West Virginia High School Football News

The 9th annual Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be ushering in a sport currently void from the shrine.

And we have one of those rare moments today in which a far Eastern Panhandle baseball team is not playing in a state championship game today - all of the games in Charleston moved back a day because of Friday's rain throughout the state.

The Tigers reached their fifth straight trip to the Class AA playoffs last season and advanced further than they ever have eventually falling 33-13 at Point Pleasant in the state semifinals.

The two are set to take part in the WCHS-8, Fox 11 West Virginia North-South All-Star Football Classic, which is scheduled to be played on June 16 at Charleston's Laidley Field.

John Stroia was not surprised that the West Virginia football team finished 11-0 in 1988 and played Notre Dame for the national championship in the Fiesta Bowl.

Not long after Sean Blumette was named the new head football coach at Brooke High School Tuesday night after confirmation from the Brooke County Board of Education, the 1994 Serra Catholic graduate summarized his feelings about his new position.

In only a matter of days, the Logan High School football team will be hitting the gridiron once again for the three-week summer practice period.

Tug Valley High School has retired its first football jersey. The No. 3 across the front was seen crossing the goal line more than any other during the regular season and it belonged to Panther senior Austin Vance.

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Interim Managing Editor MATEWAN - Three Scott High School players could make a big difference in the upcoming Hatfield-McCoy Senior Bowl.

Three honored high school athletes who earned fame in football, basketball, baseball, track and wrestling will be feted at the ninth annual Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Hall of Fame inductions.

Holiday was in the Tug Valley this past Thursday as part of the Big Green Coaches Tour and MAD4MU cookout held at the Alpha Natural Resources cabin complex at Aflex, Ky.

Blue and gold flooded Magnolia High School's Alumni Field on Friday afternoon as family, friends, football fans and former students welcomed Bill Stewart home one final time.

They talked about that fact as much as Martinsburg's semifinal victory, a week before the Bulldogs won their second straight championship.

Chapmanville Regional High School has announced the honor students for the Class of 2009.

Washington coach Mark Hash enjoyed a surprise ice water dousing last week after his Patriots beat defending state champion Jefferson for the Section 1 championship.

Nineteen math pupils at Wellsburg Middle School had some fun and won a computer software package for their school while participating in an online math competition.

Start with the Patriot softball team, which has experienced a great deal of heartbreak in past Region 4 championship games, losing five times when a win would have put South in the state tournament.

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The Chapmanville Regional High School softball team made history last year by repeating as the Class AA state champions.