WeƵre back at it tonight for Week 2 of high school football in West Virginia, which includes a handful of primo matchups.
Huntington and Martinsburg have met in the state semifinals or later in each of the past three seasons. TheyƵre playing in the regular season for the first time ever on Friday night.
Spring Valley and Hurricane meet up in a big-time early-season Mountain State Athletic Conference matchup. Winfield and Herbert Hoover do the same to get Cardinal Conference play going in style. Scott vacated the Cardinal after last season, but retains what has been an entertaining series with Wayne.
Welcome back to ƵAt the Game,Ƶ a new feature we're producing on game nights this season as a way to keep readers in the loop of what's going on across the area, in as close to real time as we can manage.
Friday night finals of interest
- Clay County 53, Buffalo 14
- George Washington 14, John Marshall 6
- Herbert Hoover 29, Winfield 15
- Hurricane 63, Spring Valley 48
- Logan 41, Sissonville 17
- Man 35, Mount View 0
- Martinsburg 47, Huntington 15
- Nitro 35, St. Albans 6
- Oak Hill 21, Riverside 6
- Parkersburg 37, South Charleston 0
- Poca 19, Midland Trail 6
- Roane County 41, Lincoln County 12
- Tolsia 25, Paden City 0
- Tug Valley 33, Sherman 12
- Wayne 26, Scott 6
- Webster County 42, Van 8
- Westside 21, Mingo Central 20
Come back tomorrow morning for game stories!
Hurricane rallies past Spring Valley 63-48
Hurricane (1-1) overcame a 35-28 halftime deficit to defeat Spring Valley 63-48 in a wild game. The Timberwolves fell to 1-1.
Grace shows none to Spring Valley on 46-yard TD run
A mere 10 seconds after Spring Valley closed within eight points, Kylan Grace raced 46 yards for a touchdown to give Hurricane a 63-48 lead with 4:23 left.
Spring Valley hanging in, pulls within eight
Logan Harris scored and Ryan Minigh booted the extra point to pull Spring Valley within 56-48 of Hurricane with 4:33 left in the fourth quarter. The Timberwolves need a stop, a touchdown and a two-point conversion to tie.
Spring Valley scores, Hurricane answers
Miguel Cain's 2-yard touchdown plunge put Spring Valley back in the game, although the extra point attempt was blocked, making it Hurricane 49, Timberwolves 41.
Noah Vellaithambi, though, sprinted 78 yards for a TD to give Hurricane a 56-41 advantage with 6:43 to play.
Martinsburg stamps itself as clear favorite -- again
In a matchup of the top two ranked teams in Class AAAA, Martinsburg upended Huntington 47-15.
The Bulldogs' Kyree Bunny caught four touchdown passes.
If this is the gap between No. 1 and No. 2, good luck to the field as it pursues the Bulldogs. They'll need it.
Nitro pulls away to top St. Albans
Leading 7-0 at intermission, the Wildcats outscored the rival Red Dragons 28-6 in the second half to pull away to a 35-6 victory.
Tudor gets Riverside on the board
Logan Tudor's diving catch in the end zone gets Riverside on the scoreboard in the third quarter. The pass from X'Zayveon Whitestone went through the hands of an Oak Hill defender and into Tudor's hands. Red Devils lead 12-6 at the end of the third quarter.
Hurricane takes control, leads Spring Valley 49-35
Kylan Grace scores on a 6-yard run to give Hurricane a 49-35 lead over Spring Valley with 49 seconds left in the third quarter. The Redskins have outscored the Timberwolves 21-0 in the quarter.
Hurricane strikes twice, takes 42-35 lead
Noah Vellaithambi ran 24 yards for a touchdown at 7:15 of the third quarter, then 15 seconds later after Kno'sean Hampton interception, threw a 47-yard TD strike to Jolly Burnett to put Hurricane ahead of Spring Valley for the first time tonight, 42-35.
Huskies victorious in Elkview
Herbert Hoover scored two touchdowns thanks to quarterback Dane Hatfield and Blake Fisher to increase its lead to 29-15.
Winfield did score its first touchdown since the second quarter off a nine-yard Easton Pinkerton run.
The Huskies closed the game and moved to 2-0 on the season and win, 29-15.
Rock Hill at Oak Hill postponed
Rock Hill's game against Oak Hill (Ohio) has been postponed until 3:30 p.m. Saturday. Lightning is causing havoc throughout the Tri-State.
Hoover up headed to the fourth
Herbert Hoover got the only score in the third quarter against Winfield on Blake Fisher's 30-yard touchdown.
After three quarters, the Huskies lead the Generals, 14-7.
History repeating itself at Putnam
Ten years ago, the opener at rebuilt Putnam Stadium in Ƶhland against Newport Central Catholic was rained out.
It hasn't come to that yet tonight in Ƶhland, but the Tomcats unveiled new artificial turf before tonight's game, and now have been in a lightning delay for around 35 minutes.
Harvest Prep (Ohio) leads Ƶhland, 12-10.
Stop me if you've heard this before
Yes, another touchdown, the ninth of the half. This time it's Liam McGuire throwing 26 yards to Gabe Dixon as time expires in the first half. Spring Valley 35, Hurricane 28.
Touchdowns erupting like popcorn
Liam McGuire hits Cole Ferguson with a 64-yard touchdown pass as Spring Valley takes a 28-21 lead. For seven seconds.
Sean Legros returned the ensuing kickoff 81 yards for a TD to tie it. Whew!
Vellaithambi TD plunge ties it 21-21
Noah Vellaithambi scored on a 1-yard plunge. Seth Casto followed with an extra point kick and it's Hurricane 21, Spring Valley 21 with 1:13 until halftime.
Sack's second score boosts Huntington
Keegan Sack's second short scoring run of the first half has the Highlanders back within 28-15 of Martinsburg at intermission.
Generals, Huskies knotted at 7 at the break
Herbert Hoover scored on its first possession but hasn't since then.
Winfield snuck into the end zone early in the second quarter but has gone stagnant.
The Generals and Huskies are knotted at 7 at the break.
Winfield recorded 102 total yards of offense in the first half, while Herbert Hoover posted 132 yards.
Five possessions, five touchdowns
Spring Valley takes a 21-14 lead on a 67-yard bomb from Liam McGuire to Jalyn Abercrombie. Ryan Minigh boots the extra point.
Spring Valley takes 14-7 lead, for a minute
Spring Valley caps a 16-play 65-yard drive with a 9-yard touchdown pass from Liam McGuire to Cole Ferguson. Ryan Minigh's extra point is good.
Hurricane responds with a 74-yard TD pass from Noah Vellaithambi to Tyshawn Dues. Seth Casto adds the extra point and it's 14-14 with 10:35 left in the second quarter.
Nitro up on St. Albans at halftime
The Red Dragons are hanging tough, though. It's 7-0.
Eli Littlejohn has the only touchdown for the Wildcats. Josh Moody, who threw for a state-record 11 touchdowns last season in this game, has 60 yards but no house calls.
Spring Valley, Hurricane tied
Spring Valley and Hurricane are tied 7-7 after one quarter. Timberwolves ball at the Redskins 9 to begin the second quarter.
Lightning delay ... again ... but not in West Virginia
On the periphery of HD Media's coverage area, games are in weather delays in Portsmouth, Ohio, and Lloyd, Kentucky.
Fisher Catholic leads Portsmouth Notre Dame 7-0, and Portsmouth-Greenup County is scoreless.
Martinsburg extends its lead
The Mountain State's most-anticipated matchup of the week is in danger of getting out of hand early.
After Huntington got on the board with a field goal, Koi Fagan got Martinsburg in the end zone again on another scoring strike to Kyree Bunny.
It's 21-3, Bulldogs, midway through the second.
Redskins tie Spring Valley 7-7
Kylan Grace, son of former Marshall University and CFL star John Grace, sprints 28 yards for a touchdown at 9:22 of the first quarter. Seth Casto kicks the extra point. Hurricane 7, Spring Valley 7.
Generals and Huskies battling it out
Herbert Hoover got into the end zone first as quarterback Dane Hatfield connected with Blake Fisher from 18 yards out.
Winfield responded on its ensuing possession as quarterback Easton Pinkerton squeezed into the end zone from 9 yards out.
ItƵs tied at seven in the second quarter.
Spring Valley scores on first play
Miguel Cain produced a 27-yard touchdown run on the first play from scrimmage. Ryan Minigh's extra point makes it 7-0 Spring Valley over Hurricane.
Bulldogs up big early
Dual-threat Martinsburg quarterback Koi Fagan, in his first big game in that role replacing departed QB Murphy Clement, ran for a touchdown on the Bulldogs' first drive on Friday against Huntington.
He's thrown for a score to Kyree Bunny on the second one to put the Bulldogs up 14-0 on the Highlanders early.
Defensive battle in Battle of the Bridge
Nitro knocked off St. Albans 84-6 in last year's meeting in their long-running series.
That isn't how Friday's rematch has developed. It's 0-0 through one quarter.
Pregame
Here's where we'll be this evening:
Winfield at Herbert Hoover Ƶ Taylor Kennedy ()
Spring Valley at Hurricane Ƶ Tim Stephens ()
Mount View at Man Ƶ Cameron Maynard ()
Huntington at Martinsburg Ƶ Rick Kozlowski ()
St. Albans at Nitro Ƶ Christopher Wade ()
Oak Hill at Riverside Ƶ Rick Elmore ()
Tug Valley at Sherman Ƶ Roger Adkins ()
Logan at Sissonville Ƶ Joey Johnson ()
Scott at Wayne Ƶ Ryan Epling ()
Our goal is to get you real-time updates on this page from Elmore, Taylor and Timmy, pending availability of Wi-Fi or cell signal to get them posted. (That caused us problems last week, but we hope to avoid them tonight!)
Looking back, looking forward
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