaw up north, falling 6-1 at John Marshall and 7-0 at Wheeling Park to drop to 3-6 on the season. The lone win came via a No. 3 doubles forfeit, while coach Jason Rock praised Mitchell Tracy and the Bucs’ doubles effort.

UCRC’s Summer Basketball League tips off its seventh—and biggest—season June 29 at WV Wesleyan’s Rockefeller Center, backed by new sponsors St. Joseph’s Hospital and Camp Mahonegon Event Center.

RE-PATH West Virginia announced its first grant award—$20,525 from Hope in the Hills, the nonprofit behind the Healing Appalachia festival—to help launch statewide recovery advocacy and collaboration.

Clayton Thyne has been named the inaugural Linda and Don Brodie Dean of WVU’s Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, the university’s largest academic unit, and will begin July 1.

Buckhannon police arrested a man after a traffic stop sparked by reports he was driving on a revoked DUI license. Officers say a K9 alert and items found in the vehicle led to charges including possession with intent to deliver and conspiracy.