WVSSAC Boys High School Basketball Tournament AA Championship Game. Bluefield and Charleston Catholic closed out Championship Saturday in fantastic fashion. The Irish battled back to win against the Beavers 42-39 to claim the AA Championship. Pictures by Barry Alderman Photography.
WVSSAC Boys High School Tournament AAAA Championship Game. Morgantown High School needed overtime to defeat Spring Mills 35-32 to capture the AAAA State Championship. Pictures by Barry Alderman.
WVSSAC Boys High School Basketball Tournament A Championship Game. Tug Valley High School Panthers defeated Tucker County 35-32 to capture the A state championship. Pictures by Barry Alderman Photography.
WVSSAC Boys High School Basketball Tournament AAA Championship Game. Shady Spring Boys Basketball defeated Fairmont Senior in overtime to win the state AAA championship 58-55. Pictures by Barry Alderman Photography.
WVSSAC Boys High School Basketball Tournament AA Quarterfinals Game #4. Central Catholic High School -Wheeling, WV battled back and beat Williamstown 45-38. Pictures by Barry Alderman Photography.
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Woodrow Wilson @ George Washington 7:30pm
Mount View @ Mingo Central 7:30pm
#17 Spring Valley (3-4) @ #12 George Washington (4-3) 7:30pm
#3 Cabell Midland (6-1) @ #1 Huntington (7-0) 7:30pm
#15 Nitro (5-2) @ #6 Winfield (6-1) 7pm
#3 Scott (7-0) @ #25 Poca (3-4) 7pm
#1 Roane County (7-0) @ #6 Mingo Central (6-1) 7:30pm
South Charleston @ St. Albans 7:30pm
Webster County (2-5) @ #5 Wahama (7-0) 7pm
ARCHIVED GAMES “On Demand”…
Cabell Midland @ Huntington 7:30pm
Roane County @ Braxton County 7pm
Gilmer County @ Ravenswood 7PM
Braxton County @ Nicholas County 7PM
George Washington @ Parkersburg 7:30pm
Ritchie County @ Ravenswood 7:30pm
Liberty Harrison @ Braxton County 7pm
Week 5, September 22
South Charleston @ George Washington 7:30pm
Independence @ Mingo Central 7pm
Cabell Midland @ Parkersburg TBA
George Washington @ Huntington 7:30pm
Doddridge County vs Ravenswood 7pm
East Fairmont @ Braxton County 7pm
Hurricane @ George Washington 7:30pm
Winfield @ Chapmanville 7:30pm
Mount View @ Braxton County 7pm
Saturday, September 8
Ironton, OH vs. Cabell Midland 7:30pm – Joan C. Edward Stadium
Ashland, KY @ George Washington 7:30pm
Nitro @ St. Albans “Battle of the Bridge” 7:30pm
Westside @ Mingo Central 7:30pm
Cabell Midland @ Spring Valley 7:30pm
Lewis County @ Braxton County 7pm
Week 10, October 27
George Washington @ Capital 7:30pm
Sissonville @ Nitro 7:30pm
Winfield @ Scott 7:30pm
Mingo Central @ Chapmanville 7:30pm
Huntington @ Saint Albans 7:30pm
Week 11, November 3
Woodrow Wilson @ George Washington 7:30pm
Scott @ Nitro 7:30pm
Point Pleasant @ Winfield 7pm
Man @ Chapmanville 7:30pm
Mount View @ Mingo Central 7:30pm
Playoffs 1st Round, November 10
TBA
August 24
Cabell Midland vs. George Washington 8pm
August 25
Chapmanville @ Sissonville 7:30pm
Huntington vs. Spring Valley 7:30pm
Williamstown vs. Ravenswood 7:30pm
Friday, November 25, 2022
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PPV vis NFHS Network… Wheeling Central at James Monroe, 4PM
PPV via NFHS Network… North Marion at Independence 7:30PM
Saturday, November 26, 2022
PPV via NFHS Network… Hoover at Frankfort 7:30PM
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Hurricane at Parkersburg South, 1:30PM
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Friday, November 18, 2022
Hoover at Winfield, 7:30PM
North Marion at Roane County, 7:30PM
Friday, November 11, 2022
Princeton at GW, 7:30PM
Weir @ Roane County, Saturday 1:30PM
East Fairmont at Scott, 7:30PM
University at Hurricane, 7:30PM
Friday, November 4, 2022
Westside at Sissonville, 7PM
South Charleston at Capital, 7pm
Nitro at Scott, 7PM
Friday, October 28, 2022
#1 Scott (8-0) at #8 Winfield (7-1), 7PM
Nitro at Sissonville, 7PM
Saint Albans at Huntington, 7PM
Friday, October 21, 2022
Sissonville at Wayne, 7PM
Winfield at Nitro, 7PM
Huntington vs. Cabell Midland 7PM
Friday, October 14, 2022
#5 Winfield (5-1) at #32 Sissonville (1-5), 7PM
#19 Chapmanville (3-3) at #21 Wayne (3-4), 7PM
Friday, October 7, 2022
#6 Logan (5-1) at #1 Scott (6-0), 7:30PM
#8 Clay (4-1) at Nitro (2-3), 7PM
#1 Spring Valley (5-0) at #8 Cabell Midland (4-1), 7PM
Friday, September 30, 2022
Poca at Sissonville 7:30PM
Parkersburg at GW 7PM
Friday, September 23, 2022
Wayne at Nitro, 7PM
GW at South Charleston
Games On Demand
Friday September 16, 2022
Huntington (3-0) at GW (2-1) 7PM
Hurricane (3-0) at Spring Valley (3-0)
Friday September 9, 2022
Chapmanville (2-0) at Winfield (1-1), 7PM
Hoover (0-2) at Nitro (2-0), 7PM
Friday, September 2, 2022
Ashland Paul Blazer at GW 7PM
St. Albans at Nitro “Battle of the Bridge” 7PM
South Charleston at Huntington 7PM
Cabell Midland at GW
Friday, August 26, 2022
Scott @ Hoover
Hurricane @ Winfield
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2021 Playoffs Week 2
Friday November 19, 2021
GW @ Huntington 7:30PM Kickoff
Spring Valley @ Martinsburg 7:30PM Kickoff
Roane County @ Independence 7:30PM Kickoff
Saturday, November 20, 2021
Frankfort @ Poca, 1:30PM Kickoff
WEEK 11
November 5, 2021
WEEK 10
October 29, 2021
Winfield at Scott 7PM Kickoff
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Sissonville at Nitro 7PM Kickoff
Martinsburg at Spring Valley 7:30 Kickoff
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WEEK 9
October 22, 2021
#9 Scott (5-2) at #1 Poca 7-0, 7PM
Cardinal Conference Match up
Wayne at Sissonville, 7pm
Huntington at South Charleston 7:30pm
Week 8
October 15, 2021
Spring Valley at Capital
WEEK 7
Hurricane at Lincoln County 7PM
WEEK 5
9/24/21
Sissonville (1-3) vs. Herbert Hoover (4-0)
Capital (1-3) vs. Huntington (4-0)
WEEK 4
9/17/21
Huntington (3-0) at George Washington (3-0) 7:30PM
Clay County (1-0) at Sissonville (1-2) 7PM
Chapmanville (0-3) at Nitro (0-3) 7PM
Week 3 9/10/21
Cabell Midland (2-0) at Huntington (2-0) 7PM
RSN GameDay Game of the Week…
Logan (2-0) at Wayne (0-2) Kickoff 7PM
Week 1 Dutch Miller Tailgate Show from St. Albans
WEEK 1
Poca @ Nitro 8/27 7:30 Kickoff
Braxton County @ Lincoln High
GW @ St. Albans 8/26 7:30 Kickoff
2020 Season
Friday, October 23, 2020
Sissonville @ Greenbrier East 7PM Kickoff
Monday, October 19, 2020
Nitro @ Sissonville 7PM Kickoff (video)
Tuesday, October 13, 2020
Riverside @ Sissonville 7PM Kickoff
Wednesday, October 5, 2020
Sissonville @ Herbert Hoover 7PM Kickoff
George Washington at Cabell Midland 7PM
Week 11
Friday, November 8, 2019
Mingo Central at Winfield 7PM
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Braxton County at Clay County Kickoff 7:30PM
Ravenswood at Ripley “Battle of the Hatchet” Rivalry 7:30PM
Spring Valley at Huntington 7PM
Cabell Midland at South Charleston 7:30PM
Roane County at Sissonville 7:30PM
Parkersburg at Parkersburg South Rivalry 7PM
Magnolia @ Wheeling Central 7PM
Philip Barbour @ Bridgeport 7PM
Preston County @ Brooke 7PM
Point Pleasant @ James Monroe 7PM
Tyler Consolidated @ Saint Marys 7:30PM (radio only)
Week 4 Dutch Miller Tailgate Show, Sept. 19, 2019
Friday, October 17, 2019 Games
Friday, October 3, 2019 Games
#4 (6-1) Williamstown @ #13 (4-2) Tyler – 6pm Radio Feed via WXCR
(0-6) Magnolia @ #11 (4-2) St. Marys – 6pm Countdown, 7pm Radio Feed via 93R FM
Liberty Harrison at Braxton County 7PM via Braxton Live StreamTV (Free)
Friday, September 27, 2019 Games
Braxton County at Roane County 7:30PM Kickoff
Friday, September 20, 2019 Games
East Fairmont at Braxton County
Princeton at Parkersburg South
Hurricane at Cabell Midland
Saint Albans at GW
Brashear at Brooke PPV NFHS
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/events/brooke-high-school-wellsburg-wv/gam7a9f7f446d
Shadyside at Wheeling Central PPV NFHS Network
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Credits to Ed Forshey for use of master schedule.
Coaches and athletic directors across the Mountain State have all but locked in their 2022 prep football schedules for this fall and RSN Sports Network will begin looking at each big week match-ups right here.
Furthermore, RSN/HD Media are already formulating their Stream TV line-up for the coming season. We hope to have the schedule here soon as well.
WEEK ONE
Thursday, August 25
Cabell Midland @ GW
Washington @ Hedgesville
Friday, August 26, 2022
Class AAA
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ Ripley
Capital @ Parkersburg South
Point Pleasant @ Greenbrier East
Hampshire County @ Preston County
Huntington @ Spring Valley
Hurricane @ Winfield
Jefferson @ Millbrook, VA
University @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Princeton
Salem, VA @ Martinsburg
Spring Mills @ Musselman
Oak Hill @ Nicholas County
St. Albans @ Parkersburg
Woodrow Wilson @ Riverside
St. Clairsville, OH @ Wheeling Park
Class AA
Petersburg @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ Graham, VA
Lincoln @ Braxton County
Sissonville @ Chapmanville
Clay County @ Midland Trail
North Marion @ East Fairmont
Elkins @ Liberty Harrison
Lewis County @ Fairmont Senior
Moorefield @ Frankfort
Grafton @ Philip Barbour
Scott @ Herbert Hoover
Liberty Raleigh @ Independence
Keyser @ R.C. Byrd
Man @ Logan
Mingo Central OPEN
Oak Hill @ Nicholas County
Nitro @ Poca
Oak Glen @ Weir
Summers County @ Pikeview
Point Pleasant @ Greenbrier East
St. Marys @ Roane County
Shady Spring @ Tug Valley
Wayne @ Tolsia
Westside @ Wyoming East
Hurricane @ Winfield
Linsly TBA
Class A
Buffalo @ Greenbrier West
Calhoun County @ Wirt County
Cameron @ West Greene, PA
Massanutten, VA @ Clay-Battelle
Doddridge County @ South Harrison
Gilmer County @ East Hardy
Hannan TBA
Hundred @ Trinity
Sherman @ James Monroe
Madonna OPEN
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Ravenswood
Man @ Logan
Meadow Bridge @ Van
Clay County @ Midland Trail
Montcalm TBA
Moorefield @ Frankfort
Mount View @ River View
Federal Hocking, OH @ Paden City
Pendleton County TBA
Petersburg @ Berkeley Springs
Pocahontas County @ Tucker County
Webster County @ Richwood
Ritchie County @ Tyler Consolidated
Saint Marys @ Roane County
Summers County @ Pike View
Wayne @ Tolsia
Shady Spring @ Tug Valley
Tygarts Valley @ Valley Wetzel
Racine Southern, OH @ Wahama
Wheeling Central @ Ambridge, PA
Williamstown @ Waterford, OH
WEEK TWO
Friday, September 2, 2022
Class AAA
Bridgeport @ Morgantown
Indian Creek, OH @ Brooke
Ripley @ Buchannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland TBA
Capital @ Hurricane
Ashland Paul Blazer, KY @ GW
Woodrow Wilson @ Greenbrier East
Frankfort @ Hampshire County
Hedgesville @ Warren County, VA
South Charleston @ Huntington
Sherando, VA @ Jefferson
John Marshall @ Weir
Roane County @ Lincoln County
Musselman @ Martinsburg
Oak Hill @ Independence
Riverside @ Parkersburg
University @ Parkersburg South
North Marion @ Preston County
Princeton @ Bluefield
Spring Mills @ Washington
Portsmouth, OH @ Spring Valley
Saint Albans @ Nitro
Pittsburgh Brashear, PA @ Wheeling Park
Class AA
Berkeley Springs @ Green Castle Antrem, PA
Princeton @ Bluefield
Braxton County @ Lewis County
Poca @ Chapmanville
Philip Barbour @ Clay County
East Fairmont @ Grafton
Elkins OPEN
Linsly @ Fairmont Senior
Frankfort @ Hampshire County
Winfield @ Herbert Hoover
Oak Hill @ Independence
North Star, PA @ Keyser
Liberty Harrison @ South Harrison
Liberty Raleigh OPEN
Lincoln OPEN
Logan @ Sissonville
Mingo Central @ Westside
Shady Spring @ Nicholas County
Saint Albans @ Nitro
North Marion @ Preston County
Oak Glen @ R.C. Byrd
Pike View @ Van
Point Pleasant @ Gallia Academy, OH
Roane County @ Lincoln County
Scott @ Wayne
John Marshall @ Weir
Wyoming East vs. Madonna (Laidley Field)
Class A
Petersburg @ Buffalo
Calhoun County @ Valley Wetzel
Cameron @ Hundred
Clay-Battelle @ East Hardy
Tyler Consolidated @ Doddridge County
Webster County @ Gilmer County
Summers County @ Greenbrier West
Hannan TBA
James Monroe @ Pendleton County
Weirton Madonna @ Hancock, MD
Wirt County @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Mount View @ Man
Richwood @ Meadow Bridge
Tolsia @ Midland Trail
Montcalm TBA
Pocahontas County @ Moorefield
Hancock, MD @ Paden City
Ravenswood @ Saint Marys
Ritchie County OPEN
River View OPEN
Tug Valley @ Sherman
Liberty Harrison @ South Harrison
Morgantown Trinity @ Bridgeport, OH
Tucker County @ Tygarts Valley
Pike View @ Van
Wahama vs. Wyoming East (Laidley Field)
Tuscarawas Catholic, OH @ Wheeling Central
Warren Local, OH @ Williamstown
WEEK THREE
September 9, 2022
John Marshall @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ University
Philip Barbour @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland @ Capital
GW @ Hurricane
Greenbrier East @ R.C. Byrd
Rock Ridge, VA @ Hamphsire County
Hedgesville @ East Fairmont
Huntington OPEN
Musselman @ Jefferson
Lincoln County @ Ripley
Martinsburg @ Sherando, VA
Morgantown OPEN
Princeton @ Oak Hill
Parkersburg OPEN
Parkersburg South @ Woodrow Wilson
Fairmont Senior @ Preston County
St. Albans @ Riverside
South Charleston OPEN
South Hagerstown, MD @ Spring Mills
Spring Valley OPEN
Frankfort @ Washington
Wheeling Park @ Cleveland VASJ, PA
Class AA
Thursday, 9/8/2022
Pulaski County, VA @ Bluefield
Friday 9/9/2022
Chapmanville @ Winfield
Roane County @ Clay County
Hedgesville @ East Fairmont
Lewis County @ Elkins
Fairmont Senior @ Preston County
Frankfort @ Washington
Grafton @ Lincoln
Herbert Hoover @ Nitro
Independence @ Poca
Keyser OPEN
Liberty Harrison OPEN
Pikeview @ Liberty Raleigh
Wayne @ Logan
Point Pleasant @ Mingo Central
Nicholas County @ Wyoming East
Oak Glen @ North Marion
Philip Barbour @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Greenbrier East @ R.C. Byrd
Sissonville @ Scott
Shady Spring @ Summers County
Weir @ Indian Creek, OH
Westside @ Man
9/10/2022 Saturday
Berkeley Springs @ Braxton County
Youngstown Cardinal Mooney, OH @ Linsly
Class A
Buffalo @ Mounty View
Calhoun County @ St. Marys
Cameron @ Frontier, OH
Clay-Battelle @ Valley-Wetzel
Doddridge County OPEN
East Hardy @ Tucker County
Wirt County @ Gilmer County
Greenbrier West @ Pocahontas County
Beallsville, OH @ Hundred
James Monroe OPEN
Bridgeport, OH @ Weirton Madonna
New Martinsville Magnolia @ River, OH
Westside @ Man
Midland Trail @ Meadow Bridge
Montcalm @ Paden City
Southern Garrett, MD @ Moorefield
Pendleton County @ Petersburg
Williamstown @ Ravenswood
Richwood @ Van
Ritchie County @ Wahama
River View @ Sherman
South Harrison OPEN
Shady Spring @ Summers County
Tolsia @ Tyler Consolidated
Tug Valley @ Symmes Valley, OH
Webster County @ Tygarts Valley
Bellaire, OH @ Wheeling Central
Saturday, 9/10/2022
Millersport, OH @ Morgantown Trinity
WEEK FOUR
9/16/2022
Class AAA
Bridgeport @ Fairmont Senior
North Marion @ Brooke
Buckhannon-Upshur @ John Marshall
Cabell Midland @ South Charleston
Capital @ St. Albans
Huntington @ GW
Greenbrier East @ Stuarts Draft, VA
Parkview Sterling, VA @ Hampshire County
Morgantown @ Hedgesville
Spring Valley @ Hurricane
Jefferson @ Spring Mills
Oak Hill @ Lincoln County
Highland Springs, VA @ Martinsburg
Musselman @ Sherando, VA
Parkersburg @ Parkersburg South
Preston County OPEN
Princeton TBA
Marietta, OH @ Ripley
Riverside OPEN
Wheeling Park @ University
Washington @ Independence Asburne, VA
Bluefield @ Woodrow Wilson
Class AA
Thursday 9/15/2022
Nicholas County @ Lincoln
Friday 9/16/2022
Frankfort @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ Woodrow Wilson
Braxton County @ East Fairmont
Nitro @ Chapmanville
Sissonville @ Clay County
R.C. Byrd @ Elkins
Bridgeport @ Fairmont Senior
Pendleton County @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover TBA
Independence @ Shady Spring
Keyser @ Beaver Local, OH
Roane County @ Lewis County
Liberty Harrison @ Philip Barbour
Liberty Raleigh @ Sherman
Poca @ Logan
Man @ Mingo Central
North Marion @ Brooke
Oak Glen @ Toronto, OH
PikeView @ Westside
Scott @ Point Pleasant
Winfield @ Wayne
Martins Ferry, OH @ Weir
Wyoming East OPEN
Linsly @ St. Clairsville, OH
Class A
Thursday 9/15/2022
Ritchie County @ St. Marys
Friday 9/16/2022
Buffalo OPEN
Doddridge County @ Calhoun County
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Cameron
Clay-Battelle @ Beallsville, OH
East Hardy @ Tygarts Valley
Gilmer County @ Tyler Consolidated
Greenbrier West @ Webster County
Hundred TBA
James Monroe @ Meadow Bridge
Weirton Madonna @ Vienna Mathews, OH
Man @ Mingo Central
Richwood @ Midland Trail
Craig County, VA @ Montcalm
Moorefield @ Strasburg, VA
Mount View @ Summers County
Paden City @ Parkersburg Catholic
Pendleton County @ Grafton
Petersburg @ Pocahontas County
Ravenswood @ Wirt County
Hurley, VA @ River View
Liberty Raleigh @ Sherman
South Harrison @ Wahama
Tolsia @ Van
Hancock, MD @ Morgantown Trinity
Tucker County OPEN
East Ridge, KY @ Tug Valley
Valley Wetzel @ Frontier, OH
Wheeling Central @ Shadyside, OH
Williamstown OPEN
WEEK FIVE
September 23, 2022
Class AAA
R.C. Byrd @ Bridgeport
Brooke. OPEN
Parkersburg @ Cabell Midland
Capital @ Huntington
GW @ South Charleston
Greenbrier East. OPEN
Hampshire County @ Keyser
Hedgesville @ Martinsburg
Hurricane @ St. Albans
North Hagerstown, MD @ Jefferson
Parkersburg South @ John Marshall
Woodrow Wilson @ Lincoln County
Morgantown @ Musselman
Ripley @ Oak Hill
East Fairmont @ Preston County
Princeton @ Lord Botetourt, VA
Spring Valley @ Riverside
Spring Mills. OPEN
University @ Fairmont Senior
Washington @ Parkview Sterling, VA
Wheeling Park @ Steubenville, OH
Class AA
Berkeley Springs @ Tucker County
Bluefield @ Richland, VA
Braxton County. OPEN
Chapmanville @ Scott
Clay County @ Liberty Raleigh
East Fairmont @ Preston County
Philip Barbour @ Elkins
University @ Fairmont Senior
Northern Garrett, MD @ Frankfort
Grafton @ Liberty Harrison
Sissonville @ Herbert Hoover
Independence @ Westside
Hampshire County @ Keyser
Lewis County OPEN
Lincoln @ North Marion
Logan @ Winfield
Mingo Central @ Poca
Nicholas County. OPEN
Wayne @ Nitro
Oak Glen @ Beaver Local, OH
Pike View @ Shady Spring
Warren Local, OH @ Point Pleasant
Buffalo @ Roane County
R.C. Byrd @ Bridgeport
Union Local, OH @ Weir
Man @ Wyoming East
Linsly @ Fort Frye, OH
Class A
Buffalo @ Roane County
Morgantown Trinity @ Calhoun County
Tyler Consolidated @ Cameron
Tygarts Valley @ Clay Battelle
Doddridge County @ Ritchie County
East Hardy. OPEN
South Harrison @ Gilmer County
Meadow Bridge @ Greenbrier West
Hundred. TBA
Covington, VA @ James Monroe
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Monroe Central, OH
Man @ Wyoming East
Summers County @ Midland Trail
Montcalm OPEN
Petersburg @ Moorefield
Mount View. OPEN
Paden City @ Millerport, OH
Pendleton County @ Southern Garrett, MD
Pocahontas County @ Richwood
Sherman @ Ravenswood
Van @ River View
Saint Marys. OPEN
Tolsa. TBA
Tucker County @ Berkeley Springs
Tug Valley @ Hurley, VA
Beallsville, OH @ Valley Wetzel
Wahama @ Webster County
Wheeling Central. TBA
Williamstown @ Marietta, OH
Wirt County. OPEN
Saturday, Sep 24
Weirton Madonna @ Steubenville Catholic, OH
WEEK SIX
September 30, 2022
Class AAA
Bridgeport @ Parkersburg South
Brooke @ Marietta, OH
Buckhannon-Upshur @ University
Oak Hill @ Cabell Midland
Capital. OPEN
Parkersburg @ GW
Hampshire County @ Greenbrier East
Spring Mills @ Hedgesville
Riverside @ Huntington
Hurricane. OPEN
Jefferson @ South Hagerstown, MD
John Marshall OPEN
Lincoln County @ Wayne
Martinsburg @ Washington
Morgantown @ Wheeling Park
Musselman. TBA
Bridgeport @ Parkersburg South
Preston County @ Woodrow Wilson
Princeton. OPEN
Ripley @ Roane County
Spring Valley @ South Charleston
Saint Albans. OPEN
Class AA
Berkeley Springs @ Oak Glen
Bluefield @ Independence
Braxton County @ Liberty Harrison
Herbert Hoover @ Chapmanville
Clay County. OPEN
East Fairmont. OPEN.
Elkins @ Grafton
Fairmont Senior @ North Marion
Frankfort @ Mount Ridge, MD
North Garrett, MD @ Keyser
Lewis County @ Lincoln
Westside @ Liberty Raleigh
Nitro @ Logan
Scott @ Mingo Central
Midland Trail @ Nicholas County
Berkeley Springs @ Oak Glen
Philip Barbour. OPEN.
James Monroe @ Pike View
Poca @ Sissonville
Fort Frye, OH @ Point Pleasant
Ripley @ Roane County
R. C. Byrd. OPEN
Greenbrier West @ Shady Spring
Lincoln County @ Wayne
Richard Wright, DC @ Weir
Winfield. OPEN
River View @ Wyoming East
Linsly @ Steubenville, OH
Class A
Man @ Buffalo
Paden City @ Calhoun County
Weirton Madonna @ Cameron
Webster County @ Clay Battelle
Doddridge County @ Wirt County
East Hardy @ Pocahontas County
Gilmer County. OPEN.
Greenbrier West @ Shady Spring
Hundred @ Montcalm
James Monroe @ Pike View
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Wahama
Meadow Bridge. OPEN.
Midland Trail @ Nicholas County
Moorefield. OPEN
Wheeling Central @ Mount View
Tucker County @ Pendleton County
Petersburg OPEN
Ravenswood @ Ritchie County
Tygarts Valley @ Richwood
River View @ Wyoming East
Sherman. OPEN
Valley Wetzel @ South Harrison
Saint Marys @ Williamstown
Summers County. OPEN
Tug Valley @ Tolsia
Morgantown Trinity @ Massanuten Military, VA
Tyler Consolidated. OPEN
Van. OPEN
PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WV News) — The West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission has released the schedule for the second round of the high school football playoffs.
CLASS AAA
No. 9 George Washington at No. 1 Huntington, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 5 Cabell Midland at No. 4 University, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 7 Spring Valley at No. 2 Martinsburg, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 6 Jefferson at No. 3 Bridgeport, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
CLASS AA
No. 16 Fairmont Senior at No. 8 Robert C. Byrd, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 13 Frankfort at No. 5 Poca, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
No. 10 Roane County at No. 2 Independence, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 14 Bluefield at No. 6 North Marion, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
CLASS A
No. 16 Gilmer County at No. 8 Wheeling Central, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
No. 5 Mount View at No. 4 Ritchie County, Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
No. 7 James Monroe at No. 2 Doddridge County, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
No. 6 Williamstown at No. 3 East Hardy, Friday, 7:30 p.m.
WEEK 1
Class AAA
Thursday August 26
GW @ Saint Albans
Friday, August 27
Bridgeport @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Ripley @ Brooke
Parkersburg South @ Capital (moved to Monday)
Greenbrier East @ Point Pleasant
Preston County @ Hampshire County
Hedgesville @ Washington
Winfield @ Hurricane
Millbrooke, VA @ Jefferson
John Marshall @ University
Princeton @ Lincoln County
Martinsburg @ Salem, VA
South Charleston @ Morgantown
Musselman @ Spring Mills
Nicholas County @ Oak Hill
Parkersburg @ Huntington
Riverside @ Woodrow Wilson
Cabell Midland @ Spring Valley
Wheeling Park @ St. Clairsville, OH
Class AA
Thursday 8/26
East Fairmont @ North Marion
Friday 8/27
Berkeley Springs @ Petersburg
Bluefield @ Graham, VA (postponed COVID)
Braxton County @ Lincoln
Chapmanville @ Sissonville
Midland Trail @ Clay County
Liberty Harrison @ Elkins (postponed COVID)
Fairmont Sr. @ Lewis County
Frakfort @ Moorefield
Grafton @ Pendleton County
Herbert Hoover @ Scott
Independence @ Liberty Raleigh
R.C. Byrd @ Keyser (postponed)
Logan @ Man
Mingo Central OPEN
Nicholas County @ Oak Hill
Poca @ Nitro
Weir @ Oak Glen
Philip Barbour OPEN
Pikeview @ Summers County
Greenbrier East @ Point Pleasant
Roane County @ St. Marys
Tug Valley @ Shady Spring
Tolsia @ Wayne
Westside @ Wyoming East
Winfield @ Hurricane
Linsly @ Martins Ferry, OH
Class A
Friday, 8/27/21
Greenbrier West @ Buffalo
Wirt County @ Calhoun County
West Greene, PA @ Cameron
Clay Battelle TBA
South Harrison @ Doddridge County
East Hardy @ Gilmer County
Hannan @ Trinity
Montcalm @ Hundred
James Monroe @ Sherman
Weirton Madonna @ Beallsville, OH
Ravenswood @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Logan @ Man
Van @ Meadow Bridge
Midland Trail @ Clay County
Frankfort @ Moorefield
River View @ Mount View
Paden City @ Frontier, OH
Gafton @ Pendleton County
Berkeley Springs @ Petersburg
Tucker County @ Pocahontas County
Richwood @ Wesbster County
Tyler Consolidated @ Ritchie County
Roane County @ St. Marys
Pikeview @ Summers County
Tolsia @ Wayne
Tug Valley @ Shady Spring
Valley Wetzel @ Tygarts Valley
Wahama @ Racine Southern, OH
Ambridge, PA @ Wheeling Central
Waterford, OH @ Williamstown
WEEK 2
Class AAA
Friday 9/3/21
Morgantown @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ Indian Creek, OH
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Ripley
Riverside @ Cabell Midlan
South Charleston @ Capital
GW @ Ashland Paul Blazer, KY
Greenbrier East @ Woodrow Wilson
Hampshire County @ Frankfort
Warren County, VA @ Hedgesville
Huntington @ Hurricane
Jefferson @ Sherando, VA
Weir @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Roane County
Martinsburg @ Musselman
Westside @ Oak Hill
Spring Valley @ Parkersburg
Parkersburg South @ University
Preston County @ North Marion
Bluefield @ Princeton
Washington @ Spring Mills
Nitro @ Saint Albans
Wheeling Park @ Steubenville, OH
Class AA
Berkeley Springs @ Keyser
Bluefield @ Princeton
Lewis County @ Braxton County
Chapmanville @ Poca
Philip Barbour @ Clay County
Grafton @ East Fairmont
Elkins @ R.C. Byrd
Hamphsire County @ Frankfort
Herbert Hoover @ Winfield
Independence TBA
South Harrison @ Liberty Harrison
Liberty Raleigh OPEN
Lincoln OPEN
Sissonville @ Logan
Mingo Central @ Wyoming East
Nicholas County @ Shady Spring
Nitro @ Saint Albans
Preston County @ North Marion
Taylor Allderdice, PA @ Oak Glen
Van @ Pikeview
Gallia Academy, OH @ Point Pleasant
Roane County @ Lincoln County
Wayne @ Scott
Weir @ John Marshall
Westside @ Oak Hill
Saturday, 9/4/21
Fairmont Sr. @ Linsly
Class A
Friday, 9/3/21
Buffalo @ Petersburg
Valley Wetzel @ Calhoun County
Hundred @ Cameron
East Hardy @ Clay-Battelle
Doddridge County @ Tyler Consolidated
Gilmer County @ Webster County
Greenbrier West @ Summers County
Hannan @ Wahama
Pendleton County @ James Monroe
Weirton Madonna @ Carrick, PA
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Wirt County
Mount View @ Man
Meadow Bridge @ Richwood
Tolsia @ Midland Trail
Montcalm @ Twin Valley, VA
Moorefield @ Pocahontas County
Paden City @ Hancock, MD
St. Marys @ Ravenswood
Ritchie County OPEN
River View @ Grundy, VA
Sherman @ Tug Valley
South Harrison @ Liberty Harrison
Bridgeport, OH @ Trinity
Tygarts Valley @ Tucker County
Van @ Pikeview
Wheeling Central @ Tscarawas Catholic, OH
Williamstown @ Warren Local, OH
WEEK 3
Friday 9/10/21
Classs AAA
Bridgeport @ Liberty Harrison
University @ Brooke
Buckhannon-Uphsur @ Philip Barbour
Cabell Midland @ HUntington
Capital @ Parkersburg
Hurricane @ GW
R.C. Byrd @ Greenbrier East
Spring Mills @ Hampshire
East Fairmont @ Hedgesville
Jefferson @ Musselman
John Marshall @ Preston County
Ripley @ Lincoln County
Sherando, VA @ Martinsburg
Morgantown OPEN
Oak Hill @ Princeton
Woodrow Wilson @ Parkersburg South
Riverside @ Spring Valley
Saint Albans @ South Charleston
Washington @ Frankfort
Cleveland Villa St. Joe @ Wheeling Park
Class AA
Bluefield @ Pulaski County, VA
Winfield @ Champanville
Clay County @ Roane County
East Fairmont @ Hedgesville
Elkins @ Lewis County
North Marion @ Fairmont Sr.
Washington @ Frankfort
Lincoln @ Grafton
Nitro @ Herbert Hoover
Poca @ Independence
Oak Glen @ Keyser
Bridgeport @ Liberty Harrison
Pikeview @ Liberty Raleigh
Logan @ Wayne
Mingo Central @ Point Pleasant
Wyoming East @ Nicholas County
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Philip Barbour
R.C. Byrd @ Greenbrier East
Scott @ Sissonville
Indian Creek, OH @ Weir
Man @ Westside
Linsly @ Youngstown Mooney, OH
Saturday 9/11/21
Braxton County @ Berkeley Springs
Summers County @ Shady Spring
Class A
Friday, 9/10/21
Buffalo OPEN
Calhoun County @ Doddridge County
Frontier, OH @ Cameron
Valley Wetzel @ Clay-Battelle
Tucker County @ East Hardy
Gilmer County @ Wirt County
james Monroe @ Greenbrier West
Reedsville Eastern, OH @ Hannan
Hundred @ Beallsville, OH
River, OH @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Man @ Westside
Meadow Bridge @ Midland Trail
Paden City @ Montcalm
Moorefield @ Southern Garrett, MD
Mount View @ Tazewell, VA
Petersburg @ Pendleton County
Pocahontas County OPEN
Ravenswood @ Williamstown
Van @ Richwood
Wahama @ Ritchie County
River View OPEN
Sherman OPEN
Tyler Consolidated @ South Harrison
St. Marys OPEN
Tolsia TBA
Trinity @ Millersport, OH
Symmes Valley, OH @ Tug Valley
Tygarts Valley @ Webster County
Saturday, 9/11/21
Wieton Madonna @ Bridgeport, OH
Summers County @ Shady Spring
Wheeling Central @ Bellaire, OH
WEEK 4
Class AAA
Friday 9/17/21
Fairmont Sr. @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ North Marion
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Greenbrier East
Hurricane @ Cabell Midland
Capital @ Riverside
Huntington @ GW
Hampshire County @ Parkview Sterling, VA
Hedgesville @ Morgantown
Spring Mills @ Jefferson
Trimble, OH @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Oak Hill
Martinsburg @ Highland Spring, VA
Sherando, VA @ Musselman
Parkersburg South @ Parkersburg
R.C. Byrd @ Preston County
Linsly @ Princeton
Ripley @ Marietta, OH
South Charleston OPEN
Spring Valley @ Saint Albans
University @ Wheeling Park
Independence Ashburn, VA @ Washington
Woodrow Wilson @ Bluefield
Class AA
Thursday 9/16
Nicholas County @ Lincoln
Friday 9/17
Berkeley Springs @ Frankfort
Woodrow Wilson @ Bluefield
East Fairmont @ Braxton County
Chapmanville @ Nitro
Clay County @ Sissonville
Elkins OPEN
Fairmont Senior @ Bridgeport
Grafton @ South Harrison
Wyoming East @ Herbert Hoover
Shady Spring @ Independence
Keyser OPEN
Lewis County @ Roane County
Logan @ Liberty Raleigh
Mingo Central @ Man
Brooke @ North Marion
Point Pleasant @ Oak Glen
Philip Barbour @ Liberty Harrison
Westside @ Pikeview
Poca OPEN
R.C. Byrd @ Preston County
Sherman @ Scott
Wayne @ Winfield
Weir @ Martins Ferry, OH
Lisnly @ Princeton
Class A
Friday, 9/17/21
Williamstown @ Buffalo
Calhoun County @ Tyler Consolidated
Cameron @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Beallsville, OH @ Clay-Battelle
Doddridge County OPEN
Tygarts Valley @ East Hardy
Wahama @ Gilmer County
Webster County @ Greenbrier West
Hannan @ Hundred
Meadow Bridge @ James Monroe
Vienna Mathews, OH @ Wierton Madonna
Mingo Central @ Man
Midland Trail @ Richwood
Montcalm @ Craig County, VA
Tucker County @ Moorefield
Summers County @ Mount View
Trinity @ Paden City
Pendleton County TBA
Pocahontas County @ Petersburg
Wirt County @ Ravenswood
St. Marys @ Ritchie County
Hurley, VA @ River View
Sherman @ Scott
Grafton @ South Harrison
Tolsia TBA
Tug Valley @ Phelps, KY
Frontier, OH @ Valley Wetzel
Van OPEN
Shadyside, OH @ Wheeling Central
WEEK 5
9/24/21
Friday
Class AAA
Bridgeport @ R.C. Byrd
Brooke OPEN
Buckhannon-Upshur OPEN
Parkersburg @ Cabell Midland
Huntington @ Captial
GW OPEN
Greenbrier East OPEN
Keyser @ Hampshire County
Martinsburg @ Hedgesville
Saint Albans @ Hurricane
Jefferson @ North Hagerstown, MD
John Marshall @ Parkersburg South
Point Pleasant @ Lincoln County
Morgantown @ Woodrown Wilson
Musselman OPEN
Oak Hill @ Ripley
Preston County @ East Fairmont
Lord Boteourt, VA @ Princeton
Riverside OPEN
South Charleston @ Spring Valley
Spring Mills OPEN
Fairmont Sr. @ University
Parkview Sterling, VA @ Washington
Wheeling Park OPEN
Class AA
Tucker County @ Berkeley Springs
Richlands, VA @ Bluefield
Braxton County OPEN
Scott @ Chapmanville
Liberty Raleigh @ Clay County
Preston County @ East Fairmont
Elkins @ Philip Barbour
Fairmont Sr. @ University
Frankfort @ Northern Garrett, MD
Liberty Harrison @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover @ Sissonville
Westside @ Independence
Keyser @ Hampshire County
Lewis County OPEN
North Marion @ Lincoln
Winfield @ Logan
Poca @ Mingo Central
Nicholas County OPEN
Nitro @ Wayne
Beaver Local, OH @ Oak Glen
Shady Spring @ Pikeview
Point Pleasant @ Lincoln County
Bridgeport @ R.C. Byrd
Roane County @ Buffalo
Marietta, OH @ Weir
Linsly @ Steubenville, OH
Class A
Fridy, 9/24/21
Roane County @ Buffalo
St. Marys @ Calhoun County
Clay-Battelle @ Tygarts Valley
Ritchie County @ Doddridge County
East Hardy OPEN
Gilmer County @ South Harrison
Greenbrier West OPEN
Manchester, OH @ Hannan
Paden City @ Hundred
James Monroe @ Covington, VA
Monroe Central, OH @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Man @ Wheeling Central
Meadow Bridge OPEN
Midland Trail @ Summers County
Montcalm OPEN
Moorefield @ Petersburg
Mount View OPEN
South Garrett, MD @ Pendleton County
Richwood @ Pocahontas County
Ravenswood @ Sherman
River View @ Van
Tolsia @ Wahama
Trinity @ Racine Southern, OH
Tucker County @ Berkeley Springs
Hurley, VA @ Tug Valley
Tyler Consolidated @ Wirt County
Valley Wetzel @ Beallsville, OH
Webster County OPEN
Williamstown OPEN
Saturday 9/25/21
Cameron @ Weirton Madonna
WEEK 6
October 1, 2021
Class AAA
Parkersburg South @ Bridgeport
Marietta, OH @ Brooke
John Marshall @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland @ Oak Hill
Capital OPEN
GW @ South Charleston
Greenbrier East OPEN
Hampshire County OPEN
Hedgesville @ Spring Mills
Spring Valley @ Huntington
Hurricane @ Parkersburg
South Hagerstown, MD @ Jefferson
Lincoln County @ Raceland, KY
Washington @ Martinsburg
Musselman @ Morgantown
Preston County OPEN
Princeton @ Woodrow Wilson
Roane County @ Ripley
Riverside @ Saint Albans
University OPEN
Fairmont St. @ Wheeling Park
Class AA
Oak Glen @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield OPEN
Liberty Harrison @ Braxton County
Chapmanville @ Herbert Hoover
Clay County @ Webster County
East Fairmont OPEN
Grafton @ Elkins
Fairmont Sr. @ Wheeling Park
Mt. Ridge, MD @ Frankfort
Independence @ Summers County
Keyser @ Northern Garrett, MD
Lincoln @ Lewis County
Logan @ Nitro
Wayne @ Liberty Raleigh
Greenbrier East @ Mingo Central
Nicholas County @ Midland Trail
North Marion OPEN
Petersburg @ Philip Barbour
James Monroe @ Pikeview
Sissonville @ Poca
Point Pleasant OPEN
R.C. Byrd TBA
Roane County @ Ripley
Scott OPEN
Shady Spring @ Westside
Weir @ Wheeling Central
Winfield OPEN
Wyoming East @ River View
Saturday 10/2/21
McGuffey, PA @ Linsly
Class A
Thursday 9/30/21
Richwood @ Tygarts Valley
Friday 10/1/21
Buffalo @ Man
Calhoun County @ Paden City
Cameron @ Trinity
Hancock, MD @ Clay-Battelle
Wirt County @ Doddridge County
Pocahontas County @ East Hardy
Gilmer County OPEN
Greenbrier West @ Meadow Bridge
Hannan TBA
Hundred @ Wahama
James Monroe @ Pikeview
Weirton Madonna OPEN
Union Local, OH @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Nicholas County @ Midland Trail
Van @ Montcalm
Moorefield OPEN
Mount View @ Sherman
Pendleton County @ Tucker County
Petersburg @ Philip Barbour
Ritchie County @ Ravenswood
Wyoming East @ River View
South Harrison @ Valley Wetzel
Williamstown @ St. Marys
Independence @ Summers County
Tolsia @ Tug Valley
Tyler Consolidated OPEN
Clay County @ Webster County
Weir @ Wheeling Central
WEEK 7
October 8, 2021
Class AAA
Preston County @ Bridgeport
Oak Glen @ Brooke
Lewis County @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland @ Capital
Oak Hill @ Greenbrier East
Hampshire County @ Petersburg
Musselman @ Hedgesville
Woodrow Wilson @ Huntington
Hurricane @ Lincoln County
James Wood, VA @ Jefferson
John Marshall OPEN
Wheeling Park @ Morgantown
Parkersburg @ South Charleston
Parkersburg South OPEN
Princeton OPEN
Saint Albans @ Ripley
Frankfort @ Spring Mills
Fairmont Sr. @ Spring Valley
University @ Albert Gallatin, PA
Washington OPEN
Saturday 10/9
Martinsburg @ Painesville Riverside,PA
Class AA
Thursday 10/7/21
North Marion @ Elkins
Friday 10/8/21
Berekley Springs OPEN
Pikeview @ Bluefield
Nicholas County @ Braxton County
Chapmanville OPEN
Nitro @ Clay County
Philip Barbour @ East Fairmont
Fairmont Sr. @ Spring Valley
Frankfort @ Spring Mills
Richwood @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover @ Wayne
Independence @ Midland Trail
Point Pleasant @ Keyser
Lewis County @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Liberty Harrison OPEN
Liberty Raleigh @ Westside
Lincoln @ R.C. Byrd
Scott @ Logan
Tolsia @ Mingo Central
Oak Glen @ Brooke
Winfield @ Poca
Roane County OPEN
Shady Spring @ Wyoming East
Sissonville OPEN
Williamstown @ Weir
Linsly @ Canton Catholic, OH
WEEK 8
Class AAA
Thursday 10/14/21
Brooke @ John Marshall
Friday 10/15/21
Bridgeport OPEN
University @ Buckhannon-Upshur
GW @ Cabell Midland
Spring Valley @ Capital
Greenbrier East @ Ripley
Hamphsire Coutny @ Berkeley Springs
Princeton @ Hedgesville
St. Albans @ Huntington
Hurricane OPEN
Jefferson OPEN
Clay County @ Lincoln County
Spring Mills @ Martinsburg
Parkersburg South @ Morgantown
Wheeling Park @ Musselman
Oak Hill OPEN
Parkersburg OPEN
Washington @ Preston County
South Charleston @ Riverside
Woorow Wilson OPEN
Class AA
Friday 10/15/21
Hampshire County @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ Tazwell, VA
Braxton County @ Roane County
Wayne @ Chapmanville
Clay County @ Lincoln County
East Fairmont @ Liberty Harrison
Elkins @ Lincoln
R.C. Byrd @ Fairmont Sr.
Frankfort OPEN
Philip Barbour @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover OPEN
Man @ Independence
Keyser @ Allegany, MD
Lewis County @ North Marion
Liberty Raleigh @ Scott
Logan @ Poca
Mingo Central @ Shady Spring
Nicholas County @ Westside
Nitro OPEN
East Liverpool, OH @ Oak Glen
Pikeview OPEN
Point Pleasant @ Wyoming East
Sissonville @ Winfield
Weir @ Albert Gallatin, PA
Linsly @ Dover, OH
WEEK 9
Friday 10/22/21
Bridgeport @ Princeton
Brooke W Wheeling Park
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Grafton
Cabell Midland @ Parkersburg South
Capital @ Hurricane
Woodrow Wilson @ GW
Greenbrier East @ Hampshire County
Hedgesville OPEN
Huntington @ South Charleston
Jefferson @ Martinsburg
Morgantown @ John Marshall
Lincoln County OPEN
Musselman @ Washington
Bluefield @ Oak Hill
Parkersburg @ Riverside
University @ Preston County
Ripley @ Shady Spring
North Hagerstown, MD @ Spring Mills
Spring Valley OPEN
St. Albans OPEN
Class AA
Friday 10/22/21
Berkeley Springs @ East Fairmont
Bluefield @ Oak Hill
Webster County @ Braxton County
Chapmanville @ Logan
Clay County @ River View
Elkins @ Frankfort
Fairmont Sr. OPEN
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover @ Mingo Central
Independence @ Nicholas County
Moorefield @ Keyser
Philip Barbour @ Lewis County
Liberty Harrison @ Lincoln
Liberty Raleigh @ James Monroe
Nitro @ Winfield
North Marion @ Oak Glen
Wyoming East @ Pikeview
Scott @ Poca
Man @ Point Pleasant
R.C. Byrd TBA
Roane County @ Doddridge County
Ripley @ Shady Spring
Wayne @ Sissonville
East Liverpool, OH @ Weir
Tug Valley @ Westside
Saturday, 10/23/21
Louisville, OH @ Linsly
WEEK 10
Class AAA
Friday 10/29/21
Musselman @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ Weir
Preston County @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland OPEN
St. Albans @ Capital
GW @ Parkersburg
Princeton @ Greenbrier East
Washington @ Hampshire County
Hedgesville @ Jefferson
Huntington OPEN
South Charleston @ Hurricane
Oak Glen @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Riverside
Martinsburg @ Spring Valley
Morgantown @ University
Oak Hill @ Woodrow Wilson
Parkersburg South @ Wheeling Park
Ripley @ Point Pleasant
Albert Gallatin, PA @ Spring Mills
Class AA
Friday, 10/29/21
Clear Springs, MD @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ Ridgeview, VA
Braxton County @ South Harrison
Mingo Central @ Chapmanville
Clay County OPEN
East Fairmont @ Lewis County
Elkins @ Fairmont Sr.
Frankfort @ North Marion
Grafton OPEN
Wyoming East @ Independence
Keyser @ Mt. Ridge, MD
Liberty Harrison @ R.C. Byrd
Shady Spring @ Liberty Raleigh
Lincoln @ Philip Barbour
Logan OPEN
James Monroe @ Nicholas County
Sissonville @ Nitro
Oak Glen @ John Marshall
River View @ Pikeview
Poca @ Herbert Hoover
Ripley @ Point Pleasant
Roane County @ Ravenswood
Winfield @ Scott
Wayne OPEN
Westside @ Mount View
Linsley @ Hollisdayburg, PA
WEEK 11
Friday 11/5/21
Bridgeport @ Lincoln
Preston County @ Brooke
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Elkins
Cabell Midland @ St. Albans
Capital @ GW
Hedgesville @ Hampshire County
Huntington @ Riverside
Hurricane @ Spring Valley
Jefferson @ Washington
Wheeling Park @ John Marshall
Martingsburg OPEN
Morgantown @ Spring Mills
Oak Hill @ University
Parkersburg @ Musselman
Princeton @ Parkersburg South
Ripley OPEN
Woodrow Wilson @ South Charleston
Class AA
Friday, 11/5/21
Berkeley Springs @ Moorefield
Mingo Central @ Bluefield
Braxton County @ Clay County
Man @ Chapmanville
Fairmont Sr. @ East Fairmont
Buckhannon-Upshur @ Elkins
Frankfort @ Keyser
Lewis County @ Grafton
Logan @ Herbert Hoover
Independence TBA
Liberty Harrison @ North Marion
Liberty Raleigh @ Wyoming East
Bridgeport @ Lincoln
Pikeview @ Nicholas County
Scott @ Nitro
Oak Glen OPEN
R.C. Byrd @ Philip Barbour
Poca @ Wayne
Point Pleasant @ Winfield
Sissonville @ Roane County
Shady Spring OPEN
Weir OPEN
Westside OPEN
Linsly OPEN
2020
Week ONE
Presented by
CLASS AAA
Thursday, September 3
Friday, September 4
Bridgeport @ Morgantown
Hedgesville @ Brooke
Ripley @ Buckhannon-Upshur
GW @ Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson @ Greenbrier East
(AA) Frankfort @ Hampshire
Hurricane @ Huntington
Cabell Midland @ Riverside
John Marshall @ (AA) Weir
(AA) Roane County @ Lincoln County
Mussleman @ Martinsburg
Oak Hill @ (AA) Westside
Parkersburg @ Spring Valley
University @ Parkersburg South
(AA) North Marion @ Preston County
Princeton @ (AA) Bluefield
Spring Mills @ Washington
St. Clairsville, OH @ Wheeling Park
Monday, September 7
Capital @ South Charleston (Noon)
St. Albans @ (AA) Nitro (Noon)
Class AA
Keyser @ Berkeley Springs
(AAA) Princeton @ Bluefield
Braxton County @ Lewis County
Chapmanville IDLE
Clay County @ Philip Barbour
East Fairmont @ Grafton
R.C. Byrd @ Elkins
Fairmont Senior @ Lincoln
(AAA) Hampshire @ Frankfort
Pikeview @ Independence
Liberty Harrison @ (A) South Harrison
Liberty Raleigh @ (A) Van
Logan IDLE
Mingo Central @ Wyoming East
Shady Spring @ Nicholas County
Nitro @ (AAA) St. Albans
North Marion @ (AAA) Preston
Oak Glen @ Point Pleasant
Poca @ (A) Wheeling Central
Roane County @ (AAA) Lincoln County
Scott @ Wayne
Sissonville @ (A) St. Marys
Weir @ (AAA) John Marshall
Linsly @ Martins Ferry, OH
Monday, September 7
Winfield @ Hoover
Class A
Ravenswood @ Buffalo
Calhoun County @ Valley Wetzel
Cameron @ Hundred
Clay-Battelle @ Zanesville Rosecrans, OH
Tyler Consolidated @ Doddridge County
Petersburg @ East Hardy
Webster County @ Gilmer County
Summers County @ Greenbrier West
Hannan TBA
James Monre TBA
Wahama @ Weirton Madonna
Man IDLE
Ritchie County @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Richwood @ Meadow Bridge
Midland Trail @ Tolsia
River View @ Montcalm
Pocahontas County @ Moorefield
Mount View TBA
Paden City @ Federal Hocking, OH
Pendleton County TBA
Tug Valley @ Sherman
(AA) Liberty Harrison @ South Harrison
(AA) Sissonville @ St. Marys
Wirt County @ Trinity
Tucker County @ Tygarts Valley
(AA) Poca @ Wheeling Central
Marietta, OH @ Williamstown
WEEK TWO
presented by…
Friday, September 11
Class AAA
(AA) Liberty Harrison @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ University
(AA) Philip Barbour @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Huntington @ Cabell Midland
Parkersburg @ Capital
GW @ Hurricane
Greenbrier East @ (AA) Poca
Hampshire @ Spring Mills
Wheeling Park @ Hedgesville
Musselman @ Jefferson
Preston County @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Ripley
Martinsburg TBA
Morgantown TBA
Princeton @ Oak Hill
Parkersburg South @ Woodrow Wilson
Spring Valley @ Riverside
South Charleston @ St. Albans
(AA) Berkeley Springs @ Washington
Class AA
Berkeley Springs @ (AAA) Washington
Bluefield TBA
(A ) Tolsia @ Braxton County
Chapmanville IDLE
Clay County @ Roane County
East Fairmont @ R. C. Byrd
Lewis County @ Elkins
Fairmont Senior @ North Marion
Weir @ Frankfort
Lincoln @ Grafton
Herbert Hoover @ Nitro
(A ) River View @ Independence
Keyser @ Oak Glen
Liberty Harrison @ (AAA) Bridgeport
Liberty Raleigh @ Pikeview
Logan IDLE
Mingo Central TBA
Nicholas County @ Wyoming East
Philip Barbour @ (AAA) Buckhannon-Upshur
(AAA) Greenbrier East @ Poca
Point Pleasant TBA
Sissonville @ Scott
Shady Spring @ Summers County
(A ) St. Marys @ Wayne
Westsdie @ (A) Greenbrier West
(A ) Wheeling Central @ Winfield
Linsley @ Steubenville, OH
Class A
Buffalo @ Montcalm
Doddridge County @ Calhoun County
Cameron @ Trinity
Clay-Battelle @ Valley Wetzel
East Hardy @ Moorefield
Wirt County @ Gilmer County
(AA) Westside @ Greenbrier West
Hannan TBA
Beallsville, OH @ Hundred
James Monroe TBA
Weirton Madonna TBA
Man IDLE
New Martinsville Magnolia @ Shadyside, OH
Midland Trail @ Meadow Bridge
Mount View TBA
Van @ Paden City
Pendleton County @ (AA) Petersburg
Pocahontas County @ Tucker County
Williamstown @ Ravenswood
Sherman @ Richwood
Ritchie County @ Wahama
River View @ (AA) Independence
South Harrison @ Tyler Consolidated
(A ) St. Marys @ Wayne
(AA) Shady Spring @ Summers County
Tolsia @ (AA) Braxton County
Tug Valley TBA
Webster County @ Tygarts Valley
Wheeling Central @ (AA) Winfield
WEEK THREE
presented by…
Friday, September 18
Class AAA
Brooke TBA
Buckhannon-Uphsur @ Hampshire
Cabell Midland @ Hurricane
Riverside @ Capital
GW @ Huntington
(AA) Wyoming East @ Greenbrier East
Morgantown @ Hedgesville
Jefferson @ Spring Mills
John Marshall @ (AA) Oak Glen
Oak Hill @ Lincoln County
Martinsburg @ South Charleston
Musselman @ Holidaysburg, PA
Parkersburg @ Marietta, OH
Parkersburg South @ Princeton
Preston County @ R.C. Byrd
(AA) Lewis County @ Ripley
St. Albans @ Spring Valley
Wheeling Park @ University
Washington @ (AA) Keyser
(AA) Bluefield @ Woodrow Wilson
Class AA
Frankfort @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ (AAA) Woodrow Wilson
Braxton County @ East Fairmont
Nitro @ Chapmanville (?)
Herbert Hoover @ Clay County
Elkins @ North Marion
(A ) South Harrison @ Grafton
Independence @ Shady Spring
(AAA) Washington @ Keyser
Lewis County @ (AAA) Ripley
Liberty Harrison @ Philip Barbour
(A ) Montcalm @ Liberty Raleigh
Nicholas County @ Lincoln
Poca @ Logan (?)
Man @ Mingo Central (?)
(AAA) John Marshall @ Oak Glen
Pikeview @ James Monroe
Point Pleasant TBA
(AAA) Preston County @ R.C. Byrd
(A ) Ravenswood @ Roane County
Scott @ (A) Sherman
(A ) Pendleton County @ Sissonville
Winfield @ Wayne
Linsly @ Weir
Tuesday, Septembe 22
Wyoming East @ Westside
Class A
Thursday, September 17
Ritchie County @ St. Marys
Buffalo @ Greenbrier West
Tyler Consolidated @ Calhoun County
Cameron @ Frontier, OH
Clay-Battelle @ Beallsville, OH
Doddridge County @ Van
Meadow Bridge @ East Hardy
Gilmer County @ Wahama
Hannan TBA
Hundred TBA
Pikeview @ James Monroe
Weirton Madonna @ Conotton Valley, OH
(A ) Man @ Mingo Central (?)
New Martinsville Magnolia @ River, OH
Richwood @ Midland Trail
Montcalm @ (AA) Liberty Raleigh
Moorefield @ Tucker County
Mount View @ Summers County
Pendleton County @ (AA) Sissonville
Petersburg @ Pocahontas County
Ravenswood @ (AA) Roane County
River View TBA
(AA) Scott @ Sherman
South Harrison @ (AA) Grafton
Tolsia @ Tug Valley
Trinity @ Federal Hocking, OH
Tygarts Valley @ Valley Wetzel
Webster County @ Wirt County
Wheeling Central @ Shadyside, OH
Williamstown @ Fort Frye, OH
Saturday, September 19
Paden City @ Bridgeport, OH
WEEK FOUR
presented by…
Friday, September 25
Class AAA
(AA) R.C. Byrd @ Bridgeport
Brooke @ Hampshire
Greenbrier East @ Buckhannon-Upshur
Cabell Midland @ Parkersburg
Capital @ Huntington
Musselman @ GW
Washington @ Hedgesville
Hurricane @ St. Albans
Parkersburg South @ John Marshall
Lincoln County @ Point Pleasant
Martinsburg TBA
Woodrow Wilson @ Morgantown
Ripley @ Oak Hill
Preston County @ Lewis County
(AA) Bluefield @ Princeton
Spring Valley @ South Charleston
Spring Mills @ (AA) Frankfort
University @ (AA) Fairmont Senior
Steiubenville, OH @ Wheeling Park
Saturday, September 26
Jefferson @ Riverside
Class AA
(A ) Tucker County @ Berkeley Springs
Bluefield @ AAA Princeton
Roane County @ Braxton County
Chapmanville @ Scott (TBD)
Clay County @ Liberty Raleigh
East Fairmont TBA
Philip Barbour @ Elkins
AAA University @ Fairmont Senior
AAA Spring Mills @ Frankfort
Grafton @ Liberty Harrison
Sissonville @ Herbert Hoover
Nicholas County @ Keyser
Lewis County @ AAA Preston County
Lincoln @ North Marion
Logan @ Winfield (TBD)
Mingo Central @ Poca
Wayne @ Nitro
North Marion @ Lincoln
Oak Glen (TBD)
AAA Lincoln County @ Point Pleasant
R.C. Byrd @ AAA Bridgeport
Weir @ Marietta, OH
Linsly @ Dover, OH
Saturday, September 26
Independence @ Westside
Pikeview @ Shady Spring
Class A
Buffalo @ Williamstown
Calhoun County @ St. Marys
Cameron TBA
Tygarts Valley @ Clay-Battelle
Doddridge County @ Ritchie County
East Hardy @ Shadyside, OH
Trinity @ Gilmer County
Greebrier West @ Webster County
Hundred @ Paden City
Montcalm @ James Monroe
Man @ Wheeling Central
Frontier, OH @ New Martinsville Magnolia
Meadow Bridge @ South Harrison
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By RICH STEVENS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – There are reasons to have your No. 8 batter sacrifice bunt to move runners to second and third with one out.
Faith in the No. 9 hitter of the lineup typically isn’t one of those, especially in the semifinals of a state tournament.
Then again, Nitro first-year coach Joe Gayda is anything but conventional.
Sophomore Jason Douglas doubled in two runs with two outs in the sixth inning and senior pitcher Jacob Bradley used a bulldog effort on the mound to subdue the Ripley batters as Nitro advanced to its second consecutive Class AAA title game with a 3-0 victory over the Vikings (23-10).
“Mike Stone (No. 8 hitter) is a real mature hitter, but he’s been struggling a bit lately,” said Gayda, whose team earns a state title game rematch with Jefferson at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday. “Jason Douglas has been one of our top hitters all year.”
Gayda said it was a “secret” why Douglas was batting ninth with a .346 average and 20 RBI.
“It’s awesome having a guy like that so they don’t get a rest in the order,” Gayda said. “We wanted to put some pressure on them. Jason hit some balls pretty well to left field, just got a little underneath. He just had to work on getting on top of the ball.”
The teams were locked in a pitcher’s duel and combined to go 3-for-23 with runners in scoring position.
Bradley wiggled his way out of trouble, as Ripley put the leadoff runner on base in four of the first five innings.
Ripley starter Chris Jordan was equally solid, although he walked five batters – two of which came in the sixth.
The inning began with a one-out walk to Eddie Flores. After Jake Williams walked on a full count, Stone hit his sacrifice. Douglas – a starter as a freshman with a .261 average and 17 RBI — followed with a double on a 1-0 pitch.
“He (Stone) gave me a great situation to drive in runs with runners on second and third and I just went with it,” Douglas said.
Ripley coach Shane Casto, who has won state titles as a player (1997) and assistant coach (2004) with the Vikings, had an idea about Nitro’s plan.
“I’m thinking they’re trying to get to their nine hitter, we’d walk him (to set up the double play or force out) and they’d have their leadoff hitter coming up,” Casto said. “That’s not something you see a whole lot. We made a pitch, he (Douglas) hit a double off it and knocked in two runs. Hat’s off to him.”
The rest was up to Bradley, the younger brother of former Nitro star J.R. Bradley, who was selected No. 56 overall by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2010 Major League First-Year Player Draft.
Jacob Bradley threw 95 pitches with 65 strikes and his effectiveness never waned. Once he was given the lead, Bradley wrapped up the result quickly in the seventh, getting Gunnar Walsh to groundout on a 1-2 pitch. After Aaron Wilkinson reached on an error, Bradley needed just two pitches combined to retire Lane Casto on a groundout to third and Jordan to line out to second base.
“My guys played great defense behind me,” said Bradley, a Marshall signee who will complete his high school baseball career with a 27-3 record. “Got my guys picking me up and we got out of a few jams.”
Cody Pittenger had a pair of hits for Ripley, which left seven runners on base. Jordan had a pair of stolen bases, but was left stranded.
Ripley’s best chance to score came in the fifth when Lane Casto led off the inning with a double. However, Jordan grounded to shortstop Andrew Stone, who turned and flipped the ball to third base to get the lead runner.
Nitro is competing in the state tournament for the eighth time in the last 10 seasons with two championships (2008, 2010) and four runner-up finishes (2009, 2012, 2015). Last season’s championship-game loss came to Jefferson, which has defeated the Wildcats in each of their two tournament meetings. The Cougars earned a 2-1 victory last year in the finals and a 13-7 verdict in the 2011 semifinals.
By RICH STEVENS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – There’s nothing fanciful about the Jefferson High School baseball team.
Still, as expected, Friday was another day at the park for the 11-time West Virginia Class AAA state champions, who rode the efficient pitching effort of Bradley Davis to a 5-0 state tournament semifinal victory over Wheeling Park (14-13) at Appalachian Power Park.
The win sends the Cougars (35-3) to the title game at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday against the winner of the Nitro-Ripley game.
The Patriots, meanwhile, saw an end to their school-record third consecutive visit to the final four with a third straight semifinal defeat.
Despite the victory – which gives coach John Lowery a 1,257-322-3 career record – there were moments of trepidation for the Cougars, who were protecting a 2-0 lead through six innings despite a 10-4 advantage in hits. Jefferson left eight runners on base.
“That’s what I said, we hit the ball well today, but I would have liked to see a few more runs,” Lowery said.
”When you don’t get walks to go along with those hits, you can give up some hits. We didn’t really string them together. I think getting the one run in the first inning helped.”
Jefferson starting pitcher Bradley Davis made it stand up with an efficient 82-pitch outing that featured just four hits, six strikeouts and no walks.
Senior shortstop and Virginia Commonwealth University recruit Paul Witt and first baseman Charlie Barnholt had three hits apiece for the Cougars.
Witt is batting .504, while Barnholt owns a .372 average.
“I feel good about what I’ve accomplished this year, but it’s comforting to have my teammates helping me,” said Witt, who was a combined 2-for-6 in two state tournament wins last season.
Jefferson, which opened in 1972 and has had Lowery as its only coach, extended the lead in the third when Witt hit his third triple of the season, followed by an Austin Bulman sacrifice fly.
In the interim, Wheeling Park couldn’t break through against Davis, but was given little opportunities to score in leaving three runners on base.
“It’s tough,” said Wheeling Park coach Mike McLeod, whose team had seven seniors who were playing in their third state tournament with a 3-2 loss to Riverside in 2014 and a 2-1 defeat to Nitro last season. “You try to battle, you try to put the ball in play. When you get to this level, it’s not going to be easy offensively against your Nitros and your Jeffersons of the world. Sometimes two runs is good enough, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes one run is good enough. You just have to battle until the end.”
Jefferson finally pulled away in the seventh behind a Bulman two-run single and an Austin Cross sacrifice fly.
Davis wrapped up the victory in the seventh by enticing a groundout from pinch hitter Zac Hickman.
The loss ended a five-game winning streak for the Patriots, who hadn’t given up five runs to a West Virginia opponent since dropping a 13-6 decision to Brooke on April 20. Wheeling Park swept the Bruins in the sectional tournament.
By RICH STEVENS
Phillip Hoffman is a man of few words, but one of many, many strikes.
The Wahama senior ace struck out 18 Man batters on Friday afternoon in a dominating and decisive performance in a 3-0 Class A semifinal victory over the Hillbillies in the West Virginia State Baseball Tournament at Appalachian Power Park.
Hoffman, whose team will face Wheeling Central (18-9) in the state title game at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday, gave up only two hits and didn’t walk a batter. In fact, Man’s first six outs came via the strikeout.
“You saw about the fourth inning on, you talk about a groove,” said Man coach Larry Vance, whose team won the 2014 title and fell in last year’s finals 7-0 to the White Falcons (21-11). “He was getting it and striking everybody out on 10 or 11 pitches it seemed like. It wasn’t like he was throwing 20 or 21. You have to tip your hat.”
Hoffman threw 87 pitches with 69 being strikes (79.3 percent). In the fifth inning, Hoffman struck out the side on nine pitches and faced only two batters over the minimum. He surrendered a triple to Kenny Jo Adkins and a single to Tyler Blair.
For the season, Hoffman has 162 strikeouts in 79 innings – 2.05 strikeouts per inning. The former Federal Hocking (Ohio) standout who has a 2-0 record in West Virginia state tournament games, said his fastball was clocked at 88 miles per hour last year.
The senior also said he threw just two breaking pitches and one changeup, leaving the other 84 deliveries to the fastball.
“Coming in, I knew they couldn’t hit the fastball very well, so that’s what I stuck with,” Hoffman said.
The White Falcons couldn’t get far against Man starting pitcher Jake Adkins, who was making his third start in a state tournament. However, with one out in the fifth, Ricky Kearns had an infield single, and leadoff hitter Colton Arrington followed with a sacrifice bunt. The throw from the catcher was wide for one of three Man errors. A Jared Nutter bunt was fielded by Adkins, but the throw came off the glove of second baseman Austin Gent and into right field, allowing two runs to score.
Wahama tacked on an insurance run with a Jared Nutter sacrifice fly in the sixth.
Hoffman continued to go right at the batters for Man, with two more strikeouts in the sixth sandwiching a Cameron Simpson fly out to deep center field. He opened the seventh with a five-pitch strikeout of John Thomas Keffer and finished the game by catching Blair looking.
“He actually got in trouble earlier in the year by not going with his best stuff,” Wahama coach Tom Cullen said. “He said, ‘It won’t happen again, coach.’ Until they start hitting that, he’s sticking with it.”
Cullen said the most recent standout performance for Hoffman came in a 2-0 regional semifinal victory over Charleston Catholic.
“He was rocking and throwing like this,” Cullen said. “We had a game against Trimble, one of the best teams in our TVC (Tri-Valley Conference), and he had 18 strikeouts against them. If you would’ve told me that I would’ve thought you were crazy. Then, in the sectional, he struck out like 18.
“He was locked in today.”
By RICH STEVENS
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A modest Pendleton County contingent sat with mouths agape and not a sound.
The Wildcat following was anticipating a celebration for the baseball team’s first state tournament championship appearance since winning the title in 2004.
Instead, they saw the most unlikely scenario.
The facial expressions and excitement took a 180-degree turn after Wheeling Central’s Brian Campbell stroked a Trey Cooper pitch to left field to score Tyler Riedel with two outs, capping a five-run seventh inning and a 10-9 victory over the Wildcats in the Class A State Baseball Tournament semifinals at Appalachian Power Park on Friday.
Wheeling Central (18-10) moves to the title game at approximately 4 p.m. on Saturday against the winner of the Wahama-Man semifinal.
The Wildcats (25-10), meanwhile, watch their season end for the third time to Wheeling Central since Pendleton County High School was created with the 1998 consolidation of Circleville and Franklin.
“That’s a good hitting baseball team over there,” said Pendleton coach Sam Yokum, whose 2004 team won the state championship. “They’re relentless. We had the opportunity to put up more runs and make it a bigger lead, but we squandered some opportunities, left some guys on third and in scoring position. It’s a tough one.”
The Wildcats made it look easy early, scoring two runs in the first and five in the third to own a 7-2 lead. Two more runs in the sixth were answered by two Wheeling Central runs in the bottom of the inning, setting up the seventh-inning heroics.
Wheeling Central got to Pendleton ace Tim Heavener, who gave up nine earned runs, with the last four tying the game in the seventh. Campbell belted a pitch from Cooper – one of three brothers on the Pendleton squad – bringing Riedel home.
Campbell, coach Jamey Conlin’s cleanup hitter, was 3-for-5 with two RBI.
“I wanted to do that for them, that’s all for them,” Campbell said of his teammates. “Not one person in that dugout had their head down. You could walk through that dugout 1,000 times and nobody would have their head down. We kept hearing it from everybody, ‘just fight, just fight.’”
Both teams were seeking a return to prominence, with Wheeling Central’s absence from the state tournament lasting four years. Conlin is in his second year guiding the Knights after serving as an assistant under Jimbo Wodusky for 12 seasons.
Wodusky’s Knights won the 2011 championship.
“We’re a strong team mentally than we were a year ago,” said Conlin, whose team has won five games by two runs or fewer and one other by one run. “They don’t give up, they had good at bats, we were smart on the bases there.”
Wheeling Central had five errors, providing five unearned runs for Pendleton County.
“We didn’t play that well defensively, but, at this point, we found a way to overcome that,” Conlin said.
Both teams had 12 hits, with Wheeling Central’s No 9 batter – Kevin Keane – finishing with two hits and two RBI. No. 8 hitter Chris Furka had a single and two RBI and the Maroon Knights’ 1-5 batters combined to go 9-for-19 (.474) with six RBI and four runs.
Wheeling Central relief pitcher Brian Shaw relieved in the third inning and gave up two runs – one earned – with five strikeouts and two walks. Prior to leaving the mound, Heavener walked seven batters with only three strikeouts in six innings.
“I can’t say enough about the job Brian Shaw did,” Conlin said. “He really held them at bay. Even though they scored some runs with more defensive miscues. (Starter) Tyler (Riedel) has been our stud all year. He didn’t quite have it today.”
Luke Cooper had two hits and three RBI for Pendleton and Tim Thorne added two hits and two RBI.
By RICH STEVENS
PikeView’s ridiculously low team earned run average was improved during the semifinals of the West Virginia Class AA State High School Baseball Tournament.
The Panthers recorded their 10th shutout of the season on Levi Nash’s three-hitter in a 4-0 verdict over Wayne on Thursday night at Appalachian Power Park.
The win sends PikeView (23-3) to the double-A championship game at 10 a.m. Saturday against two-time defending champion Bridgeport. The Panthers dropped a 17-7 decision to the Indians in the 2015 semis.
Another 10-run loss seems out of the question for the 2016 Panthers, who suffered only one double-digit defeat – an 11-1 decision to Class AAA Greenbrier East on April 5. PikeView is riding a 15-game winning streak with its only loss to a non-Class AAA team being 7-5 to Bridgeport on April 16.
“It’s a pitching staff, you see them grow as the year went on, their strikeouts have actually gone down,” said PikeView coach Josh Wyatt, whose team’s ERA dropped from 1.07 to 1.02 with just 24 earned runs in 164 innings. “They’re very reliant on their defense, throw strikes and let them make plays. Levi did that.”
Nash received early help, with No. 3 hitter Jon Clark stroking a one-out single to score leadoff hitter Carter Shrewsbury. Shrewsbury added a run-scoring triple in the second as part of a 3-for-3 day.
Wayne (23-11-1) recognized the benefits of being a team that plays small ball against a team that relies on its defense – hit the ball on the ground and anything can happen.
Unfortunately for coach Todd Ross and the Pioneers, it was PikeView’s pitching which overcame. Ten of Wayne’s outs were on flyballs, trumping the Pioneers’ best intentions in their first trip to the state tournament since 2002.
Ross was in his third season as an assistant coach to West Virginia Baseball Coaches’ Hall of Fame member George Brumfield when the Pioneers made their last trip to the state tournament. That year Wayne beat Summers County 12-10 in the semifinals before falling to Winfield in the title game 11-2.
He coached now-defunct Vinson to the 1997 Class A championship and became head coach at Wayne in 2006.
“He kept us off balance,” Ross said of Nash. “We came into this game wanting to hit the ball on the ground, but you get in a big setting like this and the bat lags behind, you pull your shoulder … we had too many popups.”
Isaiah Thompson, Brad Sharp and Cody Noe had hits for Wayne in the game that lasted just one hour, 39 minutes.
Nash’s ERA tumbled to 0.97, which is still more than double the earned run average of PikeView’s starter for Saturday – Michael Rotenberry. Rotenberry owns an 8-0 record with a 0.48 ERA. He owns victories against Princeton and South Charleston and went five innings against Class AAA state tournament participant Nitro in a game that was tied at 1 when it was halted because of lightning.
“I know our team has a pretty good pitching staff and I do my best to help it,” Nash said.
The Panthers have 209 strikeouts and only 59 walks this season under Wyatt, who was a first team Class AA All-State pitcher for PikeView with an ERA at 1.95 as a senior in 2002.
Game report coming soon.
By RICH STEVENS
For Bridgeport High School baseball coach Robert Shields, the best way to celebrate his earning a spot in the West Virginia Baseball Coaches’ Hall of Fame is to win another state championship.
And so it goes for one of the elder statesmen in West Virginia’s coaching ranks, whose Indians had a pair of four-run innings to defeat Braxton County 10-0 in the semifinals of the state tournament on Thursday at Appalachian Power Park.
Shields has won four state championships in 29 seasons in the Bridgeport dugout and will try to make it five in 30 when the Indians (29-6) play in the Class AA title game at approximately 1 p.m. on Saturday against the winner of the Wayne-PikeView semifinal contest.
“I have a lot of relatives and friends back home that give me a lot of doggins’ (about the Hall of Fame),” said Shields, whose career record is 734-28. “This is more important than a hall of fame, winning a third straight championship. It’s more about them. Without (the kids) doing it, that doesn’t mean anything.”
The Indians threatened immediately by loading the bases on three walks against a visibly nervous Braxton starter Seth Backus. Backus settled in, but Bridgeport broke open a scoreless game in the third with four runs.
While the bats of both teams were swinging freely and nine of Bridgeport’s runs were earned, the teams combined for only five strikeouts in 28 at bats.
“With the pitcher, it’s all a mental game,” said Braxton coach Jacob Wolfe, in his fifth season and first state tournament appearance since taking over for Bill Morlan.
The Eagles (22-11), who reached the final four for the first time since 2011, put the ball in play, but couldn’t find many holes in the pinpoint Bridgeport defense.
In fact, the game ended in the fifth inning on a 5-2-3 double play – the Indians’ second of the game.
“I’m use to that, that’s been my whole life, they always back me up,” said Bridgeport pitcher Hunter Haddix, a 2015 All-State first team member who pitched the last three innings and picked up the victory in Bridgeport’s 17-7 state semifinal win over PikeView last year. “I’m not really a strikeout pitcher. I make them ground out with a curveball and two-seam and stuff. They always have my back. There’s nothing different.
“I’ve played with these guys since I was 13 years old, so I’m used to that.”
Bridgeport sandwiched a two-run fourth with four-run innings in the third and fifth. The Indians’ 1-2-3 hitters were 5-for-7 with six runs and three RBI. Elijah Drummond had a double and three RBI and the top six Bridgeport batters didn’t strand any runners.
On Saturday, Bridgeport will try for its third straight state title and fifth as a Class AA program.
The Indians reached the Class AAA championship game in 2010 where they dropped a 6-0 decision to Nitro. That’s the same season Braxton won its only state title.
Bridgeport 004 24 — 10 10 0
Braxton County 000 00 — 0 3 2
Hunter Haddix and Drew Hefner; Seth Backus, Brent McMillion (4) and Troy McMillion.
WP – Haddix; LP – Backus.
Hitting: Bridgeport – J.T. Harris 2-3, Hefner 2-3, 3RBI; Elijah Drummond 2B, 3RBI; Gordon Swiger 1B, RBI; Braxton – Cameron Long 1B; Tayton Stout 1B; Robbi Goodnight 1B.
Records – Bridgeport (29-6), Braxton County (22-11).
Wed June 1, 2016
By Greg Williams
PBR West Virginia Director of Scouting
A total of 48 teams began regional play last week and 12 remain as the West Virginia state tournament prepares to kick off on Thursday at Appalachian Power Park in Charleston. Today we preview the four teams that will compete for an opportunity to be crowned Class AAA state champions for 2016.
First the bad, we fanned on Region 1 where we thought the loss of Wheeling Park ace Michael Grove to graduation (now at WVU) would be too much for the Patriots to overcome. We were wrong. And for the good, we nailed the other three region winners to finish with a .750 batting average in Class AAA. CLICK HERE to view our complete 2016 preseason region previews.
The Patriots are returning to the state tourney for a third straight season. Junior RHP Austin Crebs has picked filled the role of ace for a staff that had the luxury of turning to right-handed pitcher Michael Grove, a West Virginia freshman, in the semifinal round the past two years. Crebs will also be showcasing his abilities at the Western PA Top Prospect Games on June 14 and 15.
The Cougars look to repeat in Class AAA and sport a team ERA of 1.17, nearly identical to the ERA posted by their state championship pitching staff in 2015. Left-handers Bradley Davis (10-0, 0.82 ERA) and Austin Cross (9-1, 0.58) give the Cougars a dominant 1-2 punch on the hill.
Jefferson is nearly as dominant offensively with led by senor shortstop Paul Witt, a VCU signee, hitting .514 with 33 RBI and 54 runs scored. Junior Austin Bulman has been just as impressive hitting .520 average with 46 RBI and 34 runs scored.
The Wildcats are led by a strong pitching staff that includes senior right-handers Jacob Bradley (9-1, 1.07 ERA) and Andrew Stone (7-1, 0.94 ERA). Bradley (Marshall) and Stone (West Virginia State) will be taking their talents to the next level next year.
Matt Harrison (.388, 24 RBI, 29 runs scored) and Stone (.379, 21 RBI, 44 runs scored) lead the Wildcats offense. Senior catcher Matt Jewell (.337, 40 RBI) is one of the top defensive catchers in the state and has the ability to shut down opposing team’s running games. Harrison will join Bradley next year at Marshall while Jewel is a Wright State signee.
The Vikings return to the state tournament for the first time since winning a title in 2004. Christopher Jordan (9-1, 1.31 ERA) and Luke Layhew (5-3, 2.46) front the Ripley pitching staff.
Jordan, a West Virginia State signee, also leads the Vikings offense (.586, 39 RBI, 52 runs). Junior Anthony Jarvis, and seniors Cody Pittenger (Surry CC) and Jared Bumpus (Glenville State) have also produced for a potent offense that has hit a combined .360 on the season.
Latest SSAC Reclassifications Leave Questions
With the announcement by the WVSSAC that it will move seven West Virginia high schools from class AA up or down a class, there were as many questions created as there were answers provided.
The biggest issue with classification has been the shortage of AAA schools. With just 29 programs in the state’s largest class, first round football playoffs have featured teams with losing records and lopsided scores.
Including more schools in class AAA creates large disparities in enrollment with Cabell Midland showing 1971 students in grades 9-12 in the 2019-20 academic year. By contrast, Ripley has an enrollment of 936. At current, the state’s largest AAA school has double the enrollment of the smallest.
However, enrollments aren’t the only factor for competitiveness. There wouldn’t be much argument that some of the state’s top AA programs in football would be competitive in nearly every sport in class AAA. These schools include Bridgeport, Fairmont Senior, Bluefield, Mingo Central and Winfield.
What do the top AA schools have in common other than enrollment? The answer is location. With the exception of Mingo Central, those schools are located in growing or urban areas where facilities and off-season programs are more bountiful.
While the WVSSAC is still using a classification system that was applicable in 1970, the dynamics of sport has changed immensely in the past two decades. More and more athletes are forced to choose a sport and specialize. Those athletes must focus year-round on that sport and join off-season club programs which require resources like off campus facilities, transportation and sponsors. Those resources are readily available for urban and suburban schools but out of reach for those in rural areas.
This change in sport dynamics has created situations in West Virginia (and many other states) where some rural schools in each class have almost no chance of success at the state level. Simple enrollment numbers are no longer the gage for equality.
If the SSAC if to properly address the classification fairness issue it will have to adapt to a matrix that includes more than enrollment as a factor. Location of a particular school should be included. Urban/suburban equals more. Recent history could be another key factor. Has that school been overly successful in a particular class in the past five years? Is it time to move that school up? Has a school been woefully unsuccessful in it’s current class? Maybe that school gets moved down.
Instead of reclassifying every four years, a new representative board should make changes every two years. Could this create football scheduling issues? Maybe, but much of that could be eliminated by creating two annual variances for schools to play down a class without sacrificing ratings points. This would allow schools to play neighboring rivals without ratings penalties. Who doesn’t want to see Winfield and Poca play? Ravenswood and Ripley? Saint Albans vs. Nitro? Logan vs. Man? We could go on but you get the picture.
Allowing for class variances in football would also reduce travel and increase gate revenues.
The counter argument against a matrix is that it opens up more room for politics. The current system of enrollment is cut and dry except for where the lines will be drawn. For better words, it’s easy. A matrix requires a representative board to make tough decisions about who is rural or urban. Who’s having disproportionate success or failure? That’s a tough job and does the WVSSAC need more challenges?
So let’s look at the changes proposed by the WVSSAC for next year versus our suggestions.
The WVSSAC plans to move Bridgeport, Oak Hill and Lincoln County from AA to AAA. It also plans to move James Monroe, Man, River View and Petersburg down to class A.
We’ll tackle class A first. With the exception of maybe River View were any of the four schools having overwhelming failure at the AA level? That hardly seems to be the case. So why the move to an already crowded class A level? In the case of Petersburg, there could actually be more scheduling problems in football unless our “variance” strategy is implemented.
Now when we take a look at the AAA moves it gets really interesting. Hardly anyone could argue that Bridgeport won’t be very successful at the AAA level. In fact, if we were the Indians we would welcome the move. We say let’s see how we stack up against the big boys. If we can, then that AAA trophy means more than the others. It means we’re at the very top regardless of class. The move works for Bridgeport.
But does a move to AAA work for Lincoln County? Hardly. The rural countywide school boasts an enrollment this year of 855 in grades 9-12. That’s around 70 less than AAA Ripley. The Vikings are another story. Meanwhile the Panthers may barely have the enrollment but do they have the resources and caliber of athletes to be successful in AAA at a regular rate? Hardly. Lincoln County has been in AAA before and it wasn’t pretty.
By contrast, urban school Fairmont Senior with simply 50 less students than Lincoln County remains in class AA where they have dominated and will continue to dominate. Common sense says to move the Polar Bears up to AAA with Bridgeport. After all the two are rivals. The move would create a central quad of AAA schools that included Morgantown and University. Makes total sense in travel and gates.
We see no problem with Oak Hill (enrollment 1102) moving to AAA but let’s toss in Winfield (the 3rd largest AA school, enrollment 790). The Generals have been ultra successful in multiple sports in class AA. Winfield also has the advantage of suburban location allowing it access to facilities and club programs. Furthermore it can schedule easily within the triangle of Charleston, Huntington and Parkersburg.
Those are just a few examples of how things could be made somewhat fair. Plus the great thing about our matrix plan is that it can regularly be tweaked to encourage balance.
One thing is for sure is that sports have changed since 1970. For that matter West Virginia has changed in the past three to four decades. We have a network of highways that reduce travel. We have the internet. Club sports have invaded. We need to continue to evolve with a system that is more adaptive and has the agility to provide the most fair system of classifications.