Week 11 of prep football season filled with key contests
Tigers, Colts look to secure home playoff games, Bucs, Tucker postseason berths
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ELKINS -- The stakes are high for area football teams heading into Week 11 of the regular season this evening.
Elkins and Philip Barbour look to secure at least one home game in the playoffs, while Buckhannon-Upshur and Tucker County look to remain among the top 16 in their respective classes.
The Tigers, rated fourth in Class AAA, are winners of eight straight games. They are undefeated in the grueling Big 10 Conference, which currently has eight members making the postseason as of this week's WVSSAC ratings.
Securing a home playoff game would add to a magical season for head coach Chad Ware's Elkins squad and a tribute to a special senior group that will be honored this evening.
The last Tiger team to record at least nine wins in a season was the 1980 team -- coached by Mike Hickman.
Preston (2-7) comes to Tiger Stadium still in the Class AAAA playoff mix, as the Knights are 18th.
At Stydahar Field in Shinnston, No. 7 Philip Barbour battles No. 9 Lincoln in a key Big 10 matchup.
The Colts (6-3) have won four straight games, while the Cougars (5-4) three of their last four.
The Cougars enter the game with a
At Freal "Red" Crites Memorial Stadium in Tennerton, the Bucs (4-5) will battle Class AAA, No. 8 Robert C. Byrd (6-3).
B-U is 14th in this week's Class AAAA ratings and needs a victory over the Flying Eagles to secure a postseason berth.
At R.H. Armstrong Memorial Field at Class of 1984 Alumni Stadium, Tucker County faces a struggling Madonna team in looking to return to the Class A playoffs for the fifth straight year.
Despite back-to-back losses, the Mountain Lions (3-6) are still 15th in the Class A ratings.
The Blue Dons, who last played at Tucker County in a 20-14 double-overtime win in the 2012 state semifinals, are 1-8 on the season.
In other action this evening, Tygarts Valley seeks its first win of the season when it travels to Rocky Gap (Va.) to face Bland County.
Bland County is 1-8 on the year.
It will be the first-ever meeting in football between the schools.