The Herd scored all three of its runs on four hits in the bottom of the eighth inning after logging just one hit in the previous seven innings to take the series opener 3-2 over Canisius Friday afternoon at George T. Smailes Field in Huntington.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tre Mitchell remembers the first call he got from Bob Huggins when he entered the transfer portal after deciding to leave Texas.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall pitchers proved almost untouchable, and the offense generated enough punch to secure two wins, one by mercy rule, in the Thundering Herd March Madness round robin on a chilly Saturday at Dot Hicks Field.

WILLIAMSON —The Williamson Fieldhouse saw a capacity crowd of an estimated 6,000 plus people pack inside the historic venue for the Inaugural Redneck Brawl on Saturday, March 4.

MADISON — The Skyhawks are headed to the WVSSAC Boys Basketball State Tournament for the second year in a row, after Reece Carden and Jayden Sharps combined for 33 points to lead Scott past Nitro 65-58 in the regional final.

RIPLEY — The Logan Wildcats traveled to Ripley on Wednesday night in one of the Class AAA Region IV co-finals, and the homestanding Vikings ended Logan’s season, topping them by a final count of 78-66 in front of a packed and energetic crowd.

CHAPMANVILLE — The Chapmanville Tigers are state tournament bound after winning one of the Class AA Region III Co-Finals on Tuesday night by a final score of 58-33 over Wyoming East inside Danny Godby Gymnasium.

NUTTER FORT, W.Va. — Three members of Scott’s historic 2019 state tournament team shared the diamond again, this time at the collegiate level, during a four-game series between Fairmont State and Salem University that started at Frank Loria Memorial Field on Feb. 18.

MADISON — Shooting might not be the first thing that comes into your head when you hear Isaac Setser’s name, but his game-winning shot at home against Logan on Saturday, March 3, will still be talked about by Skyhawk fans decades from now.

VAN — The Man Hillbillies outlasted Van in overtime 62-60 on Feb. 27, advancing them to the second round of the Class A Region IV Section I Boys Basketball Tournament.

MADISON — Isaac Setser scored 18 points during Scott’s home sectional game on Feb. 28, leading the Skyhawks past Lincoln County 61-43 and into the sectional final against Logan.

SETH — Tolsia’s Parker Watts scored 20 points on March 1, helping the Rebels move past the Sherman Tide in front of a rambunctious crowd at Sherman High School during the Class A Region IV Section 1 semifinals.

MADISON — Senior forward Isaac Setser has been a major factor in Scott’s success this season, and his unselfish style of play is something that almost any basketball purist could appreciate.

MAN, W.Va. — On Feb. 23, Cam Elkins and Jace Watts combined for 21 points, leading the Madison Middle School boys basketball team past Chapmanville 37-35 to win the Black Diamond Conference Championship.

SETH — On Feb. 21, AJ Skeens scored 31 points to help the Sherman Tide earn a senior-night victory against Montcalm.

WAYNE — It was the second time in as many weeks that the Scott High School girls basketball team had made the trek from Madison to Wayne.

LAWRENCE, Kan. — West Virginia remains winless at Allen Fieldhouse.

NORFOLK, Va. — Old Dominion handed Marshall a new disappointment.

The West Virginia women’s basketball team beat Kansas State 67-58 on Saturday at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown to sweep the regular-season series with the Wildcats.

Charles Huff called it “the toughest schedule Marshall has had in a long time.”

HUNTINGTON — Instead of the usual two dozen or so individuals on the court for pregame warmups, there were hundreds at the Cam Henderson Center on Thursday night.

It’s a given that when the Great Backyard Bird Count begins Friday, Steve and Janet Kistler of Hart County, Kentucky, will be joining in. They’ve done so every year since the now-global tradition began 25 years ago.

The cool thing about being a hands-on participant in wildlife conservation is that at the end of a season, we get issued a report card on how we did.

As the confetti fell at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, following the Kansas City Chiefs’ 38-35 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 57, two players hailing from Sun Belt Conference member schools were among those joining the celebration.

MADISON — On Feb. 17, Reece Carden scored 37 points to help Class AAA no. 7 Scott move past Sissonville 78-55.

SEATH — The Sherman Lady Tide defeated Van 43-21 on Feb. 18 to move into the second round of the Class A Region IV Section I girls basketball tournament.

For the second time in as many games, the result came down to the final shot for the Marshall women’s basketball team.

MADISON — On Feb. 15, Class AA No. 3 Chapmanville earned a 70-48 road victory over Class AAA No. 7 Scott, securing the Tigers’ season sweep of the Skyhawks.

MORGANTOWN — Asked about hustle plays in the postgame press conference on Saturday afternoon, Mark Adams kicked the question to the Red Raider seated to his right.

VAN — Van senior Emma Wilcox scored her 1,000th career point during her 27-point performance at Independence on Feb. 15.

HUNTINGTON — David Early is no longer with the Marshall men’s basketball team, citing personal reasons, an athletic department spokesman said Thursday.

MADISON — The Chapmanville girls basketball team went on the road to face Scott on Thursday night, and they won easily by a final score of 72-46 — sweeping the season series over the Lady Skyhawks in the process.

VAN — Andrew Simpson and Aj Skeens combined for 34, as the Sherman Tide completed their regular-season sweep of intercounty rival Van with a 61-45 victory.

RIPLEY — On Feb. 10, Class AAA No. 3 Ripley defended their home court and completed their regular-season sweep of Class AAA No. 6 Scott with a 54-53 victory.

VAN — Alyssa Raynes and Jayla Patton combined to score 22 points, allowing the Poca Lady Dots to earn a 53-31 road victory over Van on Feb. 8.

The West Virginia women’s basketball team held off No. 21 Iowa State 73-60 on Saturday at the WVU Coliseum to snap a three-game losing streak.

AUSTIN, Texas — Much of what went wrong for West Virginia in its first meeting with Texas went wrong again in the second meeting with the No. 5 Longhorns.

It didn’t take long for the Marshall softball bats to warm up in the Sunshine State.

The end result Saturday was the same — a double-digit victory for the Thundering Herd men’s basketball team over Georgia State. But how Marshall got to the result was drastically different than the last time the two matched up.

HUNTINGTON — Marshall was similar to Elmer Fudd on Saturday in that it missed too many bunnies.

WHEELING — A 15-year National Football League player who quarterbacked a winning Super Bowl team and the winningest all-time, in-state college basketball coach will be inducted into the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame.

Louisiana turned up the heat early and never backed down, earning its 10th straight win in Sun Belt Conference play with a 77-67 win over the Thundering Herd in men’s basketball Saturday night at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.

MADISON — On Jan. 30, Breanna Buckley and Ayva Veltri both scored 17 points to lead Herbert Hoover’s girls basketball team past Scott 67-58.

VAN — On Feb. 3, the Van Bulldogs were able to outlast Man 51-48 and earn their second victory of the season during senior night.

WILLIAMSON — Class AAA No. 5 Scott snapped a two-game skid on Saturday night inside the historic Williamson Fieldhouse as they rallied in the second half to top Pike County Central (Kentucky) 65-53 in the 21st edition of the Hatfield McCoy Shootout.

MORGANTOWN — After a disappointing showing at No. 15 TCU on Tuesday, West Virginia came out red-hot in its return home Saturday against Oklahoma.

MADISON — On Jan. 31, Jayallen Turner scored a game-high 28 points to lead Class AA no. 4 Charleston Catholic (11-3) past Class AAA no. 5 Scott (10-6) on the road.