All schools in Upshur County will close at 1 p.m. today. All B-UHS sporting events today are canceled.

Sappey, Nolte run top 10 for X-C Bucs at Bearcat Invitational

Buckhannon-Upshur’s Alex Sappey (6th) and Joey Nolte (9th) logged top-10 finishes at the Bearcat Invitational, leading the Bucs to fifth among 15 teams, as Elkins and Trevor George claimed the team and individual titles.
The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneers ran fifth in the Bearcat Invitational Saturday morning. (Bobbie Hatcher/My Buckhannon)

GRAFTON – Buckhannon-Upshur placed two runners in the top 10 out of 130 runners Saturday morning in the Grafton Bearcat Invitational. B-U’s Alex Sappey finished an impressive sixth with a time of 16:37.44 while Joey Nolte ran ninth with a […]

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