MetroNews High School Football Power Rankings: Week 9

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — The MetroNews high school football power rankings are voted upon weekly by a panel of 25 radio broadcasters and sports writers across West Virginia. The rankings include season record, total points and first-place votes in parenthesis.

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Class AAA

RANK TEAM POINTS
1 CAPITAL (6-0) 247 (22)
Last week: Game cancelled vs. Woodrow Wilson
This week: vs. Nitro
Ranking last week: 1
WVSSAC ranking last week: 1
2 MARTINSBURG (7-1) 222 (3)
Last week: Defeated Hedgesville 63-0
This week: at Jefferson
Ranking last week: 2
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-3
3 POINT PLEASANT (8-0) 175
Last week: Defeated Ravenswood 37-20
This week: vs. Shady Spring
Ranking last week: 3
WVSSAC ranking last week: 2
4 CABELL MIDLAND (7-1) 172
Last week: Defeated George Washington 49-7
This week: vs. Spring Valley
Ranking last week: 4
WVSSAC ranking last week: 6
5 SOUTH CHARLESTON (7-1) 171
Last week: Defeated Winfield 65-25
This week: vs. Riverside
Ranking last week: 5
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-3
6 UNIVERSITY (7-1) 130
Last week: Defeated Lewis County 16-7
This week: vs. Preston
Ranking last week: 6
WVSSAC ranking last week: 5
7 SPRING VALLEY (7-1) 99
Last week: Defeated Nitro 58-20
This week: at Cabell Midland
Ranking last week: 7
WVSSAC ranking last week: 8
8  WHEELING PARK (6-1) 74
Last week: Defeated Carrick (PA) 36-17
This week: at Steubenville (OH)
Ranking last week: 9
WVSSAC ranking last week: 9
9 HUNTINGTON (4-3) 28
Last week: Defeated Parkersburg 41-6
This week: at St. Albans
Ranking last week: –
WVSSAC ranking last week: 16
10 PARKERSBURG SOUTH (5-2)
25
Last week: Defeated Brooke 45-13
This week: at Greenbrier East
Ranking last week: –
WVSSAC ranking last week: 11
Dropped from rankings:
Jefferson (8th), Lewis County (10th)
Also receiving votes: Hurricane 13, Lewis County 11, Jefferson 3, Musselman 2, Preston 2, John Marshall 1

Class AA

RANK TEAM POINTS
1 BRIDGEPORT (7-1) 235 (15)
Last week: Defeated North Marion 35-7
This week: Bye
Ranking last week: 1
WVSSAC ranking last week: 2
2 WAYNE (6-1) 207 (3)
Last week: Defeated Herbert Hoover 28-14
This week: vs. Poca
Ranking last week: 2
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-3
3 BLUEFIELD (6-1)
199 (3)
Last week: Defeated Greenbrier West 40-0
This week: vs. Oak Hill
Ranking last week: 3
WVSSAC ranking last week: 6
4 FRANKFORT (7-0) 184 (4)
Last week: Defeated Petersburg 49-13
This week: at Oak Glen
Ranking last week: 5
WVSSAC ranking last week: 1
5 RAVENSWOOD (6-1)
132
Last week: Lost to Point Pleasant 37-20
This week: at Clay County
Ranking last week: 4
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-3
6 MINGO CENTRAL (6-1) 117
Last week: Defeated Chapmanville 53-6
This week: at Scott
Ranking last week: 6
WVSSAC ranking last week: 7
7 KEYSER (6-2) 81
Last week: Defeated Jefferson 28-20
This week: Bye
Ranking last week: 9
WVSSAC ranking last week: 10
8 WEIR (7-1) 80
Last week: Defeated Ritchie County 49-21
This week: at Brooke
Ranking last week: 8
WVSSAC ranking last week: 9
9 NICHOLAS COUNTY (6-1) 66
Last week: Defeated Westside 35-16
This week: at Midland Trail
Ranking last week: –
WVSSAC ranking last week: 8
10 ROBERT C. BYRD (5-2) 40
Last week: Defeated Lincoln 61-0
This week: at North Marion
Ranking last week: 10
WVSSAC ranking last week: 12
Dropped from rankings:
Westside (7th)
Also receiving votes:
Scott 15, Fairmont Senior 9, Westside 8, Liberty Raleigh 2

Class A

RANK TEAM POINTS
1 ST. MARYS (7-0) 249 (24)
Last week: Defeated Magnolia 27-7
This week: at South Harrison
Ranking last week: 1
WVSSAC ranking last week: 1
2 CLAY-BATTELLE (7-0) 226 (1)
Last week: Defeated Cameron 34-6
This week: at Van
Ranking last week: 2
WVSSAC ranking last week: 2
3  WILLIAMSTOWN (5-2) 177
Last week: Defeated Wirt County 72-8
This week: vs. Parkersburg Catholic
Ranking last week: 4
WVSSAC ranking last week: 10
4 MAN (5-2) 118
Last week: Defeated Sherman 38-12
This week: at Pocahontas County
Ranking last week: 7
WVSSAC ranking last week: 12
5 GREENBRIER WEST (5-2) 111
Last week: Lost to Bluefield 40-0
This week: at James River (VA)
Ranking last week: 3
WVSSAC ranking last week: 3
6  MEADOW BRIDGE (7-1) 98
Last week: Defeated Summers County 40-20
This week: at Pikeview
Ranking last week: 8
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-5
7  TUG VALLEY (7-1)
82
Last week: Defeated Calhoun County 36-14
This week: vs. Sheldon Clark (KY)
Ranking last week: 10
WVSSAC ranking last week: 4
8 NOTRE DAME (5-2) 77
Last week: Defeated Madonna 49-21
This week: vs. Gilmer County
Ranking last week: –
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-7
9 DODDRIDGE COUNTY (6-1) 68
Last week: Defeated Philip Barbour 20-0
This week: at Valley (Wetzel)
Ranking last week: 9
WVSSAC ranking last week: T-7
10 BISHOP DONAHUE (5-2) 57
Last week: Defeated Paden City 34-13
This week: at Beallsville (OH)
Ranking last week: –
WVSSAC ranking last week: 16
Dropped from rankings:
Moorefield (5th), Pendleton County (6th)
Also receiving votes:
East Hardy 38, Pendleton County 38, Moorefield 12, Tyler Consolidated 12, Wheeling Central 7, Buffalo 5




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