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| Toughest C-USA basketball test will come early for Herd | |
| This much we know for sure about Marshall’s basketball schedule, finally unveiled Wednesday: The toughest part of MU’s second Conference USA schedule will come early. | |
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| Jeff Rider on NASCAR | |
| One more race, then start the Chase | |
| IT SURE IS fitting that this week’s Nextel Cup race is named the Chevy Rock ’N’ Roll 500. | |
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| Hoover looks for elusive win over Wayne | |
| Herbert Hoover running back D.J. Taylor has accomplished quite a bit during his prep career. | |
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| Area roundup | |
| Capital, Charleston Catholic pick up team titles at Fall Classic meet | |
| Capital won the Class AAA boys title and and Ripley won the girls crown at the Fall Classic cross country meet Wednesday at Camp Virgil Tate. | |
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| Scoreboard | |
| Prep cross country, prep football | |
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| MU Football | |
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| Snyder reconsiders move to softer practices | |
| HUNTINGTON — Every August is a balancing act for football coaches across the land: Their players must develop enough toughness to start the season strong, yet try to keep injuries from ravaging the roster. | |
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| WVU Football | |
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| Dave Hickman | |
| Bush injury a reminder of football’s fragility | |
| MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez has a fairly simple response when asked if he worries about his own offensive stars suffering the same fate as Louisville’s Michael Bush. | |
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| Eastern Washington has never played a team ranked this high | |
| MORGANTOWN — The last time Eastern Washington played a ranked Division I-A team — actually, it was the only time — the result wasn’t exactly a confidence builder. | |
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| High School Football | |
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| Redskins swarm on defense | |
| In two games, Hurricane has allowed just 120 yards | |
| How prepared was Hurricane for Friday’s game with Riverside? Consider the opening snap of the second half. | |
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| Kennedy Watch | |
| Here’s a look at some of the leading candidates for the Kennedy Award, which goes to the top high school football player in the state as voted on by members of the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. | |
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| Nitro | |
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| Nitro nail-biter | |
| George Washington comes up just short against Wildcats | |
| Nitro High linebacker Jordan Broome stood in the Underwood Field end zone with 1:11 left and threw his hands in the air in wonderment while staring toward the Wildcat football bench. | |
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| Patriots, Wildcats face rugged short week | |
| There’s never enough time. Now that George Washington and Nitro were forced to play a rare Labor Day game, the two Kanawha County rivals have even less time to prepare for Friday. | |
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| Nitro tested but hangs on | |
| Despite turnovers, penalties, Wildcats edge GW | |
| Nitro labored mightily on a day that’s supposed to be the final lazy day of summer. | |
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| Beckley | |
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| Witten leads Capital past Woodrow 37-20 | |
| Since the end of last season, the Capital coaches have been tinkering with the Cougars’ offense. | |
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| South Charleston | |
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| James leads SA past SC | |
| Just how much Jeremy James was bothered by his injured shoulder was a matter for conjecture, but one thing was certain: He sure was a pain for South Charleston. | |
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| Parkersburg | |
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| A rough start for GW | |
| Early mistakes set tone in 53-7 loss to Parkersburg | |
| The first few snaps were gloomily prophetic for George Washington. | |
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| Parkersburg steamrolls Patriots | |
| Big Red 230-pound runner hard to handle for George Washington defenders | |
| Parkersburg High School fullback Charlie Taylor is right where he belongs. | |
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| Hurricane | |
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| Hurricane shuts down Riverside | |
| HURRICANE — It was a day for defensive domination. | |
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| Capital | |
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| Witten leads Capital past Woodrow 37-20 | |
| Since the end of last season, the Capital coaches have been tinkering with the Cougars’ offense. | |
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| St. Albans | |
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| James leads SA past SC | |
| Just how much Jeremy James was bothered by his injured shoulder was a matter for conjecture, but one thing was certain: He sure was a pain for South Charleston. | |
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| Riverside | |
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| Hurricane shuts down Riverside | |
| HURRICANE — It was a day for defensive domination. | |
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| Ripley | |
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| Ripley runs past Point 28-20 | |
| POINT PLEASANT — Football fans have heard of the legendary running combination of Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside. Ripley’s Mr. First Half and Mr. Second Half combined for 223 yards and four touchdowns Friday en route to a 28-20 season opening win over Point Pleasant. | |
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| Huntington | |
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| Special teams spark Capital | |
| HUNTINGTON — The Capital Cougars used their best Virginia Tech impression Friday night to reclaim the C&O Bell from Huntington. | |
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| George Washington | |
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| Nitro nail-biter | |
| George Washington comes up just short against Wildcats | |
| Nitro High linebacker Jordan Broome stood in the Underwood Field end zone with 1:11 left and threw his hands in the air in wonderment while staring toward the Wildcat football bench. | |
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| Patriots, Wildcats face rugged short week | |
| There’s never enough time. Now that George Washington and Nitro were forced to play a rare Labor Day game, the two Kanawha County rivals have even less time to prepare for Friday. | |
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| Nitro tested but hangs on | |
| Despite turnovers, penalties, Wildcats edge GW | |
| Nitro labored mightily on a day that’s supposed to be the final lazy day of summer. | |
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| Herbert Hoover | |
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| Taylor rushes Hoover past Ravenswood | |
| A good representation of the night at Herbert Hoover was D.J. Taylor’s first run of the game: 39 yards. | |
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| Winfield | |
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| Hurricane overcomes penalties, rips Winfield 21-0 | |
| WINFIELD — Hurricane coach Willis May is getting used to sighing with relief. | |
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| Logan | |
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| Johnson Central pours it on against Logan | |
| PAINTSVILLE, Ky. — Johnson Central scored 29 straight points in the second half en route to a 35-8 victory against Logan Friday night. | |
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| Point Pleasant | |
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| Ripley runs past Point 28-20 | |
| POINT PLEASANT — Football fans have heard of the legendary running combination of Mr. Inside and Mr. Outside. Ripley’s Mr. First Half and Mr. Second Half combined for 223 yards and four touchdowns Friday en route to a 28-20 season opening win over Point Pleasant. | |
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| Poca | |
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| Rivals back at it | |
| Nitro tops Poca 40-12 in first meeting since ’96 | |
| Nitro’s Chad Snodgrass and Poca’s Timmy Shamblin had never experienced the intense rivalry between their two schools. | |
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| Scott | |
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| Scott must forfeit win, plans appeal to SSAC | |
| Scott football Shane Griffith is hopeful the SSAC Board of Appeals can ultimately overturn the first obstacle thrown in the way of his football team. | |
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| Buffalo | |
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| Youthful Buffalo embarks on crusade | |
| Mike Sawyer understands that his team is a work in progress. However, the Buffalo coach hopes he has enough time to complete all of his tasks. | |
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| Valley | |
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| Chapmanville runs all over Valley 39-8 | |
| MONTGOMERY — Chapmanville used the combination of senior Justin Dalton and sophomore David Wiley early and often as the Tigers took a bite out of Valley 39-8 Friday night at Martin Field on the campus of WVU Tech. | |
| High School Sports | Thursday, September 7, 2006 |
Knights' Ferguson off to hot start
ONA -- Josh Ferguson is not even close to losing his job this fall. Cabell Midland High School's senior quarterback has been flawless through two games, passing for 260 yards and three touchdowns on 10-of-16 passing. Details
Scott High ordered to forfeit
CHARLESTON -- The Secondary School Activities Commission has ordered Scott High to forfeit its season-opening win for using an ineligible player.
Scott is appealing the ruling.
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"No one did anything with any ill intentions here," coach Shane Griffith said.
Griffith didn't identify the player, a sophomore who attended Harts High last year. Harts and three other schools in Lincoln County have been consolidated into the new Lincoln County High School.
Scott's administration had allowed the player to compete and his paperwork was submitted to the SSAC.
Harts students were allowed to attend Lincoln High or Chapmanville High in Logan County. However, Scott, a Class AA school in Boone County, was the closest school providing public transportation for the player in question, Griffith said.
"The student's papers were all in order, and we have several other students who share the same (hometown) who have enrolled here in the past and are here now," Griffith said. "We're the only one that provides a bus to where they live. It's the closest school."
The player was used sparingly in the forfeited game, a 28-0 win over Roane County on Aug. 25. Scott beat Wyoming East 16-0 on Friday night.
The SSAC's Board of Appeals is expected to hear the case in October, Griffith said.
Big Reds to play first game on new turf
By RON JOHNSTON
PARKERSBURG — At long last, the Parkersburg High football team will finally get to compete on the new Stadium Field ProGrass surface when it hosts Woodrow Wilson at 7:30 p.m. Friday.
Since mid-August, undefeated PHS (2-0) has been practicing on the newly installed artificial turf, which replaced the 10-year-old AstroTurf. But when the season kicked off, the Big Reds were on the road for their first two contests.
While PHS was away, scheduled soccer matches and even football games (Parkersburg Catholic and Big Red JVs) were played on the new field surface.
“We’re the last ones to get to play a game on it, and we’re excited about it,” said Parkersburg High head football coach Bernie Buttrey. “Everybody probably feels like they’ve got the best field in the state. But we like to believe that this is the best high school atmosphere in the state. And, with this new turf, it’s just kind of like icing on the cake.
“We always get a good crowd, but I think this is going to make it even better.”
Andy Thomas agreed.
“I’ve got a feeling that the new surface is going to look good under the lights, “ said the PHS junior quarterback. “Hopefully, we look good along with it.
“I hated that old stuff (AstroTurf), because it felt like concrete. This (ProGrass) is much softer, and you don’t get the burns and shin splints that you got on the old turf. It doesn’t hurt your ankles when you want to cut, and it’s got a nice spring to it. There’s nothing I can complain about it.”
Well, almost nothing. There is one “little” thing.
“The little black pellets get up in your face once in awhile,” Thomas said. “But they’ll settle down, they say. By next year, they’ll all be settled in there, and there won’t be much to worry about. It’s still an awesome surface.”
Parkersburg High assistant coach Gene Epley said that the new surface “looks like a fine, manicured Bermuda grass field.”
“Just look at it,” he continued. “I mean, when you go around and see some of the other turf fields, this one puts a lot of them to shame.
“The kids love it. It’s soft, and you can’t believe what a difference that it makes on your legs after coming off the other stuff (AstroTurf).”
Added Buttrey, “You like to hope that the new surface is going to prevent some injuries to knees, ankles, etc., and many of those (turf) burns wouldn’t heal until the season was over with on the old field.”
Big Reds’ line coach Doak Markley likes “the cushioning factor” of the new surface.
“It reacts like grass,” he said, “and the kids like the traction.
“In a lot of cases, linemen are down on the ground a lot. And, with the old turf, they suffered from a lot more burns than some of the other guys.
“Obviously, the old turf was top of the line at the time, and it was good. But this (ProGrass) is better.”
Another advantage of ProGrass is less cost on footwear.
“Everybody doesn’t have to buy two pairs of shoes, now,” Buttrey said. “You can get by with one pair of shoes, because whatever works on grass works on this.”
Contact Ron Johnston at rjohnston@newsandsentinel.com
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