Buckhannon-Upshur closed the regular season on a six-game win streak, rolling past St. Albans and John Marshall 16-5 in back-to-back home games.
Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Buc lacrosse team endured a tough two-game stretch, falling 8-7 at Morgantown and 9-6 at home to University after beating both earlier this season.
West Virginia Wesleyan took Charleston to the ninth in a scoreless pitchers’ duel, but a walk-off homer sealed a 1-0 loss in Game 1. The Golden Eagles rode early offense and strong pitching to complete the sweep, 5-1, despite an RBI single from Josi Fix.
The Fred Brooks Garden Club will begin spring activities with Strawberry Yard of the Month judging, its annual Plant Sale & Auction and student planting projects.
Family and friends honored WVDOH crew supervisor Randy Bland at the Fallen Worker Memorial in Williamstown, remembering his 2015 work zone death and the 58 highway workers killed in the line of duty.
Buckhannon teen Hunter Rohr landed a new West Virginia record golden rainbow trout during WVDNR’s Gold Rush event—28 inches and 11.84 pounds. He caught it on the South Branch Potomac’s Smoke Hole section using an egg sack on 4-pound test line.
