Wesleyan second baseman Grant Shumaker earned All-MEC honorable mention as the league announced its 2026 postseason baseball honors ahead of the conference championship.

Rylen Carlyle captured the long jump title for Buckhannon-Upshur at the Big 10 Conference Track and Field Championships with a winning leap of 16’ 10.5, and also placed sixth in the 100.

Buckhannon-Upshur placed in all five relay events at the Big 10 Conference Championships, led by a fifth-place 4×200 and top individual finishes from Greyson Wyland (4th shot put) and Shayden Rogers (5th long jump).

Buckhannon-Upshur opened the postseason with a dominant 15-3 win over John Marshall, led by Zack Simmons’ four goals and two assists as seven Bucs scored. Now 9-4, the Bucs host Mountain State Saturday at noon after winning the regular-season matchup 15-6.

Wesleyan was shut out of Mountain East Conference postseason honors as the league unveiled its 2026 all-conference teams and award winners ahead of the MEC Softball Championship.

West Virginia Wesleyan’s men’s and women’s tennis teams earned NCAA Division II Atlantic Region 1 bids as No. 5 seeds.

My Buckhannon’s Hank Ellis All-Stars for April 26–May 2 are Lady Bucs senior Mallory Moss and Buccaneer sophomore Braylon Oldaker.

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.