West Virginia High School Football Scoreboard - Week 3

Some late breaking news out of West Virginia...Martinsburg, which has played in the Class AAA state championship four times in the last six years, has been forced to forfeit its first two wins of the year against Morgantown and Potomac Falls of Virginia for using an academically ineligible player.

Martinsburg reported the infraction and is appealing the penalty of forfeiting its 2-0 start. The player in question apparently played only sparingly and moved into the Martinsburg area from another state.

Martinsburg won its game Friday night game against Turner Ashby of Virginia 56-8. Here are the rest of the scores from the Mountaineer State.

West Virginia High School Football Scores
Friday, September 7, 2007

Bath County (VA) 28, East Hardy 6
Belpre (OH) 14, Williamstown 7
Berkeley Springs 40, Grafton 3
Big Creek 36, Pocahontas, Va. 13
Bluefield 14, William Campbell (VA) 7
Bridgeport 49, Lewis County 14
Brooke 27, John Marshall 12
Calhoun 34, Doddridge County 0
Cambridge, Ohio 42, Parkersburg South 7
Capital 30, Huntington 6
Chapmanville 21, Scott 20
Clay-Battelle 22, Paden City 14
East Fairmont 26, Nicholas County 14
Elkins 41, Preston 6
Fort Hill, Md. 31, Frankfort 6
Gallipolis Gallia (OH) 28, Point Pleasant 0
George Washington 35, Nitro 14
Gilbert 34, Tug Valley 13
Greenbrier West 27, Independence 0
Hedgesville 27, Potomac Falls (VA) 26
Hurley, Va. 30, Montcalm 8
Hurricane 22, Ripley 16
James Monroe 35, Oak Hill 0
James Wood, Va. 31, Hampshire 7
Liberty Raleigh 48, PikeView 6
Logan 28, Poca 12
Magnolia 16, Tyler Consolidated 0
Martinsburg 56, Turner Ashby (VA) 8
Matewan 32, Williamson 16
Meadow Bridge 39, Burch 0
Moorefield 14, Boonsboro (MD) 13
Morgantown 29, Fairmont Senior 14
Notre Dame 48, Cameron 0
Park View-Sterling (VA) 35, Jefferson 22
Parkersburg 30, South Charleston 26
Pendleton County 14, Pocahontas County 12
Philip Barbour 17, Braxton County 14
Ravenswood 35, Roane County 14
Richmond Edison, Ohio 27, Weir 19
Riverside 50, Lincoln County 16
Robert C. Byrd 52, North Marion 21
Shady Spring 22, Summers County 12
Shadyside, Ohio 41, Linsly 13
Sherando, Va. 40, Musselman 7
Sissonville 13, Winfield 9
South Harrison 20, Tygarts Valley 6
Spring Valley 23, Greenbrier East 6
St. Albans 47, Princeton 20
St. Marys 21, Parkersburg Catholic 6
Tolsia 26, Sherman 12
Tucker County 7, Lincoln 0
University 60, Buckhannon-Upshur 12
Valley Fayette 30, Van 20
Valley Wetzel 42, Hundred 18
Wahama 35, Reedsville Eastern (OH) 0
Webster County 50, Liberty Harrison 46
Westside 10, Man 6
Wintersville Indian Creek (OH) 12, Oak Glen 6
Wirt County 66, Gilmer County 12
Woodrow Wilson 21, Cabell Midland 14
Wyoming East 49, Iaeger 26
Zanesville (OH) 27, Wheeling Park 7

658 Yards Rushing In A Game....Not A National Record!

Matewan High School running back Paul McCoy rushed for 658 yards Friday night in his team's 64-0 win over Burch, however, believe it or not, he may not have set a national record!

The 658 yards, which translates to .037386 miles, tops the record listed by the National Federation of State High School Association, which was 619 yards set by Ronney Jenkins of Oxnard, California in 1995. However, a high school records historian Doug Huff says the recognized record is 739 yards by John Giannantonio of Netcong, New Jersey in a game against Mountain Lakes in 1950.

McCoy gained his 658 yards on just 29 carries and scored 10 touchdowns. He averaged 22.7 yards per carry, and scored on touchdown runs of 69, 1, 52, 56, 52, 20, 31, 84, 87 and 25 yards. McCoy also had a 77-yards TD run called back on a penalty.

McCoy did set a West Virgina record for rushing and touchdowns in a game. The national record for TDs in a game is 12 by Ken Pearson of Hugo, Colorado in 1930.

High School Football Practice Underway

Hot temperatures greet high school football players across the state. It was the first official day for practice, but players won't slap on the pads until August 4th. The regular season begins August 25th.

Morgantown is the defending AAA state champ, Weir won the 2005 AA title and Wheeling Central won last year's A championship.

Pocahontas Coal Champions Classic

West Virginia high school football fans will get quite a preview of the 2006 season on August 18th in Bluefield when Mitchell Stadium will host the Pocahntas Coal Champi-ons Classic. Seven teams, two of which made it to state championship games last year, will take part in a day-long preseason scrimmage that's being billed as a "grid-o-rama.

Bluefield, Graham, Mount View, Richlands, George Wythe, Pulaski County and Rockbridge County will take part of a schedule that will see each team play two, two-quarter games.

For more on the Classic, please click on our headline "Pocahontas Coal Champions Classic".