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Center develops WV small business BY ADRIANNE UPHOLD STAFF WRITER
If you are a West Virginia inventor with a commercial idea, an entrepreneur with a business startup or an established business looking to sustain your success, expert guidance is available for your business to succeed through a local center. “Most often, business owners need assistance in developing, even in part, a viable business plan. This may involve reviewing their projected sales, their marketing plan, or simply their ‘pitch’ as to why
they feel their business will be successful,” said Todd Crump, a business coach for the West Virginia Small Business Development Center. “Within the WVSBDC network, we can help them in this regard.” WVSBDC works with small businesses with less than 500 employees. That way, the startup business can learn from local business coaches to grow its employees from there. Business coaches help entrepreneurs with one-onone coaching and training, and they also facilitate connections to resources for the
companies. “It is truly rewarding as a business coach to be a community advocate and support development within the state by helping companies be successful, which leads to job creation and retention,” Crump said. Some business owners will work with coaches on an ongoing basis, while others have a short-term need. It all depends on the business, but WVSBDC helps with any question a growing business owner needs answered, Crump said. While WVSBDC helps with
startup businesses, its primary function is to be a resource to existing businesses that need information or assistance to become more innovative and competitive. If business owners need one-on-one confidential advising with business coaches, there is no fee. However, there is a fee of $35 for attending a Business Fundamentals course held throughout the state. “The average number of hours is five, but we encourage long term partnerships with our clients,” said Erika Bailey,
state director of WVSBDC. Debra Martin, deputy state director of WVSBDC, said many of the business coaches have entrepreneurial experiences, so they know what it takes to start and grow a business. “Business owners who work with coaches nationwide see 13.6 percent annual sales growth—four times higher than the national average,” Martin said. “Nationwide, SBDC clients create a new business every 30 minutes, a new job every five minutes, and $100,000 in sales ev-
ery seven minutes.” With multiple centers across the state, Martin said West Virginia’s governor, legislature, Department of Commerce and the WVDO look to the WVSBDC to provide small business leadership, advocacy and programs that help West Virginia’s economy grow. “We are adept and willing to partner with entrepreneurs toward success,” Crump said. “Budding business owners or seasoned entrepreneurs may benefit from building a relationship with a WVSBDC business coach.”
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FRIDAY MARCH 24, 2017
A look at Morgantown’s local business community BLACK BEAR BURRITOS BY PATRICK ORSAGOS STAFF WRITER
Black Bear Burritos is much more than a local restaurant. It is a restaurant built from the ground-up by two WVU alumni who wanted to provide others with the unique style and physique of the town they love.
“We’ve visited a lot of college towns with restaurants that feature local art, local music, local food and local ideas,” said Matt Showalter, co-owner of Black Bear Burritos. “We wanted to open a restaurant to fill that niche in Morgantown.” Showalter met Jason Coffman, Black Bear’s other owner, when the two lived together as students. Both Showalter and Coffman left Morgantown after graduation and felt
that something was missing. So, the two returned to Morgantown and from the ground-up, started the local business. Black Bear features all things Morgantown and West Virginia, from the art displays to the craft beers that they’ve created. With two locations, downtown and one on Evansdale, Showalter and Coffman wanted to give WVU students options on both campuses. A wide range of ethnic cui-
RIVER FAIR TRADE
A High Street gift shop, River Fair Trade, sells clothing and household items from around the world. “It’s a business model that I wanted to follow so I know exactly where the merchandise is coming from, who’s making it and when my retail customer buys the product, (I know) how their dollars are helping these marginal-
ized artisans around the world,” said owner Shannon Dowling. Fair trade means that a product has been confirmed by the World Trade Organization, the Trade Federation or another entity that ensures it is made in a way that gives the workers and artisans fair wages, good working conditions and does not use child labor. River Fair Trade’s products come from artisans in Bali, India, Nepal, the Philippines, Rwanda and Guatemala in-
“We’re the only one of its kind here,” Hall said. She feels it is important for Morgantown residents to support the business because the food it sells is good quality. “It’s so much healthier than the nonorganic and GMO’s,” Hall said. Hall said they sell a variety of products, which include vegan and gluten-free options.
Shoppers can sign up for a membership, but nonmembers are just as welcome at the Co-Op, which has grown into a full-service grocery store. The Co-Op prides itself on giving shoppers a personal experience, unlike what they would receive at a big chain store. Mountain People’s Co-Op is located at 131 Pleasant St, Morgantown, WV.
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A local business has been trying to change the image of buying healthy groceries as being an expensive task to something affordable for everyone. The Mountain People’s Co-Op has been provid-
ing Morgantown residents with locally-grown, healthy foods in a welcoming environment since 1975. The Co-Op’s mission is to provide products that cannot be found in large chain stores. Francis Hall of Mountain People’s Co-Op believes the business is important to Morgantown because of the original quality of its products.
sines are prepared using locally grown ingredients and served in an atmosphere that embraces the Appalachian culture. “We want the restaurant to identify with something different, but relatable to most people in West Virginia and in Morgantown,” Showalter said. Black Bear will host West Virginia native singer and songwriter, Eric Lewis Friday, Mar. 24, and Wes Hager Saturday, Mar. 25.
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ternationally, and Kentucky, Ohio and Morgantown domestically. Most of the gifts for sale are made from recyled material or in eco friendly ways. The woodwork for sale is made from fallen wood, instead of from cutting down trees to get wood. Dowling and her husband grew up in the Pittsburgh area. Dowling’s husband went to WVU and she regularly spent time in Morgantown. While living in California, where she worked for fair trade wholesale companies,
Downing knew she wanted to eventually open her own shop in Morgantown. “I wanted to be part of the downtown community; this isn’t really a mall store. I really enjoy being part of this business community… I feel locals, the college students, even their parents, they love that whole vibe of this little downtown area,” Dowling said. River Fair Trade is located at 316 High St. and has been open since September of 2016.
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Opinion: Nine-tenths of coal miners are gone
America’s coal industry is sinking sadly. Tonnage, usually above 1 billion, dropped to 749 million tons in 2016. Employment, which exceeded 800,000 in the 1920s, has fallen below 66,000. Four large mining corporations went bankrupt in the past couple of years. The decline is glaringly visible in West Virginia. Our state had 125,000 pick-and-shovel miners in 1950 when I was a teen. Most of the diggers lived in company-owned towns. Coal was the state’s throbbing pulse. Explosions killing scores of miners were common. Violent strikes were common. In the 1950s, coal owners began replacing human miners with digging machines, and misery followed. Around 70,000 West Virginia miners lost their jobs and fled north
When his coal firms were beset by unpaid fines and taxes, billionaire Jim Justice, now West Virginia’s governor, said: “The coal business is terrible, it’s just terrible…. You may be witnessing the death of the coal industry.” McDowell County is a sad illustration. In 1950, during coal’s heyday, McDowell had nearly 100,000 population. But mines played out and closed. Thousands of jobs were lost. People moved away. Local businesses folded. Poverty and drug problems soared. Now McDowell has fewer than 20,000 residents. Departing industry leaves misery behind. The retreat is shattering several southern coal counties. Their governments reel from lost tax revenue. Boone’s school system is near bankruptcy. Rapid advances in solar and wind energy are another menace to coal. If renewable sources eventually generate electricity more cheaply than coal does, they’ll seize more of the power market. America now has more than 200,000 solar workers, far exceeding coal employment. During coal’s heyday, West Virginia was called the most unionized state— and it voted solidly Democratic. As jobs fizzled,
so did organized labor. The state turned “red.” In 2016, Donald Trump vowed: “We’re going to get those miners back to work”—and West Virginia voted for him by one of the largest margins in America. But even if Trump wipes out federal pollution and safety controls, I doubt that it will “get those miners back to work.” Inevitably, all fossil fuels become depleted. Britain’s Wales finally reached the end for its fabled coal mines. Some U.S. regions still have good reserves, but the arc of history bends toward an inescapable outcome.
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via the “hillbilly highway” to Akron and Cleveland. But coal production remained high. In the 1970s, longwall machines could produce 10 times as much coal with half as many workers. And more jobs vanished because mining switched to huge surface pits, where monster machines and explosives do the work. The number of West Virginia miners continued falling— to the 30,000s in the 1990s, then below 20,000 in the new 21st century. Official state figures put today’s total around 12,000. The number of operating mines fell drastically. Most of the decline happened because rich, thick seams in the Central Appalachian Basin—largely southern West Virginia and eastern Kentucky— gradually became exhausted. Only thinner, difficult-to-mine coal remains. The slump worsened when horizontal drilling and hydraulic “fracking” loosed a flood of cheaper natural gas that grabbed coal markets. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says Central Appalachian yearly coal production dropped from 235 million tons in 2008 to below 60 million today — and is forecast below 40 million by 2040. That much loss is stunning.
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WVU School of Art & Design hosts annual Short Film Festival BY ERIN DRUMMOND CULTURE EDITOR
WVU students have the opportunity to view creative and artistic films from all over the world this upcoming weekend, The Electronic Media program in the WVU School of Art Design will host its annual 2017 West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival this weekend in Morgantown. More than 75 independent films and videos will be screened, including works from Iran, Italy, Brazil, Japan, Belgium, Slovakia, Israel, Australia, Czech Republic, France and the United Kingdom. The non-profit event aims to highlight areas in contemporary culture, as well as showcase new films and animation. This year, the festival will explore the theme of “Health” by screening special works dedicated to the topic. “We realized we’ll show this right around the time of election and how our political system seems to be in a disarray across the political spectrum,” said Gerald Habarth, the WVU Associate Professor of Art and Electronic Media. “Everyone would agree that the same would be true with our climate and our social environment when you think about the things happening socially,with the race relations
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“A lot of the work we’ll be showing is work you’ll be unable to see anywhere else.” -Gerald Habarth, WVU Associate Professor of Art and Electronic Media between people and police forces. Not just here in our country, but globally.” The international competition, which was established in 2010, includes submissions from the categories of narrative, documentary, animation, experimental video, virtual reality and student works from both college students and those younger than 18. “Students will get the sense of broader, diverse independent filmmaking and video art,” Habarth said. “They’ll be exposed to a different kind of expression than what they’re accustomed to.” All films must be 20 minutes or less, with the exception of select, out-of-competition films. No rules were placed on the content or artistic approach. “Some of the documentaries we’ll be showing will push on the boundaries of documentaries. They’re not your same old, rehashed (films),” Habarth added. “They really blur edges on what’s documentaries and what’s artistic or what’s political.” Found in the animation category is a work that Habarth is excited for students to see. “A number of animators from around the world used a famous
Obama speech and took a creative approach.” Habarth said submissions are very diverse this year. While some explore the body, others explore the environment. In order to experience virtual reality submissions, viewing stations with headsets will be set up. “A lot of the work we’ll be showing is work you’ll be unable to see anywhere else,” Habarth said. “I look forward to the interesting, new, unusual, cutting-edge, exciting approaches to filmmaking, animation and video that are featured.” Habarth encouraged students to look forward to a specific animation that focuses on the mental health category, as well as another film on schizophrenia. Both of these will be shown on Saturday from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. From 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. on Friday, screenings will take place in the Metropolitan Theatre downtown. Saturday’s showtimes will be from 10:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the Creative Arts Center’s Bloch Hall, and the final showings will be from noon to 4;30 p.m. on Sunday at the Creative Arts Center’s Falbo Theatre. Admission is free and open to the public.
Friday, March 24 at the Metropolitan Theatre 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: Shorts, Animations & Documentaries 8:30 - 11:00 p.m.: Shorts, Animations & Documentaries Saturday, March 25 at the Creative Arts Center, Bloch Lydia Moyer’s “Terre Nullius” is “an experimental documentary about the life of Olive Oatman, a young white woman whose narrative of living primarily among Hall 10:30 a.m.- noon: Short Narrathe Mohave was famous in its time.” tives (family-oriented content) 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.: Panel Discussion: “New Voices: Reinventing Diversity in a White Medium” 3:00 - 4:00 p.m.: Documentary 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.: Awards Ceremony (pizza and refreshments will be provided) 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.: “Health” theme, Documentaries & Experimental Works 8:30 - 11:00 p.m.: Experimental Works, Video Art, Animations & PHOTO SUBMITTED BY GERALD HABARTH Student Films PHOTO SUBMITTED BY GERALD HABARTH
Sam Thompson’s “Toast” is a narrative comedy. “Drew believes his house is haunted. Saturday, March 25 at the Nancy believes Drew is crazy. Is anything crazier than a haunted toaster?” Creative Arts Center, Falbo Theater Noon - 5:00 pm: Virtual Reality Selections Sunday, March 26 at the Creative Arts Center, Falbo Theater Noon - 2:00 p.m.: Under 18 Filmmakers & Student films 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.: International Short Films & Student films
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Nagmeh Farzaneh’s “Scent of Geranium” is an animation. “Immigration is a new chapter in one’s life, a chapter with unexpected events that can take one’s life down paths different from the one imagined. This film is an autobiographical account of the director’s experience with immigration.”
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Maybe it was the February discovery of seven Earth-like planets, or the influx of space-themed films in recent years—futuristic looks inspired by worlds beyond our own were a major trend on the runways in New York, London, Paris and Milan during the Fall Ready-to-Wear 2017 showings. Silvery space-age looks were seen at Paco Rabanne, Saint Laurent, Christopher Kane and Gucci, the last two designers taking a more literal approach to the trend with UFO-print dresses. Chanel fully embraced the trend with a totally space-themed collection, complete with a rocket emblazoned with the design house’s logo. The designs have a ‘60s space race era flair while remaining true to Chanel’s staples, with tweed skirt suits and pearl accessories paired with glittering tights and boots, reflective sunglasses, metallic quilted wraps and astronaut and planet prints. The show’s beauty look was retro eyeliner with silver shadow and voluminous hair pulled back with embellished headbands. Metallic hues are an ob-
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vious way to achieve the space-age look, along with accessories and patterns that feature flying saucers, stars and aliens. ASOS.com brand Club L has a selection of metallic dresses and bodysuits in silver, gold, cobalt, jade green and rose gold, all for less than $40. Look to Etsy shops for handmade spacey patches and jewelry, and vintage clothing that can give your outfit the retro space-age look. For something simpler, try silver makeup or nail polish. To take your spacey look beyond the obvious, try
shapes that reflect the human concepts of an interplanetary aesthetic, as seen on film and programs like Star Trek or the 1997 film The Fifth Element. For runway inspiration, look to the pointed shoulders at Saint Laurent, Paco Rabanne’s mesh materials or the Gucci glasses resembling the shape of a comet streaking across the sky. Take a cue from the top designers and explore fashion’s latest frontier for a look that is simultaneously retro, so right now and light years ahead in the future.
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Clint Trickett’s statistics A by the numbers look at No. 9’s career at WVU 4,890 passing yards
25 touchdowns and 7 interceptions STAFF PHOTO
Clint Trickett looks to pass during WVU’s 54-0 victory over Towson on Sept. 6, 2014 at Milan Puskar Stadium. Trickett finished the game with 348 yards and two touchdowns.
“Coaching has always been the game plan” How Clint Trickett has adjusted to life after playing college football BY ALEC GEARTY SPORTS WRITER
Former West Virginia quarterback Clint Trickett is finally doing what he had wanted to do his entire life: Become one of college football’s fastest rising coaches. This was the goal. “I always wanted to play as long as I can,” Trickett, 26, from Boca Raton, Fla., said. “But coaching has always been the game plan.” When Trickett arrived at WVU in 2013 as a transfer from Florida State, he brought a game plan. He wanted to “win, contribute and leave a legacy. “ But T r i c k e t t— w h o played at FSU for two seasons—found himself on
the bench for the first four of games of WVU’s 2013 season. It wasn’t until Sept. 28, the Mountaineer’s fifth game, that Trickett got the nod to start as quarterback. He led the team to a 2-3 record over the next five games. After a hit on Nov. 9 from Texas’ Desmond Jackson, Trickett was removed from the game. The injury, which was ruled a concussion, kept Trickett out of the Mountaineers’ following game but he was back for the last game of the season against Iowa State. Even though the Mountaineers went 4–8 in 2013, Trickett threw seven touchdowns and solidified his position as a starter. And around campus, he gained
a reputation for great looking hair. In the offseason Trickett underwent successful shoulder surgery and returned in fall 2014 at starting quarterback. While he played the majority of 2014, throwing for 3,285 yards and 18 touchdowns, Trickett didn’t feel completely right. Over 14 months, from that hit in November 2013 through the rest of his career at WVU, Trickett endured five concussions and battled with his doctors to keep playing. “The doctor said I’m not going to clear you until I’m able to and that isn’t going to be for the rest of the (2014) season,” Trickett said.
Trickett’s last game at WVU was the Nov. 20, 2014 loss to Kansas State. He left in the third quarter with a concussion. He was forced to sit out the Liberty Bowl, even though he was cleared to practice. “I would love to be out there and finish the season with my guys,” Trickett told ESPN at the time. “It’s unfortunate how it ended but I had a great senior year.” Some in the media accused him of quitting. “I never quit,” Trickett said in an interview this week. “I definitely didn’t quit. My time got done playing and I moved onto coaching. That’s all that really is. I was happy with my career, it was an easy decision to go with coaching.”
Best game: Sept. 28, 2014 at Maryland • 511 Yards • 4 Touchdowns • WVU 40—Maryland 37 Completion Percentage: 61.96% Average QBR: 128.45 19 games played Height: 6’2” Weight: 175 lbs. 5 reported concussions between Nov. 2013 and Dec. 2014
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JOINING THE FAMILY BUSINESS Coaching is what Tricketts do. Trickett’s father Rick is an offensive line coach at Florida State and has been coaching for 44 years. Travis, Trickett’s oldest brother, is the offensive coordinator at Georgia State, and his brother Chance is a scouting assistant with the NFL’s Los Angeles Rams. After leaving WVU, Trickett was eager to join the family business. “We got in the ranks, both brothers doing it, so it’s a family affair.” In March 2015, Trickett was hired as the quarterbacks coach at East Mississippi Community College, in Scooba, Miss. It was an ideal role working alongside Buddy Stephens, who holds the highest winning percentage of all active junior college coaches in the country. “It was awesome,” Trickett said. “It was a great experience. I learned so much.” It wasn’t without its challenges, though. EMCC, known as a pit stop for players looking to restart careers that ended badly at other schools, is the subject of the Netflix series “Last Chance U” and every practice, every utterance, is caught on camera. Monitoring what he said to his players became a distraction “It’s your first job,” Trickett said. “And you’re just wanting to be a good coach for your players and you got to do it in front of the camera.” Trickett adjusted and found success at EMCC, where the Lions recorded an overall 19-1 during his tenure, adding the 2016 state title to his resume. EMCC provided Trickett the same opportunity it did for his
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Trickett looks on from the coaches’ box at Eastern Mississippi Community College during the 2016 season. players: a chance to advance. “That was kind of my selling point to recruits,” Trickett said. “You’re coming in here to do your one-year then go to a four-year school. It’s the same thing for me. We’re coming here, we got to learn stuff, we got to do something, and we’re moving on. That’s just a testament on how good (EMCC) is.”
FROM MISSISSIPPI TO FLORIDA Shortly after the Lions’ 2016 season, it was reported that Trickett would join Nick Saban’s coaching staff at the University of Alabama as an offensive graduate assistant. The move seemed imminent, and Trickett changed his social media profile picture to one of him and Saban from the Mountaineers’ latest meeting with Alabama in 2014. At the same time, Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, was undergoing coaching changes. On Dec. 13, Lane Kiffin was hired to become the next coach of FAU and immediately implemented his vision for the program by
relieving six coaches from their duties. Clint’s brother, Travis, knew what was coming and resigned beforehand to join Georgia State as an offensive coordinator. Trickett had his own connection to FAU. He was preparing EMCC quarterback De’Andre Johnson, to transfer there. Johnson was Kiffin’s first committed player. “When De’Andre was going to Florida Atlantic, I was sending him there to my brother because he was the (offensive coordinator),” Trickett said. Trickett wanted the best for Johnson and wasted no time trying to establish a relationship between his quarterback and Kiffin. “When Lane got hired, I drove over to Tuscaloosa the next day,” Trickett said. “I met with him to assure him on De’Andre and I’m sure he had questions. That was the first time I’ve met (Kiffin).” The first encounter was enough to leave an impression on Kiffin and when he had positions to fill, Trickett came to mind. He offered Trickett a full-time job as FAU’s tight ends coach. But why would a college quar-
terback want to coach a position he had never played? “When the opportunity came down here at Florida Atlantic, it was a nobrainer,” Trickett said. He knew the school from his brother, he wanted to work with Kiffin and he wants to continue to see Johnson perform. “I’m glad that I drove over to Tuscaloosa that morning, you know?” Trickett said. FAU is just what Trickett expected. “The kids have accepted everything the way Coach Kiffin expected them to. We’re just ready to get spring ball started.” Trickett says his time at WVU prepared him well. Since leaving, he has followed the advice WVU Head Coach Dana Holgorsen gave him on coaching: “Don’t burn any bridges and do things the right way.” “(Holgorsen) knew that I wanted to get into coaching eventually,” Trickett said. “He’s the type of guy you learn from watching. I learned so much from those two years there watching how he handles things. I will always be appreciative for that.”
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Clint Trickett smiles on the sidelines during WVU’s 33-16 loss at Texas on Nov. 8, 2014.
Clint Trickett’s football career 9/2/09 Commits to Florida State
5/1/13 9/28/13 Transfers to West Virginia Debuts for WVU in a 30-21 upset of No. 11 Oklahoma State 11/16/13 1/13/14 First start missed due to concussion Undergoes surgery to repair a torn labrum in his throwing arm 9/13/14 Throws for 4 TDs and 511 yards 11/20/14 in a 40-37 win at Maryland Plays in final game as a Mountaineer, a 26-20 loss to K-State 3/4/15 Announces first coaching job, becomes QBs Coach at EMCC
2/17/17 Accepts Tight Ends coaching position at Florida Atlantic
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For answers, visit thedaonline.com! ACROSS 1 Device used with a planchette 6 Hail in old Rome 9 2000s Israeli prime minister Sharon 14 Rip out stitchwork in 15 “The Louisville __”: nickname for Ali 16 “Five Weeks in a Balloon” novelist 17 Last line of Dale Evans Rogers’ “Happy Trails” 20 Puget Sound swimmer 21 Bull pen locale 22 Sci. subject 23 Recipe directive 25 Cat of many colors 27 Got laughs, hopefully 31 Stately 32 Tomato type 33 Bird __ 36 Scottish countryside sight 37 Northern Kentucky county 39 Complain 40 Dancer Charisse 41 Stew veggies 42 Kid around with 43 Alternative for beef avoiders 46 Prepare for cooking, as sole 49 One getting under your skin 50 From the top 51 Time server, usually 54 Block in a barn 57 What’s left by an ace investigator ... and in each of the four longest puzzle answers 60 Mischievous 61 Gloucester’s cape 62 “The Heart of Georgia” 63 MS. enclosures 64 Strings for Israel Kamakawiwo’ole 65 Legislative assemblies
DOWN 1 See 59-Down 2 Combined, in Cannes 3 Capital NW of New Delhi 4 Type of cat in “Cats” 5 “How cute!” 6 Marzipan staple 7 Competed 8 Parrier’s tool 9 Clark’s “Mogambo” co-star 10 Entertain lavishly
TODAY IN WV HISTORY By Ed Sessa 11 Tabriz native 12 “Giant Brain” unveiled in 1946 13 Slowly, to Salieri 18 Point Pelee’s lake 19 In the future 24 Jag model 26 Dossier shorthand 27 “Squawk Box” airer 28 2016 FedExCup winner McIlroy 29 Came up 30 “The Daily Show” host before Trevor 33 Chanel offering 34 Whack a mole? 35 Lyft competitor 37 Deprived (of) 38 Whiskey barrel wood 39 Highbrow
3/24/17 41 “The lowest form of humor—when you don’t think of it first”: Oscar Levant 42 Prom rental 43 Many an offcampus local 44 ’60s Batgirl portrayer Craig 45 At an angle 46 Some North Sea fishermen 47 Name on a historic B-29 48 Squawks 52 Genesis brother 53 Blockhead 55 “Coming Home” singer Bridges 56 Krabappel of “The Simpsons” 58 Add-__ 59 Caller of 1-Down
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On March 24, 1910 the Fayette County community of Mount Hope burned to the ground. The fire started at a saloon on Main Street and quickly spread through the area, destroying 75 buildings. PHOTO COURTESY OF WEST VIRGINIA ARCHIVES & HISTORY
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WVU’s season falls short on final possession BY CHRIS JACKSON SPORTS EDITOR
MEN’S BASKETBALL SAN JOSE, CA—West Virginia’s trip to the Elite Eight hung on the fate of the final possession. Silas Melson made one of two free throws, giving Gonzaga a 61-58 lead and WVU one last chance to potentially tie the game and send it to overtime. From there, WVU’s time with the ball provided endless opportunities. Jevon Carter missed a three, but Daxter Miles grabbed an offensive rebound. Carter would miss another three, but Nate Adrian was there to scoop up the rebound and give WVU one final glimmer of hope. However, Miles would take a pass late in the game clock and his final shot came after the buzzer, ending WVU’s season as Gonzaga celebrated the 61-58 victory. “That was a mistake on
my behalf…” Carter said. “I should’ve drove it to the basket, but knowing it was a 3-point game, I tried to go for the three.” It was an ending that WVU wished never happened. The team wanted more, especially after last year’s demise in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. And they especially wanted it more for the seniors, which Carter alluded to in the postgame press conference. “I know for Nate (Adrian), he’s done,” Carter said, with Adrian sitting right next to him. “So I know it has to hurt a lot, probably more than it hurt me.” Missed shots provided a strong indication of why WVU fell a mere three points short of an extended campaign. Gonzaga’s size helped it become one of the nation’s top scoring defense, featuring a pair of seven-footers and 7-foot-1, 300-pound center Przemek Karnowski.
“Their size bothers everybody around the rim,” said WVU head coach Bob Huggins. “When you’re driving at the goal and you run into a 7-foot-1, 300-and-whatever-he-is, it’s hard to score.” Yet, even though the shots wouldn’t fall as the Mountaineers registered a 16-of60 mark, they remained in the contest. The press defense kept them in it, and so did the offensive rebounding (20-7) and second chance points (19-6), holding substantial edges in each category. “You tell me another team in the country who can shoot 26 percent from the field against a No. 1 seed…” Huggins said. “And still could have, should have won the game. I think that says a lot about what kind of guys we have.” WVU held a lead for just 2:40, topped off with backto-back 3’s from Carter and Miles to put the team up 5855 with 1:47 left. Gonzaga
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Jevon Carter (2) and guard Tarik Phillip (12) shake hands in the closing moments of the loss to Gonzaga in the Sweet 16 game on March 23, 2017 in San Jose, CA. would respond quickly, provided by timely shots from Jordan Matthews. Matthews, a transfer from Cal, notched the game-sealing three that provided the Zags the lead for good at 60-58. “It was just a big shot, I’m just happy we got the win,” Matthews said.
Carter was the lone Mountaineer to score in double-figures, tallying a game-high 21 points on 6-of-17 shooting while hitting a number of big shots throughout the contest to keep WVU within striking distance. Led by Carter, WVU is looking to capitalize on Thursday’s defeat and make
a longer run in the 201718 season. That’s all Carter, whose last college campaign lies ahead in the blue and gold, wants. Now, it’s time for him and his teammates to start that work in the offseason. “I got another crack at it,” Carter said. “So I’m going to get in the gym and work.”
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After runner-up finish, WVU looks to answer questions in spring BY NEEL MADHAVAN SPORTS WRITER
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WOMEN’S SOCCER Coming off a pair of Big 12 Conference championships and a national runner-up finish in the NCAA Women’s College Cup, the WVU women’s soccer team enters the 2017 season looking to pick up right where it left off. WVU will begin its spring season by hosting Cincinnati at 2 p.m. Sunday at Dick Dlesk Soccer Stadium. In order to begin preparations for the fall, WVU will face six teams over the next month, including the Bearcats, Pittsburgh and Xavier at home, with Tennessee, Alabama and Duquesne on the road. The Bearcats are coming off a 2016 season in which they went 11-5-4, along with 4-3-2 in the American Athletic Conference. Cincinnati did not qualify for the NCAA tournament. Cincinnati returns the ma-
jority of its best players from last season, including AAC All-Conference First Team defender Vanessa Gilles. Gilles was also the team’s second leading goal scorer with six goals in 2016. In attack, the Bearcats are led by leading goal scorer Julie Gavorski. The senior finished 2016 with eight goals and one assist. WVU has a few questions to answer before the regular season begins in the fall. Departed is one of the winningest senior classes in WVU history, consisting of Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence, Carly Black and Ashley Woolpert. “This senior class has been extremely successful, and they’ve come so close and they’ve come so far,” said WVU head coach Nikki Izzo-Brown. The Mountaineers will likely miss MAC Hermann Trophy award winner and All-American Buchanan, along with fellow All-American Lawrence, the most. Buchanan left WVU as one
of the most decorated student athletes to ever come through the university. The duo signed professional contracts with Division 1 Féminine French teams. Buchanan signed with Olympique Lyonnais, while Lawrence signed with Paris Saint-Germain. But WVU returns nine players of its starting-11 from last season, including leading goal scorer Michaela Abam, who finished with 12 goals and nine assists. Lawrence and her 10 assists will be missed in midfield, but returnee Carla Portillo can more than fill the void. Portillo was one of WVU’s most dynamic players in midfield last season thanks to her five goals and seven assists. With the talent that they have returning, the Mountaineers will likely receive a high preseason ranking when the polls come out in the fall. Plus, they will likely be favored, once again, to win their sixth straight Big 12 regular season title.
WVU announces addition to recruiting class West Virginia added a late signee to its 2017 recruiting class this week. Fontez Davis, a cornerback from Butler Community College in El Dorado, Kansas, signed his letter of intent to WVU and is eligible for the upcoming football season As a redshirt freshman, Davis finished with 36 tackles, eight pass breakups and one interception, helping Butler to a 7-5 record and a No. 17 national ranking at the junior college level. —CGJ
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After trials on road, WVU opens up home slate CLASSIFIEDS BY DAVID STATMAN SPORTS WRITER
BASEBALL After a month on the road, the WVU baseball team is ready for some home cooking. That’s exactly what they will get this weekend, as the Mountaineers (10-8, 2-1 Big 12) will finally put an 18game season-opening road swing behind them and take the field at the Monongalia County Ballpark for the first time this season, as they face the Jacksonville Dolphins (11-12) in a three-game series from Friday through Sunday. West Virginia fought through an up-and-down first month on the road, with some notable successes— including two wins over defending champion Coastal Carolina and a series win over then-No. 10 Baylor— mixed with some disappoint-
ing setbacks. But despite WVU’s near.500 record, head coach Randy Mazey hopes the trials they’ve faced on the road will prepare them to take control over the rest of the season. “All the games we play early in the season on the road kind of harden you a little bit,” Mazey said. “It toughens your team up a little bit. We lost some of those games, but that’s experience nonetheless.” Although West Virginia has started the season just 10-8, the Mountaineers head into their home opener with perhaps their best chance yet to end their 21-year NCAA Tournament drought. Sporting a 4-1 record against ranked teams, West Virginia is currently ranked No. 8 in the country in RPI, an index that ranks teams upon their quality wins and their strength of schedule.
And while Jacksonville comes into the season-opening weekend with a record just below .500, wins over strong Florida, Florida A&M and UCF, teams have the Dolphins ranked No. 69 in the RPI—which could potentially give WVU a nice boost with a strong performance this weekend. The Mountaineers are coming off one of their most well-rounded performances of the season against Baylor last weekend, where their team showcased some vital depth, especially in the bullpen. “We got some really quality innings out of some freshmen arms in the bullpen that showed they can go through a Big 12 lineup,” Mazey said. “To come down here and win the series, the first (conference) series of the year and on the road, says a lot about our team.”
West Virginia comes in with a full week of rest after its scheduled road matchup with Penn State Wednesday was postponed due to weather. The Dolphins lost their midweek game at Florida State 10-9 on Tuesday, after they dropped two of three to the UCF Knights last weekend. Junior righthander BJ Myers (2-1, 3.90 ERA), the veteran of the Mountaineer starting rotation, is scheduled to take the ball for the home opener at 6:30 p.m. Friday against Jacksonville’s Michael Baumann (1-2, 3.04 ERA). On Saturday, WVU sophomore Michael Grove (11, 4.24 ERA) will face Chris Gau (2-2, 2.70 ERA) at 3 p.m., while Sunday’s noon finale will feature a matchup between WVU’s Conner Dotson (3-2, 4.44 ERA) and Jacksonville lefty Casey Kulina (1-0, 2.79 ERA).
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TENNIS The West Virginia tennis team is headed to Kansas this weekend to take on both of the Kansas schools in the Big 12 Conference- the Kansas Jayhawks and the Kansas State Wildcats. The Mountaineers are 4-7 (0-1) this season. These two matches will be their second and third conference matches of the season. When WVU takes the court on Friday in Lawrence, it will be its first competitive match in nearly two weeks, where its last match was a 4-2 loss
to Iowa State in the Big 12 opener. That two week stretch will give the team an opportunity to get some good practices under their belt and really get prepared for the tough Big 12 schedule. Starting off the weekend will be a difficult match against Kansas, who finished in a tie for second place in the conference last year. This season, the Jayhawks are 9-4 (1-1) and have won two in a row. However, Kansas has faced five ranked opponents, including two in the Big 12, and winning two of those five matches. The Jayhawks are led by senior Tess Bernard- Feigen-
baum, who is 7-2 this season, and last season’s Big 12 freshman of the year and ITA Central Region Newcomer of the year, Anastasia Rychagova, who is 5-1 on the season. On Sunday the Mountaineers travel west to take on the Kansas State Wildcats. K-State has a 9-8 record this year, with a 0-2 record within the conference, and both of those losses coming from a TCU and Texas Tech team that is ranked nationally. Junior Carolina Costamagna has played particularly well for Kansas State, as she has an 8-7 record, all at the number one position. Millie Stretton has a 7-7 record this year, all in the number two spot.
West Virginia will have a difficult task in both matches this weekend. Habiba Shaker has been playing well this season, with an 8-3 individual record. She has to play well in order to set the tone for the Mountaineers and to help keep them in these matches. Getting the point in doubles will also be crucial to give WVU the lead early. West Virginia opens up their play this weekend at 5:00 pm on Friday, the 24th, against Kansas at the Jayhawk Tennis Center. The second match of the weekend will take place at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday in Manhattan, Kansas at the Mike Goss Tennis Stadium.
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