Wayne County High Schools, Middle Schools , MU, WVU

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Wayne County High Schools,
Middle Schools , MU, WVU
Junior quarterback
Tyler Brown heads
up the T’Wolves’
offense as they seek
a return trip to the
playoffs.
Junior quarterback
Grant Ferguson
leads Wayne for
a run at a third
straight title.
Wayne’s junior
running back
Mason Hodge
gives opponents
reason to fear the
beard this year.
A Special Supplement to
Spring Valley Tyler Robertson
will be one of the running backs
by committee for the T’Wolves.
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
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The Wayne County News, 2013 Football Preview, AUGUST 28, 2013, PAGE 3
Locals hope to improve
on last season’s results
By JASON PERRY
SPORTS WRITER
The county high schools’ fortunes have
varied over the last few years with each school
falling within the spectrum of success.
On the high end of the spectrum is Wayne,
coached by Tom Harmon.
The Pioneers are coming off an unbeaten
Class AA title run, their second in two years.
Before the two consecutive championship
seasons, Wayne was putting together a tradition of excellence and winning throughout
the decade.
The Pioneers’ first practice saw a quiet intensity as the team went through its drills looking
every bit like a defending champion.
Graduation took standout players such as
Brandon “Bam” Spurlock, James Egnor, and
Dwight Blankenship.
Like all good teams, the system in place
allows for this and has players waiting to be
plugged into place to fill the gaps and continue
the winning way.
Wayne returns a good chunk of the team
from last season with quarterback Grant Ferguson and running backs Mason Hodge and
Nathan Spurlock leading the way.
Near the bottom of the spectrum is the Tolsia
Rebels. The Rebels are a football tradition that
has fallen onto hard times after success in the
‘90s and in the early 2000s.
Tolsia, for one reason or another, fell off after
its appearance in the Class AA championship in
‘06, losing to cross-county rival Wayne.
After a dismal 0-10 campaign in 2011,
Coach Mike Smith’s Tolsia team turned things
around for a 5-5 record and if not for mathematics, would have made the post-season
last year.
This year, things are looking up for the
Rebels.
Despite only having five seniors on the
team, Smith is hopeful that his young defense
will look as good in game situations it does
on paper.
In fact, the only question mark for Smith
and many of the Tolsia faithful is how effective
the young offensive line will be?
Last year’s line was anchored by Grady
Fannin and was made up of upperclassmen.
But the saving grace will be that the Rebel
offense is not built on sheer power. Where
many Class AA teams rely on run blocking
that pushes defenders back, many of Tolsia’s
plays will only require the linemen to get in
the defense’s way and hold their blocks long
enough to get a pass off or for the backs to
hit the hole.
The Rebels lost quarterback Dakota Rob-
inson, running back Dawson Presley, and
wideouts Terry Davis and Morgan Williamson
to graduation.
Sophomore Blake Rose is likely to start
under center this year. It is uncertain as to who
will be the tenth-grader’s “go-to” receiver, but
Rose has shown an ability to hit the big pass
under pressure.
Big back Wes Waller will make a return in
the backfield. Waller was used primarily as a
short yardage back last season and was the
recipient of dump passes as well.
One of the players to watch will be sophomore Jennings Holland. Holland saw some
playing time last season, but is expected to be
a mainstay defensively this season, along with
seeing time in the back field. The underclassman appears to be a combination of speed and
power Tolsia may need.
Spring Valley has been plagued for years
by an inability to get over the hump of the
first playoff game. It appeared to be the norm
until last year.
After a slow start to the season, the T’Wolves
finished 8-4 and defeated Wheeling Park in the
first round of the Class AAA playoffs for another chance at rival Cabell Midland, a team the
Wolves lost to, 21-13, early in the season.
Midland was able to hold off a hard-charging
Spring Valley in a playoff game that went
down to the wire.
Keys to Spring Valley’s turnaround after
starting the season 0-2 was a dedication
to a Wayne County football staple, power
football.
Behind a big and physical offensive line,
Elijah Wellman and Ryan George combined
for 2,000 plus rushing yards.
Huff Award winner Wellman’s play at
linebacker also helped to shore up a solid
T’Wolves defense and kept the opposition out
of the endzone.
Spring Valley’s first day of practice was a
good time to see some of the players who will be
stepping up to keep the momentum going.
The offensive line lost only one senior to
graduation, so Alex Locklear and Trevor Stacy
will be back to shore up the line.
Wellman and George are gone, but the
T’Wolves are rich in backs with Colby Webb
and Tyler Robertson leading the way in that
department.
One player that excites the Spring Valley
faithful and Coach Brad Dingess is quarterback
Tyler Brown.
Brown’s determination to improve in the
offseason has paid off with impressive play in
the summer three-week practice period.
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Wayne
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Spring Valley
Timberwolves
Big line, bigger expectations
BY MICHAEL HUPP
Staff Writer
HUNTINGTON – The Spring Valley
Timberwolves are big – really big.
The only thing bigger filling the Wolves
Den are the expectations surrounding sixthyear coach Brad Dingess’ squad.
Despite losing Huff Award winner and
1,000-yard rusher Elijah Wellman – along
with fellow 1,000-yard rusher Ryan George
– the Wolves return most of the starters
from 2012.
After finishing No. 10 in AAA last season,
compiling an 8-4 record and winning the first
playoff game in the school’s history – fans,
coaches and players alike, are ready to make
the trip to Wheeling Island.
“You go into the season and you want
to win every game, of course. You want to
beat your rivals. You want to win a conference championship. Ultimately you want to
win a state championship. I think you take
away a fumble and a missed extra-point
and we would have got there last year,”
Dingess said.
This year’s key to a championship run is
to remain healthy, according to Dingess. He
hopes his team peaks at the right time, like
last season, so it is a solid squad going into
the playoffs. And most importantly, get those
first crucial wins. Last season, the Wolves
had probably one of the toughest opening
schedules in the state.
Spring Valley opened with eventual state
runner-up Cabell Midland and Huntington.
Both teams are I-64 rivals and both games
resulted in heartbreaking losses. Dingess
said he thought his squad was playing with
a “hangover” from the loss to CM when The
Valley played Huntington the next week.
“We have got to win that first one. Starting
0-2 last year almost killed us. We felt like we
had to play the rest of the season with our
backs against the wall and we do not want to
start this season like that,” Dingess said. “We
can not afford to lose those games. Of course
winning rivalry games is important, but the
first is definitely the biggest for us.”
Dingess said he and everyone else know
the hole left in the backfield from Wellman
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T’WOLVES
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SPRING VALLEY
TIMBERWOLVES
Class: AAA
Conference: Mountain State Athletic
Conference
2012 record: 8-4
Last year in playoffs: 2012
Head Coach: Brad Dingess
Seasons at School: 5th year (3719)
Assistant Coaches: Frank Arthur,
Howard Carroll, Bryan Spry, Greg
Page, Tim George, Bo Miller, Jared
Prol, James Colble, Brent Terry, Randy
Thompson.
Trainer: Rhonda O’Neal.
Roster
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1 RB Edward Mathis . 10 2 WR Logan Wilcox .. 10 3 RB Bryer Brewer . . 12 4 QB Tyler Brown .... 11 5 RB Adam Page . .... 12 7 RB Tyler Robertson 11 10 WR Trevor Maynard 12 11 WR Brandon Ash ... 12 12 QB Tucker Watts .... 10 15 WR Jacob Perdue ... 11 16 WR Ryan Ekers ....... 10 17 K Kyle O’Neal ....... 12 19 TE Joseph Hardin .. 11 20 TE Thomas Napier . 11 22 RB Logan Barnett .. 12 25 RB Jakob Frye ....... 10 27 FB Cameron Lucas 10 30 RB Colby Webb ..... 12 31 FB Dylan Lageman . 12 32 RB Brent Runyon .. 11 34 WR Austin Page . .... 11 36 FB Chad Hale ......... 12 40 FB Chase Lucas .... 12 41 RB Joseph Lucas .. 10 42 WR Nickolas Whitmore 11 46 TE Casey Saunders. 12 49 TE Chandler Milum . 11 50 OL Brock Tackett ... 10 51 C Pax Hutchinson 10 52 G Skylar Ratcliff . . 10 53 G Eric Hesson ...... 10 54 G Stephen Jones . 11 58 G Ryan Berry ....... 11 60 C Tyler Robertson 12 61 G Hunter Massie ... 11 62 T Zach Cumm . ..... 12 63 C Grayson Tanner 11 64 T Hayden Frazier . 11 65 G Ricky Willis II . ... 11 67 G Kody Riggs . ...... 11 70 T Trevor Stacy . ..... 11 71 OL John Hysell ....... 10 72 OL Josh Hammer . .. 12 74 T Greyson Monteville 11 75 T Alex Locklear ...... 11 76 G Tristan Salyers .... 11 77 T Brandon Stone ... 10 79 T Ronald Keyser .... 12 80 TE Luke Knake . ...... 12 83 WR Tyler Stevens ... 12 Ht Wt
5’8 160
5’11 145
6’9 165
6’2 185
5’8 160
6’0 185
6’0 180
6’1 180
5’10 155
6’0 145
5’11 150
5’10 155
6’4 215
6’3 220
5’9 190
5’11 210
5’9 200
5’10 210
6’0 190
5’11 155
6’1 175
5’10 145
5’9 215
5’7 140
6’1 175
5’10 205
6’1 245
5’8 220
5’10 195
6’0 265
5’7 180
6’0 225
5’11 210
6’0 230
5’9 190
6’0 315
6’2 245
5’10 230
5’11 230
6’0 280
6’5 290
5’11 215
5’11 325
6’0 280
6’5 300
5’10 230
6’1 305
6’4 315
6’6 225
5’11 165
and George’s graduating, but he said the team
has a stable of hungry young backs ready to
take the helm. Many of the returning skill
players have big game experience.
The most experienced and the most talked
about aspect of this year’s installment of the
Timberwolves is the line.
Spring Valley returns junior Division 1
prospects Trevor Stacy and Alex Locklear
at the tackle positions. Locklear is a 6”5’,
310-pound behemoth at the left tackle spot.
Stacy covers the blindside at a slimmed down
6”5’, 290 lbs. Stacy lost 20 pounds during
the offseason. Both big men on campus have
improved their footwork the past several
months and will anchor an offensive line that
expects to make big gains every play.
“Both of them did the camp circuit this
summer. The letters and calls keep coming
in. They are definitely college capable players. But you will not meet a more humble
pair of kids. They just want to win games,”
Dingess said.
And the great part about the “dynamic
duo,” according to Dingess, is they are bright
students. Stacy scored a 29 and Locklear a
23 on their ACTS – as sophomores taking
the exam for the first time.
“We have schools like Duke, Nebraska,
WVU, Kentucky, Vanderbilt, Wake Forrest,
Marshall, Tennessee calling. To have one
player of that caliber is great, but two of them
is something special,” Dingess said.
The Wolves return junior starter Ricky
Willis at the guard spot. Several others,
including junior Grayson Tanner (Spring
Valley line great and former Marshall
University player Jarred Baisden’s first
cousin), senior Josh Hammer, junior Kody
Riggs and sophomore Skylar Ratcliff are all
fighting to fill out the starter roles at center
2012 RESULTS:
Cabell Midland, L 21-13
Huntington, L 17-0
S. Charleston, W 37-36
W. Wilson, W 41-12
G’Brier East, W 48-21
G. Washington, L 42-7
Princeton, W 35-13
Hurricane, W 55-27
Nitro, W 62-7
Winfield, W 41-7
(PLAYOFFS)
Wheeling Park, W 31-7
Cabell Midland, L 28-26
and right guard.
Juniors Chandler Milum and Thomas
Napier line up at the blocking end positions
in the wing-offense.
“Everybody talks about our big tackles,
but it starts with the guy with the ball in his
hands. Every play we have to get better.
We have a few holes to fill at the center and
guard spots from last year, but we are solid,”
Dingess said.
The most seasoned skill veteran is junior
signal-caller Tyler Brown. Brown took the
starting job as a sophomore last year after
transferring from Tennessee. He started
all 12 games for Dingess and will take the
helm again.
According to Dingess, Brown grew two
inches and has put on 20 lbs of muscle in
the off-season. Brown is expected to take
the leadership role for the team.
“Tyler is not the same kid from last season. He completely understands what we
are trying to do on the field and has a full
understanding of the offense as well. He
played some big games for us last year. He
is excited to get out there,” Dingess said.
Brown has a strong arm and has looked
solid throwing tight spinning passes to receivers during the 7-on-7 summer circuit – a
factor Dingess said may lead to the Wolves
going to the air more. But despite the possibility of the air-game opening up, Dingess
said teams should be reminded that the best
running back on the field is under center.
“He has deceiving speed and he is not
afraid to lower the pads and lay it to you. He
is not scared. Tyler is definitely going to be
fun to watch this year,” Dingess said.
Taking the handoff from Brown is a list
of backs hungry to have their number called.
The most experienced back and with the
edge going into the season is junior Tyler
Robertson. Robertson was the third back
option on many plays last season for Spring
Valley.
Senior Colby Webb has given him a run
for his money though, making a name for
himself during the summer practice session.
Webb also had a big scrimmage two weeks
ago against Russell. Webb broke a 60-yard
touchdown run and then took a Brown pass
40-yards after catching the pass through
two defenders.
Others who will get the ball in the carryby-committee system will be Jakob Frye,
Chase Lucas and Dylan Lageman. Also
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T’WOLVES
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Trevor Stacy
factored to get some carries depending on the
set, is senior wide receiver Breyer Brewer,
who Dingess calls his “multiback.”
“Who is going to run? I do not know
right now. Depends on what we do with
the quarterback. Do we throw more? Do
we go gun? All these guys can carry it, but
have not carried it in crucial situations. The
cream always rises to the top and I think as
competitive as they are, they will take the
opportunity to separate themselves from
each other,” Dingess said.
Players taking passes from Brown include
Brewer, Brandon Ash, Austin Page, Nick
Whitmore and Trevor Maynard. Dingess
said the advantage of all the skill players is
the ability to put receivers in the backfield
or split backs out to the slot position.
“We can go spread or tight and do not have
to change personnel,” Dingess said.
Defensively, Stephen Jones will rotate in
with Stacy, Locklear, Ratcliff and Willis on
the line. The big thing for the Spring Valley
defense is returning three of four starting
linebackers in the team’s 3-4 set. Lageman,
along with Webb and Lucas, played on
linebacker corps that played every down
last season.
“Lageman had the experience of playing
inside right beside Elijah last season. If he
stays healthy, he should break 300 tackles
for his career. (Jakob) Frye will step right in
for Elijah. They have a lot of experience,”
Dingess said.
SPRING VALLEY
2013 Football Schedule
1 08/30/13 07:30PM A ST. ALBANS 2 09/06/13 07:30PM A HUNTINGTON 3 09/13/13 07:30PM H SOUTH CHARLESTON 4 09/20/13 07:30PM A RIPLEY
5 09/27/13 07:30PM A PRINCETON 6 10/04/13 07:30PM H WINFIELD 7 10/11/13 07:30PM H RIVERSIDE 8 10/18/13 07:30PM A NITRO 9 10/25/13 07:30PM H CABELL MIDLAND 10 11/08/13 07:30PM H HURRICANE
Alex Locklear
WE ARE THE SENIORS – The Spring Valley High School football seniors are: Bryer
Brewer, Adam Page, Trevor Maynard, Brandon Ash, Kyle O’Neill, Logan Barnett,
Colby Webb, Dylan Lageman, Chad Hale, Chase Lucas, Casey Saunders, Tyler
Robertson, Zach Cumm, Ronald Keyser, Luke Knake, Tyler Stevens.
SV CHEERLEADERS / The 2013-201 Spring Valley High School cheerleaders are,
(row 1) Eliza Amos (Senior Captain), Josie Boyd (Senior Captain) and Jamie Tomblin
(Senior Co-Captain) (row 2) Kathleen Hardin, Taylor Ward, Rachel Johnson & Kaylee
Poehlein(row 3) Emily Rose Thompson, Erika Butcher, Blass Morrone, Mackenzie
Holderby & Baylee Harrison (row 4) Terri Ward (Asst Coach), Jaida Adkins, Mashea
Copley, Heather Morrone (Coach), Kelsey Seibert, Brianna Roberts, Brenna Adkins
& Kandie Harrison (Asst Coach)
County players make pre-season All-State
By MICHAEL HUPP
Staff Writer
WAYNE – A trio of Wayne County gridiron stars have been named to the 6th Annual
Daily Mail Pre-Season All-State Team.
Junior lineman Trevor Stacy of Spring
Valley was named to the first team offense.
Stacy was a regular season all-state and
MSAC selection last season as a sophomore.
The big 6-6, 315-pound man child,
nicknamed “Baby Shaq” is expected to be
in the running for the Hunt Award – given
to the top lineman in the state.
Stacy made a name for himself last season regularly driving defenders five to 10
yards off the ball, opening up yardage for
graduated 1,000 yard rushers Ryan George
and last year’s Huff Award winner Elijah
Wellman.
Stacy will anchor a Spring Valley line
that many are calling the best in the state
pound-for-pound.
Two key-starters from last season’s 13-0,
AA state champion Wayne Pioneers make
the first team defense.
Mason Hodge is a selection at the linebacker spot, while Grant Ferguson gets
the nod as one of the state’s top defensive
backs.
Hodge is known for punishing hits on
both sides of the ball as Wayne’s featured
power back, but it is his ferocious tackles that
have garnered pre-season hype in 2013.
Hodge is the front runner for this year’s
Huff Award. He will lead a defense that gave
up 221.1 yards per game last year.
Big expectations surround the junior
linebacker this year.
Ferguson, who is used to receiving accolades on the offensive side of the ball, gets
recognition for his defensive prowess.
Ferguson was solid defensively for
the Pioneers last season and is looking to
make an impact on both sides of the ball
for Wayne.
Other notables on this years list includes
players from both Spring Valley and Wayne
opponents.
First team quarterback Austin Hensley
of Hurricane is the most notable. Hensley
is a 1,000 yard passer with a dangerous
core of wide receivers to choose from, including first team utility player Zach Pate.
Pate was a favorite target last season for
the Redskins.
Fullback Paden Christian of Huntington
High gets a first team nod.
Christian is the power back in a program
that has turned itself around from an 0-10
season a few seasons back – due in part to
the physical running style Christian brings
to the Highlander offense.
Fellow Highlander Nigale Cabell anchors
the Huntington defensive line as a first team
selection. Cabell is a big presence in the
defensive front for Huntington, allowing the
defensive secondary to make stops.
Defensive back Clark Wilson will
benefit from Cabell’s big presence in the
front line.
South Charleston wide receiver Kevin
Forrest is a dangerous speedster capable of
making big plays.
Cabell Midland has a pair of players on
the list, including lineman Cody Ballangee
and Point Pleasant transfer Teran Barnitz at
fullback. Both players play key roles in the
Knight ground attack.
Riverside lineman Tyler Eplin will be important in the rebuilding process in Quincy.
The big senior lineman will be instrumental
in opening holes for the running backs.
Kicker Derrick Chestnut is one of the
top in the state for Riverside.
Winfield’s Chris Turner is a big target
from the tight end position. Turner was a
go-to target in Winfield’s spread offense
last season.
Princeton lineman Corey Harsanyi is one
of the largest in the state at 310 lbs.
Blufield’s Montell Leggett and Cory
Coppola will be names to watch in the final
games against the Pioneers. Leggett is a
shifty back with play-making speed out of
the backfield.
Coppola is a hard hitting linebacker who
is also capable of creating turnovers.
Both will be focused November 8.
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Tolsia
rebels
Rebels look to take math out of equation
By JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
GLENHAYES – After a few hard seasons,
the Tolsia Rebels are looking to build upon
their success from last season and make it
into the playoffs this year.
After going winless in the 2011 season,
Tolsia rebounded with a 5-5 record and was
mathematically eliminated from having a
playoff berth in Class AA at the end of last
year’s campaign.
“We have a lot of work to do,” Rebel
Coach Mike Smith said, “Depending on
how this season goes and how the kids play,
this season and the next few could be really
interesting.”
Many are picking Tolsia to finish either
7-3 or 6-4 this year.
“That’s all going to be determined by just
a few things,” Smith said, “A play or two here
and there could be all the difference.”
If not for different outcomes at Tug Valley and Mingo Central, the Rebels would
have seen postseason play, and those two
games have stayed in the minds of Smith,
his coaching staff – and his team.
Although the Mingo Central game was a
hard loss that came down to an offside call on
Tolsia during a Miner extra point that gave
Mingo Central the confidence to convert a
two-point conversion for the win, it is the Tug
Valley game that everyone remembers.
The Panthers won, 18-14, for their first
ever football victory against the Rebels in
a weird game.
The officiating at times was question-
able with the outcome decided in the last
minute of play.
Outside of the Rebels’ opener against
county rival Wayne, Tug Valley is the game
that many are waiting for.
“If that game had went different, we might
have made the playoffs,” Smith said, “We
are looking forward to it.
“I know Tug Valley was a young team
last year, so we’re expecting them to be
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REBELS
TOLSIA REBELS
Class: AA
Conference: Cardinal
2012 record: 5-5
Head Coach: Mike Smith
Seasons at School: 3rd year (515)
Assistant Coaches: Eric Crum,
Sean Meddings, Ryan Prince, Greg
Cavins
Trainer: Trish Maynard
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Brandon Casteele......................................... 9
1 Zach Adkins............................................. 10
3 Robert Thompson .................................... 9
4 Brian Campbell II....................................... 9 5 Tyler Sizemore ......................................... 9 7 Reece Messer.......................................... 12 8 Zach Perry................................................ 12 10 Joey Marcum........................................11 11 Jacob Maynard.................................... 10 12 Wes Waller........................................... 12 14 Seth Mcmillion..................................... 10 15 Blake Rose........................................... 10 20 Nathan Marshall................................... 12 21 Logan Presley........................................ 9 22 Luke Presley........................................ 10 24 Tyler Stroud.......................................... 10 26 Jennings Holland .............................. 10 28 Tyler Cavins......................................... 12 31 Cody Salmons......................................11 34 Tyler Senters.........................................11 40 Brandon Ward...................................... 12 51 Skyler Wolford..................................... 10 53 John Newsome.....................................11 54 Skylar Larcart........................................ 9 58 Gabe Kelly............................................ 12 59 Levi Britt................................................. 9 61 Aaron Hardwick................................... 10 62 Bobby Spurlock..................................... 9 64 Clay Chaffin........................................... 9 65 JB Collie............................................... 12 66 Tristan McComas . ................................ 9 70 Steven Stacy.......................................... 9 73 Cameron Nichols................................... 9 75 Jeb Evans............................................... 9 80 Chase Kincaid...................................... 12 good this year.”
Tolsia will have a number of new faces
taking the field this season and it is hoped
that some will be surprises, along the lines
of Rebel standouts last year.
Last year’s quarterback, Dakota Robertson along with Dawson Presley and receiver
Terry Davis, were all pleasant surprises for
Tolsia.
Smith is confident that replacements for
the departed seniors will do well, but he
remains tight-lipped about who exactly will
carry the ball.
“Skill-wise, we knew what we had coming
in,” he said, “Skill-wise we’re fine.
“We have good speed and good size
there.
“But it doesn’t make a difference who we
have out there, if we can’t block.”
A possibility is Wes Waller. Waller was
used primarily as a bruising short yardage
back last season, along with Brandon Ward
and a number of other backs.
Under center will be sophomore Blake
Rose.
The sophomore was a key component
in last season’s come from behind victory
against Fairland, the game that sparked Tolsia
to a degree of success.
Rose has shown considerable growth over
the last year and is expected to showcase his
improvement.
One player that Smith is excited about is
sophomore linebacker Jennings Holland.
Holland is a fast, tough defensive threat
who saw some playing time last season.
He’ll be anchoring a solid “Orange Crush”
defense that kept the Rebels in the game
last year.
“Defensively, we’ll be fine,” Smith
said.
The only real question mark, according
to Smith, is his offensive line.
“After all the time practicing, the line is
still the question,” he said, “If we can hold
2012 RESULTS:
Scott, L 28-6
Point Pleasant, L 40-2
Fairland (OH), W 12-9
Herbert Hoover, W 46-7
Tug Vallely, L 18-14
Sissonville, W 14-7
Mingo Central, L 22-20
Wayne , L 49-6
Chapmanville, W 40-32
Poca, W 32-14
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some blocks and get on some people, I think
we’ll be fine.
“I’ve been stressing to the kids that with
our offensive scheme, we don’t have to
drive people off the ball, all we have to do
is just hold our blocks long enough to give
the quarterback time or long enough for the
back to hit the hole.
“We’re just inexperienced. In our scrimmages we started four sophomores and a
freshman.
“That might be the difference between
going 7-3 or 6-4, – or any other record.”
All-State and All-Conference lineman
Grady Fannin anchored a line that proved
to be tougher than many expected.
With as big a question mark as to the stability of the offensive line, there are some who
are understandably nervous about Tolsia’s
prospects this year.
All will be made clear with the season
opener this Friday at Pioneer Field when Tolsia faces off against Wayne at 7:30 p.m.
“When we play Wayne, it’s always a big
deal,” Smith said, “And with it being the first
game of the season, everyone has had time
to prepare for it.
“It’ll be some good football.”
It will be the continuation of the only
Wayne County rivalry still in existence on
the high school level.
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Savannah Fluty, Megan Perry, Sydne Stanley. Head Coach: Trina Fitzpatrick,
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Just how important is football?
By JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
The following is an editorial. It is the
opinion of the writer and doesn’t reflect any
beliefs held by the Wayne County News or
any of its staff.
School is in session and the days are
getting shorter. The waning days of summer will soon give way to fall and that
means one thing for sports fans around the
country – football.
For many, football is a sport where 11
players take to a 120-yard-long rectangular
field in an attempt to move an ellipsoidshaped ball and score while 11 other players
try to stop them. It sounds simple and if one
looks at it that way – it is. But the sport of
football is so much more.
Football is as American as apple pie and
has become a part of our psyche and culture.
It has become ingrained in our national identity to the point that even non-football fans
use symbolism and slang associated with the
sport, often without even realizing it.
In small towns across our country, people
are gearing up for the season. It doesn’t mat-
ter which, whether it is youth league, high
school, college, or professional, all these
fans are concerned with, is that football is
starting.
For many small towns, the local high
school program is THE team to follow.
It is the only way many can watch a live
game and experience the excitement of a
football contest.
There are so many small communities a
large distance away from their nearest pro
or collegiate team that Friday night becomes
the biggest night of the week.
In a small town, fans discuss and debate
the happenings of the high school team as
heatedly as the talking heads on ESPN discuss the merits of Pittsburgh’s running game
versus the defense of the New York Jets.
Community support is important to the
high school program. The more successful
programs are made of more than just talented athletes. Behind these programs and
the athletes are parents, local broadcasters,
students, alumni, and fans who may not have
a personal stake in the team other than just
being a resident of the town.
In Wayne County, located in southwestern West Virginia, this community support
has been evidenced continuously over the
decades and it proves that not just Texas
and Alabama are football crazy.
During the 1960s to the 1980s, the
Ceredo-Kenova community was fanatically devoted to its Wonders high school
team and the team returned this support
with a level of success not easily surpassed
anywhere else.
The 1980s saw a devotion to the BuffaloWayne Bison high school team and it was
also repaid with success.
Currently, the people of Wayne are fervently behind their Wayne Pioneers and all
of that team’s successes.
Support of the town doesn’t stop there.
It extends into the youth leagues.
Football as a sport teaches so many
qualities to a young player that can prove
beneficial later in life, no matter where life
takes them. Leadership and confidence
are virtues all parents set out to instill into
their children. The coaches help to teach
this through practice, games, and encour-
agement.
Perhaps that is why so many prominent
men played football early in life. Presidents,
movie stars, and businessmen gained valuable outlooks on life due to time on the
gridiron.
Football also provides a chance for many
to go on to bigger and better things. There
are those from all walks of life who gained
a college education because of their success
in the sport. Without football, things might
have had a different outcome for many.
“Going to college offered me the chance
to play football for four more years,”
President Ronald Reagan said about his
time playing.
The previous quote seems simple and
underplays the importance of the education Reagan received, but it also illustrates
the point that learning and the sport can go
hand-in-hand.
On a deeper level, the sport of football
parallels our growth as a nation, particularly
in the last 70 years.
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Still rivals after all these years
The rivalry between Tolsia and Wayne a long and colorful one
By RANDY PAYTON
for WCN Sports
Editor’s Note: This a compilation by former sports editor Randy Payton of the outcomes and happenings between
the Wayne Pioneers and Tolsia Rebels during their county
rivalry. This explains why it stops after 2005.
WAYNE - The all-time football series between Wayne
and Tolsia has been about as even as it can be over the
past 23 years, not to mention being filled with a number of
memorable moments.
The Pioneers and Rebels renew their rivalry - the only
intra-county rivalry remaining since the consolidation of the
former Buffalo, Ceredo-Kenova and Vinson high schools
following the 1997 season - on Friday in a 7:30 p.m. kickoff
at Pioneer Stadium in Wayne.
While lacking in tight games, the series has provided
plenty of flavor ranging from post-game altercations and
power failures to fog, a stunning comeback and an unauthorized traveling trophy.
Here’s a capsuled look at the series highlights over the
years:
1990--Tolsia 58, Wayne 14: The Rebels scored on every
possession to equal - at the time - the single-game school
record for points. Current THS assistant coach Beebo
Thompson threw for two scores and ran for another in the
win, while teammate Tommy John Messer added a pair of
TD’s himself.
1991--Tolsia 14, Wayne 6: Randy Copley gave Tolsia an
early lead with a short touchdown run, but Wayne knotted the
score when Taylor Adkins returned the ensuing kickoff 85
yards for a score. The Rebels went ahead to stay on Robert
Evans’ 4-yard TD run with 3:42 left in the game.
1992--Tolsia 44, Wayne 24: The Rebels bolted to a
28-0 halftime lead and never looked back. Robert Evans
led the winning effort by rushing for 208 yards and four
touchdowns.
1993--Wayne 44, Tolsia 0: Wayne rolled up 491 yards
of total offense en route to its first win in the series, but the
victory didn’t come without incident. After scoring their final
touchdown of the night with 2:34 remaining in the game, the
Pioneers failed to recover an onside kick attempt. Then-head
coach Jim Damron’s club did get the ball back after stopping
the Rebels at the Wayne 26 with 20 seconds left, but rather
than electing to take a knee and run out the remaining time,
the Pioneers immediately pulled off a “hook and ladder”
pass play which picked up 39 yards to the Tolsia 35-yard
line. Wayne then called for a timeout at the conclusion of
the play and words were exchanged on the field between
Damron and then-Tolsia head coach Terry Porter during the
break in the action. When play resumed, the Pioneers again
disdained taking a knee to kill clock and instead lofted a deep
pass which was broken up in the endzone as time expired.
As the two teams formed the post-game handshake line, an
altercation involving both players and coaches began and
law enforcement was needed to separate the two squads
and restore order.
1994--Tolsia 21, Wayne 12: With the Rebels clinging to a
7-6 lead, play was suspended with 3:20 remaining in the third
quarter when an automobile accident just south of Fort Gay
on U.S. 52 caused a power outage which blanketed the area.
The game couldn’t be resumed the following night because
of Tolsia’s Homecoming dance, so the two schools elected
to cancel the junior varsity game and finish the contest on
Monday night. The Rebels extended their lead with a Mike
Dillon touchdown run with 1:06 left in the third and tacked
on two more points moments later when Wayne’s Tucker
Fry fumbled the ensuing kickoff into the endzone and was
eventually tackled by Tolsia’s Russell York for a safety. The
Pioneers closed to within 15-12 on a 75-yard TD pass from
J.B. Blankenship to Chappy Adair, but Emory Thompson’s
50-yard TD romp with just over two minutes to play sealed
the win for Tolsia.
1995--Tolsia 14, Wayne 6: Jim Pertee ran for 128 yards
and touchdowns covering 42 and 1 yards to lead the Rebels
in the win. Wayne was limited to just 127 total yards.
1996--Tolsia 28, Wayne 7: A heavy fog rolled into Rebel
Stadium during halftime, leaving the visitor’s side of the
field unseen over the final two quarters. But by that time, the
Rebels had bolted to a 21-7 lead at the intermission despite
running just 12 plays from scrimmage in the opening two
quarters. Jim Pertee ran for 208 yards and two TD’s on 16
carries in the win, while Wayne’s Rocky Smith had 118 yards
on 23 carries in a losing cause.
1997--Tolsia 60, Wayne 19: Tolsia raced to an 18-0 lead
before first-year head coach Tom Harmon’s Pioneers closed
the gap to 18-12 with a pair of second quarter scores. The
Rebels turned the game into a rout, though, by scoring 22
points in the final 1:30 of the first half. Mike Boone had three
TD’s in the win for Tolsia, while Rocky Smith ran 26 times
for 109 yards in the loss for Wayne.
1998--Wayne 21, Tolsia 13: The Pioneers snapped a 1313 tie on a 14-yard touchdown run by Luther Carico and
Ty Harmon’s PAT run in the third quarter and then forced a
pair of late Tolsia turnovers to get the victory. Rocky Smith
had 165 yards rushing on 28 carries in the win, while Sean
Meddings totaled 115 yards on the ground for first-year
Tolsia coach Drew Waller’s club.
1999--Wayne 43, Tolsia 8: It was all Wayne from the outset,
as the Pioneers rolled up a 451-189 edge in total offense for
an easy Homecoming win. Robert Pratt ran for 139 yards and
Luther Carico added 94 more for Wayne, which led 37-0 by
the time the Rebels finally got on the scoreboard.
2000--Wayne 42, Tolsia 14: The Pioneers kept their perfect
record intact by rolling to a 42-0 lead after three quarters
and never looking back. Robert Pratt ran for 182 yards and
three touchdowns to lead the way, while Tolsia hurt its own
cause with three turnovers.
2001--Wayne 33, Tolsia 8: Wayne led just 6-0 at the intermission, but Chris Coleman’s 44-yard run on the fourth
play of the second half kick-started the Pioneers toward a
win which clinched their second straight Cardinal Conference
championship. Coleman ran for 146 yards and scored twice
as Wayne enjoyed a 333-80 edge in total offense.
2002--Wayne 7, Tolsia 6: The Rebels had just 47 total
yards in the game, but still managed a 6-0 lead when Derrick Evans returned the second half kickoff 81 yards for a
touchdown. Wayne rebounded later in the third quarter when
Ryan Wellman connected with Josh Powers on a 37-yard
touchdown pass and Chris Coleman booted the go-ahead
PAT kick. The Pioneers, who failed to cash in on three other
scoring chances, were at the Tolsia 1-yard line with just over
1:00 minute to play, but went to a knee on their final three
plays to kill the clock and secure the victory.
2003--Tolsia 21, Wayne 20: Those who left early will
never admit it and those who stayed for the finish will never
forget it, as Tolsia rallied for three touchdowns in the final
eight minutes to overcome a 20-0 deficit. Brenick Stumbo’s
76-yard fumble return with 7:52 remaining got the Rebels on
the scoreboard, while Brien Runyon’s TD passes to B.J. Evans
with 4:49 left and to Andrew Ramey with 1:56 remaining
completed the comeback. Wayne drove from its own 38-yard
line to the Tolsia 11 in the final minute, but Michael Pyles’
28-yard field goal attempt with 22 seconds left sailed wide
right. Nick Newell completed 16 of his 26 passes for 236
yards and Kyle Wellman had a school-record 10 catches for
153 yards in a losing cause for the Pioneers, who enjoyed a
whopping 427-214 edge in total offense.
2004--Wayne 44, Tolsia 28: The build-up to this game
centered around a controversial traveling trophy which has
since resulted in many referring to the game as the battle
for the “County Seat”. The idea of the trophy, a toilet seat
which includes the colors and logos of both schools, was
nixed by Superintendent of Schools Gary Adkins. As for
the game itself, the Pioneers led 30-7 after three quarters
and were never seriously threatened. Jake Gilliam, one of
the then-current and former players from both schools who
created the design of the would-be trophy, had a pair of
TD’s in the victory.
2005--Wayne 44, Tolsia 7: Garry Roland ran for four
touchdowns to fuel the Pioneers’ easy win. Wayne, which
outgained the Rebels 390-117, drew the ire of the Tolsia
coaching staff by throwing for its final touchdown with 8:19
left in the game after already enjoying a commanding 36-0
lead. B.J. Evans scored on a 3-yard run with 4:33 remaining
to keep the Rebels from being shutout.
2006-Tolsia 30, Wayne 19
2006-Wayne 33, Tolsia 6 (state championship game)
2007-Wayne 34, Tolsia 14
Wayne
Pioneers
Pioneers on the hunt for third straight title
By JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
WAYNE – There has been much speculation in the community and across the state
about the Wayne Pioneers’ chances at a third
straight Class AA football championship.
Wayne has held onto a humble “we’ll
get ‘em next year” mentality that is usually
reserved for runner-ups while amassing an
impressive record and maintaining a commitment to excellence.
“You just try to be the best that you can
be,” Wayne Coach Tom Harmon said, “And
when you go out and do that, sometimes you
win the trophy and sometimes you don’t.
“The satisfaction of knowing that you did
everything you could to make it happen is
what we work for.”
Coaches and players stress camaraderie
and a sense of team over the individual. The
fact that Wayne is an elite program isn’t lost
on anyone in the community or affiliated
with the program, but if you talked to anyone
about it, you wouldn’t know because of the
the sense of humility.
Of course, the Pioneers aren’t hard luck
cases. They are pretty far from it; especially
considering the Charleston Daily Mail has
picked them to win the title again this
season.
“As far as our operation around here,
I don’t know if I’ve heard anybody say
anything about another championship,”
Harmon said.
“There are moments whether it’s in the
offseason or season, where you prepare and
things start happening.
“We’ve been fortunate to have a lot
of good people in here working with the
team.”
Last season Wayne went undefeated on
its way to a second straight championship.
The Pioneers left little doubt as to who
would emerge victorious in the title game
at Wheeling Island Stadium.
The offense, led by quarterback Grant
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Chesapeake, OH., W 58-12
Herbert Hoover, W 46-7
Ravenswood, W 84-42
Sissonville, W 42-0
Mingo Central, W 53-14
Scott, W 47-6
Tolsia, W 49-6
Poca, W 56-22
Chapmanville, W 55-7
Bluefield, W 45-14
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Clay County, W 63-24
Nicholas County, W 47-0
Robert C. Byrd, W 18-0
(CHAMPIONSHIP)
Keyser, W 35-0
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5-Kyler Atkins.................... QB-DB
6-Caleb Harless................. SE-DB
7-Bryan Robertson............ SE-DB
8-Kade Sebastion.............. RB-DB
9-Nathan Spurlock............. RB-DB
10-Grant Ferguson.............. QB-DB
11-Josh Smith...................... QB-LB
12-Brody Lunsford............... RB-LB
13-Zach Rice....................... RB-LB
14-Nate Adkins.................... QB-LB
15-Kaden Brumfield............. RB-DB
16-Chandler Fry.................. RB-LB
17-Cameron Wallace........... SE-DB
18-Marcus Webb................. SE-LB
19-Kurt Arthur...................... SE-DB
20-Mike Osborne................. SE-DB
21-Luke Cassidy.................. SE-DB
22-Chris Darby.................... RB-DB
24-Ben Thompson............... SE-DB
27-Jacob Maynard............... SE-DB
28-D.J. Wellman.................. RB-DB
30-Steven Perry.................. RB-DL
31-Taylor Maynard............... SE-LB
32-Logan Queen................. RB-DL
34-Tucker Watts.................. TE-LB
35-Braydon Barker.............. SE-DB
40-Brad Sharp..................... RB-LB
41-Drew Stamper................ SE-DB
42-Matt Moore..................... TE-LB
44-Josh Mitts....................... RB-LB
45-T.J. Perry........................ RB-DB
48-Hunter Farley................. TE-DL
50-Ryan Baumgardner........ OL-DL
51-Trevor Napier................. OL-DL
52-Justin Crockett............... OL-DL
53-Casey Nelson................. OL-DL
54-Ty Adkins........................ OL-DL
55-Allen Stevenson............. OL-DL
56-Curtis Followay............... OL-DL
57-John Adkins.................... OL-DL
58-Shane Bryant................. OL-DL
59-Chris Brewer.................. OL-DL
60-Brandon Mullett.............. OL-LB
61-Ethan Perry.................... OL-DL
62-J.C. Maynard.................. OL-DL
63-Matt Queen.................... OL-DL
64-Collin Kelly..................... OL-DL
65-Corey Ferguson............. OL-LB
66-Matt Henderson.............. OL-DL
67-Alex Elkins...................... OL-DL
68-Dale Bryant.................... OL-DL
70-Tristen Nelson................ OL-DL
71-Jordan Clay.................... OL-DL
72-Kyle Powers................... OL-DL
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76-Nick Harmon.................. OL-DL
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83-Josh Frances.................. OL-DL
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98-Damon Vanhoose........... OL-DL
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Ferguson and senior tailback sensation Brandon “Bam” Spurlock, delivered the knock
out blow to opposing teams early, averaging
37.1 points in the first half.
To further illustrate the effectiveness of
the Pioneer offense in the first half, Spurlock
rushed for 2,003 yards on 140 carries for
28 touchdowns with a 14.3 yards per carry
average. Those are great numbers on any
level for a running back, but only 20 of them
came in the second half.
Now a year later, Spurlock has graduated
and on almost any other team, his absence
would be a gaping hole not easily filled.
Not for Wayne.
Waiting to take center stage Friday night
is Mason Hodge and Bam’s younger brother,
Nathan.
Hodge was the number two option in
the backfield last season, but he didn’t post
“number two” numbers.
The big back carried the ball only 32 times
last year, but he made those numbers count.
With those 32 carries, Hodge racked up 731
yards, along with 12 scores and a whopping
22.8 yards per carry.
If not for the Pioneers’ philosophy to
spread the wealth, Wayne could have quite
possibly had another 1,000-yard rusher.
Ferguson returns to lead the offense. Last
season as a sophomore, he posted impressive
numbers and was arguably one of the best
offenses in the state.
The Pioneers will bring a 23-game winning streak into the season opener this Friday
against Tolsia at Pioneer Field at 7:30 p.m.
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quarterbacks in the state on any level.
He finished the 2012 campaign 63-for-118
for a 53.4 completion percentage. He also
threw for 1,211 yards, 17 touchdowns and
only one interception.
Defensively the Pioneers were dominant.
The Wayne defense only allowed an
average of 11 points a game, along with
an average of 144.5 rushing yards a game,
while allowing 60.5 yards a game through
the air.
“We lost James Egnor and Dwight Blankenship to graduation,” Harmon said, “But
we also lost Anthony Bryant, Dustin Hatfield,
Austin Pyles and Yosef Finton.
“So we’re replacing a lot of guys, but
with graduation comes opportunities and
we have some guys coming back who have
gotten their feet wet.
“It’s going to come down to how well
they prepare.”
The majority of the Pioneers’ games were
blowouts in 2012; the most points scored
against Wayne was when Ravenswood put
up 42 points, but the Pioneers scored 84.
In the playoffs Wayne continued to
dominate.
The Pioneers knocked off Clay County,
Nicholas County, and Robert C. Byrd before
routing Keyser in the title game.
Wayne held RCB and Keyser to under 100
yards and at the time of those games, RCB
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2012 record: 9-3
Head Coach: Tom Harmon (161-40)
Seasons at School: 17th year
Assistants: Ty Harmon, David Adkins,
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BY MICHAEL HUPP
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WAYNE – Two county
teams have been named to
the Charleston Daily Mail’s
Pre-Season Top 25 in their
respective classes.
Spring Valley is ranked
No. 9 in AAA after coming
off an 8-4 2012 campaign.
Head coach Brad Dingess’
squad beat Wheeling Park
at home for the school’s
first-ever playoff win before
losing a heartbreaker to rival
Cabell Midland.
The main strong point for
the Wolves this season is the
line play on both sides of the
ball. Spring Valley returns
a pair of 300-pound junior
starters in Alex Locklear
and AAA All-Stater Trevor
Stacy.
The line also returns starting center Josh Hammer.
“We have some holes to
fill,” Dingess said.
The biggest hole to fill
will be at the running back
spot.
The Wolves lost two
1,000 yard rushers in Ryan
George and Huff Award winner Elijah Wellman (WVU),
but return a core of young
players in the backfield.
Tyler Robertson and Colby Webb will see substantial
carries from returning junior
quarterback Tyler Brown.
Spring Valley opponents
in the top 20 include: No.
3 South Charleston (2012
won); No. 6 Huntington
(2012 lost); No. 10 Cabell
Midland (2012 lost twice);
No. 18 Hurricane (2012
win); and No. 19 Riverside
(2012 DNP).
The defending two-time
state champion Wayne Pioneers sit near the top of the
AA powerhouses, ranked
No. 2 coming in behind No. 1
ranked Fairmont Senior.
Wayne has not lost a game
since the second game of
the 2010 season, winning
23 straight games. They
have not trailed in any game
for a mind-blowing 1,069
minutes.
The defense gave up an
astounding 11.8 points a
game.
Many believe that the
Pioneers are the team to beat
but the loss of running back
Brandon Spurlock will make
it a challenge.
Hoping to fill Spurlock’s
shoes at the back spot is
power-runner Mason Hodge.
Hodge is the top-runner for
the Huff Award– given to the
top defensive player in the
spot. Hodge punishes players on both sides of the ball
with his strong frame and run
through-rather than around,
approach to the game.
The biggest question to
Wayne’s season is how will
the line play?
There are many holes to
fill on the line for Tommy
Harmon’s squad, but if the
last few seasons are testimony to the Pioneer program,
then there are a few horses
left in the stable.
Wayne opponents making the list include No. 4 and
longtime rival Blufield (2012
win). The Beavers come into
the season as a top-runner
to take down the Pioneers.
After many spirited and hard
fought battles, the AA landscape could easily change
on November 21 when these
two teams meet.
Cardinal Conference foes
making the list include No.
10 Sissonville (2012 win);
No. 12 Herbert Hoover;
(2012 win); No.15 Chapmanville (2012 win); No. 18
Scott (2012 win); and No. 19
Ravenswood (2012 win).
Coming in at No. 3 is
AA championship runner-up
Keyser. The Golden Tornadoes return many starters
from last year’s squad.
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2. Morgantown
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10. Cabell Midland
11. Oak Hill
12. Lewis County
13. G. Washington
14. Musselman
15. Beckley
16. Logan
17. Washington
18. Hurricane
19. Riverside
20. Parkersburg South
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2. Wayne
3. Keyser
4. Bluefield
5. Robert C. Byrd
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: WV AWARD WINNERS
HUNT AWARD
Winners of the Hunt Award, given to the
state’s top lineman by the West Virginia
Sports Writers Association:
2012––Eugene German, Martinsburg
2011––Garrett Stanley, Bridgeport
2010—Chad Small, Ravenswood
2009—Blake Brooks, South Charleston
2008—Rodney Hudson, George Washington
2007—Josh Jenkins, Parkersburg
2006—Josh Jenkins, Parkersburg
2005—Adam Brandt, Morgantown
2004—James Burkes, Capital
2003—Doug Legurksy, Woodrow Wilson
2002—Nate Howard, Spring Valley
2001—Steve Roach, Martinsburg
2000—Josh Stewart, University
1999—Justin Williams, Moorefield
1998—Luke Salmons, Ravenswood
1997—Jason Rader, St. Albans
1996—Jimmy Parker, Mount Hope
1995—Richard Allara, Matewan
1994—Jason Starkey, Cabell Midland
1993—Mark Workman, Marsh Fork
1992—Chad Wable, Fairmont Senior
1991—Steve Vaughan, Greenbrier West
1990—Joe Chapman, Capital
1989—Todd Robinson, Capital
1988—Brian Stolarik, Magnolia
1987—Kevin Warner, Tyler County
1986—Mark Moore, Stonewall Jackson
1985—Larry Cook, Oceana
1984—Mike Dunlap, Poca
1983—Rick Phillips, Parkersburg
1982—Brad Hunt, Ripley
1981—Brian Swisher, Sistersville
1980—Jeff Woofter, Oak Glen
1979—Bill Legg, Poca
1978—Denny Ballard, DuPont
1977—Larry Phillips, Parkersburg
1976—Dave Phillips, Parkersburg
1975—John Leon, Brooke
1974—Dave Winans, Parkersburg
1973—Mike McKibben, Lewis County
1972—Barry Myers, Bridgeport
1971—Ron McCartney, Stonewall Jackson
1970—Jerry Pruett, Bluefield
1969—Rick Katzeff, Charleston
1968—Sidney Green, Matewan
1967—Barry Louden, Parkersburg
1966—Dick Roberts, Welch
1965—Dave Lucas, Ceredo-Kenova
1964—Joe Pendry, Oceana
1963—Richie Rodes, Hinton
1962—Gary Virden, Parkersburg
1961—John McNabb, Charleston
1960—Buster Kiser, Mount Hope
1959—Charles Brooks, Bluefield
HUFF AWARD
Winners of the Huff Award, given to the
state’s top defensive player by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association:
2012––Elijah Wellman, Spring Valley
2011––Logan Jenkins, Martinsburg
2010—Ryan Lazear, Brooke
2009—Alex Sutton, Bridgeport
2008—Aaron Slusher, South Charleston
2007—Rodney Hudson, George Washington
2006—Xavier Peters, Martinsburg
2005—Adam Parkulo, Woodrow Wilson
2004—Zach Cooper, Weir
2003—Ben Gum, Parkersburg South
2002—Will Albin, Princeton
2001—Joey Spano, George Washington
2000—Ashley McNeely, Wyoming East
1999—Al Hammell, Parkersburg
1998—Eric Grimm, Parkersburg
1997—Ben Collins, North Marion
1996—Yubrenal Isabelle, Bluefield
1995—Nathan Kirby, Parkersburg
1994—Bobby Howard, DuPont
KENNEDY AWARD
Winners of the Kennedy Award, given to
the state’s top high school football player by
the West Virginia Sports Writers Association:
2012–Ryan Switzer, George Washington
2011–Ryan Switzer, George Washington
2010—Justin Fox, Magnolia
2009—Tyler Harris, South Charleston
2008—Will Cole, Bluefield
2007—Jordan Roberts, Scott
2006—Kyle Allard, Fairmont Senior
2005—Josh Culbertson, Nitro
2004—Nate Sowers, Martinsburg
2003—Brandon Barrett, Martinsburg
2002—Brandon Barrett, Martinsburg
2001—Marc Kimes, Parkersburg
2000—Mark Wigal, Morgantown
1999—Todd Mosby, Musselman
1998—J.R. House, Nitro and Quincy
Wilson, Weir
1997—Chris Yura, Morgantown
1996—J.R. House, Nitro
1995—Frank Aliveto, Hedgesville
1994—Randy Moss, DuPont
1993—Mark Cisar, Magnolia
1992—Mark Cisar, Magnolia
1991—Daryl Johnson, Wheeling Park
1990—Eric McGhee, Wheeling Central
1989—David Mayfield, Morgantown
1988—Keith Jeter, Weir
1987—Jed Drenning, Tucker County
1986—Jeff Swisher, Sistersville
1985—Ted Kester, Winfield
1984—Joel Wilson, Sistersville
1983—Tony Johnson, Morgantown
1982—Brad King, North Marion
1981—John Koontz, Petersburg
1980—David Bayer, George Washington
1979—Tim Stephens, Parkersburg
South
1978—Curt Warner, Pineville
1977—Mike Estes, George Washington
1976—Robert Alexander, South Charleston
1975—Robert Alexander, South Charleston
1974—Robin Lyons, Herbert Hoover
1973—Danny Williams, DuPont
1972—Danny Williams, DuPont
1971—Rick Petty, Williamstown
1970—Rick Hurt, Charleston
1969—Kerry Marbury, Monongah
1968—David Morris, Wayne
1967—no selection
1966—no selection
1965—Melvin Walker, Dunbar
1964—Frank Criniti, Charleston Catholic
1963—Jim Smithberger, Welch
1962—Mike White, Charleston Catholic
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BY MICHAEL HUPP
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KENOVA – The Buffalo Middle School
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In a trend that has hit the county several
times throughout the years, numbers caused
the school to not field a team this season.
“We just didn’t have the numbers this year
to put a team together. The way I understand
it, the youth league did not have enough
to have an A or B team this year, either. I
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Buffalo did not have enough players to
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BY MICHAEL HUPP
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KENOVA – Last year, the only place
the Ceredo-Kenova community could see
Wonders on the field were those playing for
the Vinson Middle School Tigers.
Numbers were low and players were given
the option to play for Vinson or Buffalo Middle School. Several went to Buffalo to help
lead the Bison to the county championship.
Most went on to play for the championship
runner-up Tigers.
This year numbers are up to 25 players,
thanks to the A Team Turf Bowl champs
supplying several athletes, a few players
who did not come out last year, two returning players and six players from the recently
folded Buffalo Middle team joining first-year
coach Steve Diamond’s squad.
Diamond said his goal this season is to
build the program back up so teams are
consistently fielded.
“This is a community big on tradition.
Once the high school closed, the middle
school was left to keep that tradition going.
Last season took a little of that away, not
having a team, but this year we are returning
that tradition to the community,” Diamond
said.
Diamond said he is about building the
C-K tradition, but his main goal is to build
the program to keep the player pipeline to
Spring Valley High School stocked.
“We want to make sure that we keep kids
playing,” Diamond said.
Diamond said the transition of Buffalo
players to the Wonders squad has been an easy
one. Diamond teaches at Buffalo Middle,
which gives the kids at least one familiar
face on the squad. The coach and teacher
also said the combination of the two teams
helps secure a home playing field.
“This move helps big time. We now have
access to a nice field and locker room on a
regulation field. It will be nice to be able
to visualize plays on a regulation field, see
full-size dimensions on the field. It is a great
benefit,” Diamond said.
Buffalo’s field will serve as the team’s
home field this year.
The Wonders are packed with a mix of
seventh and eighth grade talent – most of
them sixth graders on last year’s Turf Bowl
champion team. Damien McBride and Hunter
Farren played for Vinson last year. They
bring the most middle school experience
to the squad.
But this year’s team is not about individual talent Diamond said – instead this
year’s Wonders will have to have a complete
team effort.
According to Diamond, his team will
have to learn multiple positions and multiple roles.
“We do not have any standouts. This is
going to be an all-team effort. We will be
moving backs to the line and the line to the
backfield. Everyone needs to know every
position on the field,” Diamond said.
The first-year coach said he will run a
5-2 defense and utilize multiple offensive
schemes to take advantage of any given
personnel strength on the field. Diamond said
his team will learn many different sets.
“We will sub in a lot – both on offense
and defense,” Diamond said.
Diamond said so far his team is responding
well and sees good things for the Wonders’
future. The A team and B team both have
good numbers this season, according to
Diamond
“I think we will have good numbers for
years to come. We want to give the youth
program players something to be motivated
to play for. You know, having a chance to
move up and keep playing. We want them
in the green and white as long as possible,”
Diamond said.
As for having the Buffalo kids on the
team, it helps solidify the ultimate goal of
making the players ready to play for Spring
Valley.
“All of these kids feed into the same
high school. It is not the same as having the
three individual school teams that feed into
Spring Valley, but this helps fortify tradition
at Spring Valley,” Diamond said.
This year will be a building block to
continue the long-winning tradition the
community is accustomed to.
Mounties: small in stature – big in heart
By JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
CRUM – The Crum Mountaineers are
facing a new era this coming season, on the
heels on a new era last year.
Coach Del Crum takes the reins after
B.J. Evans stepped down as football coach.
Crum brings with him seven years experience coaching youth league football and
also serving as the Crum Youth League
President.
“I’ve coached youth league for a while
now,” Crum said, “And B.J. is a big-time
sports figure in this county.
“He’s one of the best ball players to
come out of this area in my opinion, and
he leaves some big shoes to fill, but I think
we’ll do okay.”
It is the new coach’s familiarity with a
majority of his middle school players that
just may give him an edge in coaching the
Mountaineers.
“I’ve coached a lot of these kids in the
youth leagues,” Crum said, “So I know what
they can do and we have a lot of heart.”
He’ll need all the help he get because
Crum is possibly the smallest team in Wayne
County, size-wise.
Crum isn’t worried; he has already put
into place a plan to make use of the speed
and mobility of his players.
“I’m not too stressed about it,” he said,
“I think we’ll do fine with the players we
have.”
He’s also hoping to improve on last
year’s performance. The Mounties started
off strong until they got into county play.
“I’m trying to bring in some new philosophies,” Crum said, “You’ll see a lot of the
same from last year, but at the same time
we are trying some new stuff.
“I want to keep things in line with how our
high school is pointed and I think it will help
these kids when they get to that level.
“It’s a good offense for how our team is
structured right now and you’re definitely
going to see some new stuff this year.”
Despite having a few bigger players last
season, the number of players on the Crum
roster was their undoing as some of their
opponents were able to keep fresh players
in the game to grind on the Mounties.
Crum believes his team has some
surprises in store for their opponents this
season.
“You have to coach a team to fit the
structure and make-up of that team,” he said,
“if they are bigger, then of course you are
going to go towards more of power game
plan, but if they are smaller then you are
going to make use of that.
“That is going to dictate a lot of how
we run our offense and defense, but I think
we’ll do fine.”
Leading the offense will be quarterback
Wayne Williamson.
Williamson showed good mobility and
field awareness last year and with another
year of experience, some good things are
expected out of him.
Another player mentioned is Jared
Switzer.
Switzer showed good speed as a receiver
and for his size proved in several games
that he was easy for a defender to take on
alone.
“I’m sure those two will stand out and
do well,” Crum said, “I coached them both
in youth league and I know they are good
players.
“We also have Ray Perkins and some good
hard-nosed seventh graders as well. They’ll
fill in the gaps and do well also.”
The game that everyone is looking for-
ward to is the Fort Gay matchup.
Last season, Crum hosted a defensive
battle between the Mounties and Vikings
that ended with Fort Gay ruining homecoming 10-6.
“We always look forward to the Fort Gay
game,” Crum said, “We combined to make
Tolsia and that’s always a great, friendly
rivalry.”
Another eagerly awaited game is when
Crum will travel into Louisa, to take on the
Lawrence County Bulldogs.
“We picked up Lawrence County this
year,” Crum said, “It’s close to home and
we’re hoping it will be a great rivalry game,
but we don’t know much about their team.
“As far as the county games we have,
we’re looking forward to them. This is my
first year coaching so I don’t exactly know
what to expect from them.”
With the smallest team coming from the
county’s smallest school, it will take a lot
of heart to compete, but the Mountaineers
and Crum are optimistic they have what
it takes.
“I believe we’ll have a good season,”
Crum said, “These kids have a lot of heart
and know what it takes to win.”
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Vikings optimistic about chances this season
BY JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
FORT GAY – A new season is akin to
a fresh start, a new beginning – and that is
what the Fort Gay Vikings are hoping for
this football season.
The Vikings endured controversy and
adversity after coming under public scrutiny when a standout player transferred to a
Kentucky school after the Vikes’ first game
last season.
Fort Gay was able to pull together as a
team and mount a respectable season, but
missed a chance at the county championship
due to losing such a talented player.
This season things are different.
The feeling amongst the team is one of
optimism and enthusiasm. The Vikings feel
they have just as good a chance at going
all the way as any other team in Wayne
County.
With a number of county teams losing
talented players due to moving on to high
school, the of competition is wide open, and
that is what Fort Gay is excited about.
“I think that we’ll see good competition
this season,” Fort Gay Coach Aaron Wellman said, “And (the fact that) most of the
larger than average players have moved onto
high school will make things more level in
the county.
“We’re going to see a lot of similarity
between the schools.”
The size of the team is down, especially
after fullback Zack “Peanut” Singletary
moved on to ninth grade, along with a
number of other players, but it provides an
opportunity for other players to shine.
“We are a smaller team than we’ve been
over the last few years,” Wellman said,
“We’ve had to adjust our schemes for that,
but it hasn’t been that bad.”
Wellman is enthusiastic about his team.
“The kids have a great attitude. It is probably the best I have ever seen,” he said.
There will be a lot players seeing playing
time for the first time, but Wellman and his
coaching staff see it as a chance to grow and
improve the team.
“We have a lot of younger kids and first
time players,” he said, “So we are spending
a lot of time teaching, along with coaching,
but we like it like that.
“We’ve been really excited about this
because we get to teach more kids the
game.”
One of the new players of note is Gage
Minney, who just recently joined the team.
Minney is known for his prowess on the
basketball court but his athleticism is reason
for enthusiasm.
“Gage is six foot one inch, big and fast,”
Wellman said. “If we put him out as a wide
receiver with some of the other fast players
we have, we’ll be fun to watch.
“Then when you add Luis Fox running
the ball for us, we will be hard to keep up
with.”
Fox will likely be the go-to back for the
Vikings and Wellman believes “he just might
be the fastest kid in the county.”
Fort Gay is practicing in the moment,
without any particular game circled on
their schedule.
“We don’t really prepare for any team until the week of the game,” Wellman said.
With that being said, the excitement at
facing Crum still shines through.
“We know that Del Crum is a good coach
and he’s very enthusiastic,” Wellman said.
“I think he’ll do a great job down there, but
we aren’t going to worry about the Mounties
until the week of October 10.”
With all the enthusiasm and optimism
in the Fort Gay locker room, Wellman is
still reluctant to say much about his team’s
chances.
“I don’t really want to make much of
a prediction,” he said, “But I think that
everyone on the team will improve as a
player and if they do that, then we will have
achieved our goal.
“Anything else will be icing on the
cake.”
Some of his players aren’t afraid to say
how they think the season will go.
“We’ve been working really hard and I
think we have a really good chance to make
it to county this year,” eighth grader Blake
Conn said, “We have the talent, speed, and
strength we need to do it.
“I believe we have what it takes to win
a championship this year,” eighth grader
Isaiah Rose said.
Tigers are reloaded for another run
BY MICHAEL HUPP
Staff Writer
HUNTINGTON – As the clock ticked the
final seconds away, Vinson Middle School
players, fans and coaches left Wayne Pioneer
Field with heavy hearts.
The combined team of Vinson and several Ceredo-Kenova Middle School players
had just lost the county championship to
the undefeated Buffalo Bison. The county’s
leading rusher Kurtlen Brown had put the
team within 13.2 seconds of taking home
the county crown, but to no avail.
Fast forward to this August. Gone is
Brown, the team’s quarterback and on-field
leader Brady Booth, the whole starting line
and the advantage of depth in a beefed-up
roster created by a team that folded.
Enter the 2013 Vinson Tigers – not a
rebuilding year, but with 27 players coming
out for Coach Ryan Barnhouse’s squad, it is
more of a reloading.
“We have kids coming out of the woodwork. We do not have a one-play wonder this
year, but overall we are better skill-wise than
last year,” Barnhouse said.
Leading the charge for the Tigers is
quarterback Derek Johnson. Barnhouse said
Johnson follows in the mold of Tiger quarterbacks before him – excellent runner with
quick footwork and a solid arm.
“He is a legit dual-threat quarterback,”
Barnhouse said of his signal caller. “We
worked on his mechanics and fundamentals
this summer. He has come around and developed a really strong arm.”
Barnhouse said missing is a 6”3’ target at
the wideout spot like last year, but instead is
a stable of athletic receivers.
“Of course it is hard to replace a Caiden
Conley, but we’ve got some guys that are
going to see time. Johnson can get them the
ball, we can create some space and make
some plays,” Barnhouse said.
The man with the daunting task of replacing Brown at running back is Daniel Perry.
Barnhouse said Perry was on the Vinson A
Team last year, but is about 6-feet, 170 pounds
of tough runner. Perry is described as a versatile back with plenty of elusive speed.
“He is not going to do what Kurt did last
year, but he is much more diverse. He is still
capable of taking one long if he gets around
the corner,” Barnhouse said.
This year’s big question will be the line
play. The Tigers lost all five primary starters on both sides of the ball. Fortunately for
Barnhouse, there were several good-sized
kids waiting in the wings. This year’s line
will boast two 230-pounders, a pair of 240’s
and one 250-pound behemoth. Not too shabby
for an eighth-grade squad.
“”This year we hope to have the advantage
of depth. We have several other big kids we
can rotate in there. That is a big plus for us,”
the optimistic coach said.
Defensively, Barnhouse said the team will
run different schemes with different personnel but the strength of the defense definitely
lies in the linebacking corps. The excited
coach said he believes his kids are the best
linebacking group in the county.
“They just have tremendous footwork.
They swarm to the ball and when I look at
them out there, you do not see any fear,”
Barnhouse said.
Most importantly for Barnhouse, the
team’s biggest asset is there are no egos on
the team. According to the Tiger coach, they
have had no attitude, have been excited to
go and most importantly, are good students
in the classroom.
“We are solid. We have depth, speed, size.
We are not rebuilding or even reloading actually. It is more reshaping a different group.
I’m excited – kids are excited. We have smart
kids. We (the coaches) have a 45-minute study
hall after practice,” Barnhouse said.
“We have them prepped academically as
well as on the field. That is why student is
first in student athlete.”
With a positive attitude, a good head on
their shoulders and the newest installment of
Tigers on the field…bringing another county
championship to Westmoreland is hopefully
within Vinson’s reach in 2013.
Wayne Middle - business as usual
By JASON PERRY
Sports Writer
WAYNE – There adage says “if it ain’t
broke, don’t fix it.” This proves true in
the approach to football that the Wayne
Middle School Pioneers will likely exhibit
this season.
With long-time coach Ted Williamson
stepping down in the off-season, a new
coach at the the helm of the Pioneer ship
with intentions of reclaiming past Wayne
County glory.
Justin Brooks was a member of Williamson’s coaching staff and is familiar with
the offense associated with Wayne football
at any level and as the new head coach, he
knows what is expected of him.
“I helped last year with the team,”
Brooks said, “I also was an assistant with
the baseball team, but this is my first head
coaching job.”
With the size of his team, it becomes
apparent that things will be about maintain-
ing the status quo as far as power football
is concerned.
“We’re going to go and do things the
way Wayne has always done,” Brooks
said, “We’re going to go out and do what
we do best.
“We’re going to go out Thursday night
and play what we know. We might throw in
a few new things here and there, but it will
largely stay the same.”
The size of the Pioneers just might be all
the edge needed this season as the majority
of Wayne County’s teams have lost size due
to players moving onto high school.
“I’m not sure what to expect from other
teams since this is my first year,” Brooks
said, “I haven’t seen as many of the players
as some of the other coaches.
“But I would say that things will be different this season compared to last, because
of the kids all over the county who have
moved on to high school.
“I think things will be a little more
equal.”
Wayne will take advantage of any opportunity it can in an effort to make it back
to the county championship game. The
Pioneers were absent from the title game
after a long six-year streak when they were
in it annually.
“Jeremiah Milum will be our quarterback
and Loan McSweeney will likely run the
ball for us and I feel he is one of the faster
kids in the county,” Brooks said, “Jacob
Cassidy will make some waves at tight end
and Mikey Bartram is a big seventh grader
who will probably be in the mix a lot.”
With the folding of Buffalo Middle
School’s team, a hole is left on the schedule
that Brooks will have to scramble to fill.
With county schools being a school,
the other match-ups become even more
important.
“We’re looking forward to our county
schedule,” Brooks said, “Those will all be
key because of us just missing the county
championship.
“We’re focused on winning the county
games.”
The lack of a Bison team may change the
way county football will be played, bringing
a level of uncertainty that wasn’t there before
for a number of coaches.
“We’re still going to prepare and approach
things as business as usual,” Brooks said,
“The hardest thing is going to be coming
up with a game to fill that space.
“It seems for the last few years we’ve
had an extra open date because of the way
Wayne County football goes.
The first year coach isn’t too worried
outside of finding a last minute game.
“We’re going to go out and practice the
same as we always do,” Brooks said, “We’re
not going to prepare any differently.
“All that has changed is that we’re going
to have to make a few more phone calls to
round up a game.”
Wishing all Wayne
County teams
a great 2013
sports season!
Cato’s return has Marshall confident in 2013
By JOHN RABY,
AP Sports Writer
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall
coach Doc Holliday doesn’t want to see a
repeat of last year’s floundering defense.
While Marshall thrived behind quarterback Rakeem Cato, opposing offenses ran
up 43 points per game on the Thundering
Herd, which allowed at least 50 points five
times.
Chris Rippon resigned as defensive
coordinator a day after Marshall finished
the season 5-7. The widely traveled Chuck
Heater, who was on Urban Meyer’s staff
at Florida along with Holliday last decade,
was hired by Holliday from Temple to try
to straighten out a unit that returns seven
starters.
“Offensively we took some strides. We
got better a year ago,” said Holliday, Marshall’s fourth-year coach. “Defensively, we
didn’t. We’ve got to make sure that happens
this year.”
He’ll try to turn things around with Heater,
who’s at his 12th school in a college coaching career that began in 1976. Heater earned
two national championship rings while on
Urban Meyer’s staff at Florida and another
in 1988 at Notre Dame.
“Seeing from last year to this year, you
can tell the attitude of the defense changed,”
said Marshall defensive end Jeremiah Taylor.
“When somebody makes a play, you see
the whole sideline up and cheering, rooting
them on.”
Marshall has yet to earn a berth in the
Conference USA championship game since
joining the league in 2005. The key to getting
there this season could loom in the regularseason finale Nov. 29 at home against East
Division favorite East Carolina.
Marshall opens the season at home Aug.
31 against Miami (Ohio).
Here are five things to know as Marshall
looks for its third winning season in five
years:
1. CAN CATO CLICK?: Cato’s 4,201
passing yards last season were nearly 1,100
yards more than any other Conference USA
quarterback and were the third most in school
history. Cato’s 37 touchdown passes last
year were two shy of Chad Pennington’s
school record 39 set in 1997. With a veteran
offensive line protecting him, Cato looks to
have another great season. “He has a totally
understanding of what we’re trying to get
done offensively,” Holliday said.
2. TOP TARGETS: Despite the loss of
Aaron Dobson to the NFL, Cato has several
solid returnees in wideout Tommy Shuler and
tight end Gator Hoskins. Shuler, who’s returning from offseason foot surgery, amassed
a school-record 110 catches for 1,138 yards
and six touchdowns last year, while Hoskins
had 35 catches for 374 yards and a team-high
10 scores. Penn State transfer Devon Smith
is eligible after sitting out last season. He
caught 25 passes for 402 yards in 2011 for
the Nittany Lions.
3. WHERE’S THE D?: Marshall lost
four games a year ago by seven points or
less, and one of the reasons may have been
several injuries in the secondary. Cornerback
Darryl Roberts missed all of last season
recovering from a broken ankle, and safety
A.J. Leggett sat out with a shoulder injury.
Third-leading tackler D.J. Hunter at safety
joins them in a depth-filled secondary. The
line is led by Taylor, who led Marshall with
5.5 sacks and was ranked fifth in tackles with
54. Fourth-leading tackler Jermaine Holmes
is a key at linebacker.
4. NOT SO FRIENDLY HOME: Marshall
is 11-6 at home under Holliday but went just
3-3 last season. There was a time when Joan
C. Edwards Stadium was a virtual lock for a
home win. The Thundering Herd went 91-7
there from 1990 to 2004.
5. COACHES IN FLUX: In addition to
Heater, Marshall added five other assistant
coaches for this season: Adam Fuller at
linebacker, Sean Cronin at defensive end,
Mike Furrey at wide receiver, Thomas
Brown at running back, and Alex Mirabal
on the offensive line. Several veteran assistants also took on new responsibilities, and
Scott Sinclair was hired as Marshall’s fifth
football strength and conditioning coach in
the past two years.
Predicted order of finish in Conference
USA: Second in East Division.
THE HERD’S HOPE – In this Oct. 6, 2012 file photo, Marshall quarterback Rakeem Cato reacts after a Herd fumble was recovered and turned into a touchdown by Tulsa
during an NCAA college football game in Huntington, W.Va. Marshall coach Doc Holliday doesn’t want to see a repeat of last year’s floundering defense. While Marshall
thrived behind quarterback Rakeem Cato, opposing offenses ran up 43 points per game on the Thundering Herd, which allowed at least 50 points five times. (AP Photo/The
Herald-Dispatch, Mark Webb, File)
Tulsa, ECU chance to exit C-USA with another title
By STEPHEN HAWKINS
AP Sports Writer
Tulsa and East Carolina get one more
chance to win another Conference USA title
before moving to a new league.
Or maybe a newcomer like Louisiana
Tech or Middle Tennessee can get started
with a championship in C-USA, which still
has plenty of teams coming and going.
The Bulldogs and Blue Raiders are among
six new teams this season in Conference
USA, those additions more than offsetting
the four that left. Tulane joins Tulsa and East
Carolina as schools in their final season in the
league — and that trio will be fully replaced
over the next two years.
“Honestly, it’s exciting to me. I think that
having the fact that it’s already out there that
there’s going to be transition when the year’s
over, it takes away the concern,” said Tulsa
coach Bill Blankenship. “What I’m more
excited about is getting to play Texas-San
Antonio and Larry Coker, and North Texas
and Dan McCarney, and Skip Holtz and
Louisiana Tech.”
Defending C-USA champion Tulsa lost
eight starters from the league’s top defense
but is still the West Division favorite. The
Golden Hurricane also won the league’s first
championship game in 2005. East Carolina,
which has also won two titles in that span,
returns eight starters on both offense and
defense and is favored in the East on its
way out.
“It’s not that awkward and being picked
always just makes it a real challenge, but
it shows great respect for your program,”
Pirates coach Ruffin McNeill said.
McNeill is in his fourth season at East
Carolina, where he replaced Skip Holtz,
who is back in C-USA in his first season at
Louisiana Tech. The Bulldogs didn’t play in
a bowl last season even after going 9-3 while
averaging 51 points and 578 yards per game.
Sonny Dykes, another son of a well-known
head coach, left for California and there are
also 32 seniors gone from that squad.
The only way Holtz faces East Carolina
is if both teams make it to the league championship game.
When Tulsa, East Carolina and Tulane
head to the American Athletic Conference,
there will be seven former C-USA teams
next season in the league that used to be
the Big East.
FIVE THINGS TO WATCH:
1) WELCOME — AND STAYAWHILE:
There are four first-year coaches in C-USA,
and all are at schools set to still be in the
UP AND OVER - In this Nov. 25, 2011 file photo, Tulsa tailback Trey Watts (22) jumps
over Houston defensive lineman Zeke Riser (90) as linebacker Everett Daniels (54)
moves in for the tackle in the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game in
Tulsa, Okla. It wasn’t until Watts came to Tulsa as a walk-on that he started creating
a legacy of his own.(AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
league next season. Sean Kugler is a UTEP
alum and former assistant (1993-2000) who
then coached for three NFL teams before
getting his first head coaching job as Mike
Price’s replacement. Former Oklahoma State
offensive coordinator Todd Monken takes
over at Southern Miss, which was the only
winless FBS team last season at 0-12, coming
a year after the Golden Eagles were 12-2 and
C-USA champs. Southern Miss next season
will be the only team remaining from the
original 1996 C-USA lineup. Holtz spent the
last three seasons in the Big East with South
Florida. Ron Turner is in his first season at
FIU after working for three different NFL
teams since his stint at Illinois’ head coach
from 1997-2004.
2) LOT OF LONE STAR: Four of the
league’s 14 teams are in Texas — North
Texas, Rice, UTEP and UTSA. That should
help build some regional rivalries, especially
with all of them in the West Division. “You
look back at the Southwest Conference days,
all the great rivalries existed because of the
locations of the universities,” Rice coach
David Bailiff said. And Louisiana Tech,
which had been in the WAC, isn’t too far
away. “All of a sudden you’ve got car-ride
trips for your fan base, where people get in
the car and put the flag in the window,” Holtz
said. “Their fans can also come to our place,
which I think is going to be a completely
different atmosphere for Louisiana Tech.
Because being in the WAC, every trip’s been
a plane ride.”
3) PASSING HERD: With Rakeem Cato
throwing the ball at Marshall, expect more
video game-like numbers the offense. Cato
led the FBS last year with 350 yards passing and 34 completions a game, along with
a league-best 37 touchdowns. His career 66
percent completion rate is current the best
in school history, ahead of Byron Leftwich
or Chad Pennington. And Cato has his top
receiver back in junior Tommy Shuler, who
had a school-record 110 catches last season
for 1,138 yards and six touchdowns.
4) SUNNY OUTLOOK?: Middle Tennessee, going into its 99th football season, was
part of a three-way tie for second in the Sun
Belt Conference last season. Florida Atlantic
and FIU were both 2-6 in the Sun Belt, and
the only team to finish below them in that
league was South Alabama, a transitioning
FBS team that wasn’t even eligible for the
league title. FIU lost eight starters on both
sides of the ball, but Florida Atlantic has
15 starters back (seven on offense, eight
on defense).
5) NOW FOR THE KICKER(S): Tulane kicker Cairo Santos made all 21 of
his field goal attempts last season, including a 57-yarder that matched Rice’s Chris
Boswell for the longest in the conference.
Boswell made an FBS-high six kicks of at
least 50 yards last season and has 11 in his
career. UAB’s Ty Long was 14 of 17 with
a 54-yarder. Half of the league’s teams
have returning kickers who made kicks of
at least 51 yards. The others are UTSA’s
Sean Ianno, Southern Miss’ Corey Acosta,
Florida Atlantic’s Mitch Anderson and East
Carolina’s Warren Harvey.
3 QBs vie to replace Geno
Smith at West Virginia
By DOUG WALP
Associated Press
MORGANTOWN (AP) — The
three quarterbacks competing to
become Geno Smith’s heir at West
Virginia have a combined 10 career
touchdown passes.
Lack of production aside, coach
Dana Holgorsen sees plenty of capable talent to choose from among
Florida State transfer Clint Trickett,
longtime Smith backup Paul Millard and redshirt freshman Ford
Childress.
Holgorsen, whose offenses
have produced 4,000-yard passers in eight straight seasons, has
indicated he’ll take his time in
choosing a starter for the Aug. 31
season opener against William &
Mary.
Trickett grew up in Morgantown
while his dad, Rick, was the offensive line coach at West Virginia
from 2001-06.
He also has the most game experience of the three quarterbacks
with two career starts and 17 total
appearances for the Seminoles.
He’s completed 66 of 106 attempts
for 947 yards, seven touchdowns
and four interceptions.
Trickett graduated from Florida
State in the spring and has two years
of eligibility remaining.
“He’s good, he’s seasoned. He
doesn’t get nervous,” Holgorsen
said.
Millard has three TDs and three
interceptions in 34 career pass
attempts as the two-year backup
to Smith, a three-year starter who
owns nearly every passing record
for the Mountaineers.
“We’re all fighting to be the
starting quarterback for the Mountaineers,” Millard said. “We all
have that same goal in mind,
so it’s going to be competitive
throughout. We just have to go in
day in and day out and keep on
the grind.”
Millard and Childress battled
through the spring with neither
winning the job outright. Trickett’s
transfer was announced less than
two weeks after West Virginia’s
spring game.
The decision to transfer and
play for West Virginia was a dream
Trickett had for a long time.
“I wanted to come here out of
high school,” Trickett said. “It
didn’t really work out, didn’t really get recruited. It was a different
offense then. So I went to Florida
State and then Geno left. It’s a no
brainer. I’m from here. I’m a West
Virginia kid.”
West Virginia didn’t promise the
starting job outright to him, which
only fueled his interest.
“During the second recruiting
process, some other schools were
pretty quick to say ‘it’s yours if
you want it.’ And I didn’t really
like that,” Trickett said. “Because
it’s college football. You’re going
to have to compete wherever you
go and I didn’t really trust what
the other coaches were saying. I
just trusted what Dana said. He
was like ‘hey, I’m not promising
you anything, but you’re going to
get chances’, so that’s all I could
ask for.”
With only a few full-pad practices so far, Holgorsen said there
weren’t many observations to make
other than assessing each player’s
communication abilities and how
they appeared to manage themselves out on the practice field.
“We’re just evaluating them
running plays,” Holgorsen said.
“Do they know how to communicate? Do they know what to do?
And then when you put them in
live settings that’s when you make
decisions.”
Holgorsen said all three quarterbacks have dealt with any early
pressure well.
“You can tell he’s (Trickett) got
some game experience. Just by the
calmness that he possesses,” Holgorsen said. “I think Clint can get
in the mix to be the guy, because he
has that in his personality. Ford and
Paul possess that calmness right
now, too. They understand what’s
going on around them.”
The advantage for Millard is
his familiarity with Holgorsen’s
offense. He’s the only one of the
three who’s taken snaps in a game
for the Mountaineers.
“At the end of the day, we are
all teammates and somebody is
going to step up to lead this team,”
Millard said. “For me personally, I
am just going out there every day
and trying to get better. Obviously
we all have the same goal in mind,
to be the starting quarterback of
this team.”
Childress is the underdog in the
quarterback race due to his lack of
experience but he possesses a stronger arm than his counterparts.
“We are all just trying to get
better and are pushing each other,”
Childress said. “I feel a ton better
with the offense. I actually know
what is going on, what the defense
is doing and what I need to call and
check out of everything.”
FILE - This Sept. 17, 2011 file
photo, Florida State quarterback
Clint Trickett (9) throws a
pass during the fourth quarter
of a NCAA college football
game against Oklahoma in
Tallahassee, Fla. Trickett is one
of three quarterbacks seeking
to replace Geno Smith as the
starting quarterback at West
Virginia this fall. AP Photo
FILE - This April 21, 2012 file photo, West Virginia’s Paul Millard
carries the ball during the Gold-Blue Game in Morgantown, W.Va.
Millard is one of three quarterbacks seeking to replace Geno Smith
as the starting quarterback at West Virginia this fall. AP Photo
‘Dreadful’ West
Virginia defense
looks to improve
By JOHN RABY
AP Sports Writer
MORGANTOWN (AP) —
Keith Patterson is West Virginia’s
third defensive coordinator in three
years and he believes the Mountaineers’ defense can improve.
One reason: It couldn’t get
much worse than last year.
West Virginia returns most
starters from the unit that was
one of the most porous nationally
in defending the pass and points
allowed.
“By no stretch are we where
we want to be,” said Patterson,
who began retooling the defense
in January. “But thank God we’re
not where we used to be.”
West Virginia was among three
defenses in the Bowl Subdivision
to allow more than 4,000 passing
yards in the 2012 season. The 38
touchdown passes allowed were
surpassed only by Colorado’s 39,
and only three other teams gave up
more points than West Virginia’s
school-record 495.
The Mountaineers especially
couldn’t stop offenses on third
down. Wide receivers were getting into the open field and West
Virginia’s defensive backs often
were unable to track them down.
While four losses were blowouts,
there was a last-second defeat to
Oklahoma and an overtime setback
to TCU, both at home.
Patterson took over for Joe DeForest prior to last year’s Pinstripe
Bowl loss. DeForest spent one year
unsuccessfully transforming the
Mountaineers to a 3-4 formation
from the 3-3-5 that helped the
Mountaineers go 3-0 in BCS bowl
games. DeForest is the special
teams coordinator this season.
Patterson continues to coach
linebackers as well. Tony Gibson,
who coached defensive backs at
WVU from 2001 to 2007, was
hired to replace DeForest as safeties coach, while Brian Mitchell
replaced the fired Daron Roberts
as cornerbacks coach.
The Mountaineers are coming
off a disappointing 7-6 season and
have to replace quarterback Geno
Smith and several other offensive
stars, raising the likelihood the
defense this year won’t be taking
the field as often trying to protect
a lead.
While adding much-needed reinforcements, Patterson wants the
defense to be more prepared for the
furious pace of spread offenses in
the Big 12. And the Mountaineers
have only a month to get ready for
the Big 12 opener at Oklahoma on
Sept. 7 after the Aug. 31 season
debut with William & Mary.
“The guys have heard me say
it before: 70 percent of all big
plays in Division I college football
come because of misalignment
or busted assignment,” Patterson
said. “Our whole philosophy is the
faster we take the field, the more
knowledge we can obtain from the
sidelines.”
The veteran players have differing opinions about whether to
forget what happened or learn from
what went wrong in 2012.
“Last year it was dreadful,” said
West Virginia linebacker Isaiah
Bruce. “It’s definitely not forgotten, but I have moved on. We all
have moved on.”
What matters is that everyone
on the defense needs to understand
their roles better, Bruce said.
“We can’t have too many people
getting out of position or trying to
do too much or trying to do somebody else’s job,” he said. “Because
on defense, we’re reacting to what
FILE - This Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, Kansas State wide receiver Tyler Lockett, left, catches a pass next
to West Virginia linebacker Isaiah Bruce (31) during the first quarter of an NCAA college football
game in Morgantown, W.Va. As West Virginia’s third defensive coordinator in three years, Keith
Patterson has his reasons for believing that the Mountaineers’ defense can improve. West Virginia
returns most of its starters on defense from the unit that was one of the most porous nationally in
defending the pass and points allowed. Patterson began reformulating the defensive in January. He
says the unit is nowhere near where he wants it to be, but “thank God we’re not where we used to
be.” AP Photo/Christopher Jackson
the offense does. So if you are out
of position and they decide to go
that way, that creates a touchdown.
We just have to communicate and
understand exactly what we have
to do and just do our job and be
more disciplined.”
Safety Karl Joseph said 2012
“is done with” and won’t use that
as a reference point. He does admit this year’s unit has a chip on
its shoulder and plans to be more
physical.
Joseph and Bruce will be among
the focal points. They ranked onetwo in total tackles as freshmen and
combined for four of the team’s 10
interceptions.
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL 2013 STATEWIDE SCHEDULE
Aug. 29
Cabell Midland at Riverside
South Charleston at George Washington
Aug. 30
Beckley at Winfield
Bluefield Graham, Va. at Bluefield
Braxton County at Lincoln
Bridgeport at Buckhannon-Upshur
Brooke at Morgantown
Cameron at Bishop Donahue
Clark County, Va. at Berkeley Springs
Clay-Battelle at Paden City
East Fairmont at Liberty (Harrison)
Fayetteville at Wahama
Gilmer County at Calhoun County
Greenbrier West at Nicholas County
H.D. Woodson, D.C. at Martinsburg
Hedgesville at Washington
Huntington at Hurricane
Independence at Midland Trail
James Monroe at Greenbrier East
Keyser at Wheeling Park
Liberty (Raleigh) at Westside
Lincoln County at Point Pleasant
Linsly at Magnolia
Logan at Man
Madonna at Beallsville, Ohio
Moorefield at Petersburg
Musselman at Stephens City Sherando, Va.
North Marion at Frankfort
Oak Hill at Elkins
Page County, Va. at East Hardy
Parkersburg at Vincent Warren Local, Ohio
Parkersburg South at Ripley
Pendleton County at Tygarts Valley
Philip Barbour at Grafton
PikeView at Summers County
Poca at Nitro
Preston at Hampshire
Richmond Edison Local, Ohio at Oak Glen
Richwood at Webster County
River View at Mount View
Roane County at Clay County
Robert C. Byrd at Fairmont Senior
Scott at Herbert Hoover
Shady Spring at Princeton
Sherman at Tug Valley
Sissonville at Chapmanville
South Harrison at Doddridge County
Spring Mills at Jefferson
Spring Valley at St. Albans
St. Marys at Ritchie County
Tolsia at Wayne
Tucker County at Pocahontas County
Tyler Consolidated at Williamstown
University at Lewis County
Valley (Fayette) at Wirt County
Valley (Wetzel) at Hannan
Van at Meadow Bridge
Weir at Wintersville Indian Creek, Ohio
Wheeling Central at Cadiz Harrison Central,
Ohio
Wyoming East at Mingo Central
Aug. 31
Buffalo at Parkersburg Catholic
Hundred at Montcalm
Sept. 6
Bellaire, Ohio at John Marshall
Berkeley Springs at Keyser
Bluefield at Princeton
Braxton County at Clay County
Buckhannon-Upshur at University
Buffalo at River View
Cabell Midland at Winfield
Cadiz Harrison Central, Ohio at Weir
Calhoun County at Sherman
Cameron at Valley (Wetzel)
Chapmanville at Herbert Hoover
Clay-Battelle at Foxburg Alleghany Clarion
Valley, Pa.
Coolidge, D.C. at Morgantown
Doddridge County at Tyler Consolidated
Fayetteville at Midland Trail
Frostburg Mountain Ridge, Md. at Jefferson
Frankfort at Moorefield
George Washington at Ashland Paul Blazer,
Ky.
Glouster Trimble, Ohio at Wahama
Grafton at Notre Dame
Greenbrier East at Beckley
Greenbrier West at Richwood
Hampshire at Elkins
Independence at PikeView
Jefferson at Winchester Millbrook, Va.
Lewis County at Preston
Liberty (Raleigh) at Sissonville
Lincoln at Philip Barbour
Lincoln County at Scott
Linsly at Parkersburg South
Logan at Shady Spring
Magnolia at Williamstown
Man at Mount View
Martinsburg at Stephens City Sherando, Va.
Meadow Bridge at Tug Valley
Mingo Central at Tolsia
Nicholas County at Poca
Nitro at Hurricane
North Marion at Fairmont Senior
Oak Glen at Lisbon Beaver Local, Ohio
Oak Hill at Musselman
Paden City at Van
Petersburg at Pendleton County
Pilgrim Knob Twin Valley, Va. at Montcalm
Ripley at Point Pleasant
Riverside at Capital
Roane County at Ritchie County
Robert C. Byrd at Liberty (Harrison)
South Harrison at Gilmer County
Spring Valley at Huntington
St. Albans at South Charleston
St. Marys at Wirt County
Summers County at James Monroe
Taylor Allderdice, Pa. at Brooke
Tygarts Valley at Tucker County
Washington at Spring Mills
Wayne at Chesapeake, Ohio
Webster County at Ravenswood
Westside at Wyoming East
Wheeling Central at Pittsburgh Westinghouse,
Pa.
Wheeling Park at Bridgeport
Sept. 7
Hannan at Hundred
Hannibal River Local, Ohio at Bishop Donahue
Madonna at Goshen Tuscarawas Catholic,
Ohio
Parkersburg Catholic at Pocahontas County
Sept. 12
South Charleston at Spring Valley
Sept. 13
Beallsville, Ohio at Paden City
Berkeley Springs at Petersburg
Bishop Donahue at Clay-Battelle
Bridgeport at North Marion
Buckhannon-Upshur at Elkins
Calhoun County at Doddridge County
Craig County, Va. at East Hardy
East Fairmont at Nicholas County
Fairmont Senior at Preston
Frostburg Mountain Ridge, Md. at Hedgesville
George Washington at St. Albans
Gilmer County at Wirt County
Greenbrier East at Shady Spring
Hannan at Stewart Federal Hocking, Ohio
Herbert Hoover at Lewis County
Hundred at Valley (Wetzel)
Huntington at Beckley
Hurricane at Riverside
Independence at Greenbrier West
Jefferson at Hampshire
Keyser at Cumberland Fort Hill, Md.
Lincoln County at Logan
Magnolia at Tyler Consolidated
Man at Westside
Martinsburg at State College, Pa.
Meadow Bridge at Midland Trail
Mingo Central at Webster County
Moorefield at Oakland Southern Garrett, Md.
Morgantown at Parkersburg South
Musselman at Spring Mills
Narrows, Va. at Montcalm
Notre Dame at Cameron
Oak Glen at Wintersville Indian Creek, Ohio
Parkersburg at Cabell Midland
Parkersburg Catholic at St. Marys
Pendleton County at Pocahontas County
Philip Barbour at Braxton County
PikeView at Liberty (Raleigh)
Poca at Buffalo
Princeton at Capital
Rayland Buckeye Local, Ohio at John
Marshall
Richmond Edison Local, Ohio at Weir
Richwood at Fayetteville
Ripley at Winfield
Ritchie County at Clay County
Roane County at Ravenswood
Robert C. Byrd at Lincoln
Scott at Chapmanville
Sherman at Wyoming East
Stephens City Sherando, Va. at Washington
Summers County at Grafton
Tolsia at Sissonville
Tucker County at Accident Northern Garrett,
Md.
Tug Valley at Mount View
Tygarts Valley at South Harrison
University at Brooke
Van at Valley (Fayette)
Wahama at Reedsville Eastern, Ohio
Sept. 14
Marietta, Ohio at Williamstown
Wheeling Central at Madonna
Sept. 19
Tyler Consolidated at St. Marys
Sept. 20
Bath County, Va. at Pendleton County
Beallsville, Ohio at Cameron
Berkeley Springs at Frankfort
Bridgeport at Robert C. Byrd
Buckhannon-Upshur at North Marion
Buena Vista Parry McCluer, Va. at Greenbrier
East
Cabell Midland at Huntington
Capital at Parkersburg
Chapmanville at Poca
Clay County at Valley (Fayette)
Clay-Battelle at Hundred
Craig County, Va. at Montcalm
East Fairmont at Lincoln
Elkins at Preston
Fayetteville at Meadow Bridge
Gate City, Va. at Bluefield
Grafton at Weir
Greenbrier West at Buffalo
Hannan at Sherman
Hannibal River Local, Ohio at Magnolia
Hedgesville at Spring Mills
Herbert Hoover at Tolsia
James Monroe at PikeView
Jefferson at Musselman
John Marshall at Oak Glen
Keyser at Accident Northern Garrett, Md.
Martinsburg at Leesburg Tuscarora, Va.
McKinley Tech, D.C. at Morgantown
Midland Trail at Richwood
Mingo Central at Westside
Mount View at Liberty (Raleigh)
Nicholas County at Oak Hill
Nitro at South Charleston
Paden City at Gilmer County
Parkersburg Catholic at Calhoun County
Parkersburg South at Vincent Warren Local,
Ohio
Philip Barbour at Liberty (Harrison)
Pocahontas County at East Hardy
Point Pleasant at Logan
Princeton at Hurricane
Ravenswood at Wayne
Ritchie County at Braxton County
River View at Man
Riverside at George Washington
Shady Spring at Independence
Sissonville at Scott
South Point, Ohio at Lincoln County
Spring Valley at Ripley
Steubenville, Ohio at Brooke
Tucker County at Moorefield
Tug Valley at Haysi, Va.
University at Wheeling Park
Valley (Wetzel) at Notre Dame
Wahama at Belpre, Ohio
Webster County at Roane County
Wirt County at Doddridge County
Wyoming East at Summers County
Sept. 21
Bishop Donahue at Bellaire St. John, Ohio
Linsly at Wheeling Central
Petersburg at Clear Spring, Md.
Sept. 27
Berkeley Springs at Oakland Southern
Garrett, Md.
Bishop Donahue at Notre Dame
Bluefield at Greenbrier East
Braxton County at Roane County
Bridgeport at East Fairmont
Brooke at Wheeling Park
Buffalo at Gilmer County
Calhoun County at Tyler Consolidated
Cameron at Madonna
Capital at South Charleston
Cumberland Allegany, Md. at Keyser
Doddridge County at Ritchie County
East Hardy at Tygarts Valley
Fairmont Senior at Elkins
Frankfort at Accident Northern Garrett, Md.
Grafton at Robert C. Byrd
Greenbrier West at Summers County
Hampshire at Frostburg Mountain Ridge, Md.
Hundred at Paden City
Huntington at Ripley
Hurricane at Cabell Midland
John Marshall at East Liverpool, Ohio
Liberty (Raleigh) at Sherman
Lincoln at South Harrison
Lincoln County at Lewis County
Logan at Chapmanville
Marietta, Ohio at Parkersburg
Meadow Bridge at Pendleton County
Midland Trail at Van
Moorefield at Webster County
Morgantown at Martinsburg
Mount View at Wyoming East
Nicholas County at Clay County
Nitro at St. Albans
North Marion at Preston
Oak Hill at Buckhannon-Upshur
Parkersburg South at University
Wayne
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Poca at Scott
Ravenswood at Williamstown
Richwood at Pocahontas County
Riner Auburn, Va. at Montcalm
River View at James Monroe
Riverside at Beckley
Shady Spring at PikeView
Sissonville at Wayne
Spring Mills at Petersburg
Spring Valley at Princeton
Stephens City Sherando, Va. at Jefferson
Tucker County at Philip Barbour
Tug Valley at Tolsia
Valley (Fayette) at Fayetteville
Waterford, Ohio at Wahama
Weir at Liberty (Harrison)
Westside at Independence
Winfield at Point Pleasant
Sept. 28
Clay-Battelle at Bellaire St. John, Ohio
Magnolia at Wheeling Central
Oak Glen at Steubenville Catholic Central,
Ohio
Washington at Winchester Handley, Va.
Wirt County at Parkersburg Catholic
Oct. 4
Beckley at Cabell Midland
Buffalo at Tyler Consolidated
Calhoun County at South Harrison
Capital at Huntington
Cedar Bluff Richlands, Va. at Bluefield
Corning Miller, Ohio at Hannan
DuBois, Pa. at Morgantown
East Fairmont at North Marion
East Hardy at Pendleton County
East Liverpool, Ohio at Wheeling Park
East Ridge, Ky. at Tug Valley
Fairmont Senior at Bridgeport
Frostburg Mountain Ridge, Md. at Frankfort
George Washington at Princeton
Grafton at Lincoln
Greenbrier West at PikeView
Herbert Hoover at Poca
James Monroe at Chapmanville
John Marshall at Musselman
Keyser at Hampshire
Lewis County at Buckhannon-Upshur
Liberty (Harrison) at Braxton County
Madonna at Bridgeport, Ohio
Man at Fayetteville
Meadow Bridge at Valley (Fayette)
Montcalm at Saltville Northwoods, Va.
Moorefield at Berkeley Springs
Oak Hill at Shady Spring
Paden City at Cameron
Parkersburg at South Charleston
Petersburg at Philip Barbour
Pocahontas County at Bath County, Va.
Point Pleasant at Brooke
Preston at Hedgesville
Ripley at Nitro
Ritchie County at Ravenswood
Riverside at St. Albans
Robert C. Byrd at Nicholas County
Saltsburg Kiski Prep, Pa. at Wheeling Central
Sherman at Independence
Summers County at Covington, Va.
Tucker County at Oakland Southern Garrett,
Md.
Tygarts Valley at Gilmer County
University at Greenbrier East
Valley (Wetzel) at Clay-Battelle
Van at Richwood
Wahama at Racine Southern, Ohio
Washington at Martinsburg
Wayne at Mingo Central
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: WAYNE COUNTY
ALL-TIME PLAYOFF HISTORY
Year
1978
1993
1993
1993
1999
2000
2000
2000
2000
2001
2002
2002
2002
2003
2003
2004
2004
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
2006
2006
2006
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2009
2009
2010
2010
2011
2011
2011
2011
2012
2012
2012
2012
SPRING VALLEY (1-10)
Game
Class, Round
Musselman 35, Spring Valley 6
AAA, 1st round
Huntington 21, Spring Valley 0
AAA, 1st round
Beckley 40, Spring Valley 7
AAA, 1st round
Martinsburg 48, Spring Valley 13
AAA, 1st round
Morgantown 34, Spring Valley 21
AAA, 1st round
University 35, Spring Valley 14
AAA, 1st round
University 23, Spring Valley 0
AAA, 1st round
Hurricane 39, Spring Valley 17
AAA, 1st round
George Washington 42, Spring Valley 7
AAA, 1st round
Spring Valley 31, Wheeling Park 7
AAA, 1st round
Cabell Midland 28, Spring Valley 26
AAA, Quarterfinals
WAYNE (32-13)
Game
Class, Round
Central Preston 15, Wayne 12
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 12, Frankfort 7
AA, 1st round
Wayne 12, Tyler Consolidated 7 AA, Quarterfinals
East Bank 14, Wayne 6
AA, Semifinals
James Monroe 42, Wayne 26
AA, 1st round
AA, 1st round
Wayne 14, Wyoming East 13 (2 OT)
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 33, Iaeger 8
AA, Semifinals
Bridgeport 14, Wayne 6
AA, Championship
Mount View 14, Wayne 12
AA, 1st round
Wayne 20, Mount View 12
AA, 1st round
Wayne 22, Frankfort 6 AA, Quarterfinals
Bluefield 10, Wayne 0 AA, Semifinals
Wayne 20, Scott 19
AA, 1st round
Westside 24, Wayne 16
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 41, Scott 10
AA, 1st round
Wayne 47, Braxton County 21
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 33, Shady Spring 6
AA, Semifinals
Bluefield 69, Wayne 24
AA, Championship
Wayne 83, Liberty-Raleigh 42
AA, 1st round
Wayne 49, Magnolia 13
AA, Quarterfinals
Weir 22, Wayne 7
AA, Semifinals
Wayne 34, Roane County 8
AA, 1st round
Wayne 13, Poca 0
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 14, Grafton 7 AA, Semifinals
Wayne 33, Tolsia 6
AA, Championship
Wayne 34, Grafton 10
AA, 1st round
Wayne 35, Tyler Consolidated 15 AA, Quarterfinals
James Monroe 21, Wayne 14
AA, Semifinals
AA, 1st round
Wayne 41, Bluefield 35
AA, Quarterfinals
Grafton 42, Wayne 12 AA, Semifinals
Wayne 34, Oak Glen 12
AA, 1st round
Wayne 27, Ravenswood 0
AA, Quarterfinals
AA, Semifinals
Bluefield 27, Wayne 7 AA, Championship
AA, 1st round
Bluefield 54, Wayne 8 AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 56, Grafton 14
AA, 1st round
Wayne 38, Keyser 8 AA, Quarterfinals
AA, Semifinals
Wayne 34, Point Pleasant 7
AA, Championship
Wayne 63, Clay County 24
AA, 1st round
Wayne 47, Nicholas County 0
AA, Quarterfinals
Wayne 18, Robert C. Byrd 0
AA, Semifinals
Wayne 35, Keyser 0
AA, Championship
Year
1995
1995
1996
1996
1997
1997
2001
2002
2002
Game
Tolsia 10, Frankfort 0
Duval 34, Tolsia 21
Tolsia 34, Braxton County 7
East Bank 30, Tolsia 7 Tolsia 34, Chapmanville 14
Magnolia 7, Tolsia 6 Poca 27, Tolsia 7
Tolsia 41, Duval 6
Moorefield 21, Tolsia 6
Year
1998
1999
2001
2002
2003
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2012
TOLSIA (10-9)
Class, Round
AA, 1st round
AA, Quarterfinals
AA, 1st round
AA, Quarterfinals
AA, 1st round
AA, Quarterfinals
AA, 1st round
A, 1st round
A, Quarterfinals
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The Wayne Pioneers after winning their second straight Class AA title with a 35-0 defeat of Keyser at Wheeling Island Stadium.
Wayne’s defense dominated opponents all season and didn’t stop in the title game
Mason Hodge shows the Keyser defender why he should “Fear the Beard.”
Dakota Robertson runs around the end in Tolsia’s 14-7 win against Sissonville.
Running through the mud.
Dawson Presley leads the pack.
THE TOUCHDOWN THAT WASN’T – Spring Valley quarterback Tyler Brown was whistled down short of the goal line against Cabell Midland August 24, 2012 at Ona.
Although Brown’s elbow, with the football inside his arm is clearly in the red paint of the Knights end zone, the effort was short and the Timberwolves fell to their archrival 21-13. This was a pivotal moment in Wayne County football last season.Photo courtesy of Kerry Carter Photography
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