Greg Carey
Greg Carey covers West Virginia sports with a mix of detailed game reporting, live updates and context-heavy notebooks that track how teams evolve over a season. He reports for WV MetroNews as a sports writer whose work spans West Virginia University athletics and high school competition, often moving between football, baseball and other sports on the same desk. His author archive stretches back to 2018 and runs across scores of game stories, previews and power rankings, reflecting a beat built on consistent, day‑to‑day coverage rather than occasional features.
WVU football game coverage and notebooks
Carey is a central voice on West Virginia University football, filing pre‑game setups, in‑game “follow along” pieces and detailed postgame recaps as the season unfolds. His work around the Mountaineers’ matchup with No. 25 Virginia shows the full range: a preview on how the defense needed to correct early‑season mistakes and force the Cavaliers into errors, a game story on Michael Hawkins Jr.’s five‑touchdown performance, and a live “follow along” piece tracking scoring swings and key moments.
In his notebook on Hawkins, he focuses on the quarterback’s running ability, noting his high rushing volume and national ranking in rushing yards, and explains why that dual‑threat profile challenges opposing defenses and shapes how Oklahoma State will prepare. He adds broader context through profiles like his piece on Virginia head coach Tony Elliott, tying the program’s recent turnaround to Elliott’s perseverance and leadership and outlining his links to West Virginia’s coaching staff.
Across these articles, Carey’s football coverage distinguishes itself by combining specific numbers and matchups with an emphasis on how coaching decisions, player traits and defensive adjustments drive the outcome over the course of a schedule.
Mountaineers baseball and tournament runs
Carey also follows West Virginia’s baseball team through extended postseason runs, covering individual games and the larger arc of the season. During the MCWS, he writes a notebook underlining that the event lives up to its billing while stressing that West Virginia’s success stems from gradual development rather than overnight emergence.
Around the Mountaineers’ series with Troy, his reporting includes a pitching‑focused preview that lays out the options available for a key Tuesday matchup and the difficult path they face in the bracket, along with pieces on a 7–5 opening win, a 12–0 elimination victory and a 12–7 loss to North Carolina that ends their season.
In those stories, he works through how specific starters, bullpen choices and offensive surges define each game, keeping the focus on the tactical decisions and performance swings that determine whether the team advances or goes home. His baseball coverage is distinguished by its tournament framing: he does not only document box‑score events, but shows how each result fits into the mounting pressure and narrowing options of a multi‑game postseason run.
High school football and statewide rankings
High school football is another core strand of Carey’s beat, and his archive shows sustained attention to programs and classifications across the state. Early work from 2018 features game stories, photo galleries and season previews for multiple schools, including pieces on John Marshall’s win over University, Capital’s expectations in Class AAA and Martinsburg’s pursuit of a third consecutive Class AAA title. More recent coverage includes real‑time reports such as “Huskies handle South Charleston, 48‑12,” where he documents scoring runs and decisive stretches, and weekly preview videos and articles that “set the stage” for Class A, AA and AAAA football, often co‑hosting breakdowns of key matchups with colleague Joe Brocato. His regular power rankings pieces, like Week 6 rankings naming new No. 1 teams and tracking movements for programs such as Wahama, Ripley and South Harrison, give structure to the high school beat and signal how he evaluates performance over time rather than only on a single Friday night. Across these stories, Carey distinguishes himself by treating high school football with the same systematic attention he gives college sports, providing statewide context, classification‑specific previews and ongoing ranking updates that help readers follow the full landscape.
Statewide sports coverage and features
Beyond football and baseball, Carey’s bylines cover other corners of the state’s sports scene, including soccer and non‑conference college matchups. His report on West Virginia’s 1–0 win over Georgia State in men’s soccer details how an own goal late in the match decided the Sun Belt Conference opener, underscoring his tendency to highlight turning points rather than just the final score. Pieces like his look at Missouri State’s game against Marshall, noting how last season’s one‑point result informs expectations and how first‑year head coach Casey Woods views Marshall’s response, show his interest in connecting current matchups to recent history and coaching perspectives. Earlier in his career, Carey spent more than eight years at The Exponent Telegram, finishing as assistant sports editor, experience that underpins his current role shaping and executing daily sports coverage at WV MetroNews.
Taken together, his statewide work is characterised by consistency and breadth: he tracks multiple teams and sports, returns to them weekly, and uses previews, notebooks and rankings to keep their stories moving between games.
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