WILDCATS

AHS' Maddox Crance competes in the No. 1 singles match yesterday. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) High School Baseball – Alleghany 9, Rockbridge County 3. The Mountaineers moved to 4-0 on the season with a Wednesday win in Lexington over the Wildcats. Halen Lowman struck out 11 and gave up just four hits and one

Northwestern remained in control all game against Boise State and pulled away late in the second half to advance in the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Tosan Evbuomwan and Princeton used a late-game run to earn the school’s first NCAA Tournament win in 25 years, topping No. 2 seed Arizona 59-55.

3 seed Liberty handled Big East visitor Villanova to advance to the NIT second round.

The team, which last advanced to the tournament in 2017, will face off against Boise State — which drew seed No. 10 — in Sacramento, California, on Thursday.

Mary Schleusner led the Generals to victory thanks to a double-double performance.

Boo Buie scored 26 points, Chase Audige had 15 and Northwestern beat No. 1 Purdue 64-58.

High School Boys' Basketball – Alleghany 57, Rockbridge County 52. The Mountaineers won their second straight, slipping by the Wildcats in Lexington Wednesday night. Chris Harden led a balanced scoring attack for Alleghany with 10 points. Hunter DePriest and Halen Lowman both scored nine apiece and Eli Entsminger had seven points and eight assists. The

Jalen Wilson had 20 points, Kevin McCullar Jr. added 16 points and 13 rebounds, and No. 8 Kansas avenged a loss to Kansas State just a couple of weeks ago with a 90-78 victory over the seventh-ranked Wildcats.

From All-American candidates to top-10 teams and others looking to build their NCAA Tournament resume, there's no shortage of storylines this Saturday on FOX.

After winning 11 of their last 12 games, including a victory over Kansas, the Kansas State Wildcats made a big jump in Mike DeCourcy's bracket forecast.

Oumar Ballo scored 16 points, Azuolas Tubelis had a double-double and No. 11 Arizona withstood a late rally to end No. 5 UCLA’s 14-game winning streak with a 58-52 victory.

NFL Hall of Famer Ed Reed announced that he will not be the next head coach at Bethune-Cookman, claiming that the university will not be "ratifying" his contract.

Keyontae Johnson scored 24 points, including the go-ahead alley-oop dunk with 25 seconds left in overtime, and No. 13 Kansas State beat second-ranked Kansas 83-82 on Tuesday night to snap a seven-game series skid.

Is there another sport that can create a true home-court advantage like college basketball? Andy Katz ranks the best atmospheres, in five tiers.

Northwestern said it “immediately” hired attorney Maggie Hickey to lead the investigation after it was made aware of the alleged hazing following this past season.

Boo Buie scored 26 points and Northwestern beat No. 15 Indiana 84-83 for its second road victory against a ranked opponent this season.

Washington State ended No. 5 Arizona’s 28-game home winning streak with a 74-61 upset victory on Saturday.

Mouhamed Gueye had 24 points and 14 rebounds, and Washington State ended No. 5 Arizona’s 28-game home winning streak with a 74-61 victory.

After Purdue and UConn endured recent upsets, Andy Katz and John Fanta break down who can win it all in a wide-open field.

New Year's weekend chaos gives us a shake up in John Fanta's weekly power rankings: UConn and Arkansas are falling, Baylor drops off the list, and Xavier joins the party.

What should we make of this past week? Well, those teams that took the entire week off did it right. Here's our fresh Top 15.

Purdue maintained its grasp on No. 1 in the AP men’s college basketball poll on Monday, receiving 40 of the 60 first-place votes from a national media panel after knocking off Davidson in its only game last week.

Purdue maintained its grasp on No. 1 in the AP Top 25 men's college basketball poll on Monday. It's the highest the Huskies, unranked in the preseason, have been in the AP poll since they were No. 1 on March 2, 2009. “We just have to stick to our identity,” said UConn star Adam Sanogo, who had 27 points and 14 rebounds in a 68-48 romp at Butler on Saturday.

The Pac-12 has two Final Four-caliber teams in UCLA and Arizona. See where John Fanta places them in his latest power rankings.

Ąžuolas Tubelis scored a game-high 21 points as No. 10 Arizona cruised past No. 14 Indiana in a non-conference tilt on Saturday.

John Fanta highlights what to watch for when No. 10 Arizona faces No. 14 Indiana in an early-season college hoops showdown.

Arizona and Indiana meet up in a Saturday night game on FOX! That is among the top matchups we're looking forward to this week.

Kentucky Wildcats head coach John Calipari warned fans that his team may get off to a 'shaky' start to the college basketball season in a video posted to social media.

AHS’ Kinsey Middleton works at the net during last night’s matchup against Carroll. Carroll won in straight sets 25-10, 25-20, 25,19. Alleghany won the JV match 25-19, 24-26, 17-15. (Recorder photo by Gavin Dressler) WEDNESDAY High School Volleyball — Pendleton County, W.Va. 3, Highland 0. The Wildcats won a straight-set decision in Monterey Wednesday

The Wildcats of Rockbridge County welcome a Shenandoah District power in Fort Defiance.

Martin Cox was named head coach in the offseason after spending 12 years as an assistant at Jefferson Forest.

Kassidy Beagan will lead the volleyball program, Wood promoted as head coach for wrestling.

Hokies take down the Wildcats twice on Sunday to advance to the NCAA Super Regionals for the second season in a row.

The Wildcats sign four student-athletes to the next level.

Jamal Shead scored a career-high 21 points and Houston led throughout in a 72-60 victory over top-seeded Arizona.

The power of ice skating will be on full display this weekend as more than 200 performers lace up skates and take the ice in a comeback show.

Arizona guard Bennedict Mathurin said Wednesday that he has attempted to apologize to a TCU dance team member after a video widely circulated on social media showed the Pac-12 player of the year possibly making contact with her after the Wildcats' second-round victory. Mathurin didn't say what response, if any, he got from an email he sent through the TCU athletic department when trying to relay his apology. Arizona athletic director Dave Heeke said in a statement earlier Wednesday that Mathurin didn't recall any contact.

Kayla Jones scored 18 points to help top-seeded North Carolina State beat Kansas State 89-57 in Monday’s second round of the NCAA Tournament, earning a fourth straight trip to the Sweet 16.

Bennedict Mathurin has come through plenty in clutch situations for Arizona. The sophomore shooting guard made a 3-pointer to force overtime and then scored six more points in the extra session as the top-seeded Arizona outlasted ninth-seeded TCU 85-80 on Sunday night in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. After Kerr Kriisa missed a 3, Mathurin was able to wrestle the ball away from TCU's Emanuel Miller in the paint and put it in to give the Wildcats an 83-80 lead with 1:11 remaining.

Former Arizona coach Sean Miller returned to Xavier on Saturday, less than a year after the Wildcats fired him amid an ongoing NCAA investigation that’s stretched nearly five years.

The 15th-seeded Peacocks took down college basketball royalty in an 85-79 overtime victory over the second-seeded Wildcats.

Last season’s NCAA Tournament ultimately unfolded in familiar fashion.

We finally have a March featuring NCAA Tournament games with no crowd restrictions at sites across the country.

Bennedict Mathurin scored 27 points and No. 2 Arizona used a massive second-half run to beat No. 13 UCLA 84-76, winning the Pac-12 Tournament in coach Tommy Lloyd’s first season.

Christian Koloko scored 24 points, Bennedict Mathurin added 20 and No. 2 Arizona held off Stanford 84-80 in the Pac-12 quarterfinals.

No. 24 Iowa celebrated Fran McCaffery's 400th game at the school with a memorable offensive performance. Keegan Murray scored 26 points, and the Hawkeyes broke Big Ten Tournament records for scoring, field goals and 3-pointers while running away from Northwestern for a 112-76 victory Thursday. Murray was 11 of 16 from the field and grabbed eight rebounds.

“Obviously, it’s still growing.”

Gonzaga, Arizona and reigning national champion Baylor remained atop The Associated Press men’s college basketball poll Monday while Tennessee cracked the top 10 for the first time this year and North Carolina returned to the Top 25 for the first time since November. Mark Few’s Bulldogs claimed 52 of 61 first-place votes to hold the No. 1 ranking for the fourth straight week and eighth time this season going back to the preseason poll. The Wildcats stayed at No. 2 for the third straight week under first-year coach Tommy Lloyd and claimed six first-place votes, while Scott Drew’s Bears – who held the top spot for five weeks earlier this season – took the other three.

Kentucky upset South Carolina in the final seconds on a 3-pointer from Dre'una Edwards to win the SEC Tournament championship, its first in 40 years.

“I would like these guys to have a chance to play in something.”

A return to regular-season Pac-12 Conference glory for No. 2 Arizona was not an occasion for wild celebrations, loud roars or proud proclamations. A convincing 91-71 victory over No. 16 Southern California was more of an arm-around-your-shoulder moment as the Wildcats won their first regular-season conference title in four seasons. Arizona used a business-like approach to knock of the second-place Trojans with the help of a little perspective.

Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men’s basketball poll.

Gonzaga is the unanimous No. 1 in the latest Associated Press men's basketball poll. The Zags aren't likely to budge the way they're dominating the West Coast Conference. Gonzaga remained at No. 1 for the second straight week, receiving all 61 votes from a media panel in the poll released Monday.

Collin Gillespie had five 3-pointers and a career-high 33 points, including a key 3 with 23 seconds left, and 10th-ranked Villanova held on to beat eighth-ranked Providence 89-84.

Kerr Kriisa scored 16 points and hit a big 3-pointer, Dalen Terry flirted with a triple-double and No. 7 Arizona grinded out a 76-66 win over No. 3 UCLA.

Rockbridge Co. Quarterback Miller Jay torched Staunton in Week 4 for player of the Week honors.

Bennedict Mathurin and Oumar Ballo scored 14 points each, and No. 3 Arizona turned up the defensive pressure in the second half to beat rival Arizona State 67-56.

Boys’ Basketball: Alleghany 65, Rockbridge County 58. Halen Lowman had a fourth quarter to remember in Mountaineer Gym Wednesday night. The 6-foot-6 junior post connected for five 3-pointers and 16 of his career-high 26 points in the final eight minutes leading Alleghany to the comeback victory. Rockbridge County led 48-39 after three quarters but was outscored 26-10 in the […]

Johnny Juzang and Jules Bernard scored 15 points each and seventh-ranked UCLA used gritty defense to beat No. 3 Arizona 75-59.

Mississippi is in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll for the first time in 15 years, coming in at No. 24.

Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga climbed back atop The Associated Press men's college basketball poll on Monday, ending Baylor's five-week run. The Bulldogs had 25 first-place votes, 11 fewer than No. 2 Auburn, but edged the Tigers in overall points to take the top spot. Auburn has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in 1999-2000 after moving up two spots.

Poston led the Wildcats to the postseason for 5 consecutive seasons.

A relatively quiet week because of the holidays left The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll mostly unchanged.

Baylor remained No. 1 for the third straight week in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll, receiving all 61 first-place votes from a national media panel.

Baylor remained No. 1 for the third straight week in the poll released Monday, receiving all 61 first-place votes from a national media panel. The Bears (11-0) had 60 first-place votes a week ago and were a unanimous selection this week with a blowout win over Alcorn State and Arizona's loss to Tennessee. Arizona dropped three spots to No. 9 after losing for the first time this season, 77-73 at Tennessee last Wednesday.

Luka Brajkovic scored 22 points and made a late 3-pointer and Michael Jones scored 21 points to help lift Davidson to a 79-78 victory over No. 10 Alabama.

Boys' Basketball — Alleghany 71, Rockbridge County 45. Seven Mountaineers combined to hit nine 3-pointers in a big non-district victory in Lexington. Chris

Sixth-ranked Arizona begins one of the toughest two-week runs in college basketball on Wednesday night, when the Wildcats head to Knoxville to face No. 19 Tennessee in one of this week’s marquee nonconference matchups.

Defending national champion Baylor has maintained its top spot in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll, though not without ceding a No. 1 vote to Arizona, while the six remaining unbeatens continued their rise.

Defending national champion Baylor maintained its top spot in The Associated Press men's college basketball poll, though not without ceding a No. 1 vote to Arizona, while the six remaining unbeatens continued their rise on Monday. The Bears ended a four-week streak of turnover atop the poll by taking care of Oregon last week, receiving 60 of 61 first-place votes from a national panel that regular covers college basketball. The Bears (10-0) reached the top spot last week after dominating then-No. 6 Villanova, something they never accomplished during their title-winning season.

Coronavirus concerns have forced the postponement of a number of college basketball games.

Alex Padilla could feel the jitters when he got the call to go into the game. Padilla took over for the banged-up Spencer Petras and led three scoring drives, Tyler Goodson ran for 141 yards and a touchdown and No. 19 Iowa beat Northwestern 17-12 on Saturday night to stop a two-game losing streak. “Definitely some nerves,” Padilla said.

Blake Corum and Hassan Haskins combined for 229 yards rushing and four touchdowns, carrying No. 6 Michigan to a 33-7 win over Northwestern.

The Wildcats get the win on senior night with big contributions from Alenna Williamson and Grace Cauley.

Gonzaga carried a No. 1 ranking all last season before falling a win short of becoming college basketball’s first unbeaten national champion in 45 years. The Zags were the runaway top choice in The Associated Press Top 25 men’s college basketball preseason poll released Monday. Kansas, Villanova and Texas rounded out the top five, while reigning national champion Baylor checked in at No. 8.

Ray Allen discusses with Mackenzie Salmon if he thinks the Los Angeles Lakers, as currently constructed, have what it takes to win it all this season.

Miller Jay threw five first half TD passes in the Wildcats win over Staunton.

Northern Arizona freshman quarterback RJ Martinez took the final snap and dropped to a knee on the final play. Inside the press box, NAU coaches screamed as they walked down the hall. Its roster full of players FBS programs didn't want, Northern Arizona pulled off a program-defining victory while extending Arizona's school-record losing streak to 15 games with a 21-19 victory Saturday night.

Rockbridge County defended their home field on Friday night.

The Keydets are coming off of a historic spring after winning the Southern Conference Championship and earning their first FCS playoff berth in school history.

Head Coach Mark Poston and company are coming off of a historic spring that began with an undefeated regular season. The Wildcats run ended after falling in the Region Semifinals to Heritage. But Rockbridge County returns athletes like linebacker Seamus Looney and quarterback Miller Jay this fall, and sport their usual massive size in the trenches, making the Wildcats a team to watch this fall.

12 student-athletes representing six different sports signed letters of intent on Wednesday.

Alli Stumler had a season-high 26 kills and Kentucky won its first national championship in women’s volleyball with a four-set win over Texas.

Heritage made their trip up to Rockbridge County count on Friday night.

Rockbridge County volleyball has sure made a name for itself in recent years, and 2021 has been no exception.

Aari McDonald’s small shoulders carried Arizona through a rebuilding project to the brink of a national championship.

Haley Jones scored 17 points and Stanford beat Arizona 54-53, giving the Cardinal and coach Tara VanDerveer their first national championship in 29 years.

Aari McDonald scored 26 points and led a smothering defensive effort for Arizona as the Wildcats beat UConn 69-59 to advance to the women’s NCAA Tournament championship game for the first time in school history.

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Arizona has been having fun and playing good basketball, all the way to its first women's NCAA Final Four. The 11-time national champions are making their 13th consecutive Final Four appearance and 21st overall for coach Geno Auriemma. The Cardinal's first Final Four since 2017 is their 14th overall, trailing only to UConn and Tennessee's 18. The Wildcats hadn't even been in the women's NCAA Tournament since 2005, though they would have made it last year with a 24-7 record before the tourney was canceled because of the pandemic. Stanford is in its 34th consecutive women's NCAA Tournament, with Tara VanDerveer in her record 35th overall as a coach.