Sports - January 16 2006 Charleston Area

Doug Smock: Tech could have used the Division III option

FIRST, MY .02 about the school formerly known as West Virginia Tech:

Buffalo looks to Whittington for versatility

Prep basketball

Buffalo, coming off its best season in more than 40 years, is off and running again, carrying a 9-1 record and the state’s No. 4 ranking in Class A as it nears the midway point of the regular season.

Norman Chad

Bowling helps make the world a better place What can't Sigman do? Poca's leading scorer doesn't just shoot or drive to basket, he also scores ‘Glory Road' wasn't quite as bumpy as movie depicts Jack Bogaczyk column It's good for WVU to look ahead Mountaineers don't forget last year, but they don't dwell on it, either Mountaineer defense stifled Marquette West Virginia basketball notebook Herd's Humphrey can be a show himself When the 12 football recruits making official visits to Marshall University left the Henderson Center, they went away talking about one player. His name is Markel Humphrey Both Garlands make difference for Capital girls Girls high school basketball notebook Kanawha, Putnam girls scoring leaders Lorello voted WVU football team's MVP The outstanding senior safety from Powell, Ohio, was honored Saturday night, along with numerous others, at the team's annual awards dinner in the Mountainlair WVC could be headed to new Midwest Region Unlike Horace Greeley's suggestion, the WVC doesn't want to go west, but that's what a first-draft proposal on universal regional realignment in Division II athletics has the Princeton-based conference doing Top of the Second GW's Long hits 1,000; named state Player of Wee

GW’s Long earns AP basketball honor

George Washington’s Chris Long was named The Associated Press boys state high school basketball player of the week Sunday.

Wise paces Ravenswood

Roundup

Ben Wise scored 26 points, 23 in the second half, to lead Ravenswood to a 70-45 win over visiting Sissonville Saturday nigh