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Some final thoughts on volleyball

November 20, 2008

What a crazy two-day extravaganza it was last Friday and Saturday at the state volleyball tournament. Saturday was a long day with the all-state volleyball meeting starting at 8 a.m., but it was a great day for a couple of local programs in Wirt County and Ripley High School. Wirt County managed to make its way through a completely stacked Class A division as the Tigers of head coach Janet Frazier captured the school’s fourth consecutive single-A crown. All the Tigers had to do to win was defeat No. 1 Doddridge County in the quarterfinals and then beat No. 2 Charleston Catholic in the semifinals. Talk about taking the easy route to a state title! I’m sure Doddridge County head coach Kris Bonnell didn’t figure the Bulldogs’ prize for winning their region would be to take on Little Kanawha Conference rival Wirt County in the first round.

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Presidents should stay out of sports

November 19, 2008

Before he has ever taken the oath of office, president-elect Barack Obama has already gotten the sports world talking.

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Expanding LKC?could be a disaster

November 18, 2008

Don’t do it, Little Kanawha Conference.

Don’t keep expanding geographically.

You will regret it.

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Strangest protest ever filed

November 17, 2008

Usually, state football playoff meetings are rather mundane affairs.

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WVU needs some help

November 17, 2008

The West Virginia Mountaineers enter the final quarter of the 2008 football season with a 6-3 record and needing help in order to achieve the goal of winning a Big East title and playing in a BCS Bowl on New Year’s Day.

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Bowl hopes exist for Marshall

November 13, 2008

Hanging by a thread is better than not having a thread to hang by at all.

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