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Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Sports II

Sports
Meadows’ goal lifts Hurricane
HURRICANE — Lindsay Meadows made a heads-up play on Senior Night.
South Charleston’s Keshia Butler (21) and Hurricane’s Jordan McKinney (4) both go for the header as SC’s Morgan Holstine (22) looks on.

Photo by Chris Dorst


Huntington moves 8 boys basketball games to Memorial Field House
O.J. Mayo’s presence has already caused ripples to Huntington High’s basketball schedule.

Maybe not, but some say Mountaineers lacking ‘passion’
MORGANTOWN — At least statistically, it’s hard to call West Virginia’s defensive effort this season poor.



This just in: WVU special teams among nation’s best
IN REGARD TO chatter over the No. 5 West Virginia Mountaineers, the special teams have been like one of the most popular TV shows.

Teams retain top spots in prep football ratings
Parkersburg, Scott and Wheeling Central maintained their top positions in the Secondary School Activities Commission’s weekly state high school computer ratings Tuesday.

Charleston Catholic girls top Bluefield 4-1
Kim Abcouwer had two goals for the host Irish (13-4-2), while Christine Bronikowski and Katie Robinson each added scores in the 4-1 win for Charleston Catholic over Bluefield at Shawnee Park.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall’s offensive line is coming off probably its best game of the season, and came out looking a little deeper than it was a week ago. But the degree of difficulty in the trenches might ratchet up a notch this week.



PRO: small schools can produce big talents like Matewan back
It ain’t easy being a Class A athlete. Especially a really good one.

Slow start didn’t deter Jackets against SVU
West Virginia State picked up its second win of the year Saturday, defeating Southern Virginia University 17-14 in Institute.

Mountaineers soccer team ranked No. 6
The West Virginia men’s soccer team jumped two spots in the CollegeSoccerNews.com Top 30 poll to No. 6 and held steady at No. 8 in the Soccer America Top 25, released Monday.

Polls won’t help WVU, but others’ losses would
MORGANTOWN — To his credit, Rich Rodriguez isn’t getting all worked up over West Virginia’s latest slip in the college football opinion polls.

Getting to the QB no assurance of success
MORGANTOWN — Here’s one of those statistics that you are simply forced to file away under the heading, “Huh?’’

As much drudgery as football practice can be, Doug Legursky and his Marshall teammates couldn’t have been happier to see it return over the weekend.

Capital Cougar Run



Nehlen to sign copies of book before game


When Lori Orthen and Marilyn Miller team as doubles partners in Saint Vincent College’s tennis match Tuesday against West Liberty State, 40-love won’t only be the score at times.

Schedule gets tougher for St. Albans
The preliminaries are over for St. Albans. In their last three games, the Red Dragons have beaten Ripley, Woodrow Wilson and Greenbrier East — all one-win teams in the Mountain State Athletic Conference. The stakes, however, jump a good bit higher in the coming weeks.

THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE

SMU’s QB had rough start in loss to UTEP
If Justin Willis’ suspension stands for this week and Corey Slater remains the starting quarterback at Southern Methodist, it won’t be such a traumatic jolt to the Mustangs’ system.

Cabell Midland’s Christian Edwards and Tolsia’s B.J. Evans were named The Associated Press state high school co-players of the week on Sunday after setting school records for rushing yards. Other top performances last week:

Herd staring down a 1-6 start
WELCOME TO your worst nightmare, the autumnal edition of the Smock Market Report. And while the Dow Jones Industrial Average hit an all-time high last week, it’s nothing but a bear market here.

Roundup
No. 12 Mercyhurst (Pa.) blanked the University of Charleston 4-0 in women’s soccer Sunday at Triana Field on the UC campus.



NBC pregame: high voltage, low wattage
From time to time, Couch Slouch releases copies of his private correspondence in an effort to foster better public understanding of key cultural issues. What follows are recent letters written to the networks in regard to their NFL pregame shows.

Friday’s games

If the Class A playoffs began this week, Tug Valley would be in — a huge turnaround for a program embarrassed by inner turmoil and an 0-10 season a year ago.

MORGANTOWN — If Rich Rodriguez is concerned that while his team keeps winning on the field it now seems to be losing in the court of public opinion, he’s not letting on.

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