By: Mike Montoro | Posted: April 3, 2018 at 3:48 p.m. | Source: WVU Sports
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – West Virginia University is hosting its annual Gold-Blue Spring Football Game on Saturday, April 7, at 1 p.m., at Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium. Below please find the 2018 Gold-Blue radio and television game Information.
The veteran radio announcing crew of Tony Caridi (play-by-play), Dwight Wallace (analysis) and Jed Drenning (sideline) will call the game action to the listening audience.
The radio broadcast will also be streamed online via leanstream at WVUsports.com and via TuneIn and the WVU Gameday apps.
The Gold-Blue Spring Football Game also will be televised across the state of West Virginia once again as part of West Virginia University’s partnership with IMG College.
The television broadcast will kickoff with a special Mountaineer GameDay Gold-Blue pregame show at noon, followed by the game broadcast at 1 p.m.
Nick Farrell will handle the play-by-play duties, and Dale Wolfley will provide analysis. Amanda Mazey will serve as the sideline reporter, and Anjelica Trinone will be an on-site reporter.
The following West Virginia Nexstar Media stations will carry a pregame special and the game.
WBOY-DT2 (ABC) (Clarksburg)
WOWK (Charleston/Huntington)
WTRF (Wheeling/Steubenville)
WVNS Fox 59 (Beckley/Bluefield)
The game will be streamed live online at WVUsports.com.
Tickets are available in advance for $10 each and can be purchased online at WVUGAME.com or by calling 1-800-WVU GAME. WVU students will be admitted free with a valid ID.
A portion of the proceeds from the Gold-Blue Game once again will benefit WVU Children’s Hospital. The Mountaineers have donated more than $740,000 to WVU Medicine Children’s during the past 33 years.
Gold-Blue Spring Game Radio Affiliates
Beckley WVBD FM 100.7
Bluefield WHIS AM 1440
Charleston WMXE FM 100.9
Cumberland, MD WCBC AM 1270 WCBC FM 107.1
Fisher WELD FM 101.7
Hinton WMTD FM 102.3
Huntington WWQB FM 102.3
Kingwood WKMM FM 96.7
Lewisburg WRON FM 103.1
Logan WVOW AM 1290 WVOW FM 101.9
Morgantown WZST FM 100.9 WRLF FM 94.3
Fairmont WMMN FM 95.7 WMMN AM 920
Martinsburg WRNR AM 740 W293 AM FM 106.5
Mullens WKQR FM 92.7
New Martinsville WETZ AM 1330 WYMJ FM 99.5
Parkersburg WADC AM 1050
Ripley WCEF FM 98.3
St. Mary’s WJAW AM 630
Spencer WVRC AM 1400 WVRC FM 104.7
Sutton – Summersville WDBS FM 97.1
Summersville W255BM FM 98.9
Weirton WEIR AM 1430
Wheeling WBBD AM 1400
Sixteen people at a time can play games inside and eight can play outside Craig Petry’s mobile video-gaming trailer. Petry set up his WV Mobile Gaming trailer in a parking lot in Clendenin on Monday, in association with the Kanawha County Library system, for kids who are off from school for spring break. The trailer features four 50-inch TVs inside and two outside, with gaming systems including Xbox One, Wii U and Playstation 4. The trailer will be at the Sissonville Library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, St. Albans from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Elk Valley from 2 to 4 p.m. and Riverside from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Cross Lanes from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday and the downtown Charleston Library from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. Chris Dorst, Gazette-Mail
Posted: April 2, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
In association with the Kanawha County Public Library, WV Mobile Gaming is bringing its video-game trailer to area library branches.
Up to 16 people can play games inside Craig Petry’s climate-controlled trailer, and eight more can play outside.
The trailer features four 50-inch TVs inside and two more outside, with gaming systems including Xbox One, Wii U and Playstation 4.
The gaming trailer will be at the Sissonville library from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today, the St. Albans library from 3 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Elk Valley from 2 to 4 p.m. and Riverside from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Cross Lanes from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday and downtown Charleston from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.
Justin Paxton helps Craig Petry set up his mobile video gaming trailer Monday in a Clendenin parking lot. Petry, in association with the Kanawha County Library system, is setting up his trailer at library branches for children off from school on Spring Break. Chris Dorst, Gazette-Mail
Ellen Barrett was a perfect 5-for-5 from the plate during the MSU double sweep of Tennessee State.
Posted: April 2, 2018 | Source: The Morehead News
Morehead State (18-8, 2-2 OVC) softball senior infielder Ellen Barrett went a perfect 5-for-5 from the plate during a 6-0 and 2-1 doubleheader sweep of Ohio Valley Conference foe Tennessee State (3-31, 0-6) Saturday afternoon at University Field. (more…)
By: Jeff Mitchell | Posted: April 1, 2018 at 9:44 p.m. | Source: WOWKTV
CLAY COUNTY, WV-(WOWK) – West Virginia State Troopers responded to an accident in the 8000 Block of Route 4 in Ivydale in Clay County, early Sunday morning.
Trooper First Class Bass responded to the call, and when he arrived on scene he made contact with EMS personnel who advised the victim of the crash had not survived.
The victim of the crash was identified as Dallas Floyd Nicholas, age 53, of Elkridge, Maryland.
It was determined Nicholas was the only occupant when the vehicle he was driving crossed the center line of Route 4 and drove off the left roadway edge striking a tree,
Upon investigation, it was also determined Nicholas was not wearing his seatbelt when he struck the tree, causing severe head trauma.
We will update with any new information if it becomes available.
When she landed her first muskie in October 2017, Kristin Tanner had no idea it might win her the West Virginia Husky Musky Club’s trophy for the largest Elk River fish taken that year. Tanner became the first female in the club’s 49-year history to capture the award. Courtesy Photo
By: John McCoy, Staff Writer | Posted: Mar. 30, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
In the West Virginia Husky Musky Club’s 49 years of existence, its big-fish trophy had always gone to a man.
Kristin Tanner changed that.
Tanner, 17, of Elkview, recently became the first female to earn the award given to the member who landed the year’s largest Elk River muskie. Her fish, caught and released last fall near Blue Creek, measured 44½ inches in length.
When she accepted the trophy, Tanner had been fishing for muskies just three years. The fish that brought her the prize was the first one she ever landed.
“I caught it on Oct. 16, 10 days after my 17th birthday,” she recalled. “I’d gotten a new muskie rod and reel for my birthday, and I was trying it out.”
In the true spirit of starting at the top, Elkview teen Kristin Tanner’s first muskie measured 44 1/2 inches and captured the West Virginia Husky Musky Club’s traveling trophy for largest fish caught from the Elk in 2017. Courtesy Photo
She gave the rod its first workout the day before, but luck wasn’t on her side.
“We were fishing up around Frametown, and I had a 40-incher come up and look at the lure. I did the figure-8, but the fish wouldn’t strike.”
Her fishing partner and mentor, Mac Myers, called her later to see if she’d be interested in giving it another try the next day. She eagerly accepted his offer.
“He’s the one that got me started muskie fishing,” Tanner said. “He heard that I liked to fish, and he offered to take me. On our first trip, we saw 11 muskies. I don’t know if I was his good-luck charm or if he was mine.”
Seeing muskies and catching them are two entirely different things. Even if one shows interest in a lure, there’s no guarantee it will bite.
When Tanner finally experienced that first bite, she got a close-up view of how suddenly it can happen.
“We hadn’t been on the water long,” she said. “I was throwing a Double Cowgirl spinner. I’d only made a couple of casts when I saw a fish come up behind the lure. I thought it was going to go under the boat, but it latched on just as I was starting to figure-eight.”
Tanner described the ensuing fight as “interesting.”
“I only had a few inches of line out,” she said. “It took and went under the boat. All I could get out was, ‘Mac, get the net!’”
Her brand-new muskie rig was up to the task. The medium-heavy 8-foot rod allowed her to lever the hard-fighting fish back out into the open, and the 80-pound-test line easily countered its weight. After a brief but intense close-quarters battle, Myers netted the fish.
That would have been the end if it except for a chance encounter with Jeff Hansbarger, a Division of Natural Resources fisheries biologist.
“I didn’t even know the Husky Musky Club existed,” Tanner said. “Jeff told me about it and I signed up. Then later, I got a notice to come to the banquet. That’s where I got the trophy.”
The trophy features a large wooden pedestal topped by the silver figure of a leaping muskie. Small brass plaques bear the names of previous recipients. Tanner’s plaque stands out; to commemorate the award’s first female recipient, club members had her name engraved on a red one.
The trophy will remain in her possession for a year — unless, of course, she’s fortunate enough to land this year’s largest muskie.
If she doesn’t, it won’t be for lack of trying. She said she can’t wait for the weather to break and for the Elk River’s water levels to come down a bit so she can go fishing again.
Reach John McCoy at johnmccoy@wvgazettemail.com, 304-348-1231 or follow @GazMailOutdoors on Twitter.
Herbert Hoover pitcher Delani Buckner (11) is back for her sophomore season after helping the Huskies earn a Classs AA state championship as a freshman last year. Craig Hudson Gazette-Mail
By: Ryan Pritt, Staff Writer | Posted: Mar. 29, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
Any conversation of Kanawha Valley prep softball begins with Hurricane.
And why not, after the Redskins were tagged with a sparkly national ranking of No. 8 by maxpreps.com in the preseason?
Hurricane returned seven of nine starters from last year and has plenty of weapons to make a run at yet another Class AAA state championship, which would be the Redskins’ fourth in a row and fifth in six years.
But the Redskins aren’t the only Kanawha Valley team defending some hardware.
Herbert Hoover returns six starters from a squad that peaked late in winning a Class AA crown, its second since 2014. And with plenty of experience, both are off to rip-roaring starts in 2018, with Hurricane having won its first seven games and Hoover also starting the season undefeated at 3-0.
The Redskins’ Meghan Stevens is in her first year as head coach after serving as an assistant under Josh Caldwell for nine years. There’s plenty of familiarity and continuity with the team, and Stevens said she will simply try to keep the ball rolling.
“It’s pretty much keeping things business as usual, because why change?” Stevens said. “If it’s not broke, I don’t want to fool with it too much.”
Even after losing the two-time state player of the year Katie Adams and outfielder Paige Scruggs — both of whom are continuing their careers on the college level at Marshall and Morehead State, respectively — Stevens has quite an arsenal at her disposal. Seven of the nine players in Hurricane’s lineup are currently committed to play college softball.
Highlighting that list are outfielder Kiersten Landers and third baseman Jayme Bailey, both seniors who will go to Florida State and Virginia Tech, respectively, next year. Junior shortstop Caiti Mathes is also committed to play for the Hokies.
Junior catcher Zoey Dunlap will attend Youngstown State after high school with junior first baseman Taylor McCray heading to St. Leo. Sophomores Harlie Vannatter (pitcher) and Lindsey Phares (second base) will attend Bowling Green and Wisconsin-Green Bay, respectively.
Landers (.558, 37 steals, 55 runs in 2017), Bailey (.495, five home runs, 10 doubles, 44 RBIs, 19 steals) and Vannatter (20-1, 1.09 ERA, 11 shutouts) were all first-team All-State selections last year, with Mathes (seven home runs, 37 RBIs) making the second team a year after being a first-team selection as a freshman.
As talented as the Redskins are, and with as much success as the team has had in recent years, Stevens said the leadership of players like Bailey is as paramount as her contributions on the field, especially when it comes to helping the program maintain its lofty perch for years to come.
“Making them understand that this is who we are and we can’t take it for granted,” Stevens said of her younger players. “We need to bring it every day and focus — we can’t just show up. Leaders like Jayme make that a lot easier for us. She leads by example, she leads with words … she’s just an awesome teammate.”
Landers is assuming some of the pitching load after Vannatter threw a bulk of Hurricane’s innings a year ago, spelled by Adams and, occasionally, Torie Green.
Hoover also had a senior/freshmen split in the circle a year ago with Dellani Fix and Delani Buckner tossing most of the innings for the Huskies.
Buckner, a returning sophomore, seemed to grow more comfortable throughout the season and was paramount in the Huskies’ run in Vienna last year, striking out 10 in the final five innings of the Class AA title game against Chapmanville.
That kind of experience should serve the Huskies well as they try to find their way without Fix, outfielder Kelsey Naylor (both first-team All-State selections) and catcher Madison Bowles (a second-team selection).
But while the Redskins are used to wearing a bright, red target on their backs, it’s a bit new for the Huskies.
“You have to take it for what it is and know you’re a state champion, but it doesn’t come easy and each season you have to put in the work,” Buckner said after a season-opening win over Poca. “Nerves are really hard, but when you have a team like mine they’re easy to get rid of.”
“It’s not a secret what happened at the end of last year and we all feel some pressure because of that,” Hoover coach Missy Smith added. “But once the game got going, it turned in to the game we’ve played and loved for years and they settled in.”
Junior third baseman Rebekah Woody returns after receiving a second-team All-State nod last year after hitting .455, driving in 25 runs and scoring 28 times a year ago. Seniors Kirsten Belcher, Ava Young, Mallori Chapman and Mandy Parrish were all integral parts of last year’s success and should continue what Smith praised as a great tradition of leaders over the years.
“We’ve been blessed with good seniors for years,” Smith said. “They had them in the cages all winter long. When we started practice, all the freshmen knew what I expected and the drills we do in the beginning and how to handle things because the seniors had taken them all winter and mentored them.”
Reach Ryan Pritt at 304-348-7948, ryan.pritt@wvgazettemail.com or follow him @RPritt on Twitter.
By: Kalea Gunderson | Posted: Mar. 29, 2018 | Source: WCHS
ELKVIEW, W.Va. (WCHS/WVAH) — Neighbors on Blue Creek Road in Elkview are expressing their concerns about a treacherous spot that has been declining for a few years now.
The original damage was done back in 2015 when a rockslide covered part of the road. Now many are concerned that could happen again.
Nancy Marion said the road is hard to walk on and much harder to drive on as she gestured to a large gash in the road. She said it makes it difficult for neighbors in Elkview to pass each other daily, trying to avoid the trenches in the pavement.
“There’s us elderly people who live up here and if we need an ambulance, we can’t get through,” Marion said. “This road’s just going over the hill.”
Marion said the road has been going downhill, literally, since April 2015 when boulders came crashing down from the hillside.
“We couldn’t get in or out,” Marion said, looking at the front page of the newspaper from the day of the rockslide.
People were trapped for days and with the looks of the cracks in the road and hillside, they fear it could happen again and soon.
“It’s not getting any better, the road is caving away. There’s no question. It’s going to happen again. It’s just a matter of when,” Scott Keeling said.
When it rains, even lightly, they expect to see the road covered by debris.
“Even like that misty rain we’ve had the past couple days,” Keeling said. “When I came through this morning, it was all over the road. It was everywhere.”
Marion said on top of the mess, there is only one warning sign on the road, posing a hazard to more than just neighbors but school buses, mail carriers and emergency crews.
“This road needs replaced. Houses for sale up here, they probably can’t even sell them because they’ll say, ‘Well, we don’t even have a road up here.’ It’s really, really necessary,” Marion said.
Department of Transportation Communications Director Brent Walker said this stretch of Blue Creek Road is a part of a countywide slip repair project. There are plans for DOT workers to visit that road and figure out exactly how to improve it, but he said there is no set timeline in place right now.
By: Matt Samples | Posted: Mar. 29, 2018 | Source: WV News
WALTON — A woman died as a result of a mobile home fire in Roane County.
The fire was reported at around 6:45 p.m. Wednesday, along Route 119, or Charleston Road, in Walton.
The woman who died in the fire was 65 years old, According to the West Virginia Fire Marshal.
According to Walton Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Kelley says that most of the fire was contained within the mobile home.
West Virginia Fire Marshal’s office is investigating.
