GameNight: Coaches react to opening round playoff wins

15 games were played on Friday night in the opening round of the high school football playoffs.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — An audio archive above of coaches (and a player) interviews on MetroNews High School GameNight on Friday night. Time marks are posted below for 13 of the 15 winning teams from Friday.

0:00 – Dave Walker, Martinsburg coach

2:39 – John Kelley, University coach

5:33 – Brad Dingess, Spring Valley coach

7:21 – Jon Carpenter, Capital coach

10:19 – Rick Goodrich, John Marshall coach

12:08 – Mookie Collier, Bluefield RB

13:11 – Nick Bartic, Fairmont Senior coach

17:53 – Craig Snyder, Winfield coach

19:58 – A.J. Harman, Liberty coach

23:13 – Chad Williams, East Hardy coach

26:10 – Brad Jett, South Harrison coach (RB Freddy Canary ran for Class A playoff record 368 yards and scored five TDs on 32 carries)

28:57 – Michael Showalter, Sherman coach

33:13 – Mike Young, Wheeling Central coach





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