Buzz begins to build around WVSU football
By Michael Carvelli When Monday's first preseason practice began, coach John Pennington could feel a buzz around his West Virginia State football team unlike any he has witnessed in the handful of...
View ArticleUC football aims to rebound from disappointing 2016
By Michael Carvelli When University of Charleston coach Pat Kirkland watches his players out on the field, he sees a group that has evolved over the course of the offseason. Coming off a difficult...
View ArticleRelationship between quarterback, coach crucial for WVSU football
By Michael Carvelli Despite a change at head coach for the West Virginia State football team, things have pretty much stayed the same for Matt Kinnick. The Yellow Jackets' third-year starting...
View ArticleUC's Kahzin Daniels ready to build on breakout 2016
By Michael Carvelli In 2016, Mountain East Conference teams found out who Kahzin Daniels was. This time around he wants to show them he was just getting started. "I feel like last year was just barely...
View ArticleFormer Capital hoops star Josh "Cookie" Miller joins WVSU men's basketball staff
By Derek Redd Kanawha Valley basketball is ingrained in the DNA of Josh "Cookie" Miller, and vice versa. The 2005 West Virginia Boys Basketball Player of the Year at Capital High, Miller spent two...
View ArticleParity reigns in MEC football . . . except for Shepherd
By Michael Carvelli Last year, the Mountain East Conference saw teams beat up on each other every week. Just about every game was a hard-fought contest that would come down to the final quarter. There...
View ArticleUC's Tevion Cappe healthy and motivated to lead Golden Eagles backfield
By Michael Carvelli For a big chunk of the 2016 season, it looked like Charleston running back Tevion Cappe was ready to emerge as one of the Mountain East Conference's premier backs. Through the...
View ArticleLeaders emerging on West Virginia State's revamped defense
By Michael Carvelli When you look at the West Virginia State defense on paper, it's clear to see that there are a few major differences from last year's team. Gone are the Yellow Jackets' four leading...
View ArticleKirkland happy with UC's younger players' progress
By Michael Carvelli The University of Charleston football team is in a fortunate position this season. For the most part, the Golden Eagles return a good deal of experience at several key positions....
View ArticleUC women's soccer enjoys growing reputation
By Michael Carvelli As the University of Charleston women's soccer team gets closer to its 2017 season opener - versus Seton Hill at 4 p.m. Saturday at the Trace Fork Soccer Fields - the team has...
View ArticleNavy SEALs, Army Rangers teach UC teams about teamwork
By Michael Carvelli University of Charleston football coach Pat Kirkland and his team were out at Laidley Field to train around 6 a.m. on Saturday morning, but what they did that day had nothing to do...
View ArticleUC men's soccer team preps for another run at national title
By Michael Carvelli A new era of University of Charleston men's soccer begins this season as the No. 2 Golden Eagles finish their preparations for their first season under new coach Dan Stratford....
View ArticleWVSU's Quinton Gray ready for one last run with football team
By Michael Carvelli Prior to last year's game against Concord, West Virginia State's then-offensive coordinator John Pennington came to wide receiver Quinton Gray with an idea. He told Gray about...
View ArticleUC, WVSU football ready to get regular season started
By Michael Carvelli While preseason training camp serves a valuable purpose for football teams across the country, eventually it gets to a point where they're just ready to move on and get the games...
View ArticleUC secondary prepared for WVSU's potent passing attack
By Michael Carvelli One of the areas where the University of Charleston struggled a season ago was in its pass defense. The Golden Eagles statistically did a decent job, finishing fifth in the...
View ArticleDepth at running back complements West Virginia State's strong passing game
By Michael Carvelli When most people have talked about the West Virginia State offense the past few seasons, the focus has centered around the damage that the Yellow Jackets can do to people through...
View ArticleUC-WVSU football rivalry game kicks off 2017 season
By Michael Carvelli The first game of a new college football season is always an exciting one. The new year is full of promise and possibilities, and every team feels that this is a year that it can...
View ArticleWest Virginia State beats UC for first time since 2008
By Michael Carvelli John Pennington's tenure as West Virginia State's football coach couldn't have gotten off to a much better start than it did Saturday afternoon as the Yellow Jackets rolled to a...
View ArticleUC, WVSU football face tall tasks on short week
By Michael Carvelli The West Virginia State football team is trying to start a season 2-0 for the first time since 2008. The University of Charleston hopes to avoid its second consecutive 0-2 start...
View ArticleUC, WVSU football hope improvements come in Week 2
By Michael Carvelli Many football coaches like to say that their teams' biggest improvements come between the seasons' first and second games. Both West Virginia State's John Pennington and...
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