West Virginia HS Football
COVID Map Sinks 4-Time Defending Champ Martinsburg; 3 Games Set on Sunday
Saturday’s weekly COVID metrics map update by the West Virginia Department of Education struck another blow the high school football playoff field.
This week’s update wiped out three Class AAA state quarterfinal games and one Class A quarterfinal game. Four-time defending state champion Martinsburg, perennial power Spring Valley and Spring Mills in Class AAA all had their season’s end without playing a down on Saturday. In Class A East Hardy and Tolsia were set to play Sunday, but both needed the map to improve in their favor for it to happen. They didn’t get the help they needed, and as a result the winner of Saturday’s Ritchie County-Greenbrier East quarterfinal game will have no semifinal opponent and advance direction to the small-school state championship game.
Update: The November 21, 2020, Saturday Education Map is below. You can also view at https://t.co/lSu7Fi4R58.
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Thank you for your patience as the WVDE website may load slowly for some visitors. pic.twitter.com/r4gYKjh9Go— West Virginia Department of Education (@WVeducation) November 21, 2020
As a result of Saturday’s forfeits, Bridgeport, Musselman and Cabell Midland each advance to next week’s Class AAA semifinal round, but all eyes will be on the map again next Saturday. The status of Cabell (orange) and Berkeley (red) counties on this week’s map mean their games are scheduled for next Sunday pending next week’s map update. If they play, Musselman visits South Charleston in one semifinal while Cabell Midland hosts Bridgeport in the other.
Three teams did, however, escape map forfeits on Saturday. Randolph County improved to yellow, meaning Elkins is cleared to play its Class AA quarterfinal game Sunday at Robert C. Byrd and Tygarts Valley can play its Class A quarterfinal game Sunday at Pendleton County. Fayette County also made the needed color-coded improvement on this week’s map, so Midland Trail is allowed to play St. Marys in a Sunday Class A quarterfinal game.
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