The Charleston Gazette Sports

Will it be a group Hug? Might K-State recruits or others follow him to WVU? MORGANTOWN — Figuring out that Bob Huggins was coming on board now seems like the easy part, even if West Virginia officials remained steadfastly and peculiarly quiet on the subject deep into Thursday night. Bob Huggins has won 590 games in 25 seasons as a college head coach. Photo by AP
WVU
Huggins decision stuns Kansas State officials
MANHATTAN, Kan. — Although Kansas State appreciates what Bob Huggins accomplished in his single season as the Wildcats basketball coach, officials at the school clearly weren’t happy with his decision to bolt so soon and accept the coaching job at West Virginia.
Fan reaction mixed on Huggins hiring
On the subject of Bob Huggins’ hiring as West Virginia’s new basketball coach, a random sampling of baseball fans at Appalachian Power Park Thursday night showed a keen awareness of Huggins’ background.
Bob Huggins basketball timeline
s Sept. 21, 1953 — born in Morgantown
Huggins followed father’s footsteps
Charlie Huggins remembers his year spent in Morgantown.
Huggins’ year-by-year coaching record
Michigan welcomes Beilein
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Michigan desperately wanted to hire John Beilein and was willing to make him the highest-paid basketball coach in school history.
Huggins rumors fly as WVU looks for coach
A basketball coach’s departure always brings out the unknown and there’s plenty of it at West Virginia with John Beilein’s move to Michigan, starting with the list of possible replacements.
Rodriguez riled as spring drills near end
MORGANTOWN — At about the midpoint of his post-practice session with the media Wednesday afternoon, West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez began to tire of hearing his offensive linemen in the background going through an extra session.
Huggins mum on WVU scuttlebutt
MORGANTOWN — Forget about all of the rumors and the speculation and the buzz on Internet message boards. Ditto the radio talk shows from West Virginia to Kansas.
Marshall
Injury puts Herd punters in spotlight
HUNTINGTON — The swirling winds at Joan C. Edwards Stadium may have foretold of strange events at Marshall’s special-teams scrimmage Wednesday afternoon.
Billy to UK? Don’t ask
Florida coach muffles media on rumors at MU gathering
HUNTINGTON — Billy Donovan was a fashionable 53 minutes late to a press briefing Wednesday before his Big Green Scholarship Foundation dinner appearance, but he didn’t keep the traveling Kentucky media hanging much longer.
Mitch Vingle
WVU fires its shot via Huggins
CONSIDER IT A shot from the bow.
Heartfelt ‘so long’ to Beilein
THE BROKEN rubber band remains a bookmark to this day.
Prep Sports
Baseball roundup
Thompson, Kurpel lead Valley past Pendleton
Josh Thompson went 3-for-3 and drove in six runs and Travis Kurpel fired a three-hit shutout Thursday as Valley rocked the state’s No. 1 Class A baseball team, beating Pendleton County 13-0 in Smithers.
Softball roundup
Cobb fans 19, hurls 1-hitter for South Charleston
Chelsea Cobb fired a one-hit shutout and struck out 19 Thursday as host South Charleston blanked Hurricane 7-0 in prep softball.
Winfield clubs Hoover 10-0
WINFIELD — Winfield wasn’t feeling the cold Thursday evening. The Generals were insulated from the elements with another all-around performance that extended their winning streak through the first nine games of the season.
Patterson named state Gatorade player of year
Huntington’s Patrick Patterson was selected the Gatorade state boys high school basketball player of the year for the second straight year Wednesday.
Prep sports roundup
Canterbury leads SC past Capital 12-2
Nick Canterbury allowed one earned run and scattered six hits in his first start of the season as host South Charleston downed Capital 12-2 in a six-inning, mercy-rule win in high school baseball Wednesday.
Scoreboard: Prep baseball, softball
Other Sports
Names in the games
WVU-Auburn part of Big East-SEC Invite
West Virginia will play Auburn at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5 in Birmingham, Ala., as part of the Big East-SEC Invitational college basketball event. Georgetown meets Alabama at 9:30.
Roundup
SA boys, GW girls win track titles
St. Albans’ boys and George Washington’s girls came away with the team championships Thursday during a chilly Sam LeRose/Stan Smith Memorial track meet at Laidley Field.
Brantley's triple propels Power to win
As the cold evening wore on, West Virginia Power scoring opportunities were slipping away, and the folks in attendance were maintaining a steady trickle toward the exits. On an opening night diminished by freezing temperatures and bitter winds, the Power compounded the unpleasantness by stranding too many runners through six innings. The fans simply surrendered to the cold.
Roundup
Bartrum to receive alumni honor from Marshall
Former Marshall University football standout Mike Bartrum will receive the school’s distinguished alumni award at the 70th annual Alumni Awards Banquet on April 21 in Huntington.
Park puts squeeze on Power pitcher
On Monday, after arriving in Charleston from spring training, West Virginia Power left-hander Brae Wright made a quick visit to Appalachian Power Park, where he and his teammates will spend the summer.