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Max Abmas moves past Oscar Robertson in scoring as Texas throttles West Virginia

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2 years ago

February 11, 2024

Max Abmas moves past Oscar Robertson in scoring as Texas throttles West Virginia

Dylan Disu scored 19 of his 27 points in the first half and Max Abmas scored 19 points to move past Oscar Robertson on the all-time scoring list as Texas routed West Virginia 94-58 on Saturday.

Abmas, a graduate transfer who played four years at Oral Roberts, passed Robertson with his third 3-pointer of the first half, moving into 12th all time on the NCAA scoring list. Abmas — with 2,987 career points — is 13 points short of the 3,000-point career mark, only accomplished by 11 other players. Next on the list to pass is Bradley’s Hersey Hawkins with 3,008 points.

The 6-foot Abmas made 5-of-12 from beyond the arc, distributed nine assists without a turnover and grabbed six rebounds. Meanwhile, Disu recorded a career-high with seven 3s (on 10 attempts), shot 10-for-16 and went 7-for-7 shooting in the first half.

Tyrese Hunter scored 19 points, Chendall Weaver had 13 points, and Dillion Mitchell added 12 points with eight rebounds, four assists, two steals and two blocks for Texas (16-8, 5-6 Big 12).

Jesse Edwards scored 17 points, reserve Noah Farrakhan 11, and RaeQuan Battle 10 for West Virginia.

After a 65-point scoring effort in a five-point loss to No. 14 Iowa State on Tuesday, the Longhorns put up 55 in the first half against the Mountaineers (8-15, 3-7) shooting 65.7% on their way to a 25-point lead at halftime.

Mitchell’s layup with 17:36 before halftime ended a 7-7 tie and sparked an 11-0 run that included consecutive 3s from Disu and one from Abmas.

[Max Abmas looks to make his mark at Texas: ‘I’ll do whatever I have to do for us to win’]

West Virginia travels to TCU on Monday. Texas has the week off before traveling to No. 5 Houston on Saturday.

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$450,000 announced for Clendenin Streetscape project

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6 hours ago

June 28, 2026

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CLENDENIN, W.Va . (WSAZ) – Gov. Patrick Morrisey visited Clendenin West Virginia Saturday during Summerfest.

10 years ago a devastating flood swept through the community.

The governor announced $450,000 of funding for a Streetscape project during a commemoration for the June 2016 flood. The funding will go toward Clendenin’s main street – improving sidewalks, landscaping, and other pedestrian amenities.

Funding for the project comes from the Transportation Alternatives Program – a federal initiative to fund smaller scale transportation projects.

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History Made: WVU Has Two First-Team All-Americans in the Same Season

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June 27, 2026

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History Made: WVU Has Two First-Team All-Americans in the Same Season

It was a phenomenal year for the West Virginia Mountaineers on the diamond, and even with the season having been over for over a week now, the honors continue to roll in.

On Friday, second baseman/catcher Gavin Kelly and left-handed starting pitcher Maxx Yehl were both named First-Team All-Americans by D1Baseball.com. It is the first time in program history that two Mountaineers have been recognized as First-Team All-Americans in the same season.

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Kelly was essentially everyone’s pick to have a breakout season for the Mountaineers in 2026, but I’m not sure anyone expected him to do it the way he did. He hit nearly .400 all year and went on a power surge out of nowhere toward the end of the season, becoming one of the top home run hitters in the country over the last month or so of the year.

Kelly was named a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, the MVP of the Morgantown Regional, and is currently participating in the Team USA Collegiate National Team training camp in Cary, North Carolina. For the year, he hit .382 with 19 home runs and 63 RBI, cementing himself as a top draft prospect in 2027.

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Maxx Yehl was one of the best stories in all of college baseball that didn’t get talked about nearly enough. He was forced to sit out the 2025 season as he was recovering from Tommy John surgery, and prior to this season, Yehl worked exclusively out of the bullpen. The plan all along was to eventually stretch him out into a starter, and in his first year in the role, he was one of the best in the entire country.

Steve Sabins and Co. did a good job of playing it safe with him early, letting him only go two and four innings in his first two starts before turning him loose. There were a couple of moments where Mountaineer fans had to take a deep breath after he was removed from two starts, one of which was in the Morgantown Regional against Kentucky. He bounced back strong and two days later, pitched a gem against the Wildcats, helping the team advance to the super regionals for the third straight season.

Yehl finished the season with a 9-3 record, an ERA of 2.13, and 112 strikeouts to just 26 walks. He was also the first WVU hurler to win Big 12 Pitcher of the Year since Alek Manoah, who did it in 2019.

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Justice firm’s delinquent DEP fines rise past $1.6M amid DOJ criminal liability relief

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June 27, 2026

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Justice firm’s delinquent DEP fines rise past .6M amid DOJ criminal liability relief

One of the most prominent coal companies in the teetering business empire of United States Sen. Jim Justice, R-W.Va., owes the state of West Virginia over $1.6 million in delinquent fines. Justice’s Bluestone Coal Corp. owes the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection roughly $1.61 million in delinquent fines issued for 214 violations across 44 DEP-issued mining permits spanning Sept. 2019 to March 2026, according to records the Gazette-Mail obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request. Bluestone Coal’s delinquent fine debt has grown 32.5% from the roughly $1.21 million it totaled in January 2026, according to records from a previous Gazette-Mail request, an indication that the long-running debt at the expense of Justice’s own constituents may not be going away anytime soon. But the companies’ long history of environmental failures was an issue that prompted a federal criminal investigation scuttled earlier in 2026 by Trump administration officials, according to a report published June 8 by ProPublica and Mountain State Spotlight.

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