Rick Elmore

Chapmanville's Justus Mann led the Tigers to the Class AAA, Region 4 golf championship on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025 at Big Bend Golf Course in Tornado. Winfield finished as region runner-up but both teams qualified for the state tournament at Oglebay Resort.

Teams who captured state football titles from 1970 to 1979 will be honored during the championship games in December.

Elmore's picks this week are Old Dominion to defeat Marshall despite Joan C. Edwards Stadium being a place where the Thundering Herd typically wins. With WVU off, Ohio State-Illinois is the other pick in the column this week.

A two-point conversion with seconds to play was no good leaving George Washington's rally short as the Patriots lost 34-33 on Saturday at Steve Edwards Sr Field.

Buffalo quarterback Hunter Rutan set a single game passing record for yards in a game during the Bison's win at Richwood on Friday.

West Virginia hosts Colorado in a Big 12 contest at Morgantown and is favored to win its second straight game. Marshall is host to James Madison in a Sun Belt Conference contest designated as the "75" Game.

After covering the opening of the girls basketball season in the previous prep notebook, this week's examines the top boys teams to watch this season in the Kanawha Valley.

Winfield's girls rallied from an 11-point deficit in the second half on Thursday to defeat Tug Valley 36-32 at the FCA Hoops Classic in Institute.

Brody Ilderton scored 26 points and grabbed 18 rebounds to help Winfield to a 72-66 win over Hurricane in a boys basketball game that saw the supporters of both schools contribute financial donations to the family of Ty Laughery, a junior at WHS who is battling cancer.

Żaden Ranson's triple-double and Mikaden Hale's hot 3-point shooting proved too much as Charleston Catholic defeated visiting Logan 76-45 on Thursday in boys' high school basketball.