NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Sun Belt Conference is no stranger to coaching turnover. In fact, as a non-autonomy league, itòòò½ÊÓƵ™s almost to be expected that success will inevitably bring change.
Friday, July 26, 2024
NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Sun Belt Conference is no stranger to coaching turnover. In fact, as a non-autonomy league, itòòò½ÊÓƵ™s almost to be expected that success will inevitably bring change.
Valleyball is The Basketball Tournament lite.
The offseason is in full swing for high school football around the country, which means college coaches are on the road visiting high schools in an attempt to find the future stars of their programs.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Juli Fulks spends considerable time with two types of publications òòò½ÊÓƵ” her playbook and murder mysteries.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Cleveland Browns intend to follow the exact same steps that got them to the playoffs last season.
Thursday, July 25, 2024
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Danville Otterbots made the most of their opportunities on Wednesday to beat the Tri-State Coal Cats 6-1 in Appalachian League baseball at Jack Cook Field.
NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” From his hometown of Louisa, Kentucky to Troy, Alabama, Gerad Parker hasnòòò½ÊÓƵ™t ever backed down from a challenge.
LEXINGTON, Ky. òòò½ÊÓƵ” A one-minute, 28-second span is fairly minuscule in a 36-minute basketball game, but it was the difference in Herd Thatòòò½ÊÓƵ™s 95-66 loss to La Familia on Tuesday in The Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena.
CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Hurricane 10-12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball team gets to bask in the glory of a West Virginia state title as it run-ruled Barboursville 13-2 in four innings in the final on Wednesday.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
After seven years of leading the Marshall University athletic program, Bob Marcum left an impression on those who worked for him.
ELIZABETH, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Bentley Shirkey of Barboursville was the medalist on Tuesday at the WVGA Callaway Junior Tour golf tournament at the Mingo Bottom Golf Club.
NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Sun Belt Conference will be the last FBS league that still separates its football teams into divisions, and seventh-year commissioner Keith Gill stood firm in that choice Tuesday morning at SBC media days.
Wednesday, July 24, 2024
SPRING VALLEY òòò½ÊÓƵ” Tim George, Spring Valleyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s athletic director, is a social studies teacher by trade.
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Kerem Kanter backed Xavier Munford down the lane with his rear end the way a man might try to push a stuck car out of mud.
Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Editoròòò½ÊÓƵ™s note: The following story is part of a series of updates on former high school stars from the Tri-State playing in college or professionally.
NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” Entering the final year of his initial four-year contract as Marshallòòò½ÊÓƵ™s football coach, Charles Huff said talks about his future with the team have been ongoing since early 2022.
We decided to go fishing. The calendar was blocked, and all urgent matters were cleared to open the window for a morning outing.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Marshall University golfer J.F. Aber qualified for the U.S. Amateur.
CHARLESTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” At age 38, Patrick Walker isnòòò½ÊÓƵ™t sure how many menòòò½ÊÓƵ™s singles tennis tournaments he has ahead of him.
Auburn Universityòòò½ÊÓƵ™s menòòò½ÊÓƵ™s basketball team rarely won at the University of Kentuckyòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Rupp Arena.
Logan Lingenfelter has been so hot on the baseball diamond, heòòò½ÊÓƵ™s steaming.
COAL GROVE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” NFL lineman Austen Pleasants held his second annual football camp at Coal Grove High School, where he was a dominant player for the Hornets.
July has been a busy month for the West Virginia Futbol Clubòòò½ÊÓƵ™s under-18 girls squad.
Monday, July 22, 2024
Editoròòò½ÊÓƵ™s note: The following story is part of a series of updates on former high school stars from the Tri-State playing in college or professionally.
NEW ORLEANS òòò½ÊÓƵ” Marshall senior Logan Osburn was tabbed as a preseason All-Sun Belt Conference second-team selection, the league announced Monday afternoon, and was the only Thundering Herd player recognized by a voting panel of media members.
BURLINGTON, N.C. òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Tri-State Coal Cats split a doubleheader with the Burlington Sock Puppets on Sunday in Appalachian League baseball as both games ended 7-3.
Sunday, July 21, 2024
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Proponents of the Elam Ending in basketball say it provides a more worthy winner and the possibility for more exciting finishes than traditional late-game basketball sequences.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Get used to seeing the Marshall menòòò½ÊÓƵ™s and womenòòò½ÊÓƵ™s soccer teams in stripes.
Saturday, July 20, 2024
INSTITUTE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” J.P. Tokoto did not graduate from nor attend Marshall University during his college years.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Juli Fulks hasnòòò½ÊÓƵ™t led an NCAA Division I basketball program, but she has coached major college players.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” There has been much laid on the shoulders of Rafa Simoes, Marshallòòò½ÊÓƵ™s first-year womenòòò½ÊÓƵ™s soccer coach, and his assistant, Ross Holland, as they prepare to lead the Thundering Herd into the 2024 season.
Friday, July 19, 2024
CHAPMANVILLE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Hurricane knocked off host Chapmanville 8-1 in the 10-12-year-old Little League All-Star baseball state tournament at Tracy Vickers Field on Friday afternoon.
Former Marshall offensive lineman Ethan Driskell has options, even if things donòòò½ÊÓƵ™t work out in the NFL with the Kansas City Chiefs.
Stevie Browning came off the bench, sank a pair of 3-point shots and helped Herd That close out a 92-57 drubbing of the Jackson, Tennessee Boom in the opening round of The Basketball Tournament at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky on Friday afternoon.
DANVILLE, Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Tri-State started its hot streak against Appalachian League teams ranging from around .500 to well below it.
CHESAPEAKE, Ohio òòò½ÊÓƵ” Chesapeake hosted the second annual Ohio Valley Conference 7 on 7 and lineman challenge on Thursday in one of the last competitions of the summer.
INSTITUTE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” The newest member of Herd That, Marshallòòò½ÊÓƵ™s alumni The Basketball Tournament team, is former Thundering Herd guard DeAndre Kane.
Thursday, July 18, 2024
INSTITUTE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Herd That, a Marshall-based alumni basketball team in The Basketball Tournament (TBT), was six points away from last yearòòò½ÊÓƵ™s title game.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Thursday was a night to reflect, but all Marshall menòòò½ÊÓƵ™s soccer coach Chris Grassie wanted to do was look forward.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Tri-State made sure it needed no late theatrics on Wednesday night.
CHARLESTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Ot Elmore has taken his game from the basketball court to the tennis court.
SOUTH CHARLESTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” This being Herd Thatòòò½ÊÓƵ™s seventh season in The Basketball Tournament, thereòòò½ÊÓƵ™s not much from the summer league that surprises it anymore.
Late The Herald-Dispatch executive editor Bob Gabordi often remarked in amazement how Huntington produced more unusual stories than any place heòòò½ÊÓƵ™d ever been.
Wednesday, July 17, 2024
NITRO, W.Va. -- Only one softball team could be called champions of the West Virginia Little League All-Stars softball 8-10 age division.
ONA -- Hurricane came into Tuesdayòòò½ÊÓƵ™s Little League All-Stars 9-11-year-old state championship game averaging 10 runs per contest and only giving up 1.1 runs per game over the first seven games of the tournament.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” Tuesday evening in the Cam Henderson Center was a night more than a decade in the making.
ROANOKE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Bryan Myers and Bob Clark didnòòò½ÊÓƵ™t quite match Susan Glasby and Savannah Hawkins hole-for-hole.
HUNTINGTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” The Tri-State Coal Cats struggled to find hits all night on Tuesday.
LOUISA, Ky. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Stella Moore Field gave Bryce Blevins some of his earliest baseball memories, and this week, heòòò½ÊÓƵ™s helping other youth baseball players make memories on the same dirt and grass.
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- The road to the championship of the Little League All-Stars softball 9-11-year-old division was a long one, concluded by Hurricane taking the state crown 11-1 over Ripley at a packed Little Creek Park in South Charleston on Tuesday.
ROANOKE, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Itòòò½ÊÓƵ™ll be an all-Wheeling matchup in the final of the West Virginia Senior Amateur championship bracket.
For the second consecutive season, a Marshall University baseball player has been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft.
BRIDGEPORT, W.Va. òòò½ÊÓƵ” Susan Glasby may have saved her best performance for last.
Sipping my morning go juice, awaiting the sun to make its way over the mountain to share its light on the day, I quickly glanced at the outdoor thermometer, and it read 59 degrees.
Editoròòò½ÊÓƵ™s note: This story is part of a series of updates on former high school sports stars from the Tri-State participating in college athletics.
Monday, July 15, 2024
SOUTH CHARLESTON òòò½ÊÓƵ” As Ot Elmore looked across the gymnasium at the South Charleston Community Center Monday afternoon, it only confirmed the decision that was made to bring back Herd That for another year of The Basketball Tournament.
Marshall University softball has added Jules King to the diamond.
Itòòò½ÊÓƵ™s been 11 years in the making and the new EA College Football 25 video game is here.
Program sales could boom this fall at high school football games, as for the second consecutive season players have transferred in bunches.
Sunday, July 14, 2024
West Virginia's JJ Wetherholt has become the Mountaineers' highest Major League Baseball draft pick ever, going with the seventh selection overall to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday night.
The last of several new video boards for Marshall University athletic facilities was recently installed at Veterans Memorial Soccer Complex, marking the latest upgrade made to the Thundering Herdòòò½ÊÓƵ™s soccer facility.
Saturday, July 13, 2024
Pat Carter smiled, laughed and accepted congratulatory handshakes Wednesday after winning the U.S. Senior Amateur qualifier golf tournament at the Sleepy Hollow Golf Club in Hurricane, West Virginia.