Buckhannon Sports
Lady Buc netters open season with losses to UHS and Lincoln
BUCKHANNON – As Buckhannon-Upshur head coach Jason Rock continues to rebuild the Lady Bucs tennis program, he was pleased with how they opened their season despite losses in their first two matches of the 2022 season. They Lady Bucs opened their campaign Thursday at home with a 7-0 loss to University on the WVWC courts…
Baseball ‘Cats lose twin bill on the road at Fairmont State
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan (0-15, 0-4) baseball team dropped two games to Fairmont State (9-9, 4-0) at Mylan Park on Sunday (March 20) afternoon. Inside Game OneThe Fairmont State offense exploded for 19 runs in five innings. In the sixth inning, Devin Johnson delivered a two-RBI single to bring home David Sanders to get the Bobcats on the…
Softball Lady ‘Cats drop doubleheader to Frostburg State
BUCKHANNON, W.Va.– West Virginia Wesleyan’s (11-8-1, 2-2 MEC) Hannah Hudson punched out 12 Frostburg State Bobcats (9-6, 4-0 MEC) on Sunday at Culpepper Field. However, the Orange and Black dropped both games of the doubleheader losing 6-5 in game one and 6-3 in game two. Game OneWVWC found themselves in a 4-0 hole heading to the bottom half of…
Baseball Bucs fall in opener to University, 12-7
MORGANTOWN – The Buckhannon-Upshur baseball team built an early 6-1 lead against the homestanding University Hawks in their season debut Friday night but couldn’t maintain that advantage dropping a 12-7 contest. The Bucs took a quick 1-0 lead in the top of the first when Zach Calef-Boring opened the game with a single to left…
B-U’s Hurst earns First Team All-Big 10 basketball honors
TENNERTON – Buckhannon-Upshur’s Lamar Hurst garnered Big 10 First Team All-Conference honors for the 2021-22 basketball season. The junior forward led the team in scoring with 15.1 points per game while also averaging 6.4 rebounds and 1.5 assists per game. Hurst was the lone B-U player to earn all-conference honors as they league named 12…
Wesleyan track and field teams perform well at 49er Classic
CHARLOTTE, N.C– The West Virginia Wesleyan track and field team participated in the two-day Charlotte 49er Classic on Friday and Saturday. Day One The women’s events started with Samantha Cash and Aubrey Wiethe running 15.53 and 15.86, respectively. In the 100m hurdles. Faith Gandy and Ny’Tierra Hobbs followed that up with solid showings in the 100m dash. Gandy registered a top-10 finish in a competition…
Lady ‘Cat netters lose MEC opener to West Liberty
WEST LIBERTY, W.Va.– West Virginia Wesleyan (7-5, 0-1 MEC) women’s tennis was on the road Saturday for their Mountain East Conference opener against the West Liberty Hilltoppers (5-2, 2-0 MEC). The Hilltoppers ousted the Lady Bobcats by a final score of 6-1. The Hilltoppers swept the doubles matches to gain an early 1-0 advantage over the Lady…
Lacrosse Lady ‘Cats tumble on the road to Ashland, 19-5
ASHLAND, OHIO – The West Virginia Wesleyan (1-3) lacrosse team dropped a road non-conference game Saturday at Ashland (1-5) by a score of 19-5 at Ferguson Field. WVWC LeadersEmma Adcock led the Lady Bobcats offensively with two goals. The freshman fired five shots on goal and collected three ground balls. Gabrielle Holstein, Makenzi Lewellyn and Kaitlynn Canby each chipped in a goal for…
Softball Lady Bucs fall on the road at UHS in 2022 debut
MORGANTOWN – The Buckhannon-Upshur softball Lady Bucs had a rough start to their 2022 debut in a 10-0 five-inning road loss to the University Hawks. The Lady Bucs were no-hit in the shortened contest by one of the best pitchers in the state in University’s Austin Stemple, who was a first-team all-state selection last year.…
Solid pitching leads Lady ‘Cats to a sweep over Fairmont State
BUCKHANNON, W.Va.– The West Virginia Wesleyan (11-6-1, 2-0 MEC) softball team took advantage of solid performances in the circle from Hannah Hudson and Abigail O’Shields to take a doubleheader sweep of Fairmont State (4-8, 0-2 MEC) on Friday. The Lady ‘Cats took game one 6-2 and scored seven runs in the final two innings to win game two 7-1 at…
Baseball ‘Cats drop pair on the road to Frostburg State
FROSTBURG, Md. – The West Virginia Wesleyan (0-13, 0-2) baseball team fell in two games to Frostburg State (11-3, 2-0) at Bob Wells Field on Friday afternoon. Inside Game OneThe home team put up eight runs in the bottom of the first frame. Frostburg State added a run in the second inning to make the score 9-0.…
Wesleyan acro & tumbling team falls at home to Fairmont State
BUCKHANNON, W.Va. – The West Virginia Wesleyan (2-2) acrobatics & tumbling team fell to Fairmont State (5-1) by a score of 263.340-251.000 at Rockefeller Center on Thursday night. How It HappenedThe Falcons claimed the compulsory event by a score of 37.85-33.50. The Lady Bobcats took the 5-element and the 6-element acro heats. Kayla Gandy, Emily Dengel and Tiara Stokes scored a9.65 in…
WVWC tennis teams sweep Bloomsburg
BUCKHANNON, W.Va.– WVWC tennis was back home on Wednesday for a non-conference matchup against Bloomsburg University. Both teams prevailed, with the women winning a nailbiter 4-3 and the men rolling to a 6-1 victory. The Lady Bobcats swept the doubles contests in the women’s match after Julia Pinto and Alanis Alvarez won the tiebreak at No. 1 to secure the sweep…
Raising the Jolly Roger With…Isaac Lane
TENNERTON — In continuing to bring you the best sports coverage in Upshur County, the My Buckhannon sports department is pleased to bring you another edition of our weekly exclusive — Raising the Jolly Roger With… In ‘Raising the Jolly Roger With…’ the My Buckhannon sports department will interview a senior student-athlete from Buckhannon-Upshur to…
B-U baseball team currently holding beef fundraiser
BUCKHANNON – The Buckhannon-Upshur baseball team is currently holding a ¼ beef fundraiser, raffling off a 175-pound packaged cut of beef. Tickets are $10 each and the drawing for the winner will be held March 24 in a home game with North Marion. Winners do not need to be present to claim the prize. To…
