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In his classroom for the past five years, Magnolia coach Mark Batton has kept a photograph commemorating the only state football championship in school history.
Magnolia tight end Jason Utt.
MORGANTOWN - For all that Pat White has accomplished over the past four football seasons - the records, the wins, the adoration of nearly an entire state - there is still one group that he has largely failed to win over.
MORGANTOWN - Cleaning out a crowded notebook and a cluttered mind while once again trying to fathom how anyone with even an ounce of a sense of fairness can defend the BCS over a legitimate playoff system:
CERTAINLY, it is to the Marshall football program's credit that it regrouped from "clinching" a losing season and went toe-to-toe with probable Conference USA champion Tulsa. With a backup quarterback, no less.
MORGANTOWN IS famous for its last calls.
Let the games begin. The real games.
America remains a complex work-in-progress, full of amazement and contradiction.
OTHER THAN solitary walks along the beach at sunset contemplating the majesty and mystery that is the BCS, Couch Slouch's favorite form of relaxation remains an overstuffed NFL Sunday on the Barcalounger. Still, my helmet-to-helmet bliss is sometimes diminished by these recurring disturbances:
SOME OF THE most unforgettable images from Life magazine are now available on the Internet for free from Google.
THANKSGIVING is a great time to give thanks for some area sports figures that have helped make up the fabric of our local sports scene. Here are a few that are on my mind.
Aaron Slusher, a senior running back-linebacker from South Charleston, has been selected as the Gatorade football player of the year in West Virginia.
South Charleston and George Washington appear so even for their Class AAA championship game on Saturday that something as mundane as an extra-point kick could decide the outcome.
As the holiday season approaches, so does the rush of college basketball tournaments, and a few area teams will partake in tournament play this weekend.
West Virginia University football and basketball play-by-play announcer Tony Caridi is scheduled to speak at a fund-raising event for the Highland Hospital Foundation at 5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Charleston Civic Center's South Hall.
No big numbers, just big results for Black Eagles
South Charleston's coaches discovered they had to hone some other life skills in the offseason. They became salesmen.
Running the no-huddle offense has been no problem this season for South Charleston. Unless you count the opponents trying to stop the Black Eagles' attack.
OXFORD, Miss. - He might be the last guy one would think of when trying to come up with a solution to West Virginia's recent shooting woes, but Bob Huggins already has mentioned him a couple of times this season.
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