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Man hosting tailgate party before game
MAN – If you’re a Man High School football fan and you come to Friday night’s playoff game hungry then the big tailgate party is just the thing for you. For the second straight week, Town of Man...
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Cottrill gets new teammate at West Virginia
MORGANTOWN (AP) — West Virginia basketball coach Bob Huggins has announced the signing of 7-foot-1 David Nyarsuk to a letter of intent for 2010-11. Nyarsuk attends Mountain State Academy in Beck...
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Man High School’s Brandon Plymale runs for positive yards in action earlier in the season at Fayetteville. The Billies have a rematch with the Pirates on Friday night in the second round of the Class A playoffs at Man. The Billies come into the game with a 10-1 record and the state’s No. 2 seed. The Pirates are 9-2 and ranked No. 7. Man, Fayetteville no strangers
MAN — Man and Fayetteville are certainly no strangers to each other. The two teams met back in early October with the Man High School football team walking away with a 23-7 victory on the road a...
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Steve Bailey of Chapmanville (right) and Matt Baccus of Logan trade punches in Saturday night’s Toughman finals at Logan High School. Toughman full of surprises this year
It was a night of surprises on Saturday night at the 22nd-annual Coal Area Toughman Contest at Logan High School’s Willie Akers Arena. The biggest surprise of all was in Saturday’s opening bout as ...
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Man ready to play Pirates again
MAN — The Man High School football team is looking north to Wheeling. With last Friday night’s 25-20 victory at home over the Parkersburg Catholic Crusaders in a Class A first-round playoff game...
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Terry, Tigers prove they belong
SETH — Todd Terry showed why he is a Division I prospect on Saturday at Sherman. The Chapmanville Regional High School football team showed why they are one of the top Class AA programs in the st...
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Road kill deer carnage continues unabated
Some lay as peacefully dead along the roadside as if worked up at the mortuary. Others are blood splattered and mutilated all but beyond recognition with the remainder all some versions of their o...
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Man High School’s Andrew Hale (18) broke over 100 yards on the ground and led the Billies to Friday night’s playoff win over Parkersburg Catholic. Photo/Paul Adkins Man gives Crusaders Hale
MAN – The Man Hillbillies gave Parkersburg Catholic Hale on Friday night. Andrew Hale, that is. Hale, a senior running back for the Man High School football team, came off the bench and sparked ...
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Chapmanville Regional’s Tyler Cox runs with the ball on a kickoff return in Saturday’s 48-41 loss at Sherman in the first round of the Class AA state playoffs. It was the third straight trip to the post-season for the Tigers. Photo/Paul Adkins Tide tops Tigers in epic 48-41 playoff shootout
SETH – Too bad ESPN didn’t bring their cameras to Saturday afternoon’s Class AA first-round playoff game between the Chapmanville Regional High School football team and the Sherman Tide. If th...
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Noah Cottrill, flanked by his parents Rick and Leann Cottrill, made it official on Thursday morning as he signed a national letter of intent to play collegiate basketball at WVU. Cottrill is playing his senior season at Logan High School, his third school in as many years. In the back row, from left, LHS assistant principal Jan Hanlon, Logan basketball coach Mark Hatcher and LHS principal Robert Lucas are pictured. Photo/Paul Adkins Noah makes it official
New Logan High School transfer inks with WVU
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Wildcats to play Kentucky state champ on Nov. 28
The unofficial debut for Logan High School basketball transfer and star Noah Cottrill will be in two weeks as the Wildcats are scheduled to play Shelby Valley (Ky.) at the Fast Lane Tip-off Classi...
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Promoter hopes to see women’s bouts this year
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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Women’s boxing has been on the upswing in recent years. With the success of Hilary Swank’s Million Dollar Baby and with Laila Ali stepping out from the collosal shadow of her famous father, Muham...
No. 2 Man eyes long playoff run
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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MAN – For the Man High School football team the day has finally come. For the first time in 12 years, the Hillbillies will be hosting a playoff game. It will happen on Friday night as Man, the...
Around 100 boxers set to fight at this year’s Toughman
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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Around 100 men and women have signed up to box at this year’s Coal Area Toughman Contest, scheduled for this Friday and Saturday night’s at Logan High School’s Willie Akers Arena. A total of 83 ...
Tigers hope to roll over Tide
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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CHAPMANVILLE — For years the Chapmanville football team was saddled with mediocrity. But in recent years, the Tigers have made some noise on the statewide level. Instead of being on the o...
Toughman brings in new faces, familiar faces to Logan every November
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor, and JERRY FEKETE, Banner Correspondent
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Each year the Toughman comes to Logan you see familiar faces and also not-so-familiar faces. Many times you see the same boxers year after year as they get in the ring and try to improve on las...
Playoff tickets on sale at Man and Chapmanville
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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High school football playoff tickets are now on sale at Man High School and Chapmanville Regional High School. Advance tickets can be purchased at both schools for $7 (adults) and $5 (students). ...
DNR takes a bite out of bear baiters
by Bob Fala, Outdoor Columnist
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It’s unlawful to either feed bears or to hunt them over bait in West Virginia. On the other hand, both of these activities are lawful for deer. Come the annual, statewide and mid-October’s arch...
No. 2 Man to host Parkersburg Catholic
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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The Man and Chapmanville Regional high school football football teams found out Sunday who they are going to play in the playoffs. Man (9-1) received the No. 2 seed as expected and are schedule...
Logan’s Mullen battles injuries, tough luck with Ohio CC team
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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ATHENS, Ohio – Darby Mullen has battled her fair share of bad luck. But nothing has seemed to bring down the 2007 Logan High School graduate, who is a junior member of the Ohio University women’...
Moore making his return to Toughman
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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After a one-year absence, Jordan Moore is back. He’s back at the Toughman. In 2006 and 2007 Moore became an instant crowd favorite as he boxed his way to two straight men’s light heavyweigh...
Finale not ‘Pleasant’ for Tigers
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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CHAPMANVILLE — It wasn’t the way the Chapmanville Regional High School team wanted to close out the regular season. The No. 12-ranked Tigers got thumped, 48-20, by No. 10 Point Pleasant in Fri...
No. 2 Billies blast Matewan
by PAUL ADKINS,Sports Editor
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MAN – All eyes were on Man on Saturday night as the Class A No. 2-ranked Man High School football team hosted Matewan in West Virginia’s regular season finale. The Hillbillies were hoping to blo...
Wildcats close out 1-9; Mullins unsure about 2010
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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The future is uncertain for Logan High School football coach Gary Mullins after the Wildcats lost 34-14 to Wayne in the season finale on Friday night at Logan Stadium. The loss closed out the yea...
Burch finishes 5-5
by MICHAEL BROWNING, Managing Editor
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ASHTON — The Burch Bulldogs finished the season with their best performance of the year, a 54-20 win over the homestanding Hannan Wildcats in Ashton, W.Va. The Bulldogs scored six rushing touchd...
Gilbert keeps playoff hopes alive with win
by JOSHUA MURPHY, Williamson Daily News
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GILBERT – The Gilbert Lions finished their regular season with a 30-0 win against the Tug Valley Panthers on their home field, Lowell Phipps Stadium, on Friday night. “With this win, I think we ...
Logan’s long season coming to an end
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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It’s been a season of what coulda been for the Logan High School football team. But in the end, the Wildcats are facing the possibility of a one-win season — their worst in six years. Logan ...
Tigers to play another big one
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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Chapmanville, Point Pleasant square off Friday night in game with major playoff implications
Lady Panther netters ousted
by MICHAEL BROWNING, Managing Editor
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GLENHAYES — The Tug Valley High School Lady Panthers saw their season come to an end Wednesday night as they were eliminated from the sectional volleyball tournament by the homestanding Tolsia Lad...
Former Tug coach leads Saginaw Valley team vs. Cincy tonight
by MICHAEL BROWNING, Managing Editor
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OXFORD, Ohio — When Frankie Smith left his head coaching job at Tug Valley in 1999, he had dreams of being a head coach on the college level. He took his first step by being an assistant coach u...
Gilbert tops Lady Billies in sectional finals
by PAUL ADKINS, Sports Editor
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GILBERT – The Gilbert High School girls’ volleyball team captured the Class A sectional title with Wednesday night’s 3-2 win at home over Man. The Lady Lions prevailed, 28-26, 19-25, 22-25, 25-2...
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