Sports
WVWC indoor track teams run strong at Marietta
MARIETTA – The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s and women’s indoor track & field team swept the Pioneer Open at Marietta College on Friday evening. The men’s team tallied 145 points and the women’s team finished the meet with 169 points. How The Men FinishedFollowing the men’s first place finish in the final team scores were…
Basketball ‘Cats fall to Pioneers, 100-53
GLENVILLE, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan’s men’s basketball team lost to Glenville State on Saturday evening 100-53. The Pioneers finished with 25 assists and outrebounded the Bobcats 47-27 in the rout. The first bucket of the game wouldn’t come until the 17:44 mark with a Jamal Jacobs layup. Glenville answered with seven straight to gain…
Basketball Lady ‘Cats come up just short of upset of Glenville State
GLENVILLE, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball team flirted with an upset against MEC leading and No. 2 nationally-ranked Glenville State, losing 61-55. The Lady Bobcats outrebounded the Lady Pioneers but were forced into 21 turnovers in the loss. A Laila Calhoun layup got Wesleyan on the board after Glenville’s Mo Pruitt got the…
Wesleyan men can’t hold halftime lead in 78-64 defeat to Concord
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan men’s basketball lost at home on Wednesday night to Concord 78-64. Concord controlled the glass all night, outrebounding the Bobcats 45-27 and pulling down 20 offensive rebounds, which turned into 21 second chance points. Concord started the game off with an emphatic alley-oop dunk. Tyler Slone picked up right…
Strong fourth quarter leads Lady ‘Cats to a 70-58 win over Concord
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball picked up a much needed conference win on Wednesday night, beating Concord 70-58 at Rockefeller Center. The Lady Bobcats shot 51% from the field to edge the Mountain Lions. The opening quarter saw the two teams shoot a combined 7-23 from the field, with both struggling to…
Lady Bucs fall to 13th in latest AP basketball poll
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The Associated Press high school girls basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and total points: TeamRecordPtsPrv Class AAAA 1. Wheeling Park (7)9-19012. Cabell Midland (1)8-28423. Spring Valley (2)10-28154. University7-46365. Morgantown6-36036. Huntington6-25547. Parkersburg South5-34078. George Washington4-22099. Spring Mills6-014NR10. Woodrow Wilson4-512NR Others receiving votes: Greenbrier East 11, John Marshall 7, Buckhannon-Upshur 6,…
Upshur County Sports Calendar
MONDAY (Jan. 9) No events scheduled TUESDAY (Jan. 10) Basketball Buckhannon-Upshur Middle (Junior Varsity Boys) at Lincoln, 4:30 p.m. Liberty (Junior Varsity Boys) at Buckhannon-Upshur, 5:45 p.m. Buckhannon-Upshur Middle (Varsity Girls) at Lincoln, 6 p.m. Buckhannon-Upshur Middle (Varsity Boys) at Lincoln, 7 p.m. Liberty (Varsity Boys) at Buckhannon-Upshur, 7:30 p.m. Wrestling Buckhannon-Upshur Middle at Mountaineer…
Basketball ‘Cats slump in second half in 30-point loss to West Virginia State
BUCKHANNON W.Va – WVWC men’s basketball dropped a home conference clash to West Virginia State 106-76 on Saturday evening. West Virginia State outrebounded the Bobcats 44-25, including 13 offensive rebounds. WV State jumped out to a 9-2 lead, forcing Head Coach Derek Sloan to take an early timeout. The Yellow Jackets extended the lead to…
Witt scores 36 but Lady ‘Cats fall by to 10 to West Virginia State, 79-69
BUCKHANNON, W.Va – West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball team lost a hard-fought conference matchup against West Virginia State 79-69 on Saturday afternoon. The Yellow Jackets forced Wesleyan into 30 turnovers in the game. The two teams went bucket for bucket to start the game until West Virginia State built an early seven-point lead before the…
Chambers to lead WVWC cross country and track and field programs
BUCKHANNON, W.Va – The interim tag has been removed for Kelsey Chambers. After spending the fall semester as the interim coach, the WVWC Athletic Department has announced that Chambers will now lead the cross country and track and field programs as the head coach. Chambers spent three years as an assistant coach on the Bobcat…
Wesleyan baseball adds Dylan Cooper to coaching staff
BUCKHANNON, W.Va – West Virginia Wesleyan baseball and head coach Lee Bradley have added Dylan Cooper to the staff prior to the 2023 season beginning. He will specialize in working with the catchers, infielders, and take over duties as recruiting coordinator. Cooper comes from Richland Junior College after spending the 2022 campaign as an assistant…
Furr named new Sports Information Director at Wesleyan
BUCKHANNON – West Virginia Wesleyan’s Athletic Department is excited to announce Jagger Furr as the new Sports Information Director. Furr comes to WVWC after serving as a Sports Information Assistant at Glenville State for 2 ½ years. He helped provide live stats for all sports, as well as assisting in running the GSU Athletics website…
