A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to considerable cloudiness and fog after midnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable..
Tonight
A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to considerable cloudiness and fog after midnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable.
A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to considerable cloudiness and fog after midnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable..
Tonight
A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible early. Partly cloudy skies during the evening will give way to considerable cloudiness and fog after midnight. Low 71F. Winds light and variable.
HUNTINGTON - Several area high school football standouts will realize a dream a lifetime in the making Wednesday when they sign to play college football.
At least five area players are expected to sign with FBS or FCS programs on national letter of intent day. Three of those played for Spring Valley. Tackle Alex Locklear (6-foot-5, 290 pounds) committed to sign with Marshall University. Fellow tackle Trevor Stacy (6-5, 300) is scheduled to sign with the Charlotte 49ers. Quarterback Tyler Brown is slated to sign with Robert Morris University.
Coal Grove tackle Austen Pleasants (6-7, 300) said he will sign at Ohio University. Fairland running back and defensive back Nathan Campbell will sign with Davidson College.
Locklear received offers from James Madison and Holy Cross and drew interest from several other schools before a knee injury in Spring Valley's second game of the 2014 season. Locklear tore his anterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament and meniscus.
"I did some pretty good damage to it," Locklear said.
Stacy received offers from several schools, including Brown, Cornell, Dartmouth, Harvard, Princeton, James Madison, VMI and Coastal Carolina and drew strong interest from Cincinnati, Purdue and Ohio among others.
"Everything about Charlotte is so impressive," Stacy said. "Plus, the coaching staff is so God-minded. That was a big factor in my decision."
Brown chose Robert Morris over several NCAA Division II programs. Last season Brown rushed 119 times for 1,192 yards and 18 touchdowns. He complete 77 of 144 passes for 1,424 yards and 18 scores, with eight interceptions.
"Robert Morris contacted me during the season," Brown said. "It's a pretty good situation. The offense is very similar to what we run here."
Pleasant selected Ohio over offers from Akron and Toledo. He drew interest from Bowling Green, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and others. Pleasants also reportedly received late interest from other programs, including Marshall.
"I'm excited to go up there and play for coach (Frank) Solich," Pleasants said. "And I like their offensive line coach, Dave Johnson."
Johnson is a former Marshall and West Virginia University assistant coach. He was at a Coal Grove basketball game last week to help fend off any late pushes made by other programs.
Campbell will play for two former Marshall assistant coaches at Davidson. The Wildcats head coach is former Thundering Herd secondary coach Paul Nichols. Davidson's secondary coach is ex-Herd standout D.J. Wingate.
Campbell, who missed much of his senior season because of a dislocated elbow, chose Davidson over several Ivy League schools.
"My arm is fine," Campbell said. 'There are no problems with it."
Another local standout, Cabell Midland junior defensive end Reese Donahue, committed to òòò½ÊÓƵU. Donahue visited the Morgantown campus last weekend and received a scholarship offer.
"I've been a òòò½ÊÓƵU fan all my life," Donahue said.
Donahue also was recruited by Marshall, Charlotte, Connecticut, Duke, James Madison, North Carolina State, Oregon State and Wake Forest, among others.
A former area standout, Cody McPeek, committed to sign at Georgetown (Ky.) College. McPeek formerly played at Fairview High School, but last season played for Fannin County (Ga.) High. McPeek reportedly selected Georgetown over Tusculum.
