Football Little Bucs roll into conference title game with pair of dominant victories
Buckhannon-Upshur closed the regular season at 27-10 with wins over Oak Hill and Independence. The Lady Bucs now turn to Wednesday’s South Region Tournament rematch with Oak Hill, with a shot at host Cabell Midland on the line.
Men’s soccer earned its first win, both cross-country teams won and volleyball finished the week with two victories. Here’s Wesleyan’s October 19–25 sports recap and the latest MEC standings.
Amari Colon-Brown broke the school’s single-season touchdown reception record, but Wesleyan committed two turnovers and turned the ball over on downs at the Concord 1-yard line in a 17-9 home loss.
Upshur County’s Oct. 26–Nov. 1 sports calendar features football, soccer, volleyball and cross country. Highlights include regional tournaments, a conference football championship and Buckhannon-Upshur’s state cross country races.
The Lady Bucs punched their ticket to the WVSSAC State Cross Country Championships with a fifth-place regional finish and 130 points. Gwendolyn Rogosky led Buckhannon-Upshur in 11th as the team earned a return trip to Cabell Midland on Saturday.
Buckhannon-Upshur sophomore Mitchell Whitley earned a state cross country berth with an 11th-place regional finish in 17:06. The Bucs placed ninth, missing team qualification, while senior Mason Conway fell one spot short of an individual berth.