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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

2019 Schedule DATE OPPONENT 8/30 9/ 6 9/13 9/20 9/27 10/04 10/11 10/18 10/25 11/01 11/08

TIME SITE

ROBERT C. BYRD 7 p.m.

BERKELEY SPRINGS 7 p.m.

PETERSBURG 7 p.m.

WEIR 7 p.m.

NICHOLAS COUNTY 7 p.m.

HAMPSHIRE 7 p.m.

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ALLEGANY 7 p.m.

BRIDGEPORT 7 p.m.

MOUNTAIN RIDGE 7 p.m.

FRANKFORT 7 p.m.

Twin Valley, Va. at Montcalm 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

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Moorefield at Southern Garrett, Md. Montcalm at Buffalo Mount View at Tazewell, Va. Nitro at Herbert Hoover Northern Garrett, Md. at Tucker Coun-

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.

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Name

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Hgt. Wgt. Cl.

Benny Oates Aaron Lyons Zion Powell Seth Workman Logan Proud Samuel Hamric Ryan Shoemaker Brendan Pattison EJ Guy Seth Earnest Jackson Biser Josh Wheeler Tristin Fox Christian Alt Hunter VanPelt Chayse Evans Kaleb Rice Malachi Blowe Gavin Root Caden Biser Samuel Bradfield Braydon Roderick Drae Allen Bradley Sommers Adam Kephart Richard Whiting Naylin Cook DJ Cochran Dalton Ray Braedon Welch Don Woodworth Ethan Glass Jake Bonner Gabe Ryan Arnold Elifritz Tommy Hardy Brian Liller Adrian Davidson Vito Amoruso Nicholas Alt Billy Metts Shawn See Gage Metts

RB/LB RB/LB RB/DB TE/DL RB/DB WR/DB QB/DB WR/DB WR/DB K TE/LB WR/DB RB/LB TE/DL WR/DB RB/LB WR/DB RB/DB WR/QB/DB RB/LB RB/DB RB/LB RB/DL TE/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/LB

5-10 5-11 6-0 6-2 6-1 5-10 5-8 5-7 5-5 5-11 6-2 6-0 5-10 6-0 5-7 5-8 5-7 5-7 5-10 6-1 5-10 5-6 5-9 6-1 5-10 5-7 5-10 6-0 6-4 5-9 6-1 5-10 6-1 6-3 5-8 5-11 5-9 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-10 5-10

175 185 170 185 180 160 150 140 110 140 210 131 195 204 140 180 150 145 170 190 165 165 200 155 210 220 235 240 270 237 250 187 180 195 170 190 350 195 260 252 230 350 168

So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. Sr. So. So. Sr. Jr. Sr. Jr. So. So. Sr. So. Jr. Jr. So. So. Jr. Jr. Sr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Sr. So. So. Fr. Sr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Sr. Sr. So.

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81 82 85/51

Name

Pos.

Hgt. Wgt. Cl.

Kayden Avona Dameain Emerick Philip Biser

WR/DB WR/DB TE/LB

6-1 5-10 6-2

170 152 230

Jr. Jr. Sr.

7 12 14 30 33 51 52 54 61 66 73 75 76 82

Seth Healy Landon Rhodes Seth Sions Anthony Mele Konner Bennett Ayden Costilow Caden Youngblood Bub Barbe Camren Stewart Dakota Ratliff Jacob Keating Drake Roy Luke Anderson Braydon Keller

QB/DB RB/LB WR/DB RB/DB TE/LB OL/DL OL/LB OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL OL/DL TE/LB

5-7 5-4 5-9 5-6 5-9 5-10 5-8 6-3 5-5 5-8 6-2 5-11 5-8 5-11

130 145 136 130 155 210 150 245 210 185 240 260 225 160

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2019: West Virginia high school weekly 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

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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)

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Sept. 27 Braxton County at Roane County Bridgeport at Robert C. Byrd Buckhannon-Upshur at Greenbrier East 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

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Keyser hopes star players, good depth equals another playoff run Experienced QB Shoemaker will have more duties leading Tornado offense KYLE BENNETT

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KEYSER, W.Va. — Just play.

It’s a mantra that has been utilized

by Nick Saban and the Alabama Crimson Tide, as well as Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.

But if you’ve attended a Keyser High School football game in recent years, or plan on attending one this season, it’s something you’ll likely hear from the black and yellow sideline.

“We’ve been using it for years now,” said Golden Tornado head coach Sean Biser. “Whatever we’re doing right now, we’ve just got to focus on it. It’s all about climbing the ladder and improving every week. We have to find ways to get better throughout the season.”

One way to have a successful football team is to have a few star players on both sides of the ball, and let them carry the load. Another way is to be deep at every position.

What the Keyser Golden Tornado have built up to and have in 2019 is a mix of both.

The Golden Tornado lost a lot on paper to graduation — their leading rusher (Brady Clay), leading receiver (Reggie Redman), leading kick and punt returner (Evan Moreland), and their three-year starter at center, who also appeared on the TimesNews All-Area first team last season (Alex Oates) — but they are very much in excellent shape talent-wise for the upcoming season.

“I thought we had a very successful year,” Biser said of his team’s 9-3 season in 2018. “The kids worked hard all year and did everything we asked them to do.

“We had a couple of hiccups during the regular season. The team matured

@ Berkeley Springs W 47- 0 ROBERT C. BYRD L 14-20 @ Weir W 41-40 JEFFERSON W 31-24 HAMPSHIRE W 48- 6 MAN W 50- 8 @ Allegany W 33-20 BRIDGEPORT L 19-28 @ Frankfort W 27-13 @ Mtn. Ridge (OT) W 35-34 1st Round Class AA Playoffs WAYNE W 28- 8 Quarterfinals @ Bluefield L 0-35

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Keyser running back Caden Biser stiff arms a Mountain Ridge tackler during their regular season finale in Frostburg last season. Biser will be one of several ball carriers for the Golden Tornado during the 2019 season. throughout the year and we were playing good football at the end of the year.

We didn’t win the state title, which is the ultimate goal, but the team that

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Two of the hiccups Biser referred to

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in the regular season were single-digit losses to Robert C. Byrd (20-14) and Bridgeport (28-19), with the playoff loss coming at the hands of Bluefield, 35-0.

If you take a look at the Golden Tornado’s schedule in 2019, you will see a lot of the same faces — Hampshire, Mountain Ridge, Allegany and, of course, Frankfort — but you’ll also see a lot of differences, most of which Biser thinks can help his team.

After two straight years of opening the season with a bye, the Golden Tornado instead open their season on the road, where they play four of their first six games, and start the season Aug. 30 for a shot at redemption against Robert C. Byrd, of Clarksburg.

The Golden Tornado then open up

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2019: West Virginia week-by-week high school football schedule CONTINUED FROM 4 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 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

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Head coach Sean Biser Season: 16th

Sean Biser enters his 16th year as head football coach of the Golden Tornado. His coaching record with Keyser is 109-53 overall.

His teams have qualified for the West Virginia Class AA playoffs in each of the last eight years and in all but two of his previous 15 seasons. The Golden Tornado finished the regular season 8-2, earning the No. 7 seed and a home playoff game against Wayne, who the Tornado defeated 28-8. They went on to lose to eventual state runner-up Bluefield, 35-0.

In 2017, the Golden Tornado went 7-3, earning the No. 13 seed. Keyser lost to eventual runner-up No. 4 seed Fairmont Senior, 34-12, in the opening round to finish the year at 7-4.

The Tornado also lost to Fairmont Senior in 2015, in the quarterfinals, and fell to eventual state champion Mingo Central, 32-8, in the quarterfinals in 2016.

Keyser lost to Wayne in the state championship in 2012, 35-0, to finish the year at 12-2. It also lost to Wayne the year prior, 38-8, to finish 7-5.

Biser was the head coach at Hamp-

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2019 Coaching Staff

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From left to right, assistant coaches Shannon Biser, Corey Shoemaker, Derek Stephen, R.C. Pratt, Michael Staggers, Jarell Ross, Kris Steckman and head coach Sean Biser.

Corey Shoemaker Assistant coach Season: 20th A 1996 graduate from Keyser, Shoemaker will once again help the Golden Tornado by coaching wide SHOEMAKER receivers and defensive backs. Shoemaker played football at both Keyser and Glenville State.

Shannon Biser Assistant Coach Season: 16th Shannon Biser has been a longtime coach of the offensive and defensive lines, and has been at Keyser ever since following BISER his brother Sean from Hampshire.

Shannon is also a member of Keyser’s Hall of Fame after being inducted in 1992.

Derek Stephen Assistant Coach Season: 11th Stephen enters his seventh year as Keyser’s defensive coordinator after spending his first four seasons coaching run- STEPHEN ning backs and linebackers. Stephen played on Biser’s first team at Keyser.

Mike Staggers Assistant Coach Season: 10th Staggers returns for his 10th season to coach both sides of the line. He was a member of the offensive and defensive lines in STAGGERS Biser’s first season as Tornado head coach.

Logan DelSignore Assistant Coach Season: 6th

R.C. Pratt Assistant Coach Season: 3rd

DelSignore, a 2010 graduate of Keyser High, will spend his fifth season working on the offensive DELSIGNORE and defensive fronts, as well as running backs and linebackers. He will also help coach the JV team.

He was a two-year player under Biser in 2008 and 2009.

Kris Steckman Assistant Coach Season: 6th Steckman earned a second-team All-Area accolade during his time as a player at Fort Hill.

In his sixth year at STECKMAN Keyser, he will coach the offensive and defensive lines and have duties with the jayvee team.

Pratt, a former Tornado player, will be coaching the defensive backs while also working with quarterbacks and wide receiv- PRATT ers.

Jarell Ross Assistant Coach Season: 3rd Ross will coach the defensive backs and running backs in his second season on the coaching staff.

He played for the ROSS Golden Tornado previously.

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2019 Seniors

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Front row, left to right, Corey Shoemaker (9), Kaleb Rice (25), Arnold Elifritz (65), Adam Kephart (50) and Brendan Pattison (10). Middle row, left to right, Philip Biser (85), Brian Liller (68), Don Woodworth (60), Tristin Fox (21), Aaron Lyons (3) and D.J. Cochran (55). Back row, left to right, Jackson Biser (13), Billy Metts (73), Logan Proud (7), Shawn See (75), Seth Workman (5) and Dalton Ray (56).

Keyser: Plays at RCB in season opener CONTINUED FROM 6 at home the following week against Berkeley Springs, a team Keyser defeated 47-0 in its season opener a year ago.

The Tornado then hit the road to play one of the two new additions to the schedule: Petersburg.

“It’s always good to play close to home,” Biser said of adding the Vikings. “Especially with them being a (Class) AA school, we should be playing them anyway.”

Keyser’s fourth game is at home against Weir, of Weirton, who the Tornado beat in a 41-40 thriller last season.

The Golden Tornado’s final game of the first half of the season is the other new addition: Nicholas County, of Summersville, which went 11-1 last year with the lone loss coming in the Class AA quarterfinals to Weir, 63-43.

“We don’t have to look past Week 1,” Biser said of his team’s schedule.

“We’ve got our work cut out for us from the start. Week in and week out, we have to be ready to play. We’ve got a long road trip in Nicholas County (175 miles — a three-plus hour bus ride — from Keyser H.S. to Nicholas County H.S.) and Weir has probably the fastest kid in the state. And the back half of the schedule is just as hard with Hampshire, Allegany, Bridgeport, Mountain Ridge and Frankfort.”

We don’t have to look “past Week 1. We’ve got our work cut out for us from the start. Week in and week out, we have to be ready to play.

Sean Biser,

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Keyser head coach

Keyser plays its final five games of the regular season in that order — at Hampshire on Oct. 4, at home to Allegany following a bye week, and at Bridgeport before finishing the regular season with back-to-back home games against Mountain Ridge and Frankfort.

That’s right — the Mineral Bowl will be played the final week of the regular season.

“I’m very excited about it,” Biser said. “Mountain Ridge worked with us since the Maryland schools are playing a nine-game schedule, so I’m really thankful for that because we originally didn’t have a full schedule.”

In addition to three of its final four games coming at Alumni and Friends Field at Tornado Alley, Biser thinks moving the bye week back to around

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Keyser: Ryan Shoemaker returns as starting QB and the team’s second-leading rusher CONTINUED FROM 11 the midway point of the season will help Keyser this year.

“We were really beat up last year in the middle of the season,” he said. “We had to be careful in the way we practiced — not that we practice dangerously or anything like that, but we had to keep a closer eye on kids that were banged up. So, this lets us take a little bit of a breath near the end of the season.

“At the same time, the nice thing about a Week 1 bye, we were able to slow down our installs, take our time and make sure we had everything cov-

ered. This season, I’ve been hammering it home with our coaches to make sure we speed things up a little bit.”

The Golden Tornado return second-year quarterback Ryan Shoemaker, who replaced Brady Ours after the latter graduated and moved on to Robert Morris University, where he currently plays as a linebacker.

Biser had plenty of praise for his senior playcaller after his first year under center.

“He’s a coach’s kid, so he’s been around our program since he was a kid,” Biser said. “He’s an all-around athlete in football, basketball and base-

ball. As the year went on, he got better. At the beginning of the season, we asked him to do some things not in his wheelhouse; but once we, as a coaching staff, got ourselves corrected, he was able to really improve.

“The thing we SHOEMAKER asked him to do (over the summer) was lift weights and get stronger, as well as be more precise with his reads. I think he did all of that. We didn’t ask him to just focus on football — because he’s playing other sports — but we asked some things of

him. He threw the ball seven on seven a lot better this summer, and he’s gotten faster and quicker as well.”

Perhaps Shoemaker’s biggest weakness will be not having Reggie Redman, who graduated after hauling in 27 catches for 435 of the team’s 538 receiving yards and nine of Keyser’s 10 receiving touchdowns.

“He’s not a typical body type for a wide receiver in our program,” Biser said of the tall, athletic wideout, “so he enabled us to do some things in the passing game where he was the main read.”

Biser and his staff have worked hard

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Keyser: Offensive line will be strong with All-Area first teamers Dalton Ray, Don Woodworth CONTINUED FROM 12 to turn the negative into a positive, however.

“It made us re-evaluate our passing game a little bit and have multiple reads. A big thing for Reggie was he was such a good run blocker on the perimeter. That was one thing college coaches loved on his film. So, we’ve pressed that on our guys this summer — they need to be able to block on the edge the same way Reggie did.”

At wideout in 2019, the Golden Tornado will likely be led by Gavin Root (5-foot-10, 170 pounds, junior). Admittedly, though, Biser says they’ll be somewhat of a wide receiver by committee, with Dameain Emerick (5-10, 152, Jr.) and Brendan Pattison (5-7, 140, Sr.) joining Root in the top tier of the team’s wide receiving corps.

“They’re not huge kids,” said Biser, “but they have a good skillset in terms of route running and catching the ball.

I think their ability to block on the edge will decide the position.”

Rounding out those playing for snaps at wide receiver are Samuel Hamric (5-10, 160, So.), EJ Guy (5-5, 110, So.), Josh Wheeler (6-0, 131, Jr.), Hunter VanPelt (5-7, 140, So.), Kaleb Rice (5-7, 150, Sr.), and Kayden Avona (6-1, 170, Jr.).

The Golden Tornado will have two returning standouts on the same side of center, with TimesNews All-Area firstteam offense member Dalton Ray (6-4, 270, Sr.) starting at tackle and All-Area RAY first-team defense Don Woodworth (6-1, 250, Sr.) beside Ray at guard.

At center, replacing Oates, will be a timeshare of Adam Kephart (5-10, 210, Sr.) and DJ Cochran (6-0, 240, Sr.), though Kephart is expected to start and Cochran somewhat WOODWORTH of a Swiss Army knife with his ability to play all three spots

along the offensive line.

On the other side of center will be freshman Gabe Ryan (6-3, 195), who Biser said has really stepped up and done a nice job this summer and preseason, giving him the edge at the other KEPHART guard spot.

Rounding out the offensive line is Shawn See (6-10, 350, Sr.) at offensive tackle.

“We have a solid group on the line,” said Biser. “They work pretty well together. We’re seeing how Kephart and DJ run SEE with the center spot, but we’ve got some moving parts. ... Gabe is lean and athletic, but he’s got a little bit of punch for a young kid. He fits the mold in what we’re looking for on offense. Having guys that can play multiple positions on the line will create depth.”

The Golden Tornado are deep at offensive line with a plethora of players vying for time throughout the five spots, including seniors Arnold Elifritz (5-8, 170), Brian Liller (5-9, 350) and Billy Metts (6-1, 230), juniors Naylin Cook (5-10, 235), Adrian Davidson (5-10, 195) and Vito Amoruso (6-0, 260), and sophomores Richard Whiting (5-7, 220), Braedon Welch (5-9, 237), Ethan Glass (5-10, 187), Jake Bonner (6-1, 180), Tommy Hardy (5-11, 190), Nicholas Alt (6-0, 252) and Gage Metts (5-10, 168).

Notably, Amoruso and Billy Metts have been taking snaps at tackle, while Whiting and Bonner have been getting time at guard.

“Really it’s about trying to see if any of them can push anyone that’s starting,” said Biser.

Philip Biser (6-2, 230, Sr.) has been working with the first team at tight end, while Jackson Biser (6-2, 210, Sr.) and Seth P. BISER

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Workman (6-2, 185, Sr.) are seeing time behind him. Christian Alt (6-0, 204, Jr.) and Bradley Sommers (6-1, 155, Jr.) are also vying for time at tight end.

Sean Biser is expecting to run a running back by committee system again this season, with Aaron Lyons (5-11, 185, Sr.) and Caden Biser (6-1, 190, Jr.) getting the majority of the snaps with the first team at the moment.

In 2018, Lyons had 27 carries for 192 yards and four touchdowns, while Biser was the LYONS team’s third-leading rusher with 109 attempts for 716 yards and nine scores.

Logan Proud (6-1, 180, Sr.) and Sam Bradfield (5-10, 165, So.) are getting reps with the next group at running back, as well as Benny Oates (5-10, C. BISER 175, So.).

At fullback will be the combination of Drae Allen (5-9, 200, Jr.) and Tristin Fox (5-10, 195, Sr.). Chayse Evans (5-8, 180, So.) has also gotten snaps in with that group as well. Allen was the team’s fourth-leading rusher last year with ALLEN 111 rushes for 764 yards and seven touchdowns.

Others trying for playing time in the backfield are Zion Powell (6-0, 170, Jr.), Malachi Blowe (5-7, 145, So.) and Braydon Roderick (5-6, 165, So.).

Rounding out the offense is, of course, Shoemaker (5-8, 150, Sr.) under center, with Root as his backup. Shoemaker was 34 of 72 through the air for 537 yards, 10 touchdowns and four interceptions last season. He was also the team’s second-leading rusher with 889 yards on 129 carries to go along with seven touchdowns.

Leading the defense in the secondary is Shoemaker, who was a first-teamer on the Times-News All-Area defensive team last season, at free safety. Bradfield will also get reps at that position.

ROOT At cornerback will be Root and Proud, along with Emerick and Pattison.

Also vying for time in the secondary are Hamric, Guy, Wheeler, VanPelt, Rice, Blowe and Avona.

Starters at outside linebacker are Lyons and Caden Biser, with PROUD Oates getting time in

with that group. Powell will probably make the switch to outside linebacker as well due to his amount of speed along with tackling ability, according to Sean Biser.

At inside linebacker, Fox and Jackson Biser are expected to be the starters. Philip Biser has been working in there as well as getting some time at defensive end, and Evans has been playing at inside linebacker as well.

Also in the group of linebackers are Roderick, Sommers and Gage Metts.

On one side of the FOX defensive line, at end, will be Woodworth along with Kephart, while Allen and Philip Biser work the other side.

At defensive tackle, Cochran will work with Workman, See, Billy Metts, Ray and J. BISER Amoruso.

Also in the defensive lineman group is Christian Alt, Whiting, Cook, Welch, Glass, Bonner, Ryan, Elifritz, Hardy, Liller, Davidson and Nicholas Alt. With the special teams unit, Seth Earnest (5-11, 140, So.) and Proud have been working out at kicker. The punter spot hasn’t been locked down following Redman’s departure, but working there has been Earnest, Caden Biser and Powell. Kick and punt returns will come from a group of Emerick, Pattison, Root, Powell, Lyons and Caden Biser.

“When I think of this team, they’re just a straight hard-working, highwork ethic team,” Sean Biser said.

“We’ve got 50 kids on the team. We had 48 kids make 18 or more workouts. ... I think their dedication and work ethic all summer long ... that was big for us.

In the spring, many of them were coming to school and lifting before class.

They hold themselves accountable and expect each other to be there.

“They’re a very tight group as well.

I think a lot of that is because they’ve been together for so long.

A lot of the older kids have taken a leadership role and have been mentoring the younger kids.”

EARNEST The Golden Tornado’s biggest unanswered question thus far?

“Trying to find the exact depth at each position,” said Biser. “But we’re in the second week of practice and some kids are really starting to separate themselves.”

Follow Staff Writer Kyle Bennett on Twitter @KyleBennettCTN.

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2019: W.Va. weekly high school schedule CONTINUED FROM 7 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 County 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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Keyser High School LOCATION

— 1 Tornado Way, Keyser, W.Va.

BUILT

— 1997

MASCOT

— Golden Tornado

PRINCIPAL

— Lois Spencer

ENROLLMENT — 751