Buckhannon Colonial Arts Center Board Special Meeting Agenda: Sept. 17, 2024

Buckhannon-Upshur’s softball and baseball teams are earning statewide attention, both landing at No. 7 in this week’s WV Metro News Class AAAA polls. The Lady Bucs have 44 points in the coaches’ poll, while the baseball Bucs hold 34 points in the broadcasters and writers poll.

Buckhannon-Upshur rolled Fairmont Senior 16-2 behind 10 hits, seven Polar Bears errors and Becca Pastorius’ eight strikeouts. Shorthanded Saturday, the Lady Bucs battled George Washington to the final out but lost 5-4 on a walk-off error, snapping a five-game streak.

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.