Four local schools begin their West Virginia playoff runs today headlined by unbeaten Frankfort, the favorite to win the Class AA state championship. The top-seeded Falcons (10-0) welcome No. 16 Westside (7-3) at 1:30 p.
m. Also in Class AA, No. 13 Moorefield (4-6) heads to No.
4 Williamstown (8-2) at 4 p.m. Hampshire (5-5), seeded 16th in Class AAA, is at top-seeded Princeton (10-0) at 4 p.
m. In Class A, No. 8 seed Petersburg (5-5) hosts No.
9 seed River View (7-3) at 1:30 p.m. There was a fifth game scheduled for Saturday, but due to poor road conditions from snow in Tucker County, the East Hardy at Tucker game has been moved to Sunday at 2 p.
m. The Cougars (4-6) are the No. 15 seed in Class A.
Tucker is unbeaten at 10-0 and seeded second. Frankfort begins what it hopes is a state championship run with a familiar foe. The Falcons and Westside matchup is a rematch of the 2014 Class AA state semifinal that Frankfort, led by future Maryland Terrapin Gage Shaffer under center, rolled 49-16 and into the title game.
Frankfort is again favored this year after outscoring its 10 opponents by average of 45.3 to 7.4, which includes a 27-7 road victory at Class AA’s No.
4 seed Williamstown. Westside was originally bumped from the playoffs after the first round of injunctions, which led to a one-week suspension of the postseason, but it returned to the field after the decision levied by West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals. “They’re coming in at 7-3.
I know they’re very exc.