ROMANO STRONG❤️💪🏻
Yesterday our region learned that Bridgeport grad & GSC commit
@RomanoSam
needs a heart transplant.
We hope Sam makes a speedy recovery & spoke with his college football coach, Mike Kellar, who's known the Romanos a long time.
@BportFB
@Bport_PIT
@GSCpioneers
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BOUND: The Glenville State Pioneers women's basketball team will play for a national title after a win Wednesday in the Division II Final Four.
Former East Fairmont pitcher, Cole Peschl, showed what he could do on the mound for Charleston on Wednesday night against
#WVU
Peschl kept the 'Eers scoreless and hitless for 2.2 innings and tossed four strikeouts.
@EFHS_ATHLETICS
@UCWV_Baseball
Morgantown High School senior and cross country national champion, Irene Riggs, has also been named the Gatorade National Girls' Cross Country Player of the Year. Congratulations, Irene!
TOP DOG: Notre Dame grad Jarrod West is thriving in his first pro hoops season in New Zealand.
He was recently named a nominee for the
@nznbl
Defensive Player of the Year award and is considered an MVP favorite.
@jarrod_west
@JarroJwest23wvu
@NotreDameWV
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Fairmont Senior star duo, Marley Washenitz and Meredith Maier, are this week's Honda Athletes of the Week.
They've led
@fairmont_girls
to an undefeated regular season, and have been getting everyone involved.
@mwashenitz
@MaierMeredith
PROVING HIMSELF: Blaze Brothers has continued to produce for
@WVBlackBears
ahead of the MLB Draft and he's proud to show that he's more than what anyone expected.
@Brothers_Blaze
Polar Bears out in the snow today as they get ready for Friday’s championship game against Bluefield.
Comments from the head coach of the Polar Bears Nick Bartic and from QB
@Connor__Neal
coming up tonight in the SportsZone
PARTY LIKE IT'S 1⃣9⃣8⃣4⃣: Fairmont State has won the MEC Tournament Title!
The Fighting Falcons claim their first conference tournament title in 3⃣7⃣ years by defeating West Liberty, 102-99, in Wheeling.
@fsfalcons
@Fairmont_Hoops
@CoachTimKoenig
JOINING THE JACKETS: Jaden Sturm wasn't sure if she even wanted to play basketball in college. That changed when she found a perfect fit with
@WUJackets
.
@GirlsRcb
❤️GREAT NEWS❤️
Sam Romano announced early Tuesday morning that he has undergone a successful heart transplant surgery. This is great news for the Bridgeport grad and Glenville State commit.
@RomanoSam
@Bport_PIT
@GSCpioneers
Fairmont Senior QB Connor Neal has been named the Kennedy Award winner, given to the top player in the state. Neal also earned the House Award, for top QB in West Virginia.
MOVES FOR MAIER: Fairmont Senior girls basketball (
@fairmont_girls
) Meredith Maier (
@MaierMeredith
) has earned multiple offers this summer and attributes the success to her grittiness on the court
#wvprepbb
INSTANT IMPACT: Fairmont State needed a long snapper and found a good one right up the road.
Jake Croston won the job in his first camp with the Falcons and is playing a big role on a standout unit.
@FairmontStateFB
@U_Athletics
@CrostonJason
SEASON OPENER: Fairmont State would not be denied on Thursday night.
With plenty of opportunities to let it slip away, the Fighting Falcons found a way to win with a 34-30 victory over Bloomsburg.
@fsfalcons
@FairmontStateFB
Congrats to
@NotreDameWV
Ethan Hager and Elias Gordon on signing to play baseball at the next level!
Gordon will he going to Patrick Henry Community College, while Hager will be playing for
@SenatorNation
KOTCHMAN CONQUERS MEC 🏀🦅 Sierra Kotchman (
@SierraKotchman
) scored 26 points today, became the third Falcon in program history to score over 2,000 career points, and became the all-time leading scorer in the
@TheMountainEast
!
@fsfalcons
@FairmontWbb
DREAM CHASER: Cole VonHandorf recently wrapped up his Fairmont State basketball career and is turning his focus toward professional opportunities with some help from another former Fighting Falcon.
@cole1421
@Fairmont_Hoops
@fsfalcons
In Fairmont State's win over Concord, Sierra Kotchman broke yet another school record.
Kotchman scored 22 points and broke the all-time record of field goals made.
Yes, she's the 🐐.
@sierrakotchman
@FairmontWbb
@fsfalcons
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: University junior quarterback Chase Edwards (
@ChaseEdwards_2
) has helped lead the Hawks to a 4-0 start doing what he does best, airing it out.
@U_Athletics
@Uhsfootball
HONDA ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: This weeks Honda Athlete of the Week is Morgantown's Quincy Thornton (
@quincy_thornton
) who has found success on the mound, on the plate and on the field for the Mohigans baseball team (
@MohiganBaseball
) this season
NATIONAL CHAMPION: Irene Riggs keeps taking it to a new level somehow.
She proved to be the top high school girls' cross-country competitor in the country at Nike nationals.
@MohiganAthletic
@MohiganXC
@Ireneriggs_
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Big-time players show up when the lights shine brightest.
Dylan Travinski did that when he shut out defending state champs Hurricane to earn athlete of the week honors.
#wvprepbase
@MohiganAthletic
@MohiganBaseball
@dht_13
FORBES TO POWER SHOWCASE:
@U_Athletics
junior infielder, Aaron Forbes(
@aforbes25
), has been selected to take part in the International Power Showcase in Miami, Florida later this year. He'll compete against some of the USA's top prep baseball players.
EXPECTATIONS FLYING HIGH: Heading into the 2020-2021 season, expectations for the Fairmont State men's basketball team are high. And Tim Koenig is just impressed by the past as he is the future of this program.
@fsfalcons
@Fairmont_Hoops
REPRESENTING WV: University’s (
@U_Athletics
) Aaron Forbes (
@aforbes25
) hit the “longest distance wood bat home run” at the 14th Annual World Power Showcase Home Run Derby. Forbes represented West Virginia well in the four day event.
We stopped by
@MHSGirlsBball
practice Monday, and spoke with Mohigans head coach
@coachwhite1
. He talked about how excited his team is to be practicing, even with masks on and following other precautions. And they're getting creative when they need to 👀
@MohiganAthletic
THE 'U' TO THE 'O': University's Josh Edwards (
@Jozhua_aa
) made it official. The
@UHS_Distance
runner is headed to the University of Oregon as he signed with the Ducks XC and track and field programs.
@U_Athletics
@OregonTF
ALL-CONFERENCE: The MAC released its all-conference football teams on Wednesday.
In his first season as a starter at Kent State, Morgantown grad Marcellus Marshall was named 1st team all-conference.
@marzzz_58
@MohiganAthletic
@MohiganFootball
GIVING BACK: Marley Washenitz has gained a huge reach through her basketball career. She's using that platform to give back to those in need.
@mwashenitz
@Pitt_WBB
@champsraise
DBS STRONG 💪❤️⚾️ Bridgeport all-stars Daniel Aloi and Brody Brockelman were both involved in a serious car accident last year during all-stars. Just over a year later, Daniel threw out the first pitch to Brody ahead of today’s District 5 championship.
@wvd5llbb
@LittleLeague
VIRTUAL BASKETBALL TRAINING: We take you inside
@fairmont_girls
all-state guard
@mwashenitz
's online, virtual basketball training session that she's doing to teach young players how to play the game.
@abackenstoeWBOY
has that story.
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Fairmont Senior has been named Double-A state champions! We’ve got the highlights of their win over Bluefield, and comments from
@gdmichael13
and Nick Bartic coming up tonight in the 12 SportsZone!
#wvprepfb
@LoopParkLoonies
BRIDGES, DOBBS BASKETBALL CAMP: West Virginia University's Jalen Bridges and Fairmont State's Zyon Dobbs were back in the Fairmont Senior Armory as the duo held a basketball camp
@jalenbridgess
@Zyon3Dobbs
#CoreyStrong
RETURNS HOME: Philip Barbour's Corey Martin returned home Saturday more than 5 months after a crash that nearly took his life.
Martin still has a long road ahead, but is home for the first time since December.
@BarstoolPbhs
@MartiCorey
Fairmont State improves to 7-1 after its 85-71 victory over Concord. The Falcons were fueled by Isaiah Sanders' game-high 27 points and Seth Younkin's double-double.
#MEChoops
@Fairmont_Hoops
@fsfalcons
COLLEGE SPOTLIGHT: Fairmont State's Rachel Laskody is coming up on an important career milestone in her final season with
@FairmontWbb
. We caught up with her about a career that she didn't think she'd have when it started.
MAKING HISTORY: Webster County's Rye Gadd continues to break school records on the hardwood.
Most recently- single game scoring record with 51 points.
#wvprepbb
@Webcohigh
@GaddRye
BENCH AWARD: Ty Galusky continues to prove that he's one of West Virginia's best.
The Morgantown catcher reeled in another honor on Tuesday, being named the 2023 winner of the Johnny Bench Award.
@MohiganAthletic
@MohiganBaseball
POLAR BEARS UPSET INDIANS: Fairmont Senior ends the regular season as winners of 4 of its last 5. The Polar Bears beat the Indians by 15 points, pulling the upset over the ninth-ranked team in Double-A.
Randy Dobnak is among the MLB's best pitchers, statistically, through the first third of the Major League Baseball Season. He's tied for the league lead in wins, and is top five in ERA.
@Dobnak_