Buckhannon-Upshur senior Allie Key earned 2025-26 Big 10 Girls’ Basketball First Team All-Conference honors, the only Lady Buc selected. She led B-U with 9.6 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, plus 38 blocks, 37 steals and 29 assists.

West Virginia Wesleyan opened the outdoor season in style at the Vulcans Early Bird, piling up scoring finishes, personal bests, and event titles across sprints, distance, jumps, and throws.

West Virginia Wesleyan split Sunday’s home doubleheader with West Liberty, falling 11-3 in the opener before rallying for a 4-3 win in game two.

West Virginia Wesleyan battled early but couldn’t contain Frostburg State’s late-inning surge, falling 8-4 in Game 1 before dropping a 13-3, five-inning nightcap in Sunday’s doubleheader.

West Virginia Wesleyan was shut out 21-0 at Charleston as the Golden Eagles jumped ahead 10-0 after one quarter and never let up. The Lady Bobcats got saves and late chances but couldn’t break through, and return home to host Virginia State on Tuesday at 6 p.m.

Plan your week with the Upshur County Sports Calendar for March 23–29, featuring baseball, softball, tennis, lacrosse, and track & field. Find game times and matchups for Buckhannon-Upshur, Philip Barbour, and West Virginia Wesleyan all week long.

Buckhannon-Upshur powered to its first win of the season with a 15-3 rout of Wheeling Park, using balanced scoring from seven players despite a near 30-minute delay. Braylon Oldaker, Easton Rice and Tobias Marple netted three goals each as the Bucs improved to 1-1.

Buckhannon-Upshur led 5-4 at halftime but couldn’t hold on, falling 9-7 to George Washington in Friday’s season opener. Mallory Moss scored three goals, Ava Lynch and Chloe Bennett added two each, and keeper Josie Rosencrance made 10 saves.

West Virginia Wesleyan managed just four runs in a doubleheader sweep at Fairmont State, falling 5-1 in game one and 5-3 in game two.

Wheeling used late offense in game one and an early power surge in game two to sweep West Virginia Wesleyan, 7-3 and 8-4, piling up 25 hits on the day.

Alfred State broke open a tight game with a late second-quarter flurry and a dominant third, rolling past Wesleyan 15-4 in Alfred. Elmer scored three times and Sloan added a goal and two assists, but the Pioneers controlled draws and shots behind Hargather’s 11-point day.

Kynnedy Marple and Payton Brown went deep as Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lady Bucs opened the 2026 season with a 12-5 Big 10 win over Robert C. Byrd, piling up 12 hits. Marple earned the relief win with seven strikeouts, while Brown, Marple, Knabenshue and Pastorius powered the offense.