It’s time for a title. Or, make that four.
Welcome back to “At the Game,” a feature we're producing on high school football game nights this season to keep readers in the loop of what's going on across the area, in as close to real time as we can manage.
It’s state championship weekend from University of Charleston at Laidley Field – the first one with four classes, and the first one back in the Mountain State’s capital in three decades. Friday and Saturday both feature two championship games.
Falcons go 2 for 2
Frankfort knocks off Roane County 49-14, making it a 2 for 2 day for raptor-themed mascots on Friday.
The Frankfort Falcons and Wahama White Falcons each lifted trophies on Friday.
Frankfort starts a running clock in the third quarter
A 44-yard pitch and catch to Blake Jacobs makes it 42-0 for Frankfort and begins a running clock with 5:53 left in the third quarter.
Pattison picks up where he left off
Frankfort needed just three plays to move 56 yards and score a touchdown on Julian Pattison's 41 yards -- his fourth TD of the game -- to make it 35-0 for the Falcons with 10:32 to play in the third quarter.
Frankfort punches it in for six more
Julian Pattison's 1-yard run for a touchdown gives him three in the game and puts his Frankfort Falcons ahead 28-0 with 22 seconds left in the first half.
Roane County denied again
Raiders quarterback Jacob Greathouse is intercepted in the end zone by Frankfort's Bradyn Tyler to thwart a Roane TD drive. Tyler returns it to the Falcons 18 with 2:36 to play in the first half. FHS still leads 21-0.
Frankfort adds another TD
Julian Pattison with a 25-yard run that caps another Frankfort drive started by a Roane County fumble. Pattison now has two TDs in the game with 29 seconds to play in the first quarter to make it 21-0.
Roane turnover kills Raiders' second drive
A fumble by Roane County on what would have been a first-down run is recovered by Frankfort. Julian Pattison runs it 41 yards on the next play for another Frankfort score. Sensabaugh is good again on the point after for a 14-0 Falcons lead with 5:35 to play in the first quarter.
Frankfort takes the lead
The Falcons' defense get a stop on fourth-and-2 at the Frankfort 11-yard-line. Then Carder Shanholtz runs it for 89 yards and the first score of the game. Rhett Sensabaugh with the extra point makes it 7-0 Falcons at the 7:14 mark of the first quarter.
Roane County wins the coin toss
The Raiders have elected to receive the opening kick from Frankfort.
Perfection on the line in Class AA
The Class AA state championship game will kick off in less than 30 minutes with No. 2 Roane County taking on No. 1 Frankfort in a matchup of two 13-0 teams. Frankfort last won a football state championship in 2014. Roane County is looking for its first.
Wahama claims the crown
Wahama holds off Cameron, 29-22, to win its second state title.
Not so fast
Cameron gets back within one score on Mason Scott's 22-yard scoring reception and Klypsan Wallace's 2-point run.
2:30 to go: Wahama 29, Cameron 22.
Turnover on downs
Cameron went for it down two scores on fourth-and-18 from the Wahama 36, but two Dragons receivers collided in the end zone and it's a turnover on downs.
White Falcons take over, 8:01 away from their second state title.
Falcons take two-possession lead
Connor Lambert gets into the end zone again, this time from 5 yards out.
Wyatt Harris' extra point expands Wahama's lead over Cameron to 29-14 with 1:47 to go in the third.
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Wahama back in front
The White Falcons got the ball to begin the third quarter and promptly marched 61 yards in 12 plays -- all rushes.
Connor Lambert capped it off with a 1-yard scoring run, then added the 2-pointer.
Wahama leads, 22-14, with 7:06 to go in the third.
14-14 at intermission
Two quarters to go, and it's anybody's game in the Class A state final.
Wahama will receive to begin the second half.
All tied up
Wahama countered with Wyatt Harris' 2-yard scoring run on fourth-and-goal. Cameron challenged it, but the call stood.
Harris then tied the game at 14 with his extra point.
Big-boy drive
Cameron covers 85 yards on 16 plays, taking 11:19 off the clock, to score again. Kason Angel scores from 2 yards out.
Dragons, however, miss the 2-pointer, leaving it 14-7. 5:18 2nd.
Cameron up after one frame
The Dragons face third-and-16 from their own 19-yard line when play resumes.
Dragons fire back
Wahama looked to have Cameron stopped, but jumped offsides on fourth-and-5.
Two plays later, Wes Starcher hauled in a 14-yard scoring pass from Kason Angel, and Angel ran for the 2-pointer.
It's Dragons 8, White Falcons 7, 6:44 1st.
White Falcons strike quickly
Cameron got the ball first and lost 2 yards in going three-and-out.
Two plays later, Wahama quarterback Trace Simpkins kept and ran 36 yards to the house.
Wyatt Harris' point-after makes it 7-0, White Falcons.
Nice weather
It's a cool, clear day from Charleston -- 37 degrees at kickoff.
Spreading the wealth
In the first championship weekend of four classes, there is plenty of potential first-time hardware up for grabs.
Of the eight teams, five -- Cameron, Roane County, Frankfort, Herbert Hoover and Spring Mills -- have never won a title. Wahama owns one.
The other two -- Bridgeport and Martinsburg -- are each 10-time champions.
Pregame
Here's this weekend’s schedule, and who’s covering what games for HD Media:
- Class A, Noon, Friday: No. 4 Cameron vs. No. 3 Wahama – Zack Klemme, Jarrid McCormick
- Class AA, 7 p.m., Friday: No. 2 Roane County vs. No. 1 Frankfort – Rick Elmore, Taylor Kennedy
- Class AAA: Noon, Saturday: No. 4 Herbert Hoover vs. No. 3 Bridgeport – Taylor Kennedy, Rick Elmore
- Class AAAA: 7 p.m., Saturday: No. 2 Spring Mills vs. No. 1 Martinsburg – Rick Ryan, Taylor Kennedy
Looking back, looking forward
Video and written previews of today’s games – and tomorrow’s, and several prep football features from this week – are available at the HD Media Sports Facebook page.
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