The Buckhannon-Upshur Chamber of Commerce and visitors center went on the road bright and early Tuesday morning to welcome 300 Atlantic Coast Pipeline employees to Buckhannon with packets full of business discounts, menus, event info and local attractions. The organizations will continue to address and welcome incoming employees as needed.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs slipped from No. 4 to No. 6 in the latest MetroNews Class AAAA softball rankings with 55 points, while the baseball Buccaneers dropped from 11th to 12th with four votes. Cabell Midland leads softball, and Morgantown tops the baseball poll.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s track and field Bucs turned in another strong relay showing at the Harry Green Invitational, placing top five in every relay event.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs wrapped up the regular season with an eighth-place finish (40 points) at the Harry Green Invitational in Bridgeport. Rylen Carlye led the way with four top-five finishes, and the 4×800 relay posted the team’s best relay mark.
No. 2 Fairmont State swept No. 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-0 in Saturday’s MEC semifinal in Charleston. The Falcons grabbed the doubles point and rolled through singles wins from Moens, Haruto and Liedtke to punch their ticket to the 2026 MEC Championship.
Fairmont State edged No. 3 West Virginia Wesleyan 4-3 in the MEC Women’s Tournament semifinals, clinching the doubles point and surviving a 2-2 comeback. The match came down to No. 6 singles, where Emilie Bergmann rallied in three sets to send the Falcons to the title match.
West Virginia Wesleyan closed the regular season in style, sweeping Davis & Elkins on the road 9-1 and 6-5. The Bobcats powered a 13-hit opener highlighted by Dylan Neach’s three-run homer, then survived a late Senators rally to seal the doubleheader sweep.
