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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 ...
1916–1956: Colored School State Champions. Before the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, schools, and football games, were segregated. African-Americans were forced to play in their own league. The West Virginia Athletic Union governed African-American athletics during this time. 1937–1946: Single-class system.
The Harrison H. Kennedy Award, often known simply as the Kennedy Award, is a high school sports award named for the late Wheeling, West Virginia native Harry H. Kennedy.It is given annually to the West Virginia High School Football Player of the Year as voted on by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association.
West Virginia scored nearly 40 points per game in 2007 and were in line to make the BCS title game with a win over Pitt in the final week of the most chaotic season in modern college football history.
West Virginia's Jarret Doege started at quarterback and threw for 234 yards and three touchdowns. This was the first start at West Virginia for Doege who transferred from Bowling Green, as Austin Kendall had been the starting quarterback all season for the Mountaineers. Doege's biggest throw was a 50-yard touchdown pass on third-and-22 in the ...
From 1891 to 1949, West Virginia competed as a football independent. The Mountaineers saw modest success during this period and made appearances in bowl games in both 1922 and 1948. From 1950 to 1967, West Virginia was a member of the Southern Conference and won the conference championship nine times. The membership of the SoCon fluctuated ...
The Ohio Valley Athletic Conference is a high school sports league in parts of southeastern Ohio and northern West Virginia. The OVAC is the largest conference of its kind in the United States. [ 1 ] Schools in the upper Ohio Valley supply over 18,000 athletes in various competitive athletic areas.
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