— By Ben Conley, The Dominion Post
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — It’s hard to find a good, used muzzleloader.
Arizona Diamondbacks managing general partner Ken Kendrick, a West Virginia University alum, found one Feb. 1, when he dropped $125,000 to purchase the first Marvin Wotring Mountaineer muzzleloader during the Bob Huggins Fish Fry held at Mylan Park.
Proceeds from the muzzleloader’s sale will benefit the Holy Pursuits Dream Foundation, a nonprofit that provides hunting and fishing adventures to kids battling life-threatening illnesses.
Wotring, who died in December, built that first model for the Mountaineer mascot in 1978, and built every Mountaineer muzzleloader since.