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Mountaineer Idol contestants shine in introductory showcase North Willey Street blocked off after a power line fell.
Storms knock out power, outages expected until Monday night in some areas BY JOE SEVERINO NEWS EDITOR Residents in South Park, Greenmont, West Sabraton and Woodburn neighborhoods of Morgantown are expected to experience power outages until 9 p.m. Monday night, according to Mon Power’s outage map. At press time Sunday evening, Mon Power expected its crews to finish restoring power in these neighborhoods before Tuesday. Power was knocked out in some areas of downtown Morgantown early Sunday morning after trees fell onto a power line on North Willey Street. Mon Power could not be reached for comment on Sunday. At press time, less than 1 per-
cent of customers in Monongalia County were still without power. WVU spokesperson John Bolt said Sunday the University was monitoring the weather situation, but no decisions to suspend classes or University activities Monday have been made. The National Weather Service issued an alert Sunday that remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon would last in the Ohio Valley until Monday, and that heavy rains are expected Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service also issued a flood watch until late Monday. The National Hurricane Service upgraded Tropical Storm Florence to hurricane status. Florence is expected to hit the east coast by the end of this week. The WVU Football team trav-
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els to Raleigh, North Carolina this weekend to take on N.C. State, but the state’s governor recently
issued a state of emergency to prepare for Florence.
WVU-NC State game in question as hurricane approaches BY JOHN LOWE SPORTS EDITOR The West Virginia University football team’s game at NC State scheduled on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. could be cancelled, postponed or relocated due to Hurricane Florence. Florence, a category 1 hurricane in the Atlantic Ocean with a maximum sustained wind spend of 85 mph on Sunday, is projected to make landfall in Wilmington, North Carolina on Thursday as
a possible category 4 storm, according to the National Hurricane Center The storm has a potential track area in North Carolina, South Carolina, most of Virginia and the southern part of West Virginia, according to a NHC map. North Carolina State University posted a press release Sunday regarding the storm. “Specific to the NC State vs. West Virginia football game on Sat., Sept. 15, NC State Athletics is in regular communication with representatives of West Virginia Athletics, the Atlantic Coast Con-
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ference (ACC), meteorologists, and regional emergency management services,” the release said. “The Mountaineers’ ability to safely travel to Raleigh on Friday as planned will be one of a number of considerations this week.” Neither the Mountaineers nor the Wolfpack have a mutual bye week for the remainder of the season. There is the possibility that the game could be rescheduled for December 1 if neither team is eligible for their conference championship games. If the game is relocated from Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh,
two stadiums closest to Morgantown and Raleigh without a prior commitment or aren’t in the storm’s path this weekend are Ohio Stadium in Columbus and M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. The home-and-home series with NC State was scheduled back in July 2014. Both teams are scheduled to meet in Raleigh on Saturday and in Morgantown on Sept. 14, 2019. If Saturday’s game is cancelled due to Hurricane Florence, WVU and NC State will not have a mutual non-conference schedule opening until 2025.
Volleyball team splits Saturday games at FGCU Volleyball team leaves Florida with two wins and a loss page 9