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With move to four classes, door open for Mingo, Tug football teams
This fall will be a year of change for high school football across the state of West Virginia. Instead of the usual three classes, the WVSSAC will be moving to a four-class format for the first time ever in football and a host of other sports. Mingo Central will be...
Middle schoolers who protested trans athlete’s participation are banned from future competitions
Five West Virginia middle schoolers who protested a transgender athlete’s participation in a track and field competition have been barred from future meets — prompting the state attorney general to ask the US Supreme Court to weigh in on transgender student-athlete bans for a second time. West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey filed a lawsuit against the Harrison County Board of Education on the dissenting students’ behalf after they were blocked from upcoming meets following their protests at the April 18 shot put competition, West Virginia Watch reported. Five girls from Lincoln Middle School stepped up to the circle for...
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice responds to court overturning transgender sports ban saying boys competing with girls will always put girls at a disadvantage
West Virginia Governor Jim Justice responded to a question on Tuesday regarding if he would allow a transgender basketball player on his girl’s basketball team after a court overturned West Virginia’s transgender sports ban. “To me it’s a straight forward as straight forward can be. Boys competing with the girls, puts girls at a significant […]
NCAA ratifies immediate eligibility for athletes no matter how many times they switch schools
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line with a recent court order. The Division I Board of Directors formally ratified the change to the transfer rule Monday and approved a tweak that allows schools to identify name, image and likeness opportunities and facilitate deals between athletes and third parties. Athletes are not obligated to accept assistance from the school and must maintain authority over the terms in their NIL agreements. Beginning Aug. 1, member schools will be permitted to increase NIL-related support only for athletes who disclose their NIL arrangements. Transfer windows, which are sport-specific, remain in place and require undergraduate athletes to enter their names into the portal at certain times to be immediately eligible at a new school. Graduate students already can transfer multiple times and enter the portal outside the windows while maintaining immediate eligibility.
WATCH: Which true freshmen can use the spring game as a springboard?
West Virginia's spring game is Saturday at Mountaineer Field, and it's the next checkered flag for the handful of Mountaineers who are new to campus and college football. Six true freshmen enrolled at the start of the spring semester and stepped right into the winter strength and conditioning program. Spring...
West Virginia girls stand up against trans sports madness — they’re braver than the president
The trans sport madness continues, steamrolling even little kids in its path. Consider the five West Virginia middle-school girls who rightly objected to the inclusion of trans girl Becky Pepper-Jackson — i.e., a biological boy, with all the attendant strength advantages — in a track and field competition. The girls refused to shotput against Pepper-Jackson, and were punished for that quiet protest by being barred from future meets. They didn’t shout or scream or hurl slurs; they exercised a totally non-threatening, totally nonviolent form of protest at what they — again, correctly — see as an injustice. And because they dared to modestly and...
What does the future hold as Ray's focus on football expands?
Traylon Ray was different things to West Virginia's football team last year. A late arrival but ultimately a revelation. A newcomer who learned and performed quickly. A reserve who played just 11 snaps in the first game and then a starter who caught a 75-yard touchdown pass on the first play of the bowl game.
Column: Special siblings
One of the things that draws people into sports is a sense of belonging or family. At least that always was the case for me, but I grew up in a household with sports playing an impactful role. My brother and I had some fun times, although golf wasn’t really...
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