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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 ...
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 ...
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.
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.
Wheeling Island Stadium is a stadium used mostly for American football and soccer located on Wheeling Island in Wheeling, West Virginia.The original portion of the stadium was dedicated on June 10, 1927, [1] but a large concrete seating section was added in 1987. [2]
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.
In 1953, West Virginia University and Virginia Tech played each other in football at Mitchell Stadium. [2] In 2007, the two schools returned to the venue with a soccer game. Bluefield State College in West Virginia played its home football games at Mitchell Stadium until discontinuing the program after the 1981 season.
West Virginia State has won 3 conference championships in school history. Two championships were when they were a member of Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and one as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). [4] [5]