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2019 W.Va. weekly football schedule ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tentative West Virginia high school football schedules this fall:

Aug. 24 Wyoming East at Fayetteville Oak Hill at Valley (Fayette)

Aug. 26 Cameron at West Greene, Pa. Montcalm at River View

Aug. 29 East Fairmont at North Marion Chapmanville at Sissonville George Washington at South Charleston Hedgesville at Washington Madonna at Bridgeport, Ohio Pendleton County at Notre Dame Williamstown at Wheeling Central

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Braxton County at Lincoln Bridgeport at Lewis County Brooke at Wheeling Park Cabell Midland at St. Albans Clay-Battelle at Gilmer County Clay County at Sherman Fairmont at Buckhannon-Upshur Federal Hocking, Ohio at Hundred Frankfort at Moorefield Graham, Va. at Bluefield Greenbrier West at Buffalo Hannan at Parkersburg Catholic Herbert Hoover at Scott Hd Woodson, D.C. at Martinsburg Independence at Midland Trail John Marshall at University Johnson Cent. Ky. at Capital James Monroe at Greenbrier East Keyser at Robert C. Byrd Liberty (Harrison) at Elkins Liberty (Raleigh) at Westside Lincoln County at Shady Spring Logan at Man Mapletown, Pa. at Trinity Millbrook, Va. at Jefferson Morgantown at Parkersburg Musselman at Spring Mills Nicholas County at Oak Hill Paden City at Frontier, Ohio Parkersburg South at Ripley Petersburg at Berkeley Springs Philip Barbour at Grafton PikeView at Summers County Poca at Nitro Preston at Hampshire Ravenswood at Wahama Richwood at Webster County Roane County at St. Marys Riverside at Woodrow Wilson River View at Mount View South Harrison at Doddridge CounSpring Valley at Wayne Strasburg, Va. at East Hardy Tucker County at Pocahontas CounTug Valley at Hurley, Va. Tyler Consolidated at Ritchie Coun-

Valley (Wetzel) at Tygarts Valley Van at Meadow Bridge Weir at Oak Glen Winfield at Hurricane Wirt County at Calhoun County

Aug. 31 Fayetteville at Valley (Fayette) Mingo Central at Pikeville, Ky.

Sept. 5 Grafton at East Fairmont

Sept. 6 Berkeley Springs at Keyser Bluefield at Princeton Senior Brooke at Hedgesville Buckhannon-Upshur at Ripley Buffalo at Ravenswood Calhoun County at Notre Dame Carrick, Pa. at Madonna Chapmanville at Poca Corning Miller, Ohio at Wahama Doddridge County at Tyler Consolidated Eastern, D.C. at Martinsburg East Hardy at Frankfort Elkins at Robert C. Byrd George Washington at Ashland Blazer, Ky. Gilmer County at Richwood Grafton at East Fairmont Greenbrier East at Woodrow Wilson Greenbrier West at Summers County Hannan at Trinity Herbert Hoover at Winfield Hundred at Cameron Independence at Pikeview Jefferson at Sherando, Va. Lewis County at Braxton County Lincoln at Fairmont Lincoln County at Roane County Magnolia at Williamstown Man at Mount View Meadow Bridge at Clay-Battelle Moorefield at Pocahontas County Morgantown at Bridgeport Musselman at Hampshire Nicholas County at Shady Spring Nitro at St. Albans Oak Glen at Philip Barbour Oak Hill at Midland Trail Parkersburg at Cabell Midland Parkersburg Catholic at Ritchie County Parkersburg South at University Petersburg at Pendleton County Preston at North Marion Riverside at Huntington River View at Grundy, Va. St. Marys at Scott Sherman at Tug Valley Sissonville at Logan South Charleston at Capital South Harrison at Liberty (Harrison) Spring Valley at Hurricane Steubenville Catholic, Ohio at Wheeling Central Tolsia at Clay County Twin Valley, Va. at Montcalm

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Tygarts Valley at Tucker County Van at Liberty (Raleigh) Washington at Spring Mills Wayne at Mingo Central Weir at John Marshall Westside at Wyoming East Wheeling Park at St. Clairsville, Ohio Wirt County at Paden City

Sept. 7 Fayetteville at Richwood Valley (Fayette) at Sherman

Sept. 12 North Marion at Fairmont

Sept. 13 Athens, Ohio at Parkersburg South Bluefield at Lord Botetourt, Va. Bridgeport at Liberty (Harrison) Buckeye Local, Ohio at Oak Glen Buckhannon-Upshur at Philip Barbour Cabell Midland at Spring Valley Calhoun County at Doddridge County Cameron at Valley (Wetzel) Capital at Hurricane Elkins at Lewis County Fort Hill, Md. at Morgantown Frankfort at Weir Gilmer County at Wirt County Grafton at Lincoln Greenbrier East at St. Albans Greenbrier West at James Monroe Hancock, Md. at Berkeley Springs Hedgesville at Wheeling Park Hundred at Beallsville, Ohio Huntington at George Washington Independence at River View Jefferson at Musselman John Marshall at Preston Johnson Cent. Ky. at South Charleston Keyser at Petersburg Madonna at Strasburg-Franklin, Ohio Man at Westside Martinsburg at Sherando, Va. Meadow Bridge at Midland Trail Mingo Central at Logan Moorefield at Southern Garrett, Md.

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Montcalm at Buffalo Mount View at Tazewell, Va. Nitro at Herbert Hoover Northern Garrett, Md. at Tucker County Oak Hill at Princeton Senior Poca at Braxton County Ripley at Riverside Roane County at Clay County Robert C. Byrd at East Fairmont Paden City at Van Parkersburg Catholic at South Harrison Pendleton County at Pocahontas County PikeView at Liberty (Raleigh) Point Pleasant at Gallia Academy, Ohio Richwood at Sherman Scott at Sissonville Shadyside, Ohio at Magnolia Spring Mills at Hampshire Tolsia at Lincoln County Tug Valley at Hannan Tygarts Valley at Webster County University at Brooke Wahama at Racine Southern, Ohio Williamstown at Marietta, Ohio Winfield at Chapmanville Woodrow Wilson at Parkersburg Wyoming East at Nicholas County

Sept. 14 Meadow Bridge at Fayetteville Summers County at Shady Spring Valley (Fayette) at Clay County Wheeling Central at Linsly

Sept. 19 Fairmont at Bridgeport

Sept. 20 Academy Park, Pa. at Martinsburg Bath Co., Va. at Pendleton County Bellaire, Ohio at John Marshall Berkeley Springs at Frankfort Brashear, Pa. at Brooke

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2019 Roster No.

Name

Pos.

Hgt. Wgt. Cl.

SE/DB

5-7

150 Sr.

7 Shaun Stallings TE/DE 5-9 175 Sr.

44 Peyton Shanholtz RB/LB

5-9

150 Sr.

9 Andrew Westfall WR/DB 5-10 165 Jr.

55 Greg McCoy

C/LB

6-0

220 Sr.

56 Matt Walters

OL/DL

5-9

255 Sr.

4 J.J. Blank

Pos.

Hgt. Wgt. Cl.

RB/DB 6-0 170 Sr.

Name

34 Nathan Ortt

13 Jake Clark

WR/DB 6-0

15 Kolton Kelly

QB/DE 5-11 175 Sr.

62 John Bittinger

OL/DL

5-11 190 Jr.

16 Jansen Knotts

QB/DE 6-3

210 Sr.

65 Jacob Logsdon

OL/DL

5-10 185 Jr.

200 Jr.

66 Hayden Stein

OL/DL

6-1

20 Jansen Moreland RB/LB

6-2

160 Jr.

No.

285 Sr.

21 Cole Hiett

RB/DB 5-10 150 Jr.

67 Jacob Batchelor OL/DL

5-10 235 Sr.

22 Connor Parish

RB/LB

72 Jacob Wilkins

OL/DL

6-1

250 Sr.

23 Nick Marley

RB/DB 5-11 215 Sr.

73 Kyle Owens

OL/DL

6-3

270 Jr.

27 Logan Kinser

RB/LB

5-6

170 Jr.

74 David Blanco

OL/DL

6-4

290 Sr.

28 Brock Robinette TE/LB

6-0

205 Jr.

84 Tyler Corwell

WR/DB 5-10 170 Sr.

33 Brady Aldridge

5-10 165 Jr.

88 Cade Jones

WR/DB 6-1

K/SE

5-9

155 Sr.

180 Jr.

2019: W.Va. weekly prep football schedule CONTINUED FROM 2 Bridgeport, Ohio at Paden City Buffalo at Sherman Calhoun County at Tyler Consolidated Chapmanville at Nitro Clay County at Herbert Hoover Craig Co, Va. at Montcalm East Fairmont at Braxton County Frontier, Ohio at Cameron Hampshire at Petersburg Hannan at Hundred Hedgesville at Morgantown Huntington at Woodrow Wilson Hurricane at Cabell Midland James Monroe at Pikeview Logan at Poca Man at Greenbrier East Midland Trail at Richwood Musselman at Tuscarora, Va. Nicholas County at Lincoln N. Hagerstown, Md. at Washington North Marion at Elkins Notre Dame at South Harrison Parkersburg at Capital Perry Traditional Academy, Pa. at Oak Glen Philip Barbour at Liberty (Harrison) Pocahontas County at East Hardy Point Pleasant at Lincoln County Princeton at Parkersburg South Ravenswood at Williamstown Ripley at Marietta, Ohio River (Hannibal), Ohio at Magnolia Robert C. Byrd at Preston

St. Albans at George Washington St. Marys at Ritchie County Shadyside, Ohio at Wheeling Central Shady Spring at Independence Sissonville at Mingo Central South Charleston at Spring Valley Spring Mills at Jefferson Summers County at Mount View Trinity at Maryland School For The Deaf Tucker County at Moorefield Tug Valley at Van University at Wheeling Park Valley (Wetzel) at Clay-Battelle Vienna Mathews, Ohio at Madonna Wahama at Belpre, Ohio Wayne at Winfield Webster County at Greenbrier West Weir at Keyser Westside at Tolsia Wirt County at Parkersburg Catholic Wyoming East at Oak Hill Sept. 21 Fayetteville at Wheeling Central Hurley, Va. at River View Midland Trail at Valley (Fayette) Sept. 26 Ritchie County at Doddridge County Sept. 27 Braxton County at Roane County Bridgeport at Robert C. Byrd Buckhannon-Upshur at Greenbrier East

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Falcons won’t be satisfied with just making the playoffs this year Led by Marley, experienced Frankfort wants to go deeper in the postseason MIKE BURKE

2018 Results

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SHORT GAP, W.VA. — After a threeyear absence, the 2018 Frankfort Falcons returned to the West Virginia Class AA state playoffs and found it to their liking; so much so that, just as Oliver Twist decided to go back for more, the Falcons, too, decided that they would like to go back for some more as well. And since most of them are back to make up the 2019 Frankfort Falcons football team, that would seem to bode well for a successful second season back under head coach Kevin Whiteman, the second-winningest coach in school history.

The 2018 Falcons were 8-3 in Whiteman’s ninth season as the head coach, and first after a two-year absence from the sideline, and fell to state power Bridgeport, 49-13, in the opening round for the playoffs.

“It was huge,” Whiteman said of the Falcons’ success last season. “It was my first season back and we were coming off two losing seasons. The kids set a goal of a winning season and making the playoffs and they worked their tails off and got that far. We lost in the first round, but it was a huge step for our program.

“The boys got a taste of it and now they want to go farther. Their goal is to get to the playoffs and advance once we get there. They’ve worked very hard in the offseason and in the past couple of weeks. Barring injuries, I see nothing but good things this season.”

The Falcons return 10 starters on offense, nine on defense and their two kickers on special teams from the team that opened the regular season 5-0 before dropping a 27-21 game at Mountain Ridge. The only other loss was to Keyser, 27-13.

That the Falcons return talented

MOOREFIELD W 42- 0 @ East Hardy W 45- 7 SMITHSBURG W 54-20 @ Berkeley Springs W 42- 6 NORTHERN W 14- 6 @ Mountain Ridge L 21-27 @ Washington W 62-37 PETERSBURG W 42-20 KEYSER L 13-27 @ Hampshire W 47-12 1st-Round Class AA Playoffs @ Bridgeport L 13-49

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Frankfort offensive lineman Matt Walters (56) leads the way for the Falcons’ leading rusher last season Nick Marley (23) during their game against Northern at Frankfort Stadium in Short Gap, W.Va. players this season, including firstteam All-Area running back Nick Marley, the second-leading rusher in the area, is a major plus, but Whiteman sees the biggest plus being not hav-

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ing to get to know each other all over again.

“Experience, no question about it — just the amount of returning starters is the strength of the team,” Whiteman said. “The experience is invaluable.

You don’t have that kind of luxury every year, so to have that this year is just a bright spot.”

And it has made for a seamless transition to this season, beginning almost immediately after the 2018 season concluded.

“Real good,” Whiteman said. “The whole offseason was good. We don’t have the luxury of having a period during the school day for football, but from January until now it’s been really good for kids who don’t play other sports being there. They have a good attitude and have really been working hard because they know the goal and want to work hard to get there.

“They’ve been very attentive, and as a coach, it’s been very rewarding

the amount of returning starters is the strength of the team. The experience is invaluable. You don’t have that kind of luxury every year, so to have that this year is just a bright spot.

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Kevin Whiteman, Frankfort head coach

because we have a lot of good kids who work hard and who are not any problems. It is truly a blessing to coach where I coach.”

While familiarity may breed contempt in psychology, Whiteman is seeing first-hand that it breeds crispness in football, as the Falcons have held one of their most efficient summer camps.

“To look where we were last year at this time with me coming back in after a couple of years and the kids having to learn my system ... This year things are clicking,” he said. “They know what I want and it’s moving a lot faster — offensively and defensively. And they’re interested in coming out every day and being the best they can be.

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2019: W.Va. weekly prep football schedule CONTINUED FROM 3 Buffalo at Williamstown Cameron at Madonna Capital at Cabell Midland Clay-Battelle at Tygarts Valley East Hardy at Meadow Bridge Elkins at Philip Barbour Fairmont at University Federal Hocking, Ohio at Wahama Frankfort at Northern Garrett, Md. George Washington at Spring Valley Gilmer County at Parkersburg Catholic Hampshire at Mountain Ridge, Md. Herbert Hoover at Sissonville Hurricane at Woodrow Wilson James Monroe at Wyoming East Jefferson at Heritage, Va. John Marshall at Parkersburg South Keyser at Nicholas County Lewis County at Preston Liberty (Harrison) at Grafton Liberty (Raleigh) at Clay County Lincoln County at Oak Hill Magnolia at Frontier, Ohio Manchester, Ohio at Hannan Marietta, Ohio at Parkersburg Martinsburg at Hedgesville Midland Trail at Summers County Moorefield at South Harrison Morgantown at Linsly Mount View at Webster County Nitro at Wayne North Marion at Lincoln Notre Dame at Trinity Oak Glen at East Liverpool, Ohio Paden City at Hundred Parkview, Va. at Washington Pendleton County at Southern Garrett, Md. Poca at Mingo Central Ravenswood at Sherman Richlands, Va. at Bluefield Richwood at Pocahontas County Ripley at Brooke River View at Man St. Albans at Riverside St. Marys at Calhoun County Scott at Chapmanville Shady Spring at Pikeview South Charleston at Huntington S. Hagerstown, Md. at Spring Mills Sycamore, Ohio at Point Pleasant Tazewell, Va. at Princeton Tug Valley at Tolsia Tyler Consolidated at Wirt County Valley (Wetzel) at Beallsville, Ohio Westside at Independence Winfield at Logan Woodgrove, Va. at Musselman Zanesville, Ohio at Wheeling Park

Sept. 28 Petersburg at Weir Sherman at Fayetteville Valley (Fayette) at Meadow Bridge Western Reserve, Ohio at Wheeling Central

Oct. 3 Richwood at Tygarts Valley

Oct. 4 Berkeley Springs at Moorefield Bluefield at Point Pleasant Bridgeport at North Marion Brooke at Indian Ck, Ohio Calhoun County at Clay-Battelle

Capital at Spring Valley Chapmanville at Herbert Hoover Clay County at Independence Covington, Va. at James Monroe Dominion, Va. at Jefferson East Carter, Ky. at Tolsia East Fairmont at Lincoln Edison Local, Ohio at Oak Glen Graham, Va. at Princeton Hundred at Gilmer County Hurricane at George Washington John Marshall at Buckhannon-Upshur Keyser at Hampshire Liberty (Harrison) at Braxton County Lincoln County at Man Logan at Nitro Madonna at Notre Dame Meadow Bridge at Greenbrier West Midland Trail at Westside Monroe Central, Ohio at Magnolia Morgantown at Musselman Mountain Ridge, Md. at Frankfort Northern Garrett, Md. at Grafton Oak Hill at Pikeview Paden City at Cameron Parkersburg Catholic at Frontier, Ohio Parkersburg South at Huntington Pendleton County at Tucker County Petersburg at Philip Barbour Pike Co. Cent., Ky. at Tug Valley Pocahontas County at Shady Spring Richwood at Tygarts Valley Ritchie County at Ravenswood Riverside at Cabell Midland Roane County at Nicholas County Robert C. Byrd at Lewis County St. Albans at Ripley Sissonville at Poca South Harrison at Valley (Wetzel) Summers County at Liberty (Raleigh) Sycamore, Ohio at Hedgesville Tyler Consolidated at Webster County University at Albert Gallatin, Pa. Van at Montcalm Wahama at Eastern (Reedsville), Ohio Washington at Martinsburg Wayne at Scott Weir at Plum, Pa. Wheeling Central at Fort Frye, Ohio Williamstown at St. Marys Wirt County at Doddridge County Wyoming East at River View

Oct. 5 Fayetteville at Notre Dame Sherman at East Hardy Valley (Fayette) at Lincoln County

Oct. 11 Bridgeport, Ohio at Notre Dame Brunswick, Md. at Berkeley Springs Buffalo at Tyler Consolidated Cameron at Conotton Valley, Ohio Clay-Battelle at Paden City Doddridge County at Gilmer County Elkins at Roane County Fairmont at Weir Grafton at Clay County Hampshire at Albert Gallatin, Pa. Herbert Hoover at Wayne

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Head coach Kevin Whiteman Season: 10th Kevin Whiteman begins his 10th season as the head coach at Frankfort, where he is No. 2 all-time in victories and winning percentage, behind only Greg Phillips (14 years, 108-41, .725).

Whiteman’s Falcons have a 69-34 record, good for a .670 winning percentage. His teams have reached the Class AA playoffs six times in nine years, and the 2014 team became the first in school history to reach the state championship game, a 43-7 loss to Bridgeport.

In 2009, Frankfort went 11-2 and reached the state semifinals. In 2010 (8-4) and 2012 (9-3) the Falcons reached the second round of the playoffs.

Whiteman was awarded the Coca-Cola Golden Helmet Award as the Area Coach of the Year by the Dapper Dan Club in 2009 and was co-recipient of the award in 2014.

A 1985 graduate of Frankfort, Whiteman was the head football coach and athletic director at Bishop Walsh in 1995 between stints as the Falcons’ offensive coordinator totaling 13 seasons (1992-1993, 1997-2007).

Whiteman was the quarterback of Coach Jim Fazzalore’s final Frankfort

team in 1984. His father, Roy (Bucky) Whiteman and oldest brother, Buck Jr., were also high school quarterbacks, Bucky for Coach Tom O’Connor at Ridgeley and Buck Jr. for Fazzalore at Frankfort in 1980. A younger brother, Chris, was the 1990 Times-News Player of the Year quarterbacking the Falcons for Coach Greg Phillips.

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2019 Coaching Staff

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Front row, from left to right, assistant coaches Bobby Shanholtz, Paul Kelly, head coach Kevin Whiteman, assistant coaches Bob Hamilton, Trey Clark and Mike Hutchinson. Back row, left to right, assistant coachs Kevin Hansrote, Craig Scott, Jimmy Jones, trainer Tim Haines, assistant coaches Justin Thomas, Carter Houdersheldt, manager Brandon Jackson and equipment manager Terry Dean.

Craig Scott Assistant coach Season: 21st

Mike Hutchinson Assistant coach Season: 5th

Longtime Frankfort coach will serve as defensive coordinator again this year.

A fullback, linebacker and 1985 graduate SCOTT of Frankfort, Scott played on the final team of Coach Jim Fazzalore. Was defensive coordinator of the 2014 team that reached the Class AA state championship game. After a year away from team, returned as interim head coach in 2016.

Jimmy Jones Assistant Coach Season: 10th Veteran coach and former Frankfort tight end coaches the offensive linemen.

JONES

Bob Hamilton Assistant coach Season: 8th Former Ridgeley High Blackhawk begins his eighth season on the coaching staff and will coach the offensive and HAMILTON defensive linemen.

Falcons’ Coaching History Coach

Returning for his fifth season, Hutchinson will coach junior varsity.

HUTCHINSON

Years 14 9 9 9 1 1

W-L Pct. 108-41 69-34 60-31 55-40 4-6 2-8

.725 .670 .659 .579 .400 .200

Former first-team All-Area running back at Frankfort, Shanholtz will be the head coach of the junior varsity team.

SHANHOLTZ

Paul Kelly Assistant coach Season: 4th

A lineman and 2007 graduate of Beall who has also coached at Mountain Ridge, will coach special teams and defensive ends.

THOMAS

Kevin Hansrote Assistant coach Season: 3rd

Clark will coach the varsity wide receivers.

CLARK

JACKSON

Fort Hill High graduate and longtime equipment manager returns for another season with Falcons.

HANSROTE

Carter Houdersheldt Assistant Coach Season: 2nd

Trey Clark Assistant coach Season: 4th

Frankfort graduate returns for 13th season as team manager of the Falcons.

Terry Dean Equipment manager

Hansrote will coach the junior varsity team’s offensive and defensive lines.

KELLY

Begins 15th year as trainer after having been a trainer and an assistant coach at Hampshire from 1981 to 2003.

HAINES

Brandon Jackson Manager

Justin Thomas Assistant coach Season: 3rd

Bobby Shanholtz Assistant coach Season: 4th

Kelly, returning for his fourth season, will coach the Frankfort defensive backs.

Greg Phillips Kevin Whiteman Jim Fazzalore Mickey Lantz Craig Scott Kevin Watson

Tim Haines Trainer Season: 15th

Houdersheldt, a former quarterback and defensive back and a 2017 Frankfort graduate, will coach various HOUDERSHELDT areas of the varsity offense.

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2019 Seniors

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Front row, left to right, Hayden Stein (66), Nick Marley (23), Jansen Knotts (16) and David Blanco (74).Second row, left to right, J.J. Blank (4), Jacob Wilkins (72), Kolton Kelly (15) and Greg McCoy (55). Third row, left to right, Jacob Batchelor (67), Tyler Corwell (84), Connor Parish (22) and Peyton Shanholtz. Back row, left to right, Nathan Ortt (34), Matt Walters (56) and Shaun Stallings.

Frankfort: Season opener is at Moorefield CONTINUED FROM 6 “All that experience coming back makes the teaching aspect of it a lot nicer.”

While the outlook last year at Camp Falcon was hopeful, it is one more of expectation this year.

“They’ve had a taste of it,” Whiteman said of his players. “They know what it’s about. They were content last year because of the previous two seasons.

They were just happy to make the playoffs. But as soon as it was over they realized they wanted more and immediately set their sights higher.”

Whiteman believes the key to the season, which begins Friday, Aug. 30 at Moorefield, comes in the cohesiveness and the belief his players have displayed since they first gathered in January.

“I keep telling the boys this: If they embrace the concept of being a team the way they did last year — Don’t care who gets the credit — that will be big,” said the Frankfort coach. “We have a big banner in the locker room, and the kids wear bracelets that say ‘I Will So

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Frankfort: Jansen Knotts, Kolton Kelly will quarterback behind experienced offensive line CONTINUED FROM 11 We Can’.

“Those words are so simple but so powerful. It goes so deep to what that means and the kids have embraced that and I think they will have success.”

The black and white of it in football is the key to any season begins up front on both sides of the ball where the Falcons are supplied with an ample amount of experience and size.

The offensive line MCCOY will be anchored by center Greg McCoy (6-foot, 220 pounds.

Sr.), a returning starter, whom Whiteman says “brings a lot to the table. He is an emotional player and leader. His biggest asset is keeping teammates in the right mindset to play the WALTERS

game with emotion.”

At guard is Matt Walters (5-9, 255, Sr.), John Bittinger (5-11, 190, Jr.) and Jake Logsdon (5-10, 185, Jr.).

“We have a good rotation with those three,” said Whiteman. “That’s a lot of experience coming back.”

The tackles are led by Hayden Stein (6-1, 285, Sr.), a second-team All-Area selection from a year ago, and returning starter David Blanco (6-4, 290, Sr.). Jacob Batchelor (5-10, 235, STEIN Sr.) and Jacob Wilkins (6-1, 250, Sr.) also saw action in the trenches as juniors.

At tight end are Brock Robinette (6-0, 205, Jr.) and Shaun Stallings (5-9, 175, Sr.).

As a sophomore, Robinette caught three passes for 62 yards BLANCO (20.7 yards per catch), with his long reception

being 30 yards.

The split ends are Andy Westfall (5-10, 165, Jr.), Tyler Corwell (5-10, 170, Sr.) and Jake Clark (6-0, 160, Jr.). Westfall caught one pass last year for 13 yards.

At quarterback will be Jansen Knotts (6-3, 210, Sr.) and Kolton Kelly (5-11, 175, Sr.).

Knotts played some quarterback last year, as well as split end and, in fact, was the Falcons’ leading receiver a year ago KNOTTS with 14 receptions for 160 yards (11.4 ypc).

Kelly was a tight end last season.

Marley (5-11, 215, Sr.), the first-team All-Area halfback of a year ago, will be the Frankfort fullback this season. Marley led the Falcons ground game KELLY with 1,281 yards on 148 carries (8.7 yards per carry) with 19 touchdowns.

“Nick really hits the trap and the belly and will have success at fullback,” said Whiteman. “I look for him to be an all-state type player for us.”

The halfbacks are Jansen Moreland (6-2, 200, Jr.), Peyton Shan- MARLEY holtz (5-9, 150, Sr.), J.J. Blank (6-0, 170, Sr.) and Connor Parish (5-9, 155, Sr.).

Moreland rushed for 139 yards on 23 carries (6.0 avg,) and three touchdowns last year, Shanholtz for 96 yards on 21 carries (4.6 avg.) and four touchdowns, while Parish gained 68 yards on eight carries (8.5) with a touchdown, and Blank 54 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.

The defense will be led by David Blanco along the front line. Blanco was second-team All-Area as a junior and Whiteman expects bigger things this season for the lineman.

“Blanco is going to be a stud this year,” he said. “He’s so much bigger

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Blanco is going to be “a stud this year. He’s so much bigger and stronger. Like Marley, he has colleges looking at him and he will definitely be a force to be reckoned with.

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Kevin Whiteman, Frankfort head coach

Frankfort: David Blanco will lead Falcons’ defense CONTINUED FROM 12 and stronger. Like Marley, he has colleges looking at him and he will definitely be a force to be reckoned with.”

The other interior linemen are Stein, Jacob Wilkins and Kyle Owens (6-3, 270, WILKINS Jr.).

Blanco was the Falcons’ second-leading tackler last season with 34 solo and 21 assists, with a teamhigh 4.5 sacks. Wilkins had 10 total tackles and Stein four.

At defensive end are returning starters Kelly and Knotts, as OWENS well as Stallings. Kelly had 26 tackles last year and two sacks, while Knotts collected 22 tackles with three sacks. Stallings was in on eight tackles and had one sack.

The inside linebackers are McCoy and Moreland, with Blank MORELAND and Shanholtz on the

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Kolton Kelly (15) congratulates Andrew Westfall as the defense comes off the field during a game at Frankfort Stadium last season. outside.

Moreland led Frankfort in tackles last year with 66 (44 solo, 22 assists) with one sack. Shanholtz was third in tackles with 44 (27-17) and McCoy finished with 36 (21-15) with one WESTFALL sack.

Westfall and Parish are the corners, and Marley is the free safety.

Parish had 36 tackles last season, while Westfall had 31 and Marley 20.

Parish had one interception.

The specialties are in experienced hands as well, as honorable mention All-Area placekicker Brady Aldridge returns for his junior season and Moreland returns to PARISH do the punting.

Aldridge connected on 48 of 56 extra-point attempts last year and made a 37-yard field goal on his only attempt.

“He’s been able to put kicks into the

end zone, which is a huge bonus,” said Whiteman. “Last year he was very accurate on extra points, and most of the ones he did miss were not his doing.

“And Jansen did a nice job as punter last ALDRIDGE year.”

Moreland averaged 31.8 yards on 17 punts, with his longest one covering 60 yards.

Mike Burke is sports editor of the Cumberland Times-News. Follow him on Twitter @MikeBurkeCTN.

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2019: West Virginia weekly high school football schedule CONTINUED FROM 7 Hundred at Valley (Wetzel) Huntington at Hurricane Independence at Summers County James Monroe at Westside Lewis County at Buckhannon-Upshur Liberty (Raleigh) at Midland Trail Lincoln County at St. Albans Linsly at Point Pleasant Madonna at Beallsville, Ohio Man at Tug Valley Marietta, Ohio at Magnolia Montcalm at Hannan Mountain Ridge, Md. at University Musselman at Hedgesville Nicholas County at Braxton County Nitro at Mingo Central Northern Garrett, Md. at Moorefield Oak Hill at Greenbrier East Parkersburg at George Washington Parkersburg Catholic at Calhoun County Philip Barbour at East Fairmont PikeView at Bluefield Pocahontas County at Greenbrier West Preston at Bridgeport Princeton at Cabell Midland Ravenswood at Racine Southern, Ohio Ritchie County at South Harrison River View at Twin Valley, Va. St. Marys at Wirt County Scott at Logan Shady Spring at Wyoming East Spring Mills at Martinsburg Spring Valley at Riverside Toronto, Ohio at Oak Glen Tucker County at East Hardy Tygarts Valley at Pendleton County Van at Mount View Washington at Frankfort Waterford, Ohio at Wahama Webster County at Meadow Bridge Wheeling Park at Morgantown Williamstown at Warren Local, Ohio Winfield at Poca Woodrow Wilson at South Charleston

Oct. 12 Valley (Fayette) at Buffalo

Oct. 18 Allegany, Md. at Keyser Bluefield at Tazewell, Va. Braxton County at Grafton Bridgeport at Elkins Brooke at John Marshall Buffalo at Tolsia Cabell Midland at Woodrow Wilson Capital at Huntington Clay-Battelle at Cameron Clay County at Lincoln County Doddridge County at Ravenswood East Fairmont at Liberty (Harrison) Frankfort at Petersburg Frontier, Ohio at Valley (Wetzel) Gilmer County at Calhoun County Greenbrier East at Ripley Greenbrier West at Richwood Hampshire at Berkeley Springs Hancock, Md. at Hundred Hannan at Wirt County Hurricane at Parkersburg Independence at Liberty (Raleigh) Lewis County at North Marion Lincoln at Roane County

Louisville, Ohio at Point Pleasant Madonna at Toronto, Ohio Magnolia at St. Marys Martinsburg at Salem, Va. Meadow Bridge at Summers County Mingo Central at Scott Moorefield at East Hardy Oak Glen at Harrison Central, Ohio Oak Hill at Shady Spring Parkersburg Catholic at Notre Dame Parkersburg South at Morgantown Princeton at James Monroe Robert C. Byrd at Fairmont Sherman at Van Sissonville at Winfield South Charleston at Riverside S. Hagerstown, Md. at Jefferson Spring Mills at Albert Gallatin, Pa. Spring Valley at St. Albans Tucker County at Southern Garrett, Md. Tug Valley at Mount View Tygarts Valley at South Harrison University at Buckhannon-Upshur Wahama at South Gallia, Ohio Washington at Preston Wayne at Chapmanville Webster County at Ritchie County Weir at Edison Local, Ohio Wheeling Central at Martins Ferry, Ohio Wheeling Park at Musselman Williamstown at Tyler Consolidated Wyoming East at Man

Oct. 19 Gilmer County at Valley (Fayette) Midland Trail at Fayetteville Trinity at Steubenville Catholic, Ohio

Oct. 24 Lewis County at Fairmont

Oct. 25 Beallsville, Ohio at Cameron Berkeley Springs at East Fairmont Bluefield at Oak Hill Braxton County at Shady Spring Buckhannon-Upshur at Brooke Cabell Midland at Huntington Chapmanville at Logan Clay-Battelle at Conotton Valley, Ohio East Hardy at Pendleton County East Liverpool, Ohio at Weir George Washington at Riverside Grafton at Robert C. Byrd Greenbrier East at Parkersburg South Greenbrier West at Sherman Hampshire at Frankfort Hancock, Md. at Paden City Hannan at Van Hedgesville at N. Hagerstown, Md. Herbert Hoover at Mingo Central Hurricane at South Charleston Independence at Nicholas County Jefferson at Martinsburg Keyser at Bridgeport Liberty (Harrison) at Lincoln Liberty (Raleigh) at James Monroe Magnolia at Tyler Consolidated Man at Point Pleasant Meadow Bridge at Montcalm Midland Trail at Buffalo Moorefield at Petersburg Morgantown at John Marshall Mount View at Tolsia Musselman at Washington

Nitro at Winfield Notre Dame at Webster County Philip Barbour at North Marion PikeView at Wyoming East Richwood at Tug Valley Ripley at Princeton River View at Westside Roane County at Ravenswood Scott at Poca South Harrison at St. Marys Spring Mills at Parkersburg Summers County at Pocahontas County Tucker County at Gilmer County Tygarts Valley at Trinity University at Preston Valley (Wetzel) at Doddridge County Wayne at Sissonville Wheeling Park at Elkins Wirt County at Ritchie County Woodrow Wilson at Capital

Oct. 26 Fayetteville at Mount View Oak Glen at Lincoln County P. John Paul The Great, Va. at Wheeling Central Steubenville Catholic, Ohio at Madonna Van at Valley (Fayette) Williamstown at Parkersburg Catholic

Oct. 31 St. Clairsville, Ohio at Wheeling Central Webster County at Parkersburg Catholic

Nov. 1 Ashland Blazer, Ky. at Spring Valley Brooke at Weir Buffalo at Van Calhoun County at Meadow Bridge Cameron at Bridgeport, Ohio Capital at Riverside Clear Spring, Md. at Berkeley Springs Doddridge County at Williamstown East Fairmont at Lewis County Elkins at Fairmont Fort Frye, Ohio at Magnolia Hedgesville at Jefferson Hundred at Montcalm Huntington at Parkersburg James Monroe at Bluefield John Marshall at Warren Local, Ohio Liberty (Harrison) at Roane County Lincoln at Philip Barbour Logan at Wayne Martinsburg at Musselman Massanutten, Va. at Clay-Battelle Midland Trail at Greenbrier West Mingo Central at Chapmanville Morgantown at University Mountain Ridge, Md. at Keyser Mount View at Hannan Nicholas County at Westside North Marion at Robert C. Byrd Notre Dame at Tug Valley Oak Glen at Grafton Paden City at Beallsville, Ohio Parkersburg South at Wheeling Park Pendleton County at Moorefield Petersburg at Tucker County PikeView at Clay County Poca at Herbert Hoover Pocahontas County at Tygarts Valley Preston at Buckhannon-Upshur

Princeton at Greenbrier East Ripley at Point Pleasant Ritchie County at Gilmer County Riverside at Capital St. Marys at Ravenswood Shady Spring at Liberty (Raleigh) Sherman at South Harrison Sissonville at Nitro South Charleston at St. Albans Spring Mills at N. Hagerstown, Md. Summers County at Richwood Tolsia at Phelps, Ky. Trimble, Ohio at Wahama Trinity at East Hardy Tyler Consolidated at Valley (Wetzel) Washington at Hampshire Webster County at Parkersburg Catholic, TBA Winfield at Scott Woodrow Wilson at George Washington Wyoming East at Independence

Nov. 2 Conotton Valley, Ohio at Madonna Fayetteville at Summers County Notre Dame at Tug Valley

Nov. 8 Berkeley Springs at Pendleton Co. Braxton County at Clay County Buckhannon-Upshur at Elkins Cabell Midland at South Charleston Capital at George Washington Clay-Battelle at Hundred Doddridge County at Tygarts Valley East Hardy at Petersburg Fairmont at East Fairmont Frankfort at Keyser Gilmer County at Meadow Bridge Grafton at Lewis County Greenbrier East at Riverside Hedgesville at Spring Mills Jefferson at Washington Liberty (Raleigh) at Wyoming East Lincoln at Robert C. Byrd Logan at Herbert Hoover Magnolia at Wheeling Central Man at Chapmanville Mingo Central at Winfield Montcalm at Webster County Mount View at Greenbrier West North Marion at Liberty (Harrison) Notre Dame at Tucker County Parkersburg at Parkersburg South Philip Barbour at Bridgeport Poca at Wayne Pocahontas County at Midland Trail Point Pleasant at James Monroe Preston at Brooke Princeton at Nicholas County Ravenswood at Ripley Ritchie County at Calhoun County River View at Pikeview Roane County at Sissonville St. Albans at Hurricane Scott at Nitro Sherman at Lincoln County Spring Valley at Huntington Tolsia at Hannan Trinity at Wirt County Tyler Consolidated at St. Marys Valley (Wetzel) at Paden City Van at Richwood Wahama at Buffalo Westside at Oak Hill Wheeling Park at John Marshall Woodrow Wilson at Bluefield

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