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The West Virginia High School Football State Championships have been held since the early 1900s. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) began its formal recognition of WV State Football Championships in 1937 [1] with the state's sports writers' vote. The WVSSAC began a class system, dividing larger and smaller schools ...
Record attendance was set at over 21,000. Later, when Capital High and Riverside High met when both were undefeated and ranked 1 and 2 in the state, there again were over 20,000 in attendance. The WVSSAC announced on February 22, 2024 Laidley Field would play host to the new 4 Class (Quad A) State Championship Football games beginning in 2024.
However, beginning in 2024, the WVSSAC began dividing football into four classes, and no new name other than "State Football Championships" has yet benn announced. [1] The Championship games were held at Wheeling Island Stadium in Wheeling , a two-day affair, with one game on Friday and two on Saturday, but they will return to Laidley Field in ...
Senior QB Murphy Clement led the Bulldogs to their 10th state football title since 2010, capping a perfect return for Dave Walker as head coach.
West Hancock handed Madrid its first loss of the season in the state semifinals to advance to the championship game. On Thursday, the Eagles beat another undefeated team for the trophy. “I don ...
Rochester punched its ticket to the state football championships for the first time since 2019 with a 42-14 win over Murphysboro on Saturday. ... was last in a state football championship game in ...
The stadium seats 12,220 in two stands along either sidelines, the end zones are empty. Wheeling Island Stadium usually hosts high school football and soccer events but can host concerts, hosting Styx and REO Speedwagon most recently in 2009. [3] President John F. Kennedy delivered a speech at the stadium on September 27, 1962. [4] Wheeling ...
This was Nitro High School's first appearance in a state football championship game. Winter was named to the All AAA West Virginia State Second Team. Of note, Winter's youngest brother Tom would also play linebacker and guard for the Nitro High School football team from 1964 to 1966; during this span, the team would go 8-22.