MAN — After a two-year layoff, the Man Hillbillies girls’ basketball program is back and ready to get their season underway.

LOGAN — After quite a successful season last year, head coach Zach Green and his Wildcats are hungrier than ever to get back to playing basketball.

CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville boys basketball team and head coach Brad Napier are looking to improve on last year’s performance.

MAN — The Man Hillbillies and head coach TJ Blevins are very eager to get this season under way.

SETH- The young Sherman Tide boys basketball team is working hard this preseason, as the team with a defensive based identity hopes to remain a competitive force.

VAN — Last season, the Van girls basketball team finished (8-14) and were eliminated from post season play by Tug Valley in the first round of the Class A sectionals.

MADISON- The Scott Skyhawks expect to improve on their stellar 2021-22 season and exceed expectations yet again, this time by securing a state title.

NAUGATUCK — The Tug Valley girls will have a new look on the hardwood this season as they said goodbye to three multi-year starters but the youthful Lady Panthers till have the same goal of making it to the state tournament for the third straight season.

MADISON- The Scott Lady Hawks won just three games in 2021-22, but head coach Kevin Harper believes his team’s performance will be a lot different this year.

CHAPMANVILLE — The upcoming 2022-23 basketball season for the Chapmanville Lady Tigers looks to display some growth from Kristina Gore’s young squad.

LOGAN — The Logan Wildcats girls’ basketball team will be entering this year as the defending state champions in Class AAA.

NAUGATUCK — Tug Valley finished one game shy of making to the state basketball tournament last season but a loaded roster in Naugatuck has the Panthers primed for a 16th trip to the bright lights of Charleston.

HAMLIN — After a six-win season a year ago the Lincoln County Panthers are hungry for a bounce back season in the upcoming 2022-23 hoops campaign.

PHELPS, Ky. — The Phelps Hornets return a lot of experience on the hardwood this season as they have five of their top seven players back from a season ago. Second year head coach Brandon Ratliff has also had a full off-season at the helm and his squad is working to turn some heads in 2022-23.

GOODY, Ky. — The Belfry Lady Pirates will have a new look on the hardwood this season as they lost six of their top seven players from a season ago.

NEWTOWN — The Mingo Central Lady Miners return every player from a 16-win team a season ago and they have their sights set on their second trip to the state tournament in the past three seasons.

PHELPS, Ky. — Despite still being a young team, the Phelps Lady Hornets have a lot of excitement heading into the 2022-2023 campaign as they return a lot of experienced players on the hardwood this season.

SETH- The Sherman Tide girls basketball program finished last season with a record of (5-16) and coach Rick Saunders is looking ahead to improving his team’s success this year.

HAMLIN — The Lincoln County Lady Panthers lost their top two scorers from a season ago to graduation but they still will boast a senior laden squad in the 2022-23 campaign.

The Logan Wildcats participated in preseason scrimmage action against the Buffalo Bison on Dec 1.

CHAPMANVILLE — The Lady Tigers of Chapmanville are off to a hot start in 2022 and managed to kick their season off with a pair of wins after playing Herbert Hoover in their season opener on Dec 1, and then last year’s state runner-up in Fairmont Senior on Dec 3.

Marshall University's football team has accepted an invitation to the Myrtle Beach Bowl and will face Connecticut on Dec. 19 in Conway, South Carolina, the Sun Belt announced Sunday afternoon.

GOODY, Ky. — The Belfry Pirates will have a new look on the hardwood this season as they lost four of their top six scorers from a season ago.

NEWTOWN — Despite the loss of three key seniors, excitement is still brewing around the basketball program this winter at Mingo Central according to fifth year head coach Stan Elkins.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.. — Once upon a time you were a kid, whether you are Neal Brown or Garrett Greene. Your life was before you, a wonderful world filled with forks in the road.

MARTIN COUNTY, KY — Over the weekend after Thanksgiving, the Logan Wildcats boys’ basketball team traveled East to neighboring Martin County, Kentucky to compete in the Zip Zone Classic.

HUNTINGTON — The Marshall football team closed the regular season with its fourth consecutive victory, using a fourth-quarter surge to down visiting Georgia State 28-23 Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium.

HUNTINGTON — In his final game at Joan C. Edwards Stadium, Koby Cumberlander made sure it was one he won’t forget.

HUNTINGTON — While the teams, even down to the uniforms each side wore, were the same as when the Marshall and Indiana men’s soccer teams met in the 2020 NCAA College Cup Final, the feeling was completely different.

Chuck Landon grades the Herd … Marshall 28, Georgia State 23

STATESBORO, Ga. — The Marshall football team picked up its seventh win of the year and clinched bowl eligibility with a 23-10 victory over Georgia Southern on Saturday night at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.

Tight races in the division standings, championship aspirations and teams fighting for bowl eligibility. That’s what the final week of the 2022 football regular season holds for the Sun Belt Conference.

CHAPMANVILLE — The 2022 football season did not come easy for head coach James Barker.

CHAPMANVILLE — Area basketball teams are less than three weeks away from the start of this year’s high school basketball season and Chapmanville’s boys and girls programs are in motion.

Marshall men’s soccer coach Chris Grassie knew his team was one of the nation’s best as the NCAA Tournament got started.

One of the defining characteristics, unfortunately, of Neal Brown’s tenure at West Virginia University has been poor discipline in the area of penalties and game management.