Former South Harrison standout Freddy Canary (21) is one of the highlights of West Virginia State’s signing class.
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By: Michael Carvelli, Staff Writer | Posted: Feb. 7, 2018 | Source: WV Gazette-Mail
When National Signing Day came around last year, things were a lot different for John Pennington at West Virginia State.
Just days into his tenure as the Yellow Jackets’ head coach, Pennington and the small staff he already had in place scrambled to get to recruits in the closing days before signing day, pitching the idea of what his version of the program would look like. A year later, that idea has turned into actual tangible results on the field – and a WVSU team that is coming off its first winning season since 2008 as it heads toward what Pennington and his staff believes to be a bright future. (more…)