By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner The Lady Yellow Jackets and Pendleton County joined forces in the fight against breast cancer with a special awareness volleyball match last Thursday in the Hive as the Lady Wildcats had pink jerseys and Moorefield went with pink socks and warm-up fundraiser shirts with the[Read More…]

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Luray Volleyball narrowly escaped the Lady Cougars den in a four set battle last Monday in Baker with the scores of 25-23, 25-20, 22-25 and 26-24. In JV action, East Hardy took charge pouncing for a victory by 25-17 and 26-24. “The kids we have[Read More…]

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner The Hawks perched in the nest preparing for a defensive battle with Moorefield and South Harrison survived an errant field goal in the closing moments to snatch an 8-6 victory over the Yellow Jackets in Lost Creek. “The coaching staff absolutely got the defense ready[Read More…]

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Moorefield Volleyball defended the Hive against the Lady Cougars with a straight set match victory by the scores of 25-18, 25-18 and 25-15. In JV action, East Hardy garnered the win in three sets 25-18, 19-25 and 25-22. “From the front row, we swung hard.[Read More…]

By Carl Holcomb Moorefield Examiner Winning was in the air for Hardy County on Wednesday as Moorefield Middle School Football garnered a 47-nil shutout over Capon Bridge Middle School at Yellow Jacket Field, while East Hardy Early Middle School rallied from a 14-0 halftime deficit to defeat the Vikings 20-14[Read More…]

A stop sign needed to be placed in the lane to reduce the chaotic traffic flowing inside the Hive, but East Hardy navigated through the swarm of Yellow Jackets to control the boards en route to a 73-64 victory over Moorefield last Friday on senior night. “I told our guys[Read More…]

The Lady Yellow Jackets inundated the Den in Baker with a 27-5 halftime advantage before swarming to a 56-16 victory over East Hardy during the second edition of the Hardy County Girls Hardwood Classic. “Coming off a game like we did, I thought we would come out a little flat.[Read More…]

If there was a glass ceiling in Bridgeport, it would be shattered as history was made on the mat. East Hardy Wrestling sophomore SierraMarie Miller became the first state bound grappler in program history with a fourth place medal at the Class AA-A Region II Wrestling Tournament last weekend and[Read More…]

It was a historic night in the Hive as Moorefield Girls Basketball upset the tenth-ranked Lady Mountain Lions for the first time since 2003 by a score of 62-59 guided by junior Lindsey Rinker’s game-high 31 points which helped her eclipse the 1,000-point career milestone on Wednesday. Rinker is the[Read More…]

Moorefield and East Hardy Wrestling programs reached new heights with total team victories in the season along with the fastest pins plus conference honors at the Vikings Smash which featured 38 state ranked wrestlers in Petersburg last weekend. Moorefield Wrestling set a new program season record with 24 team victories[Read More…]

The Lady Yellow Jackets defended the Hive with a nine-point halftime advantage, but Southern Garrett found a way to penetrate the honeycomb scoring inside the paint causing it to crumble leading to a 50-48 victory rally on Friday night in Moorefield. “[We] Played good first half. Thought we should have[Read More…]

Coming off winter break both teams struggled to break the ice on the rims combining for 50 missed field goals with the Yellow Jackets chipping away for a 17-14 halftime lead, but Pendleton County warmed up the hoop with late third quarter shooting as Moorefield became frigid during the Wildcats[Read More…]

The Lady Yellow Jackets were grounded on the courts by Parkersburg Catholic in the Class A state volleyball quarterfinals at the Charleston Civic Center last Friday in straight sets: 25-17, 25-11 and 25-20. Moorefield entered the state tournament for a fifth straight season, but that experience wasn’t enough to survive[Read More…]

The Lady Yellow Jackets are the new queens of the Hardy County courts winning the Class A Region II Section 2 Volleyball championship after dethroning East Hardy’s reign for 12 seasons in straight sets last Tuesday in Moorefield: 25-14, 25-9 and 28-26. Moorefield’s last section championship was in 2003, the[Read More…]

East Hardy Volleyball utilized good service accuracy to bounce the Lady Wildcats out of the Class A Region II Section 2 semifinal playoff match in straight sets in Baker on Monday: 25-4, 25-14 and 25-11. The Lady Cougars advanced to the Class A Region II Section 2 championship on Tuesday[Read More…]

The Cougars frolicked in the mud and pounced with an uncharacteristic ground attack to devour South Harrison 44-7 in Lost Creek last Friday. East Hardy trudged through the muddy terrain carrying the ball for 272 yards for an effective ground game plan, since the aerial assault wasn’t working with two[Read More…]

The bridge to Short Gap was surrounded by the Lady Falcons swooping down inundating Moorefield with attacks as Frankfort unleashed a three straight set match victory during senior night last Tuesday: 25-11, 25-10 and 25-9. “Obviously we didn’t play well at all tonight. We didn’t move and we can’t continuously[Read More…]

East Hardy Early Middle School tackled its first Potomac Valley League Football Championship in program history with a 26-8 victory over the Pioneers last Wednesday in Baker. Having been the runner-up the last three seasons, the Cougars could taste the victory this time facing Romney Middle School. “It is a[Read More…]