The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed this past weekend at Pipestem State Park. Host school Concord University held their annual Concord Alumni Invitational and several in-conference schools took part in the challenge along with in-state foe WVU Tech. The women’s 5k race was first and it wasn’t long before Rachel Williams of the host school rolled to a dominant victory in a time of 20:17. Williams set the tone for her team as Concord was just four points off a perfect score as [...]

The Glenville State College Pioneers hit the road to Wheeling this past Saturday to pick up their second conference win of the season against the West Liberty Hilltoppers. After their first possession of the game, the Pioneers flew the ball down to West Liberty’s 10 yard line on the fourth down. Before the Pioneers had a chance to score, Darold Hughes threw an interception, turning the ball over to West Liberty. Fortunately for the Pioneers, West Liberty fumbled the ball on their first offensive play [...]

Although the women’s volleyball team has had some setbacks this year, Coach Camai Roberson and the team have really been working hard for good performances on the courts. Roberson stated that the team is somewhat struggling physically and is rough around the edges. The team originally had 16 players, but lost seven players to injury and sickness, recruited one new player, and is now working with a roster of 10. The overall talent, however, is stronger than it has been in the past. Roberson and [...]

  The Glenville State College Pioneers fell to 1-3 for the season after another tough loss at Lindenwood University this past Friday. Colston Bayless gave the Pioneers a very early lead with a 22 yard field goal after Glenville drove the ball 70 yards on their first possession. Following Bayless’ field goal came Derek McRae who scored a touchdown from one yard out making the score 10-0 in the first. During the second quarter, Darold Hughes hit his main target from last game, Robert Jiles, from [...]

This past Tuesday the Lady Pioneers volleyball team took on the West Virginia Tech Golden Bears in a 7 p.m. home match-up. The Lady Pioneers prevailed three sets to one over the visiting team in their home opener. The first two sets saw the Lady Pioneers win in dominating fashion with scores of 25-19 and 25-18 over the Lady Golden Bears. A large crowd was on hand to watch the game and they were not disappointed. The third game however was the loan setback for [...]

It was a tough Thursday night for the Glenville State Pioneers as they took their second loss of the season to University of Tennessee Chattanooga Mocs, with the final score being 35-0. Having only five first downs the entire game, the Pioneers offense just couldn’t get back into their groove after UT Chattanooga scored off of a Glenville State fumble by Rahmann Lee. Going into halftime the score was 21-0 in favor of UT Chattanooga. The Pioneers offensive struggles continued into the second half of [...]

The men’s and women’s cross country teams competed at the Forest Festival this past Saturday. Schools that participated were Fairmont State, Gannon, Ohio Valley, West Virginia Wesleyan, and the host school, the Davis and Elkins Senators. The women’s race took off first on the tough course, made even more difficult due to the rain. At the end of the day the underclassmen from West Virginia Wesleyan led the way. Bobcat Sophomore Erica Walker won with Freshmen teammates Rachel Hulett and Lauren Mcdaniel close behind. The [...]

Defeating the Fairmont State Falcons 41-21 in the Battle of the Bit, The Glenville State College Pioneers will retain the Bit trophy for the third consecutive year. By the end of the first quarter, the Pioneers showed the Falcons who clearly would be in charge for the rest of the game, ending the quarter with a score of 17-7. Quarterback Darold Hughes had a great game, throwing three touchdowns and completing 13 out of 25 passes for 285 yards. Hughes also earned WVIAC Offensive Player [...]

It’s that time of year again! The Lady Pioneers, under the direction of first-year Head Coach Mandy Sansbury, will be running the bases and fielding grounders in the Caronlinas beginning February 24th. In fact they won’t have a game in West Virginia until March 8th and sadly for all of you Pioneer Softball fans this will take place at Institute against the West Virginia Tech Golden Bears. It won’t be until the 11th of March that Glenville will host a collegiate softball game. On that [...]

Hands once accustomed to holding a gun now hold a tool used for one of the most fundamentally difficult sports. The tall heavily tattooed red head sprints down the runway and flings his body using the pole to project himself. All of this happens in less than two seconds and in a graceful manner William Sarine clears the height. Applause fills the area surrounding the polevault area as athletes nearby appreciate Sarine’s talent but many more would be cheering if they knew of the service [...]