Buckhannon Sports

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.— Martin Radosevic blasted his third homer of the season for the West Virginia Wesleyan (1-24, 1-13 MEC) baseball team on Sunday against the University of Charleston Golden Eagles (21-8, 13-1 MEC). However, the Golden Eagles bested the Bobcats in both games of the doubleheader at Hank Ellis Field. Game OneThe Golden Eagles tagged the ‘Cats for…

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan synchronized pyramid team and the 450 salto toss team won their individual events at the Mountain East Conference Championships on Saturday at Joe Retton Arena in Fairmont, W.Va. How It HappenedThe synchronized pyramid team of Talia Cooper, Sydney McKinnon, Emily Dengel, Abigail Bowe, Kayla Wade, Kayla Gandy, Megan Miles, Tiara Stokes and Kelsey Allen took the crown with a score of…

FROSTBURG, Md.– WVWC women’s tennis claimed a 5-0 sweep over the Frostburg State Bobcats on Saturday in a rain shortened contest. The Orange and Black put in a strong performance to claim a tough road win in Mountain East play.  Julia Pinto got the scoring started with a straight sets victory at No. 2. Pinto dropped one game…

FAIRMONT, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan (5-3) acrobatics & tumbling team fell to Frostburg State in the semifinal round of the Mountain East Conference Championships on Friday at Joe Retton Arena in Fairmont, W.Va. How It HappenedWesleyan’s pyramid heat and toss heat teams scored a 9.300 and a 9.350 respectively in the compulsory round. Frostburg State…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan Department of Athletics has revealed details about the WVWC Hall of Fame induction ceremony held on Thursday, April 21, 2022. Reservations must be made in advance for the ceremony. Cost of the induction ceremony and the dinner is $25. Reservations can be made by contacting Josh Stump by phone (304)…

WHEELING – The Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneer lacrosse team opened their season with four road games, dropping all four. The Bucs opened their season at Fairmont Senior losing a 14-3 contest. They followed that up with a Saturday doubleheader coming up just short in games with Wheeling Park and John Marshall. They opened the day with a…

TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur Lady Buc lacrosse team had a busy three-day stretch last weekend with four home games scheduled. The Lady Bucs only played three of those games, dominating all three, and won the fourth game by forfeit to stay perfect on the year. Last Thursday, the Lady Bucs downed George Washington in a…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.—West Virginia Wesleyan track and field hosted the sixth annual Jasmine Claggett Memorial Invitational on Friday. The women’s team took first in overall points while the men took second overall. On the women’s side, Alyssa Kelleher won the women’s 5k posting a final time of 21:37.22. Leigha Hall took second in the 3000m steeplechase, crossing the line in 12:58.37. Lauren…

TENNERTON – Winning 13 events, the Buckhannon-Upshur Buccaneer track and field team easily won a seven-team home meet Tuesday evening at Freal “Red” Crites Memorial Stadium. The Bucs amassed 196 points, easily outdistancing second-place Philip Barbour who scored 69 points. Tucker County was third with 68 points while Lewis County was fourth with 60 points…

TENNERTON – With seven victories under their belts, the Buckhannon-Upshur track and field Lady Bucs had little trouble bringing home the team title in their own seven-team home meet Tuesday evening. The Lady Bucs piled up 161 points, way ahead of second-place Philip Barbour with 92 points. Elkins was third (67 points), Tygarts Valley was…

ELKINS, W.Va.– WVWC women’s tennis suffered a setback on Wednesday against the Davis & Elkins Senators. The Senators defeated WVWC 5-2 in a matchup where the Lady ‘Cats couldn’t find their groove. In doubles play, the Lady Bobcats claimed the first matchup at No. 3 with a resounding win from Rebecca Osborne and Madison Chen. The duo took down the…

FROSTBURG, Md. – The West Virginia Wesleyan (2-6, 0-3) lacrosse team fell to Frostburg State on Thursday evening at Bobcat Stadium in Frostburg, Md. WVWC LeadersEmma Adcock recorded another multi-goal game and led WVWC with a pair of goals. Isabella Verona, Adely Trujillo-Gonzalez and Makenzi Lewellyn each added a goal. Maggie Wroe collected four ground balls and made 11 saves. Frostburg State Leaders13 Frostburg State players…

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. — West Virginia Wesleyan base Tiara Stokes was awarded All-Mountain East Conference First Team honors while top/base Joniah Howell and base/tumbler Emily Dengel earned All-MEC Second Team recognition. Stokes, a graduate student from Charleston, W.Va., locked up first-team honors following a strong final season. Stokes was named MEC Athlete of the Week on March 2. She plays the role of a…

GLENVILLE, W.Va. – Throughout the last several days, the Glenville State University Lady Pioneers have been recognized and congratulated for their recent NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball National Championship win. On Wednesday, April 6 the team held a meet and greet with fans at the GSU Waco Center before being honored with a parade in…

BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. – The Mountain East Conference today announced the matchups and seeding for the 2022 MEC Acrobatics & Tumbling Championship to be held this weekend at Joe Retton Arena on the campus of Fairmont State University. The West Virginia Wesleyan acrobatics & tumbling team qualified as the number three seed in the Mountain East Conference Acrobatics…