In week ten of the West Virginia high school football season, Wheeling Park and Parkersburg South highlighted the night by scoring a combined 148 points in an absolute shootout. 14^th ranked Parkersburg South needed overtime to put away one-win Wheeling Park as Hunter Ferguson scored the game winning nine yard touchdown run in the first extra session to give the Patriots the 77-71 win. Ferguson led the way for the Patriots with 181 yards and three touchdowns on 24 carries. Senior South quarterback Cody Swearingen threw for 170 yards and a touchdown on 9 of 12 passing. In the loss, Park’s Dominique Jenkins had 172 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries. Parkersburg South improves its record to 6-3 with the win.

In a battle of undefeated teams, fourth ranked Bridgeport handles Fairmont Senior, knocking off the Polar Bears 35-7 in the Northside Automotive Game of the Week. The Bridgeport defense came up big throughout the contest, sacking Fairmont Senior quarterback Logan Moore six times. The Indians actually trailed early in the contest, 7-0, but closed the game by scoring 35 unanswered points.

Continuing with Class AAA, 17^th ranked Parkersburg comes through again in another must-win contest, beating 11^th ranked Capital 28-14. Big Reds running back Allan Wasonga took over the game, scoring all four Parkersburg touchdowns while totaling 256 rushing yards on the night. Wasonga now has over 2,000 yards rushing on the season. In the loss, Capital quarterback Josh Sharp threw for 150 yards and two touchdowns on the night. Parkersburg improves to 6-4 on the season while Capital falls to 5-4.

In Class AA, third ranked and undefeated Sherman edges Scott 33-32 to improve to 9-0 on the year. The Skyhawks scored the game’s final touchdown in the back-and-forth game, and opted to go for two on the conversion but failed.   Scott finished with 308 total yards while Sherman totaled 339 yards. Sherman quarterback Colby Treadway led the way with 323 yards on 23 of 32 passing. With the loss, the Skyhawks drop to 4-5.

Also in Class AA, Point Pleasant continues to roll as the Black Knights dominate Herbert Hoover in the second half to win by a final score of 33-8. Point Pleasant led just 7-0 at the half. With the win, the 13^th ranked Black Knights improve to 6-3 while Herbert Hoover drops to 6-4.

Ninth ranked Bluefield improves to 7-2 by dropping seventh rated James Monroe, 27-10. Eighth ranked Frankfort knocks off fifth ranked Keyser, 22-13. 

In Class single A, second ranked Richwood holds on to defeat Summers County, 21-15. Third ranked Wheeling Central actually played on Thursday night, falling to Brashear, PA 28-17. Central Catholic led the Bulls 17 to 7 at halftime but could not hold on, getting shutout in the second half 21-0.

Also in Class A, Madonna gets an impressive win over 13^th ranked Bishop Donahue in shutout fashion, 35-0. Fifth ranked Clay-Battelle stays unbeaten by edging Notre Dame 32-27 in another back-and-forth game. Clay-Battelle senior Nick Bragg scored the game winning 45 yard touchdown pass with four minutes to go in the game. He then sealed the contest with an interception at the Clay-Battelle 23 yard line with two minutes remaining. 

To see all of Friday night’s high school football scores, click on the Gamenight Scoreboard.