MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — A closer look at some notable results on the fifth Friday of the high school football regular season:
Class AAA
Musselman 36, Morgantown 33 — The Applemen (4-1) erased a fourth quarter deficit to defeat Morgantown (3-1) in a contest that was close throughout. Bayden Hartman rushed for three touchdowns for Musselman and Brayden Miller had the game-winning touchdown reception for the Applemen.
Caleb Nutter surpassed the 100-yard rushing mark for the Mohigans.
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Cabell Midland 31, Parkersburg 10 — The Knights (3-1) won their third consecutive game by rushing for over 500 yards. Curtis Jones (19 rushes for 125 yards), Ryan Wolfe (14 rushes for 124 yards) and Zechariah Roberts (9 rushes for 117 yards) all hit the century mark for Midland. Kylan Grace rushed for two scores.
“I think we’ve got a good team. I really do. We’ve got good kids and we are still getting there,” said Cabell Midland head coach Luke Salmons. “We’ve played a lot of different kids from week one to week two to week three. Our kids weren’t happy tonight leaving. They won but they want to be better. They try to enjoy it but they felt like they should have scored more and not given up certain things. But Parkersburg is improved and they have done a good job.”
David Parsons hit Anthony Ice on a 22-yard pass for Parkersburg’s lone touchdown.
Lord Botetourt (VA) 28, Princeton 27 — The Tigers (3-1) could not hold an early lead as they suffered their first loss of the season. Princeton led 20-7 in the second half. Grant Cochran tossed three touchdown passes for the Tigers. He ended the game with 266 passing yards. Dom Collins accounted for Princeton’s other score with a kickoff return for a touchdown.
Bridgeport 42, Robert C. Byrd 0 — The Indians (4-1) posted their first shutout victory over their county rivals. Bridgeport rushed for 410 yards and Phil Reed tossed a touchdown pass for the Indians.
Woodrow Wilson 48, Lincoln County 8 — The Flying Eagles (4-1) are off to their best start since 2012. Beckley outgained Lincoln County 321-23. Tylai Kimble scored three rushing touchdowns for WWHS.
Class AA
North Marion 35, Lincoln 0 — Newly minted as the No. 1 team in the Class AA WVSSAC ratings, North Marion moved halfway to a perfect regular season with a win over the Cougars. Casey Minor had a rushing touchdown for the Huskies.
Roane County 51, Buffalo 16 — The Raiders improved to 5-0 with another dominating performance on the ground. Briar Begler rushed for 103 yards and a pair of touchdowns while Skyler Deck rushed for 130 yards. He found the end zone three times. As a team, Roane rushed for 374 yards.
Independence 62, Westside 0 — The Patriots improved to 5-0 with their fifth lopsided victory of the season. Judah Price and Cyrus Goodson each had three touchdowns for IHS.
University 19, Fairmont Senior 14 — University collected an important road victory for their playoff hopes by defeating the two-time defending Class AA state champions. Both teams are now 3-2. Luke Hudson’s 61-yard touchdown pass to Noah Braham was the difference. Gavin Mitchell returned an interception for a touchdown and the University defense collected four sacks.
Class A
Greenbrier West 54, Meadow Bridge 0 — Greenbrier West (5-0) extended their shutout streak to five games. “We have several weapons back there,” said Greenbrier West head coach Toby Harris. “Ty (Nickell) of course, everybody hears about him. He is doing is real nice job. Tonight, we spread it around a little bit and we have some other kids back there that can run the football as well. Ty really didn’t get to run the ball very many times because we scored in so many different ways.”
Williamstown 47, Marietta (OH) 0 — The Yellowjackets improved to 4-0 with a win in the “Rumble on the River”. Maxwell Molessa rushed for a pair of touchdowns and passed for another. Rickie Allen also rushed for two touchdowns.