North Marion vs Capital (1999 Class AAA State Basketball Championship)
A game that will live on in the North Marion community forever.
As time was slowly ticking away, the Huskies needed a basket. Seth Barker hit a shot from a pass from his brother, Josh, that gave North Marion its first state basketball title.
That basket by Seth was the points he scored in the entire state tournament.
North Marion squeezed past Capital, 49-48.
30 Jul 2022
Fairmont Senior vs Independence (2021 Class AA State Football Championship)
A clash between two of the top teams in Class AA met in Wheeling last December.
Atticus Goodson, the Kennedy award winner, had one of the more accomplished seasons in West Virginia prep football history.
Fairmont Senior took care of Goodson and the Patriots to claim another championship, 21-12.
22 Jul 2022
Huntington St. Joe vs Charleston Catholic (2009 Class A Girl's State Basketball Championship)
The longest girl's state title streak began when Huntington St. Joe defeated Charleston Catholic, 63-53.
The victory by St. Joe's would start the streak of seven straight state titles, and it was the first of nine state titles between 2009-19.
15 Jul 2022
Huntington vs South Charleston (2007 Class AAA Boys State Basketball Championship)
The 2007 Huntington Highlander team is considered by many the greatest West Virginia high school basketball team. That Highlander team featured future NBA prospects Patrick Patterson and O.J. Mayo.
Huntington came into the state final, only losing two games all year, but neither loss went to an in-state school. The Highlanders had won every in-state match by an average of 41-points.
Huntington’s whopping 103-61 victory became the second largest margin of victory in state tournament history. It was capped with Mayo throwing a self-alley oop off the glass and flushing it in. He would chuck the ball into the stands, which, surprisingly, landed in his father’s arms.
6 Jul 2022
Morgantown vs University - 1999 Mohawk Bowl
We pivot away from state tournament and championship games for this week's MetroNews Classic.
The Morgantown Mohigans and University Hawks met for the 45th time on October 29th in front of a crowd of 35,000+ at Mylan Puskar Stadium for the second time in series history.
Morgantown and University would exchange punches, but the Hawks had the last laugh in a close victory, 21-20.
This game would be the first of four straight games played at New Mountaineer Field.
27 Jun 2022
Bridgeport vs Greenbrier East - 2012 Class AAA Girl's State Championship
It had been over 30 years since the Greenbrier East girl’s team won a state title. The Lady Spartans came close in 2004 but lost to a loaded South Charleston team.
The Bridgeport Lady Indians seemed to be the clear-cut favorite to win the state tournament. Still, Greenbrier East took care of business, holding Bridgeport to its lowest point total that tournament.
Now-Governor Jim Justice and the Lady Spartans won the state final, 52-47.
20 Jun 2022
DuPont vs Martinsburg - 1994 Class AAA Boy's State Championship
Dave Rogers and the Martinsburg Bulldogs squared up against the highly-talented DuPont trio of Randy Moss, Jason Williams, and Bobbie Howard. The Bulldogs took care of business, defeating DuPont, 79-73, and claiming their first state title in school history.
Nike reached out to Rogers, asking if they could use a clip from the state final. Rogers told his team, and they knew they got the last laugh. Nike used a clip of Williams dishing a pass to Moss for a flush.
13 Jun 2022
Nitro vs Morgantown - 1998 Class AAA Football State Championship
This game featured the most combined points in any state football final in West Virginia history. You would’ve thought it was a basketball game with a score of 69-52 (121).
Nitro featured a loaded offense featuring two-time Kennedy award winner J.R. House and Josh Culbertson.
House put on a show in his final high school football game. He passed for a state-record 43 completions, 594 yards, and ten touchdowns.
6 Jun 2022
South Charleston vs Greenbrier East - 2004 Class AAA Girl's State Championship
This game marked the end of two of West Virginia’s most successful girl’s basketball players, Renee Montgomery and Alexis Hornbuckle. The South Charleston state title victory also gave the Black Eagles back-to-back championships.
South Charleston also became the seventh school in Class AAA girl’s history to win back-to-back titles. The victory gave Hornbuckle her fourth consecutive state title - two with Capital and two with the Black Eagles.
So. Charleston won by a final of 59-39.
2 Jun 2022
Martinsburg vs Huntington - 1988 Class AAA Boy's State Championship
Huntington upended a talented Martinsburg following a sluggish first-half. Huntington won the 1988 state title game, 91-88. It marked the school's first state title victory since 1969.
The game featured four players first or second team all-state players, including future Mountaineer 1,000-point scorer Marsalis Basey.
The 91-88 final score became the second-highest scoring Class AAA state final game at the time. Both the Bulldogs and Highlanders combined for 179 points. The ‘88 final is now the third highest-scoring Class AAA final. The highest scoring state final in AAA remains the 1977 game between Logan and Washington Irving.
The late Jack Fleming provided the play-by-play.
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