Hurricane's Sha'lik Hampton (1), right, pushes past George Washington's Jackson Morgan (12) as the Hurricane High School football team takes on George Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Hurricane.
Hurricane's Sha'lik Hampton (1), right, pushes past George Washington's Jackson Morgan (12) as the Hurricane High School football team takes on George Washington on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024, in Hurricane.
Ryan Fischer | The Herald-Dispatch
Finally, back to football.
Welcome back to ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥œAt the Game,ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥ a feature we're producing on high school football game nights this season to keep readers in the loop of what's going on across the area, in as close to real time as we can manage.
After an unscheduled week off delayed the first round of the postseason as one injunction after another played out in courts across the Mountain State, the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has given the WVSSAC the go-ahead to get on with it.
Friday night features an abbreviated slate locally. In games involving HD ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥-area West Virginia teams, George Washington travels to Hurricane, Spring Valley hosts East Fairmont and Sherman entertains Tyler Consolidated.
WeÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™ll have reporters at each, as well as an Ironton-Wheelersburg grudge match in the Buckeye State and RussellÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s trip to Belfry in the commonwealth. Full coverage continues Saturday, with six more prep playoff games for teams from this area.
Friday's final scores
Hurricane 14, George Washington 13
Sherman 30, Tyler Consolidated 14
Spring Valley 54, East Fairmont 6
Ironton 55, Wheelersburg 0
Belfry 35, Russell 17
Corbin 42, Ashland 7
Raceland 35, Hazard 0
Spring Valley 54, East Fairmont 6
The Timberwolves clobber the Bees to advance to the second round of the playoffs next week at Fairmont Senior.
East Fairmont breaks up the shutout
Adrian Fleming scores on a 5-yard run against Spring Valley's second-team defense to pull East Fairmont within 47-6. The extra point was blocked. 1:30 to play in the third quarter.
Patriots storm back
George Washington has stormed back into the game.
The Patriots have scored 13 unanswered thanks to SaiÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™Vyon BrownÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s two touchdowns.Â
Brown caught a 23-yard pass from quarterback Cy Persinger, then ran in a 16-yard score.
Spring Valley pouring it on East Fairmont 47-0
Logan Harris with a 1-yard touchdown run. Ryan Minigh extra point. Timberwolves leads the Bees 47-0. And we have 213 combined yards in penalties.Â
Spring Valley now leads East Fairmont 40-0
The Timberwolves recover a muffed kickoff, and three plays later Liam McGuire runs for a touchdown. The point-after attempt was no good. Spring Valley leads East Fairmont 40-0 with 1:29 to play in the first half.
Timberwolves tell Bees to pack it in
Logan Harris scores from the 8. Ryan Minigh extra point kick. Spring Valley 34, East Fairmont 0, 2:52 until halftime.
Abercrombie scores twice, Spring Valley leads 27-0
Jalyn Abercrombie scores on a 9-yard touchdown pass from Liam McGuire. Ryan Minigh boots the extra point. Abercrombie then returns an interception 76 yards for a TD. The extra-point attempt was no good. By the way, there have been 183 yards in penalties in this game at 4:57 of the second quarter.
Hurricane takes lead to half
George Washington had one of its better opportunities in the opening half as the Patriots lined up for a 38-yard field goal with 10.7 seconds left.
However, HurricaneÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s Joey Quijano blocked the attempt, keeping the Redskins' lead at 7-0 at half.
Spring Valley takes a 14-0 lead on East Fairmont
The Timberwolves had another touchdown nullified by a penalty, but it didn't matter as Logan Harris scores from the 1. Ryan Minigh kicks the point-after and Spring Valley leads 14-0 with 11:56 left in the second quarter.
Redskins strike first
A Kylan Grace 4-yard run gives Hurricane the first score against George Washington.
No laundry this time
Jalyn Abercrombie reaches the end zone without a penalty to call it back, scoring on a 24-yard touchdown pass from Liam McGuire. Ryan Minigh kicks the extra point and Spring Valley leads East Fairmont 7-0 with 2:50 left in the first quarter. Â
Spring Valley gets two touchdowns in one drive, but doesn't score
The Timberwolves scored twice on their initial drive, but both were called back because of penalties. Jalyn Abercrombie was penalized 15 yards for hurdling a defender, nullifying a 9-yard TD reception. Abercrombie crossed the goal line again only to have the score called back because of an illegal block. Spring Valley came away with no points.
Pregame
Here's where we'll be Friday evening:
George Washington at Hurricane ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Tyler Consolidated at Sherman ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
East Fairmont at Spring Valley ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Ironton vs. Wheelersburg ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Russell at Belfry ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Our goal is to get you real-time updates on this page from Taylor and Timmy, and a smattering of updates from elsewhere, pending availability of Wi-Fi or signal to get them posted.
And, looking ahead to Saturday:
Elkins at Herbert Hoover ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
University at Huntington ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Shady Spring at Nitro ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Chapmanville at Roane County ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Wayne at Scott ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Tolsia at Tug Valley ÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥“
Looking back, looking forward
Previews of tonightÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s and SaturdayÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s games are available at the new page. So is comprehensive coverage of last weekÃÛÁÄÖ±²¥™s legal saga, as well as the prep postseason in soccer, volleyball, golf and cross country.
It's one-stop shopping for our stories, photos and video coverage of the sporting landscape across the Tri-State, from Morgantown to Huntington and Charleston to Williamson.
