Fairmont State swept West Virginia Wesleyan, winning the women’s meet 127-30 and the men’s meet 109-68 despite several season-best swims and individual victories by Bobcats.

Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs finished second with 128 points at the Big 10 Conference Swim Championships, led by Mallory Hughes’ two runner-up finishes and several top-five individual and relay performances.

Buckhannon-Upshur finished seventh of eight with 50 points at the Big 10 Conference Championships, led by Grayson Colburn’s third in the 500 free and a third-place 400-yard freestyle relay.

Catch all the action in the Upshur County Sports Calendar for Feb. 2–8, featuring Buckhannon-Upshur and West Virginia Wesleyan matchups all week. Highlights include basketball, wrestling, indoor track, swimming regionals, and weekend tennis.

Buckhannon-Upshur fell to Lewis County 56-48 after failing to score in the first quarter and rallying in the second half but coming up short despite Allie Key’s 18 points and Payten Goodwin’s 22 for Lewis County.

The Mountain East Conference preseason softball poll picked Fairmont State and Charleston as division favorites, with West Virginia Wesleyan projected fourth in the South and coaches casting the votes.

Aidan Anderson scored 33 and Point Park dominated the glass and free throws to beat West Virginia Wesleyan 83-67 despite a second-half rally led by Jaden Westfall.

West Virginia Wesleyan’s stifling second-half defense fueled a 65-46 road win over Point Park, with Emma Witt scoring 21 and Allie Daniels grabbing 13 rebounds as the Lady Bobcats improved to 12-4.

Wesleyan was picked fifth in the MEC South Division preseason baseball poll, which ranked Charleston first and was compiled from votes by the conference’s 11 head coaches.

Frostburg State was picked preseason favorite in the 2026 Mountain East Conference women’s lacrosse poll, receiving five first-place votes while West Virginia Wesleyan was picked sixth.

West Virginia Wesleyan rolled past Salem 91-75 behind 23 points from Adrijus Janciauskas, 50 second-half points, 13 three-pointers, and a dominant defense that forced 20 turnovers.

West Virginia Wesleyan used a dominant second quarter, balanced scoring led by Ana Young’s 22 points, and strong rebounding to defeat Salem 83-59, improving to 11-4.