Booing hurtful to players
Let’s start out by saying that, yes, this is America. And, yes, the first amendment to the Bill of Rights gives us the freedom of speech. The question one needs to ask oneself, however, is “Are we using it right when we boo at athletic contests?” The age old philosophy, “I paid my money so I have a right to boo when there is something I don’t like,” has became about as lame of an excuse for bad behavior as the ‘infamous curse’ is the reason the Chicago Cubs haven’t won the World Series for a century. The boo-birds were in full force in Morgantown on Saturday. A near-capacity crowd on Homecoming Day at Mountaineer Field came expecting to see their beloved Mountaineers trounce the Big East’s cellar-dweller, Syracuse, but instead its members were forced to bite their collective nails until a 92-yard scoring run by sophomore Noel Devine gave the gold and blue a 17-6 advantage with 4:16 left to play.
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A straight C student is challenged by his parents to make straight A’s just one time.
The reward if he succeeds is a crisp, new $100 bill.
South has made big comeback
You’re not supposed to go from one of the worst to one of the best.
Not in one season, anyway.
But that’s what has happened at Parkersburg South, which is making an almost improbable football turnaround.
monday morning quarterback
Many West Virginia folks had suffered through a disastrous week of the stock market collapse and were worried about their retirement accounts, businesses or jobs.
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Numbers rarely lie.
A year ago West Virginia led the Big East in scoring offense (39.6 points per game), scoring defense (18.1 ppg), rushing offense (297.2 ypg), rushing defense (112.9 ypg), punt return average (12.
A semifinal matchup worth talking about
Very interesting.
The regular season’s stretch run in high school football has intrigue where the Class A defending state champs Wheeling Central Catholic and last year’s state runner-up Williamstown are concerned.


