In the 27 games prior to Tuesday’s double-header against Niagara (11-8), the West Virginia baseball team (14-15) had combined for nine home runs. On Tuesday, the Mountaineers cranked six round-trippers.
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T.C. Williams High School, home of the 1971 Virginia Class AAA football champs, isn’t remembered for being forged in a school merger. It’s remembered for school integration.     FULL ARTICLE

West Virginia wide receivers coach Steve Bird has landed the job he’s been waiting for.
“Steve and I talked about when I got a job we would work together,” West Virginia head football coach Rich Rodriguez said. “I think he was waiting around a bit to see what I was going to do.”
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West Virginia’s coaching staff grew by one on Tuesday as Tony Gibson was named an assistant coach. Head coach Rich Rodriguez announced Gibson was being promoted from a graduate assistant, a position he’s held since January, to a secondary coach. He has been working with the safeties daily in practice.
Gibson played for Rodriguez at Glenville State College as a defensive back from 1991-94, where he was part of two WVIAC championship teams. The native of Van, W.Va., was a three-sport letterman at Van High School. Gibson also began his coaching career in West Virginia at Gilmer County High School, where he was the head coach and athletic director. In 1996, Gibson joined Rodriguez’s staff at Glenville, coaching the defensive backs and kickoff teams.
From 1997-98, Gibson was the defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator at Cumberland University, where he also coached the special teams. The defense was ranked first in the Mid-South Conference both seasons. He was defensive coordinator and assistant head coach at West Virginia Tech during the 1999-2000 seasons.