WHEELING, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball team defeated the Wheeling Cardinals on the road 58-55 on Wednesday night. The Cardinals shot just 9-25 from the free throw line in the loss. The Cardinals struck first with a Lauren Calhoun layup, getting the fourth leading scorer in the MEC started early. Courtney Wilfong…

GLENVILLE – Buckhannon-Upshur senior Nathan Cornett joined an exclusive club for the Buccaneer wrestling team as he recently recorded his 100th victory of his high school career. Cornett, wrestling at 150 pounds, picked up his 100th win at the recent Glenville State Tournament hosted by Gilmer County High. He did it in fine style as…

BUCKHANNON – The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s tennis team will begin the spring season next Friday, Feb. 3 at the UC Invite in Charleston. The women’s team will not begin play until March 3 at Johnson & Wales. For The MenWesleyan finished the 2021-22 campaign (10-10) overall and (4-2) in MEC competition. The Bobcats were…

MONDAY (Jan. 23) Basketball East Fairmont Middle (Junior Varsity and Varsity Boys) at Buckhannon-Upshur, 6 p.m. Buckhannon-Upshur Middle (Junior Varsity and Varsity Girls) at East Fairmont, 6 p.m. TUESDAY (Jan. 24) Basketball University (Junior Varsity Girls) at Buckhannon-Upshur, 5:45 p.m. Taylor County Middle (Junior Varsity and Varsity Boys) at Buckhannon-Upshur, 6 p.m. Buckhannon-Upshur Middle (Junior…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan men’s basketball team lost to the Davis & Elkins Senators 70-53 on Saturday evening. The Bobcats struggled mightily from behind the arc, shooting only 1-11 in the loss. The conference’s sixth leading scorer Sam Rolle IV started the game off with a three, setting the tone for the…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball team lost to Davis & Elkins on Saturday afternoon 67-61 inside Rockefeller Center. The Senators shot 47.4% from the field in the win with the Bobcats only shooting 35.2%. Laila Calhoun answered D&Es opening bucket with a layup of her own to get the Lady Bobcats…

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – The men’s and women’s indoor track & field teams competed at Youngstown State University on Friday in the YSU College Invitational. The teams saw both Division I and Atlantic Regional competition. How The Men FinishedSterlin Thropp finished 25th in the 400-meter dash with a time of 51.83 while teammate Jose Filion crossed…

Here’s the latest episode of the My Buckhannon exclusive feature: Off the Cuff with sports editor Duane Carpenter. In this edition, Duane visited WVWC just before the start of second-semester classes to talk with Head Athletic Trainer Drew Mason about a variety of topics, including the injury to Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin. Be sure…

FAIRMONT – The Buckhannon-Upshur Middle School Little Buc wrestling team recently won the Mid Mountain 10 Conference Championship at East Fairmont Middle School. The Little Bucs had 10 wrestlers place in the championship including three taking top honors. The three first-place wrestlers were Hunter Rohr (102 pounds), Alex Wamsley (116 pounds) and Trenton Ward (123…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan men’s basketball team picked up a much needed conference win against Frostburg State 81-71 on Wednesday night. WVWC shot 9-21 (48%) from three to help lead them to victory. Frostburg State came out of the gates with high intensity, flushing down their first two buckets to take a quick…

BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – West Virginia Wesleyan women’s basketball team lost on Wednesday evening to Frostburg State 66-48 inside Rockefeller Center. The Lady Bobcats struggled from the field, shooting only 32.3% as a team in the loss. Emma Witt poured in the first points of the game for the Lady Bobcats, connecting on a mid-range jumper…

TENNERTON – The Buckhannon-Upshur wrestling Bucs won a 48-33 home decision over the Lewis County Minutemen in a dual outing Tuesday night. The win lifted the Bucs’ dual record to 11-5 on the season. The Bucs raced out to a 24-0 lead after Jeremy Jett (106 pounds) won by forfeit, Ian Cornett (113) won by…