If football warrants four classes, surely soccer deserves three.
The ƵSSAC state high school soccer tournament will be played this week in Beckley. Boys and girls teams will compete for titles in two divisions.
Members of the SSAC have said they look for opportunities for more students to compete for state championships, thus expansion to four classes in football, basketball and other sports. So, why not soccer?
ƵItƵs time to add a third class,Ƶ longtime coach Jim Dagostine, now an assistant with the Hurricane boys, said. ƵThereƵs no reason not to, based on the SAACƵs own words.Ƶ
Spring Valley coach Jim Hodge agreed with Dagostine.
ƵIƵd love to see it,Ƶ Hodge said. ƵWeƵre competing against schools that have 1,000 students more than we do.Ƶ
Will expansion happen? WeƵll see.
AMAZING STATS OF THE WEEK: Spring Valley volleyballƵs Lily Adkins now has 2,000 career assists and 1,000 digs. Greenup County football broke its season scoring record with 430 points Friday. The previous mark was 403 points in 2018.
Rock HillƵs Anthony Stamper broke the program single-game playoff record with 223 yards rushing in a 30-21 triumph over Madison-Plains, bettering the mark of 209 set by Hayden Harper in 2020 against Crooksville. St. Albans and Riverside football combined for 44 penalties for 338 yards Friday in the Red DragonsƵ 20-7 victory.
Princeton beat Greenbrier East 81-6, marking the most points ever given up by the Spartans. Marion Local defeated Coldwater 35-0 in a battle of Ohio small-school powers to break the state record for consecutive wins with 58. Meadow Bridge footballƵs Kaiden Sims carried 32 times for 352 yards and four touchdowns Friday in a 57-28 victory over Buffalo.
Barnesville (Ohio) footballƵs senior class went 43-5 the last four seasons and beat every program it played except for one Ƶ Wheelersburg.
COACH SPEAK: Former Russell soccer coach Joe Grizzle was voted into the Kentucky Girls High School Soccer Coaches Ƶsociation Hall of Fame.
The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Ƶsociation announced its 2024 inductees into its hall of fame. Honorees are Ray Corbett of Grandview Heights and Columbus Ready; Paul Weckerly of St. Thomas Aquinas, North Canton Hoover, GlenOak and Massillon Perry; Tim Tucker of Margaretta; and Scott Aronhalt of Zanesville.
Recruiting roundup
SIGNINGS: Rock Hill trackƵs Wade Hankins (Shawnee State),
COMMITMENTS: South Gallia trackƵs Emma Sanders (Rio Grande). South Charleston softballƵs Carolina Dunn (University of Charleston).
OFFERS: Former Hurricane football star DaƵRon Parks of Sarasota, Florida, Cardinal Mooney (Purdue). Rock Hill volleyballƵs JƵLynn Risner (Ohio Christian, Pikeville, Otterbein) and cross countryƵs Dakotah Sanders (Rio Grande). Huntington Expression PrepƵs Rasheed Morrison (Arizona State, Long Island). Ƶhland footballƵs Adam Frame (Capital). Wayne volleyballƵs Addie Adkins (Concord).
VISITS: Huntington High footballƵs Tayveon Wilson (Penn State). Rock Hill footballƵs Brody Simpkins and Ƶhland footballƵs Cameron Davis (Marshall), Fairland footballƵs Quentin Cremeans (Morehead State).
NOTES, QUOTES, ANECDOTES: Grace Christian freshman Emma Tidd won the West Virginia Christian Athletic Teams cross country state championship. Former River Valley runner Lauren Twyman of Davis & Elkins won the Mountain East Conference cross country championship.
Spring Valley running back Miguel CainƵs season ended because of a broken leg. Former Cabell Midland soccer star Olivia Charles of Husson University was named the North Atlantic Conference player of the week. Kickoff for MartinsburgƵs football game Friday at Hurricane now is set for 7 p.m.
