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The West Virginia High School Football State Championships have been held since the early 1900s. The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) began its formal recognition of WV State Football Championships in 1937 [1] with the state's sports writers' vote. The WVSSAC began a class system, dividing larger and smaller schools ...
1916–1956: Colored School State Champions. Before the historic Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling, schools, and football games, were segregated. African-Americans were forced to play in their own league. The West Virginia Athletic Union governed African-American athletics during this time. 1937–1946: Single-class system.
Board of Education, West Virginia maintained "colored" high schools. [5] These schools, and thus their students, were barred from competition in the WVSSAC. The institution now known as West Virginia State University funded an unofficial "state colored championship" in basketball and football until 1959. The WVSSAC historical records take no ...
Dec. 21—Several West Virginia high school sports will move to a four-class system as the WVSSAC board of directors approved the measure Wednesday evening in Parkersburg. Four classifications ...
Martinsburg holds West Virginia's record of most consecutive high school AAA Football Championships of all time, winning four straight championships on two occasions, the first during the 2010–2013 seasons and then again from 2016 to 2019. [6]
The 2015 Magnolia football team beat East Hardy High School in the Class A Championship 62–0, which is the state record for the most points scored in a championship game. [citation needed] On three occasions before 2021, a Magnolia football player has won the Harrison H. Kennedy Award. [12]
SCHS is a Class AAA school, which is the highest enrollment classification of high school sports in West Virginia. The Black Eagles football team went 14-0 and won the 2008 Class AAA State title in a 39-8 win over George Washington High School on December 6, 2008.
The stadium is also the home of the "Super Six." Each year Wheeling Island plays host to the West Virginia State Football Championships for Class A, AA, AAA. [citation needed] The stadium is considered one of the best high school stadiums in West Virginia, mainly due to capacity and layout of the facility.