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Hilltoppers Carry Five-Game Winning Streak Into Homecoming Clash With W.Va. Wesleyan

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WEST LIBERTY — Riding a five-game winning streak and off to their best start since 2009, the West Liberty University football team returns to West Family Stadium on Saturday for a Homecoming matchup against West Virginia Wesleyan. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. The Hilltoppers enter the Mountain East Conference contest at 5-1 overall and 3-0 in league play, having won all three conference games on the final possession. West Virginia Wesleyan comes to the hilltop at 3-4 overall and 2-2 in the MEC after defeating Fairmont State, 34-16, on Oct. 10. West Liberty's latest victory may ...

Seminoles And Bruins Boys Soccer Play To Draw

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WELLSBURG - The Brooke boys' soccer team wanted a win against Monroe Central, but it was not to be Thursday night. The Seminoles jumped out to an early 2-0 lead, however, the Bruins battled back and knotted the score on two occasions as the game ended up being deadlocked at halftime. Brooke came out strong to start the second half, however, the Bruins were unable to get a shot into the back of the net and the game ended in a 3-3 tie in Brooke's annual Cancer Awareness Game on Paul" Bud" Billiard Field inside historic Brooke Memorial Stadium. Jacob High contributed two goals to lead the ...

MEC Announces Women’s Wrestling As 24th Conference Championship Sport

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FAIRMONT, W. Va. -- The Mountain East Conference announced Thursday afternoon that it will sponsor women’s wrestling as its 24th conference championship sport, beginning with the 2026-27 academic year. The MEC Board of Directors approved women’s wrestling as the league’s newest championship sport at its September meeting, following the NCAA's addition of women’s wrestling on Jan. 17, 2025. “We are very pleased to add women’s wrestling as the Mountain East Conference’s 24th sport,” said MEC Commissioner Reid Amos. “Since 2013, we have grown from 16 sports to now 24, ...