This fall, the competition in the West Virginia quarterback room will be turned up a notch as Nicco Marchiol, Jaylen Henderson (Texas A&M transfer), and Max Brown (Charlotte transfer) compete for the starting job. Redshirt freshman Khalil Wilkins and true freshman Scotty Fox are lurking in the background, but both need more time to develop.

Who wins the starting job? Well, it might be too early to tell, but I’ve got some thoughts on how the battle may go, when a starter could be named, and what each of the top three guys has to do in order to be in position to be the guy.

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CULLODEN, W.Va. — The Putnam County Development Authority (PCDA) is continuing to expand economic opportunities in the region– this time through the purchase of an 84,000 square foot industrial warehouse.

PCDA recently announced the purchase of the industrial property. It’s located at 2301 Virginia Avenue in Culloden.

The West Virginia Economic Development Authority and Putnam County Bank assisted PCDA with the acquisition of this property by collaborating their funding resources.

Putnam Development Authority Executive Director Morganne Tenney said this purchase demonstrates a strong public-private support system for economic development in Putnam County and in West Virginia.

“This has been many months in the making and we are just so excited we’re going to have property available for industry, it’s going to be prime for any type of distribution or logistics,” Tenney said recently on 580 Live with Dave Allen.

She said anyone who manufactures or distributes goods would be the ideal tenant.

Tenney said it’s located just a stone’s throw away from half the U.S. population.

She said not only is it ideally located near the I-77/I-79 interchange, but it has direct access to I-64, and is just a four hour drive from major population hubs such as Columbus and Cincinnati, Ohio, Louisville, Kentucky, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tenney said the area is rapidly growing and is on course to grow even more with the I-64 and Culloden interchange that’s currently under construction and is set to be complete in fall 2026.

“This building is right in front of that exit, so our board of directors felt it was a really good move for PCDA to purchase it,” Tenney said. “You know, it’s great to tell businesses about why they should come to West Virginia, and why they should come to Putnam County, but if you don’t have anywhere to put them, you’re kind of a salesman without any product to sell.”

Tenney said Putnam County, and West Virginia as a whole, has for a longtime struggled with the lack of having readily available real-estate with adequate utilities, flat acreage, and transportation accessibility.

For a longtime, she said there has been a need for more residential real-estate in the area as well, but with the growth of new businesses such as Nuccor Steel in nearby Mason County, their mission to bring in more housing has been pushed into overdrive as more housing development makes its way in.

Tenney said she is proud to see how proactive her and her team at PCDA has been toward alleviating the housing shortage and creating more opportunities for economic development in Putnam County.

“We want to see holistic development in Putnam County,” Tenney said. “We have over a thousand units being built over the next three years in Putnam County for housing, we’re working on workforce development through starting an apprenticeship program, we have this Hometown Advantage campaign talking about skilled-trades in West Virginia, but we’re also working on site development like purchasing this property.”

Tenney said one of their overall goals is to increase the tax base and create more jobs.

She said, however, that as they approach the attempt to increase the tax base, they are also keeping the number of senior citizens and veterans in the community in mind.

Tenney said by putting more into private investment, this helps limit the tax burden on the aging population that’s already in Putnam County,

“You know, that’s one of the reasons why we want to own this building, we want to lease the building, we want to make sure that we’re supporting the business community, but that we’re also supporting the residents of Putnam County as well,” she said.

Tenney said they have been reaching out to distribution industries and site consultants who could potentially lease the warehouse and so far, they have garnered a lot of interest.

She said the building was already previously being utilized as a distribution facility being formerly owned by U.S. Foods and then prior to that, Continental Can Company. Tenney said it comes complete with 12 dock doors and has more than enough space for laydown.

She said it could start being used again by a new tenant as early as tomorrow.

“The distribution space is turnkey, somebody could move their goods in tomorrow, its office space is going to be built out according to what the tenant is wanting, but the distribution space is ready to go,” Tenney said.

She said organizations interested in leasing the warehouse are encouraged to contact the Putnam County Development Authority directly for more information and a tour of the building.

You can call Morganne Tenney at (304)-757-0318 for leasing inquiries or additional information regarding the warehouse.

Clemson, SC – West Virginia will take on Clemson in game four of the Clemson Regional Saturday evening at 6:00 p.m. EST with the action broadcasting on the ACC Network.

The Mountaineers (42-14) walked off the Kentucky Wildcats in the regional opener. Sophomore Armani Guzman WVU at the plate, going 2-3 with the game-winning sacrifice RBI. Senior Brodie Kresser represented the winning run after driving a leadoff double down the left field line.

West Virginia senior pitcher Griffin Kirn completed his fourth consecutive quality start and notched his fifth win of the season after tossing 7.1 innings and recorded seven strikeouts on the afternoon.

West Virginia senior Kyle West leads the team with a .353 batting average with a team-high 10 home runs.

Senior Jace Rinehart is hitting .317, ranking third on the team, and holds team-bests 20 doubles and 50 RBI.

West Virginia will turn to senior Jake Kartsonas. He began the season in the bullpen and pitched his way into the weekend rotation after recovering from offseason surgery. The right-hander made all seven starts in the final seven weeks of the season. He currently holds a team-best 2.90 ERA.

Clemson advanced to the winner’s bracket after handling USC Upstate in the night cap of the opening day of the regional.

The Tigers (45-16) trailed by two before leader Cam Cannarella ripped a two-RBI double in the fifth and sophomore Collin Priest followed with and a sacrifice RBI line drive to centerfield for the go-ahead run.

Cannarella put the final touches on the win with a two-run home run in the eighth in the eighth to extend the Clemson to lead to four, 7-3.

The junior leads the team with a .345 batting average and a Clemson-leading 49 RBI, while junior Jacob Jarrell has clubbed a team-high 15 home runs.

Sophomore Aidan Knaak will take the mound for the Tigers. The sophomore is 9-1 on the season with all 15 of his appearances coming in starts.  He owns a 4.06 ERA with 106 strikeouts in 84.1 innings. In his last four starts, he’s tossed 24.1 innings and has put up a 2.24 ERA and 30 strikeouts.

Clemson leads the all-time series 11-2.

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