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No. 2 Keyser Golden Tornado (12-1)vs. No. 1 Wayne Pioneers (13-0)

Friday, 7:30 p.m., Wheeling Island Stadium

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8/24 at Petersburg (4-6) W 60-129/7 Fort Hill (9-3) W 51-229/14 Northern (4-6) W 40-09/21 at Allegany (7-4) L 12-149/28 Hampshire (6-4) W 12-710/5 at Berkeley Springs (0-10) W 47-010/12 Jefferson (1-9) W 20-610/19 Bridgeport (9-3) W 25-010/26 at Frankfort (9-3) W 32-711/2 at Mountain Ridge (0-10) W 49-011/9 Mingo Central (5-6) W 61-1411/17 Scott (8-4) W 53-811/23 Bridgeport (9-3) W 42-1411/30 vs. Wayne (13-0) 7:30

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8/31 Chesapeake (Oh.) W 58-129/7 Herbert Hoover W 46-79/14 at Ravenswood W 84-429/21 at Sissonville W 42-09/28 Mingo Central W 53-1410/5 at Scott W 47-610/12 at Tolsia W 49-610/19 Poca W 56-2210/26 at Chapmanville W 55-711/2 Bluefield W 45-1411/9 Mingo Cent. (5-6) W 61-1411/17 Scott (8-4) W 53-811/23 Bridgeport (9-3) W 42-1411/30 vs. Keyser (12-1) 7:30

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Rung 1: Keyser 60, Petersburg 12By Michael Minnich

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PETERSBURG—TheKeyser Golden Tornadodominated the trenches intheir season opener, open-ing huge holes for theirrunners and holding thePetersburg Vikings with-out a rushing first down ina lopsided 60-12 victory.

For KHS, Danny Fifescored all three times hetouched the ball, runningfor 166 yards, while J.R.Flint was nearly as effi-cient, finishing with threecarries for 61 yards and twotouchdowns and adding aninterception return for aTD and several strong puntreturns.

Petersburg received tostart the game and gainedone first down via penaltybefore stalling.

The snap on fourth downwas over the punter’s headand was smothered for aturnover on downs at thePetersburg 19.

Flint scored on the firstplay from scrimmage, andFife’s kick was good, givingKeyser a 7-0 lead with10:34 left in the first quar-ter.

Petersburg got a big playon first down when CoreyPool found Kelson Thorne

for a gain of 34 yards, but arun for a loss and a holdingpenalty brought up 2nd-and-35, and even passesfrom Pool to Josh Bane for12 yards and Thorne for 17weren’t enough.

Petersburg turned theball over on downs afteran incomplete pass.

Keyser, starting fromtheir own 31, needed threeplays this time: a 14-yardpass from Cody Eversoleto Dakota Proud, a 10-yardrun by Blake Ravenscroft,and finally a 45-yard scam-per by Fife, with BlakeRavenscroft providing a keyblock.

Fife finished the job withanother PAT: 14-0, KHS,with 7:48 to go in the firstquarter.

A Drew Roy sack on thirddown forced Petersburg topunt.

Keyser marched 82 yardsin three plays: Flint ran for25, Austin Ravenscroft forsix, and Fife went the final51.

It may have worn himout a tad: the extra point hitthe uprights, no good.

Still, the lead was 20points at the 3:26 mark.

Josh Napier’s sack onthird down forced anotherVikings three-and-out, andFlint returned the ensuingpunt to the Petersburg 14.

Eversole went to work,finding Amonte Turner fora seven-yard gain on firstdown, then keeping the ballfor a seven-yard TD run upthe middle.

Fife was true: 27-0, 1:13left in the first quarter.

Petersburg again bene-fited from a generous passinterference call to get afirst down, but punted soonafter.

Flint again ripped off afine return to the Petersburg6, and two Garrett Critestotes gave Keyser their fiveTD of the evening.

Fife’s kick was good with9:40 left in the half.

If there was one problemfor Keyser in the half, itwas their pass defense: onsecond down, Pool found awide-open Thorne, whotook his time embellishingthe first Viking TD of theseason, a 72-yard pass.

After a penalty, the passfor two points was incom-plete.

Pool then interceptedEversole on first down, and,two plays later, found AlexSee for a 46-yard TD strike.

The run was no good, butPetersburg had at least qui-eted the large Keyser crowd:34-12, 7:48 to go in thehalf.

Cody Eversole keeps for a touchdown run. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY MICHAEL MINNICHSee WEEK 1 Page 25

Rung 2: Keyser 51, Fort Hill 22By Michael Minnich


KEYSER—The KeyserGolden Tornado scored 37straight points, a run start-ed by Josh Coffman'sblocked punt for a touch-down, to break a 14-14 half-time tie, defeating the FortHill Sentinels, 51-22, at Tor-nado Alley.

It's just the seventh timeKeyser has won in 45 meet-ings with Fort Hill, as wellas the largest margin of vic-tory in the series for KHS,breaking the mark set in theGolden Tornado's 26-0 winin 1984.

It's also the worst lossthat Fort Hill has suffered toa school in the currentAMAC (Allegany, BishopWalsh, Mountain Ridge,Northern, Southern,Hampshire, Keyser, andFrankfort) in the program's66-year history.

Blake Ravenscroft rushedfor 89 yards, all but seven inthe second half, on 11 car-ries, finding the end zonethree times after intermis-sion and also rushing for atwo-point conversion.

Danny Fife carried 18times for 111 yards and twotouchdowns for KHS, whoracked up 399 yards of of-fense.

Keyser started the gamewith a solid drive, gainingfour first downs before asack of Cody Eversole onthird by Cody Arigo and anincomplete pass on fourthdown turned the ball over toFort Hill on downs.

The KHS defense,though, drove the Sentinels

Keyser’s Josh Napier (72), J.R. Flint (25), and Eric Wilt (22) converge on a fumble. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY RAYMOND BURNER(RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

in the wrong direction onthree consecutive plays.

A 12-yard punt gave theGolden Tornado prime fieldposition at the Fort Hill28.

KHS used their groundgame exclusively to get onthe board: Cody Eversolescrambled for a first downon third-and-7, then Dan-ny Fife went for seven andGarrett Crites for six togive KHS first-and-goal atthe Fort Hill 5.

Two Fife totes finishedthe drive, but the juniormissed the extra point: 6-0,Keyser, with 24.2 secondsleft in the first quarter.

Zac Elbin fumbled on

the first play of Fort Hill'ssubsequent drive, butKeyser gave it back threeplays later when Eversolewas intercepted by TravisBush, who returned theball to the Keyser 31.

Elbin then ran for 12yards, the first rushing firstdown against the KHS de-fense this year.

A flag, an 8-yard keeperby Hunter Squires, and asix-yard run by DevinShreve finished off the FortHill drive.

Chris King's extra pointput the Sentinels in front,7-6, with 10:28 left in thesecond quarter.

Keyser went small-big

on their next drive: Critesfor 14, Fife for 17, Crites for8, Fife for 4, Crites for 8,Blake Ravenscroft for 6,Crites for 10, and finallyFife for 12, his second scoreof the game.

Crites ran for two: 14-7,KHS, with 7:29 left in thehalf.

Fort Hill went three-and-out, but a holding penaltyon third down negated aKeyser first down in FortHill territory a few playslater.

KHS turned the ball overon downs at the Fort Hill30.

That's when things gotinteresting: Elbin ran for a

70-yard score, but initiallythe play was ruled outthanks to a flag.

After some consultation,the officials picked up theflag: TD good, then kickgood, 14-14 with 1:51 to goin the half.

Eversole fumbled to endKeyser's next drive at theFort Hill 40, and the Sen-tinels ran two plays to closeout the half.

Fort Hill had a nice re-turn on the opening kickoffof the second half negatedby a flag; the Sentinelswent three-and-out.

Keyser had good fieldposition at the Fort Hill43, but they too could not

move the chains.A good punt by Fife

backed FH to their own 7,and an intentional ground-ing flag, which was nearly asafety, backed the ball to theFort Hill 1.

Squires pushed the pilefor a yard, bringing up adicey punt for Fort Hill.

Josh Coffman took theball out of the punter's handfor a Keyser touchdownwith 6:48 left in the thirdquarter.

Keyser took a timeoutbefore going for two, andFife did the deed, pushingthe lead to 22-14.

Things got worse for theSentinels: on the first playfrom scrimmage, DevinShreve fumbled, and Flintrecovered at the Fort Hill19.

It took Keyser three playsto cash it in: Blake Raven-scroft ran for 10, Fife forfive, then Ravenscroft gotthe call again from fouryards out.

Ravenscroft ran for two,also, but the play was negat-ed for a block below thewaist.

Keyser tried again fromthe 16, but the pass wasbehind Crites.

Still, Keyser led by twoscores, 28-14, with 5:37 leftin the third quarter.

Fort Hill used their pass-ing game to move the stickstwice, with Squires findingMicah May for 21 yards andTravis Bush for 10.

Shreve, though, fumbledon the next play, and JoshNapier was there to scoop itat the Keyser 45.

See WEEK 2 Page 25




Rung 3: Keyser 40, Northern 0By Michael Minnich


KEYSER—Danny Fifescored three touchdownsas the Keyser Golden Tor-nado pitched a shutout ofthe Northern Huskies, 40-0, at Tornado Alley on Hallof Fame Night.

Fife finished with just28 rushing yards, but alsohad six receiving and 78 onthe flashiest play of thenight, a kickoff return toopen the second half; thejunior also ran for a two-point conversion andkicked one successful extrapoint.

Garrett Crites rushed for91 yards and added nine onone reception, while BlakeRavenscroft had a team-high 93 yards on theground.

For Northern, quarter-back Aaron Broadwaterand running backs JeremyBender and Tommy Durstwere involved in every of-fensive play save punts.

Broadwater threw for 40yards and ran for 35 yardson 13 carries, while Bendercaught three passes for 10yards and ran for just six

yards on 10 carries.Durst had a reception

for 10 yards and eight car-ries for seven yards.

Northern moved the balltwice on passes from AaronBroadwater to JeremyBender on the openingdrive of the game beforepunting.

Both teams went three-and-out on their nexttouches, then Keyser wentto work.

Garrett Crites ran for 17yards, Blake Ravenscroftfor 13, then, two plays lat-er, Ravenscroft went for 11again.

That, combined with aflag on Northern, movedthe ball to the Huskies 12.

Ravenscroft ran againfor seven, then Fife fin-ished the drive from five.

Fife's extra point gaveKHS a 7-0 lead with 2:06left in the first quarter.

Northern went three-and-out, then a promisingKeyser drive was short-circuited when J.R. Flintfumbled after a long passcompletion.

After another Northernthree-and-out, AmonteTurner's good punt returnset KHS up in Northern

territory again at the 43.On third-and-5, Blake

Ravenscroft toted for 15,then Crites carried for 20more, getting tripped upthree yards short of thegoal line.

Fife earned his secondTD from there, but missedthe extra point: 13-0,Keyser, with 8:53 left in thefirst quarter.

Northern then mountedtheir best drive of the half,moving the ball to theKeyser 27 before turningthe ball over on downswith 4:18 to go in the half.

Crites' 21-yard run onsecond down moved theball into Northern terri-tory, then Ravenscroft ranfor 14, then, two plays lat-er, for 15.

On third-and-5, Fifemade a rare reception for again of six and a fresh set ofdowns at the Northern 9.

Quarterback Eversole,pressured right, kept forthe touchdown, then Fiferan for two.

Keyser led, 21-0, at thehalf.

It didn't take long forKHS to add to that: Fifemuffed the kickoff initial-ly, but more than recov-

Keyser’s Drew Roy delivers a big hit to Northern quar-terback Aaron Broadwater. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY RAYMONDBURNER (RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

ered, going 78 yards to thehouse thanks to a nice spinmove and a few brokentackles.

The extra point wasblocked: 27-0.

Northern moved thechains once, but DustinLucas intercepted Broad-water on third down, re-turning the ball to mid-field.

Keyser looked like they'dstruck quickly again, but areally nice 50-yard TD runby Eversole on first downwas nullified by a holdingpenalty.

That killed the drive,and KHS punted.

Wes Nelson immediate-ly took the ball right back,recovering a fumble onfirst down.

But, after completing a9-yard pass to Crites, Ever-sole was picked by Benderon second down.

Northern could notmove the ball a foot on arun and two incompletepasses, and punted.

A fine return by Flintwas canceled out by a flag.

KHS did it the hard way,going 90 yards.

See WEEK 3 Page 25

Rung 4: Allegany 14, Keyser 12By Michael Minnich


C U M B E R L A N D —Here's the kicker.

Allegany had one thatthey trusted, and Keyserdidn't.

Two failed two-pointconversions by the GoldenTornado, and two madeextra points by Allegany'sChris Fram, were the dif-ference in a 14-12 thrillerat Greenway Avenue Sta-dium.

Keyser, trailing by eightpoints late, forced twofumbles.

Danny Fife cashed inthe first from 20 yards

out with 3:05 left, but wasstuffed at the line to keepKHS from tying the scoreon the two-point attempt.

The second came withunder two minutes to go,but Keyser, facing third-and-3, threw incomplete,then Allegany's defensestopped Blake Raven-scroft for a loss to sealthe game.

Carter Imes threw for atouchdown and ran foranother on fourth-and-goal from the 1 for Alle-gany, who avenged a 34-0loss at Tornado Alley lastyear.

Fram was huge for theCampers; in addition tothe pair of PATs, he caught

an 8-yard pass on fourth-and-4 to set up the even-tual winning touchdown.

Cody Eversole's 8-yardTD toss to Garrett Critesaccounted for the otherKHS score.

Fife led KHS with 123yards on 22 carries.

Keyser received the ballto start the game.

Both teams got stopson their first defensivepossession, and a 57-yardreturn by J.R. Flint, plus apersonal foul penalty, gaveKHS prime field positionat the Allegany 18.

But three negligibleruns brought up fourth-and-11, and Cody Ever-sole missed Garrett Crites

in the end zone, turningthe ball over on downswith 6:48 left in the firstquarter.

After a short run on firstdown, Alco quarterbackCarter Imes evaded theKeyser rush, throwingdown the right sidelineto Christian Thomas, whoevaded the first wave ofKHS defenders and went78 yards to the house.

Chris Fram's extra pointgave Allegany an early 7-0 lead with 5:56 left in thefirst quarter.

But speedy freshmanAmonte Turner answeredwith an 82-yard kickoff

return; that, plus a horse-collar penalty, movedKHS just three yards fromthe end zone.

Allegany held for twoplays, stopping DannyFife for no gain and sack-ing Eversole for five yards,but on the third, Eversoleconnected with Crites inthe end zone on a similarplay to the failed fourthdown.

It was the Campers'turn for a big return: Dar-ion Lopez ripped off 63yards, although aided by ablock in the back.

Keyser, though, held,forcing a punt.

The Golden Tornadomounted the longest drivefor either side in the half,gaining four first downs,but a holding penalty anda sack put Keyser in third-and-long.

A personal foul on Al-legany made the yardagea bit more manageable,but Keyser turned the ballover on downs on an in-complete pass on fourth-and-7.

Allegany gained theironly first down of the halfon a 21-yard MadisonWolford run, but punted.

See WEEK 4 Page 25




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Rung 5: Keyser 12, Hampshire 7By Michael Minnich


KEYSER—Enteringthisseason, the Keyser GoldenTornado had defeated theHampshire Trojans tenstraight times, by an averageof 31 points.

It wasn't nearly that easythis time around, as KHSneeded a stop on the finalpossession to preserve a 12-7 victory on Homecomingnight at Tornado Alley.

For Keyser, Garrett Critesscored the eventual win-ning touchdown in the thirdquarter and finished theevening with 37 rushingyards and two key catchesfor 23 yards.

Blake Ravenscroft rushedfor 53 yards and a touch-down and had a catch for 10yards.

Danny Fife, despite takinga nasty hit in the secondquarter, carried the ball 19times for 62 yards.

Amonte Turner rushedfor 35 yards.

For Hampshire, CalabLandis completed 7 of 11

passes for 103 yards andalso rushed for the loneHHS score.

Trevor Largent had 82receiving yards for Hamp-shire, who were withoutleading rusher DenardHartwell.

Hampshire went three-and-out on their first pos-session.

Three Danny Fife runsyielded a Keyser first down,but KHS was unable toovercome a false start onfirst down and turned theball over on downs at theHampshire 35.

After an exchange ofpunts, Fife's sack on thirddown for a loss of 10 forcedanother HHS punt on theopening play of the secondquarter.

Again, Keyser was un-done by a flag, this time ahold, but were fortunate notto be punished more, as aninterception on third downwas dropped.

Hampshire, starting fromtheir own 20 after a touch-back on the punt, thenmounted their best drive ofthe half.

Keyser’s Josh Coffman gets the vital grab on the final play of the game. TRIBUNEPHOTO BY RAYMOND BURNER (RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

Calab Landis connectedwith Trevor Largent for again of 18 yards on firstdown, Lucas Powers ran forfive, then Dalton Clowercarried for nine to the Keyser48.

Three straight flags, twoon Keyser and one onHampshire, followed by asack by Wes Nelson for a lossof 10, stopped the Trojans.

Amonte Turner ran for12 yards across midfield onfirst down for Keyser, but itappeared that Hampshirewould force another punt.

But Fife was hit hard frombehind on the kick, and thesubsequent flag gave theTornado a fresh set of downsat the Hampshire 30.

They took advantage:Blake Ravenscroft ran for 15,Austin Ravenscroft for 6,Blake for 4, and Austin for 1brought up first-and-goal.

Turner ran for two, thenCody Eversole dove for one.

Austin Ravenscroft fin-ished the drive from oneyard out, then Fife's extrapoint was blocked.

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BERKELEY SPRINGS--Keyser and BerkeleySprings entered Friday nightwith the best and worstscoring defenses in WestVirginia Class AA, respec-tively, and nothing hap-pened to alter those per-ceptions, as the Golden Tor-

nado rolled to a 47-0 victo-ry.

Danny Fife got KHS onthe board with 8:12 left inthe first quarter, and TylerHamilton, one of three KHSkickers to attempt a PATon the evening, added theextra point.

A long pass to Zack John-son set up Keyser's secondscore, another short Fiferun, and Hamilton's made

kick doubled the lead to 14-0.

Special teams took care ofthe third score, as Eric Wiltreversed fields perfectly be-hind some good blockingfor a punt return TD.

Keyser had a long passingTD from Cody Eversole toRyan Streets wiped awayon a flag for an ineligible re-ceiver late in the first quar-ter, but the same combina-

tion produced a touchdowna few minutes later.

T.J. Whetzel's extra pointpushed the lead to 28-0.

Berkeley Springs' bestdrive of the game endedwhen they turned the ballover on downs at the Keyser38 with 4:36 left in the sec-ond quarter.

Keyser's passing gamewas clicking like no othergame this season: Eversole

connected with Streets andGarrett Crites to move theTornado offense into scoringposition, and Blake Raven-scroft cashed in the pigskinon a 6-yard run.

The extra point was nogood: 34-0, KHS.

After intermission, Keyseradded a pair of third-quar-ter TDs on a 1-yard run byAustin Ravenscroft and a30-yard scamper by Blake

Ravenscroft.Hamilton made the sec-

ond PAT, setting up the finalmargin.

Johnson's interceptionwas the highlight of thefourth quarter.

Keyser now holds a 15-4lead in the series and havewon all seven meetings sincethe series resumed after ahiatus of eight years in2006.

Rung 6: Keyser 47, Berkeley Springs 0

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KEYSER—Danny Fifeand defense.

Those have been thebright spots for the sixth-ranked Keyser GoldenTornado all season.

And, man, did bothcome up big on Fridaynight.

After a scoreless firsthalf, Fife found the endzone three times, andplayed a big role on theother side of the ball, too,as the best scoring de-fense in Class AA allowedonly a late TD in a 20-6win over the JeffersonCougars last night.

Fife carried the ball 32times, 22 in the secondhalf alone, for 185 yards,149 after intermission,and those three big touch-downs.

It was a much sweeterending for the junior full-back than last year'smeeting with the Cougars,when Fife was knockedout with an injury.

Defense ruled the dayearly: Austin Ravenscroftintercepted the ball on

Jefferson's second drive,but Keyser, starting fromthe Jefferson 31 after agood return on the play,turned the ball over ondowns at the JHS 15when Fife was stoppedfor a loss on fourth-and-1.

Jefferson mounted theirbest sustained drive ofthe game late in the firstquarter, moving the balldown to the Keyser 13,but a 30-yard field goalattempt by Hunter Col-bert dinged off of the leftupright, no good, with11:04 left in the half.

Keyser countered with agood drive of their own,getting a first-down runfrom Garrett Crites andthree from Fife, but a flagfor a block below thewaist brought up first-and-22.

After two incompletepasses, Cody Eversoleconnected with Crites fora gain of 14, and BlakeRavenscroft was stoppeda yard short on a delayedhand-off on fourth-and-8.

Keyser's defense forcedanother turnover, knock-ing the ball loose fromRynal Newman at the Jef-

ferson 31 with 1:55 left,but Eversole was inter-cepted on fourth-and-9from the Jefferson 19.

Keyser's game plancoming out of the lockerroom was pretty clear.

Fife for 8; Fife for 5;Fife for 3; Fife for 6; Fifefor 6; Fife for 9; butAustin Ravenscroft lostthe ball after a 16-yardgain, and Jefferson tookover at their own 18.

Keyser's defense forceda punt, then KHS went totheir bell cow again.

Fife ran for 20, 2, 3,and the final 3: touch-down, Keyser, with 5:24left in the third quarter.

Tyler Hamilton's extrapoint moved the lead to 7-0.

After Jefferson wentthree-and-out, Keyserdrove down to the Jeffer-son 3 on good runningfrom Fife and AmonteTurner, but Fife wasstopped for a loss of three,then Eversole was sackedon fourth down to turnthe ball over on downs.

Jefferson threw sevenstraight passes on theirdrive, but the final twowere incomplete, and

Rung 7: Keyser 20, Jefferson 6

Josh Coffman (51), Christian Smith (52), and WestonNelson (84) force a fumble. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY RAYMONDBURNER (RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

Keyser got it back ondowns at the Jefferson37.

Fife ran for 33, thenfinished the job with afour-yard tote on the nextplay.

The kick was no good:13-0, Keyser, with 8:55left.

Jefferson drove intoKeyser territory using thepassing of Andrew Kingand a few solid runs, but,on first-and-10 from theKHS 17, King was sackedby Austin Ravenscroft fora big 11-yard loss.

On the next play,Harley Yaider strippedKing of the ball, and ZackJohnson recovered at theKeyser 28.

The Golden Tornadoneeded just two plays toput the nail in the coffin:Blake Ravenscroft ran fora lot (70), then Fife wentfor a big little, pickingup the final two stripes.

Hamilton's kick wastrue: 20-0 with 4:27 left.

Jefferson got a conso-lation prize on a 48-yardstrike from King to Geof-frey Walker with 3:17 left,but Keyser ran out theclock from there.


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KEYSER—Sometimes,the stats really do tell thestory.

Keyser's offense: 66plays, 378 yards, fourtouchdowns.

Bridgeport's offense: 32plays, 33 yards, zero points.

It was the performancethat the Golden Tornadomaybe saw in their wildestdreams, but those dreamsbecame reality, as No. 4Keyser dominated No. 2Bridgeport, 25-0.

The Indians managed

just two first downs, one bypenalty.

"I'm shocked by that,"said Keyser coach SeanBiser, whose defense hasallowed the least points inthe state this season.

Keyser, on the otherhand, moved the chains20 times.

"That's what wins:blocking and tackling,"said Biser. "I think thatsomething we've improvedon as the year's went on."

Garrett Crites and BlakeRavenscroft each rushedfor 120 yards, on 16 and 15carries, respectively, whileDanny Fife just missed the

century mark himself, tot-ing 21 times for 99 yardsand two touchdowns.

"That [Bridgeport] de-fense has shut down a lot ofoffenses around the statethis year, and we playedwell, and Danny ran hard,"said Biser.

Ravenscroft and AmonteTurner also found the endzone for the Golden Tor-nado.

Bridgeport's leadingrusher, Brett Hathaway,managed just 35 yards on15 carries, while AnthonyCaldera actually lost fiveyards on 11 carries.

Bridgeport won the toss,

elected to receive, andpunted after three runningplays.

Danny Fife toted twicefor Keyser to move thechains, then Garrett Critespicked up a third-and-6 afew plays later to theBridgeport 45.

Blake Ravenscroft ranfor another first down,then Crites carried for sev-en yards to the Bridgeport26.

Ravenscroft moved thechains again, then, twoplays later, Crites ran for 12yards to the 5.

Fife carried twice to fin-ish the job, and Tyler

Hamilton made the extrapoint: 7-0, Keyser, with3:46 left in the first quar-ter.

"I think Danny kind ofset the tone early. We knewthey'd be keying on him, sowe let Danny run and runand run, and gave him likethree straight plays to be-gin, then we started dish-ing it off. When you get onething going in the Wing T,everything comes off of it,"said Biser.

The Keyser defense thenstuffed Bridgeport againon three runs.

KHS moved the chainsonce on a run by Crites on

Rung 8: Keyser 25, Bridgeport 0third-and-7, but punted.

Fife's boot was downedat the Bridgeport 10.

The two teams then ex-changed a few punts.

Keyser, starting from theBridgeport 36, needed justone play to score: Raven-scroft, to the right.

A poor snap on the extrapoint messed up Hamil-ton's timing, and the kickwas short: 13-0, Keyser,with 5:50 left in the half.

Biser attributed histeam's success to the dif-ferent looks they were pre-senting to the Bridgeport

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Rung 9: Keyser 32, Frankfort 7


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SHORT GAP—TheKeyser Golden Tornadoscored on their first fiveoffensive possessions enroute to their third straightMineral Bowl win, defeat-ing the Frankfort Falcons,32-7, at Falcon Stadium.

Blake Ravenscroft rushedfor 150 yards and twotouchdowns, and had a 91-yard TD overturned on aflag, while Danny Fifecrossed the century markwith 110 yards and twoTDs.

Garrett Crites rushed for63 yards and a touchdownin the first half.

KHS has won everygame in Short Gap since1996.

For the Falcons, GageShaffer completed 13 of 29passes for 88 yards, whileDamian Morgan scored arushing touchdown.

Keyser won the toss anddeferred possession to thesecond half.

Frankfort went three-

and-out on the first drive ofthe game, with HarleyYaider nearly interceptingGage Shaffer on thirddown.

A big return by AmonteTurner from Josh McNeil'sgood punt gave KHS primefield position at the Frank-fort 31.

Garrett Crites carried for14 yards, and Frankfort wasflagged for a horse collar onthe play.

From the Frankfort 9,Danny Fife carried twice fora quick touchdown.

Colton Rodeheavermissed the extra point, butKeyser led, 6-0, with 9:32left in the first quarter.

Frankfort picked up afourth-and-1 after beingstopped on third down, butthe drive stalled at mid-field and punted.

McNeil uncorked anoth-er beauty to the Keyser 8.

It didn't matter: Keyserquickly went 92 yards:Blake Ravenscroft for 19,Fife for 23, Crites for 20,Ravenscroft for 11, Fife for1, then 12, and finallyRavenscroft to the riight

for a 6-yard score.Fife ran for two: Keyser

14, Frankfort 0, with 3:29left in the first quarter.

Frankfort went three-and-out, then Keyser droveagain.

After a short Crites carry,Turner ran for 11, then 10 tothe Frankfort 25.

Facing third-and-5 aftera two short runs, the onlythird down the Frankfortdefense forced in the half,Crites did the job fromthere, scoring on the firstplay of the second quarter.

Crites was stopped onthe two-point try; Keyser20, Frankfort 0, 11:52 left inthe half.

Frankfort gained one firstdown before punting.

Turner returned the kick40 yards to set up a two-play, 40-yard drive: Raven-scroft for 19, Fife for 21.

The run for two wasstopped; Keyser 26, Frank-fort 0 with 8:34 left.

A pass from Shaffer toStephan Buser picked up aFrankfort first down, butthe Falcons punted fourplays later.

Keyser continued theirdominant rushing: Fife for11, Fife for 17, Fife for 13,then Ravenscroft for 18.

A personal foul on Keysermade things a little moredifficult, but Ravenscroftcarried for seven, thenTurner gained nine.

A personal foul on Frank-fort moved the ball to theFHS 14.

Crites went for six, thenRavenscroft finished fromeight yards out.

The run for two was nogood: Keyser 32, Frank-fort 0, with 1:08 left.

Shaffer connected withTyler Crock on two passesfor a first down, but threeincomplete passes set upfourth-and-10.

Shaffer was sacked byRoy for a loss of seven toturn the ball over on downs.

Keyser's deep heave fellincomplete to end the half.

Keyser nearly had to startfrom inside their 1 afterFife slipped on the kick re-turn, but a double person-al foul on Frankfort movedthe ball out from the shad-ow of the goal line.

Frankfort, though, gottheir first stop of the game,and Keyser punted.

A Josh Coffman sackmade Frankfort go three-and-out, but Keyser had abig 91-yard touchdown runby Ravenscroft negated,and they too punted.

Frankfort used a 10-yardpass from Shaffer to ThaneCutter, with a roughing thepasser flag tacked on, tomove into Keyser territoryat the 32.

The Tornado held,though, driving FHS twoyards in the wrong direc-tion.

McNeil came on to at-tempt a 52-yard field goal,which was on line but justshort.

On third down, Keyserfumbled, with Devin Hugh-es recovering for FHS at theKeyser 19.

Shaffer connected withCutter for a gain of 13 onsecond down.

Keyser's goal line defensewas good enough to stopFrankfort three times, buta flag for defensive holdinghanded FHS a fresh set of

downs at the 4.Morgan cashed in the

pigskin from there, endinga run of 114 straight Keyserpoints in the series datingback to Joey Luciw's touch-down late in the first quar-ter of the 2010 game.

McNeil added the extrapoint: Keyser 32, Frankfort7, with 11:49 left.

A 58-yard run by Raven-scroft on second down, withCrock making the TD-sav-ing tackle, set Keyser up atthe Frankfort 2.

But Fife and Ravenscroftwere each stopped twice,and FHS got it back ondowns at their own 1.

The Falcons drove totheir own 45 before turningthe ball over downs.

Keyser did the same afterfour plays.

Shaffer completed threepasses--and got the benefitof two more 15-yard flagson Keyser--to drive the Fal-cons down to the Keyser 15,but a flag for offensive passinterference on third-and-4 killed the drive.

Keyser took a knee torun the clock out.

Keyser celebrates after winning the 2012 Mineral Bowl at Falcon Stadium, retaining the trophy for a third year. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY LEE BROWN (KNOBLEY.COM)

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Rung 10: Keyser 49, Mountain Ridge 0By Michael Minnich


FROSTBURG—TheKeyser Golden Tornadoput the finishing toucheson a 9-1 regular seasonlast night, locking uphome field advantagethroughout the 16-teamClass AA playoffs with a49-0 win over the Moun-tain Ridge Miners.

Keyser’s win, combinedwith Wayne’s 45-14 defeatof Bluefield, means thatthe Golden Tornado willbe the second seed, theirbest finish since being thetop seed in 2008.

Mountain Ridge man-aged only two first downsand 59 yards of offense, allon the ground, in the loss,while Keyser had 21 firstdowns and 421 yards onthe ground to go with 50yards through the air.

Blake Ravenscroft Amonte Turner stiff-arms a would-be tackler. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY MICHAEL MINNICH

rushed for 122 yards andtwo touchdowns on eightcarries, while AmonteTurner added a pair oftwo-point conversions and65 yards rushing.

J.R. Flint, in his returnto the lineup, caught atouchdown pass fromCody Eversole and ran foranother TD.

Danny Fife (22 yards,seven carries), HunterKasmier (five carries, 57yards) and Garrett Crites(122 yards on eight car-ries) scored a touchdownapiece also.

After Mountain Ridgepunted on their first pos-session, Keyser took thelead for good on BlakeRavenscroft's 28-yardtouchdown run.

The extra point was nogood off of the right up-right.

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Rung 11: Keyser 61, Mingo Central 14By Michael Minnich


KEYSER--Against ateam from Hatfield coun-try, the second-seededKeyser Golden Tornadowere the real McCoy.

KHS scored 40 points inthe first quarter, forcingfive turnovers in the first 13minutes of play, andcruised to a 61-14 win overthe No. 15 Mingo CentralMiners at Tornado Alley inthe first round of the WestVirginia Class AA footballplayoffs.

All of Keyser's pointswere scored in the first 25minutes of the game.

Keyser (10-1) will hostNo. 7 Scott, winners overWyoming East by a 46-16score, in the second round

of the playoffs.Mingo Central ends the

year at 5-6.Danny Fife rushed for

69 yards and three touch-downs on 10 carries forKHS.

Hunter Kasmier, whocarried the ball just 19times in the regular season,was the Golden Tornado'sleading rusher both interms of carries and yards,toting the ball for 15 timesfor 175 yards and twotouchdowns.

Austin Ravenscroft had agreat all-around game,scoring a touchdown onthe ground, intercepting apass, and recovering a fum-ble.

J.R. Flint caught a touch-down pass from Cody Ever-sole, while Blake Raven-scroft rushed for a score

(right) Keyser’s Drew Roy (56) forces a fumble in the first quarter with the help ofJosh Coffman (51) and Austin Ravenscroft (45). Ravenscroft recovered the fum-ble and returned it to the Mingo Central 2 to set up KHS’ second score. TRIBUNEPHOTO BY RAYMOND BURNER (RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

and Amonte Turner re-turned a kick to the house.

Mingo Central won thetoss and chose to receive.

The Miners threw on allfour plays, completing oneon third down for a gain ofseven, and turned the ballover on downs.

Keyser went to work: onsecond down: BlakeRavenscroft ran for 23yards to move the ball tothe Mingo Central 28.

On fourth down, CodyEversole connected withJ.R. Flint for a 25-yardtouchdown pass.

Logan Robinette's extrapoint was good: Keyser 7,Mingo Central 0, with 8:12left in the first quarter.

In a sign of things tocome, Mingo Central

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Rung 12: Keyser 53, Scott 8By Michael Minnich


KEYSER—For the firsttime since 2002, theKeyser Golden Tornadoare a win from Wheeling.

The second-seededGolden Tornado thrashedthe No. 7 Scott Skyhawks,53-8, on Saturday after-noon at Tornado Alley tomove into the Class AAsemifinals.

Blake Ravenscroft andDanny Fife both rushedfor three touchdowns on11 carries, with Raven-scroft racking up 212 yardsand a two-point conver-sion catch and Fife 87, tolead a KHS attack thathad six backs rush for atleast 25 yards.

Cody Rodeheaverrushed for 67 yards and ascore, while Amonte Turn-er finished with 51 yardsand a TD.

Cody Eversole threw fora TD and a two-point con-version.

Keyser received to startthe game, and Danny Fiferan the kick back to theScott 47.

After a flag on the Sky-hawks, Fife ran twice for atotal of 17 yards, then, af-ter another flag, CodyEversole connected withJ.R. Flint for a 20-yardtouchdown pass.

T.J. Whetzel's kick wasgood, and Keyser led, 7-0,just 80 seconds into thegame.

Scott mounted their bestdrive of the half, spurredby a 25-yard pass fromCody Brown to ZacharyBelcher, to move intoKeyser territory, but punt-ed.

Runs of 22 yards byBlake Ravenscroft and 19yards by Hunter Kasmierset up a 59-yard TD run byRavenscroft, who ran un-touched off of some niceplay-action from Eversoleand company.

(above) Josh Napier (72) and Dustin Lucas (44) combine to make a play; (right)J.R. Flint catches a touchdown pass. TRIBUNE PHOTOS BY RAYMOND BURNER (RAYMOND-BURNER.COM)

The extra point was nogood.

Keyser then recoveredan onside kick, and wentfor more: runs by Kasmi-er for 7, Amonte Turnerfor 3, and Fife for 5 movedthe ball to the Scott 32,then, after an incompletepass, Turner ran for fiveyards and Kasmier for 10to move the chains.

Turner finished fromthere, scoring on a 17-yardrun.

Fife's run for two wasstopped.

Both teams punted,with Keyser getting a puntreturn for a score by EricWilt taken away on a flagafter Austin Ravenscroftlit up a Scott defender,then Weston Nelson re-covered a Scott fumble atthe Keyser 47.

Turner ran for 12, thenRavenscroft carried for

11.A late hit moved the

ball to the Scott 11.Keyser was then

flagged, and a sack set upsecond-and-30.

No problem: Raven-scroft ran for a 31-yardtouchdown, then caught atwo-point pass from Ever-sole to increase the lead to27-0 with 8:37 left in thehalf.

After a Scott three-and-out, Keyser marched 48yards in eight plays, withFife gaining a pair of thirddowns and finishing thejob on second-and-goalfrom six yards out.

Whetzel's kick movedthe lead to 34-0 at the3:29 mark.

Scott went three-and-out again, and Keysersqueezed in one morescore, with a 48-yard runby Ravenscroft and a 24-

yard pass from Eversole toTurner setting up Fife's1-yard plunge.

The extra point was nogood: 40-0, Keyser, with14.2 seconds left in thehalf.

Scott ran a final play toclose out the quarter.

Scott began the secondhalf with promise, usingtheir rushing game to pickup a few first downs, buta flag for illegal use ofhands put the Skyhawksin a clear passing situa-tion.

Brown threw into triplecoverage on third down,and Turner interceptedthe tipped ball.

His return, plus a per-sonal foul on Scott, gaveKeyser great field posi-tion at the Scott 37.

Fife rushed for 23 yardson third-and-5, thenRavenscroft carried to the

1, and Fife completed thetask from there.

Beau Horner made thePAT: Keyser 47, Scott 0,with 5:07 left in the thirdquarter.

After a Scott punt, KHSbegan to substitute on of-fense.

The drive was charac-terized early by more goodrunning from Ravenscroft,hampered and thenhelped by flags, and thenfinished off by a collectionof backs ranging fromAustin Ravenscroft to ErikWillis to Cody Rode-heaver.

A ugly incident withpushing and shoving latein the drive after Rode-heaver dragged severaltacklers down-field for a

gain of 16 resulted in threeejections on the Scott side(and four for the game)with 7:44 left in the game.

Once things were sortedout, Rodeheaver scoredfrom three yards out twoplays later.

Keyser took a knee onthe two-point conversion,leading by 53 with 7:08left.

Cody Loftus grabbed aconsolation prize for Scott,rushing for a 2-yardtouchdown with 2:28 left.

The run for two byJoseph Jude was good:53-8, Keyser.

Keyser drove down tothe Scott 9 before kneelingout the rest of the game.

Scott finishes the seasonwith an 8-4 record.

ODD




Rung 13: Keyser 42, Bridgeport 14By Michael Minnich


K E Y S E R — H e l l o ,Wheeling!

The No. 2 Keyser Gold-en Tornado (12-1) will playfor a state championshipnext Friday night for thefirst time since 1969,knocking off the BridgeportIndians (9-3) for the secondtime this season at Torna-do Alley, 42-14, in the ClassAA semifinals yesterday af-ternoon.

This 2012 edition of theTornado also broke theschool record for wins, pre-viously held by the 1956(11-0 and state champions)and the 2002 (11-2 andstate semifinalists) teams.

"It's what you work for.When you set out everyyear, that's your goal," saidKeyser coach Sean Biser. "Itfeels great. We're not doneyet. We have another gameto go, but this is a big hur-dle, not only for this year,but for our program. We'vebeen knocking on the doorfor several years."

KHS will face either No.1 Wayne or No. 4 Robert C.Byrd at 7:30 p.m. on Fridayat Wheeling Island Stadi-um; that semifinal endedafter press time last night.

Wayne eliminatedKeyser in the quarterfinalslast year en route to a statetitle.

Blake Ravenscroftrushed 13 times for 241yards and three touch-downs of 28, 72, and 55yards, while Danny Fifecarried 12 times for 74yards and a score.

"Early on, [Blake] madea couple of plays whenthere wasn't a whole lotthere," said Biser. "Theyshut down our inside gameearly, so we just went awayfrom it."

Cody Eversole threw for50 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown pass toJ.R. Flint, and AustinRavenscroft also ran for ashort TD.

For Bridgeport, BrettHathaway found the go-ing difficult, carrying 33times for 135 yards, par-tially inflated by a 34-yardcarry in the second half,and a touchdown.

Cameron Stanley rushedsix times for 39 yards and aTD.

Troy Anderson complet-ed four of nine passes for 88yards with an interception.

"Fundamentals. It goesback to getting off of blocksand running to the foot-ball...just having that men-tality," said Biser of his de-fense's play.

Keyser has never lost infour home playoff gamessince Tornado Alley openedin 2009.

"I'm really pleased thatour community came outand supported our kids,"said Biser. "They were loudand really got into the game.It was just great."

Keyser deferred posses-sion until the second half,and, just like the first meet-ing between the two teams,a 25-0 KHS win, the Indi-ans could not move the ballon their first drive, puntingafter two unsuccessful runsby Brett Hathaway and asack by Josh Coffman onthird down.

After Amonte Turner's36-yard return, it took KHSonly one play to score: BlakeRavenscroft burnedthrough several tackles fora 28-yard score.

Beau Horner's kick wasgood: 7-0, Keyser, with 9:36left in the first quarter.

"That's the way we script-ed it up before the game.That was huge, just for ourkids to come out and setthat tone," said Biser. "Weknew [Bridgeport] wasn'tgoing to give up and goaway."

Bridgeport had difficultyreceiving Danny Fife'sbouncing kickoff, but a flagon Keyser for a blow to thehead moved the ball fromthe BHS 3 to the 18.

After Cameron Stanleycarried for 12 yards on firstdown, Hathaway ran forjust five yards on three car-ries, and BHS punted.

After short runs byRavenscroft and Fife,

Ravenscroft got the callagain, romping 72 yards forhis second score of thegame.

Keyser led, 14-0, afterHorner's kick with 5:24 leftin the first quarter.

Bridgeport showed a rarepass to start their thirddrive, and Troy Andersonconnected with Stanley fora gain of 12 yards to theBHS 46.

Anthony Bonamicorushed for 10 yards to movethe ball into Keyser territo-ry at the 44, then Hath-away carried on fourstraight plays for a total of 19yards.

Stanley rushed for fiveon third-and-3 to move theball to the Keyser 20.

Anderson then threw in-complete, handed off toHathaway for a loss of one,then kept for six yards.

After a Bridgeport time-out, on fourth-and-5 fromthe Keyser 15, Bonamicowent right on what ap-peared to be a halfback pass,but never released the ball,losing ten yards.

The Indians defense,though, stood tall, stoppingTurner for a loss of six on theinitial play of the secondquarter and forcing a punt.

From the Bridgeport 39,Hathaway ran for 16, thensix, and Stanley carried fornine: first down at theKeyser 30.

The Tornado took a time-out to settle the defense,and it worked: Hathawaywas stopped for no gain,then ran for three.

Bridgeport, struggling toget the correct personnel

on the field for a big third-and-7, used their secondtimeout.

Hathaway was stoppedfor a loss of one, bringing upfourth-and-8.

Anderson's pass acrossthe line of scrimmage, aplay so effective in a key spotagainst Frankfort last week,was correctly read by West-on Nelson, who picked offthe ball.

But a hustling Hathawaystripped the ball just as Nel-son was about to cross thegoal line, and fell on it for atouchback, keeping the In-dians in the game.

"He should have beencalled down, was what Ithought. The guy that calledit a fumble was 20 yards be-hind the play," said Biser."There's no way he couldhave seen that the ball cameloose."

The Indians could notsustain the momentum, go-ing three-and-out.

Ravenscroft moved thechains for Keyser with a 5-yard rush on third-and-4,then, facing a third-and-7,Keyser quarterback CodyEversole threw a fade passto J.R. Flint, who made thecatch, dodged the initialtackle, and ran in to theend zone at the scoreboardend for a 37-yard score.

Horner was true again:21-0, Tornado, with 3:22left in the half.

Christian Smith sackedAnderson on third down toforce a Bridgeport punt,but, with 1:47 on the clock,Eversole threw incompletetwice, then Turner wasstopped for a loss.

Fife's punt was downed atthe Bridgeport 10, and An-derson found Bonamico fora 39-yard gain through theair to midfield.

The Indians had time forone last play, but Drew Roysacked Anderson to sendboth teams to the lockerroom with Keyser leading,21-0.

To open the second half,Keyser got a 21-yard runfrom Hunter Kasmier onsecond down, then, onthird-and-5, a perfectly ex-ecuted face double handoffsent Ravenscroft runningdown the right side for a 55-yard score.

Horner was again true:28-0, 9:22 left in the thirdquarter.

Bridgeport then mounteda lengthy drive, with An-derson connecting withCullen Cutright for an 8-yard pass on third down,then Hathaway carried forthree straight plays, gaining30 yards to the Keyser 28.

An unsportsmanlike con-duct flag on the Indiansbacked the ball up 15 yards,but Anderson and Bonam-ico connected for a 28-yardgainer to the KHS 15.

Hathaway ran three timesfor five yards, then, after aBridgeport timeout, An-derson passed to Cutrightagain for a 9-yard gain tothe Keyser 1.

Hathaway was stoppedfor no gain, but Stanley fin-ished the job, and, after al-lowing 53 straight points toKeyser this season, Bridge-port got seven back, trailing28-7 with 3:47 left in thethird quarter.

Keyser countered: Fifefor 11, Ravenscroft for fiveand 21, Fife for 19 and three,Ravenscroft for eight, Fifefor seven, then, on the firstplay of the fourth quarter,Fife finished from a yardout: 35-7, KHS, after aHorner kick with 11:56 leftin the game.

The next drive was al-most all Hathaway: exceptfor a Stanley carry on thesecond play of the drive,Hathaway carried on everyplay of a 7-play, 57-yarddrive, scoring from eightyards out.

The kick was good: 35-14with 8:51 yet.

Bridgeport inexplicablydid not try an onside kick—here or at any point in thegame—and Keyser went towork from their own 25.

"I was surprised. We wereready for it, even when wehad our normal return[team] out there," said Bis-er. "I think maybe theywould have onsided there,but they were ready for itand kicked it deep."

Fife ran for 18, thencaught a pass for a gain of 13yards two plays later.

Blake Ravenscroft's 42-yard carry two plays later setup brother Austin's divefrom a yard out: 42-14 with6:11 left.

Bridgeport, facing fourth-and-14 after a Roy sack,tried a fake punt—and hada receiver, until Eric Wiltstepped up from his puntreturn spot to deliver a jar-ring hit, making the ballfall incomplete and takingaway what slim hopes theIndians had of victory.


EVEN



1956Finals: Keyser 12, Mullens 0

1957Finals: Vinson 14, Keyser 13

1962Finals: Keyser 35, Nicholas Co. 20

1969Championship: Keyser 21, Winfield 20

1996Round of 16: Keyser 42, James Monroe 6Quarterfinals: Keyser 27, Tucker County 7Semifinals: Poca 14, Keyser 0

1997Round of 16: Keyser 7, Frankfort 3Quarterfinals: Weir 43, Keyser 18

1999Round of 16: RCB 20, Keyser 10

2000

Round of 16: RCB 14, Keyser 0

2002Round of 16: Keyser 42, Iaeger 6Quarterfinals: Keyser 34, Ravensw’d 28Semifinals: Poca 21, Keyser 13

2003Round of 16: Ravenswood 8, Keyser 7

2004Round of 16: Keyser 53, Sherman 16Quarterfinals: Bluefield 36, Keyser 7

2006Round of 16: Keyser 41, Magnolia 6Quarterfinals: Jms. Monroe 24, Keyser 0

2007Round of 16: Chapmanville 18, Keyser 14

2008Round of 16: Keyser 57, Wyoming East 0Quarterfinals: Magnolia 23, Keyser 19

PLAYOFF HISTORY

2009Round of 16: Keyser 29, Pt. Pleasant 6Quarterfinals: Magnolia 9, Keyser 0

2011Round of 16: Keyser 48, Westside 6Quarterfinals: Wayne 38, Keyser 8

2012Round of 16: Keyser 61, Mingo Cent. 14Quarterfinals: Keyser 53, Scott 8Semifinals; Keyser 42, Bridgeport 14Finals: Keyser vs. Wayne

Trophies andmemorabiliafrom Keyser’sthree statechampionships.TRIBUNE PHOTO BYMICHAEL MINNICH




Fife needed one play toswitch the momentumback: 70 yards, to thehouse, 41-12 after the madePAT.

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Pool was sacked for a bigloss on first down, and Pe-tersburg punted.

Eric Wilt’s return to thePetersburg 23 set up a six-yard run by Austin Raven-scroft and Flint’s secondrushing TD of the night

from 17 yards out.Fife’s kick with 5:34 left

in the half increased thelead back to 36, 48-12.

On the next play fromscrimmage, Fife intercept-ed a pass and went in foranother touchdown.

The kick was no goodwith 5:06 left in the half.

Austin Ravenscroft’s twosacks moved Petersburg inthe wrong direction andforced a punt on the nextpossession.

Keyser ran out the clock,

with Crites gaining 26yards on the final play ofthe quarter.

The second half was re-duced to eight-minutequarters, with Keyser un-successfully trying a fieldgoal in lieu of going in for

another touchdown.On Keyser’s second pos-

session of the half, ErikWillis scored on a 15-yardtouchdown run with 1:03left in the third quarter.

The extra point was nogood to set the final score.

Apart from a BlakeRavenscroft carry on sec-ond down, it was the Fifeshow for KHS to move theball inside the 10: carries of

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3, 6, 8, and 18 earned thebig back a rest.

Then, it was Blake's takeagain: 10 yards to thehouse for his second touch-down.

Ravenscroft ran for two:36-14, Keyser, with 44 sec-

onds left in the third quar-ter.

Squires was interceptedon the fourth play of FortHill's next drive.

Although Eric Wilt's re-turn for a touchdown waspartially negated by a

penalty, Ravenscroft ran itin from 28 yards out on thenext play.

Eversole then foundDakota Proud for a two-point conversion: 44-14,Keyser, with 11:10 left.

Fort Hill went three-

and-out, then Keyser's sec-ond unit drove down thefield, with Dustin Lucassetting the table for a 26-yard Garrett Crites TD run.

Zack Johnson's kick wasgood: 51-14, 5:43 left.

Fort Hill's first-team of-

fense then moved the ballfor a consolation score:Squires to Bush from 10yards out.

A broken play for twoended with a successfulpass, cutting the margin to51-22 with 3:02 left.

Fife and Blake Raven-scroft ran for first downs,then Eversole found

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Turner for a gain of 11yards.

Austin Ravenscroftrumbled for 21, then, af-ter a holding penaltybacked the ball up, Lucas

carried for 42 yards tothe Northern 5.

Hunter Kasmier fin-ished the drive from fiveyards out.

Zack Johnson's extra

point was no good: 33-0,Keyser, with 10:29 left.

Northern muffed thekickoff, and Keyser had ashort field at the North-ern 20.

An offsides flag, then itwas all Johnson: a 15-yard run, then a shortpush from the 1.

Johnson's made extrapoint pushed the lead to

40-0 with 9:47 left.Before the game, the

newest class was induct-ed into the Keyser HighSchool Athletic Hall ofFame.

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Keyser, starting fromtheir own 16 with 4:50 leftin the half, gained a firstdown on an 11-yard run byFife, but a sack on thirddown forced a punt.

A 55-yard return byTrenton Eirich gave Alle-gany prime field positionwith 1:31 left, and a 2-yardrun by Thomas and a per-sonal foul on Keyser for alate hit after a 4-yard gainby Imes moved the ball tothe KHS 7.

Dylan Shockey rushedfor three yards, then wasstood up for no gain.

Then the drive shifted:Imes threw incompleteinto the end zone, and Alcowas flagged for a block be-low the waist.

Imes was then sacked tobring up what should havebeen fourth down, but Al-legany was given a fifthplay after an incompletepass.

Fortunately for Keyser,Imes threw incomplete.

Keyser took a knee toend the half trailing 7-6.

On the opening drive ofthe second half, Thomasrushed for two first downs,but the Campers stalled atmidfield and punted.

A personal foul on theboot out of bounds gaveKeyser solid field positionat their own 42.

Fife carried twice to theAlco 48, but on third-and-12, Eversole was inter-cepted by Kirk Robinette.

Wolford darted 24 yardson first down to the Keyser30, but the Tornado 'D'stepped up, stopping thenext two runs for a loss ofeight yards.

A short pass set upfourth-and-15 at theKeyser 35, and Thomaswas stopped short of thechains after gaining seven.

Fife ran three times togain a first down, butCrites was stopped for aloss of five on first down.

On third-and-12, Ever-sole's pass to Flint wasknocked loose for an in-completion, and KHSpunted.

Eirich ripped off anoth-er long return, this time a40-yard trip to the Keyser22.

Allegany faced third-and-6 to open the fourthquarter, and Fife blew upThomas on a pitch, bring-ing up fourth-and-4.

Imes connected withChris Fram for eight bigyards: first-and-goal at theKeyser 8.

Shockey ran for four,then was stopped for nogain.

Allegany used a time-out with 9:27 left, thenWolford ran for three.

Time for line-against-line: fourth-and-goal at

the 1.Imes dove for the nec-

essary three feet, and abig Allegany touchdown.

The Campers led, 14-6,after Fram's made extrapoint with 8:42 left.

Keyser faced a key third-and-10, and the toss wastoo long for J.R. Flint.

A fine punt by Fifebacked Allegany up totheir 18 with 7:04 left.

Imes threw to Thomasfor nine yards, then WadeMcGee ran for 13 more.

A holding penalty andan illegal procedurewounded the Campers,and a 15-yard pass to Frambrought up third-and-10.

Imes then rolled out andwas hit; the ball cameloose and was ruled a fum-ble.

Keyser had momentum,and the ball at the Alco 47.

Blake Ravenscroft ranfor 17, Crites for four, andFife for six to move the ballto the Allegany 20 with3:22 left.

That set up Fife from20 yards out: Alleganytook their second timeoutto discuss defending theall-important 2-point con-version.

Keyser brought in theirjumbo backfield, but Fifewas stopped well short,and the Campers clung toa 2-point lead with 3:05left.

Fife's kickoff was a good

Keyser’s Danny Fife (33) had a big day on the ground, but was stopped short onthe 2-point conversion attempt that would have tied the game. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY RAY-MOND BURNER (RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

one, and it bounced in-side the Allegany 10 andwas only returned to the14.

Wolford ran twice forfive yards, and Keyser usedtheir first timeout with2:12 left.

Thomas picked up a

precious first down, andKeyser burned their sec-ond TO with 2:05 left.

But Wolford fumbled onthe next play, and Keyserhad a lifeline: 32 yardsbetween them and the endzone with 1:55 left.

Fife for four, Fife for

three, then an incompletepass.

So, fourth-and-all-the-marbles: Ravenscroft wasstopped for a loss of twoyards on a toss to the left.

Allegany took over ondowns, and kneeled twiceto end a thriller.




Keyser led, 6-0, with 1:18left in the half.

Jacob Pezzanite nearlystole it right back for Hamp-shire: his kick return wasstopped by the final man,Eric Wilt, at the Keyser 38.

Turner intercepted ShaneEnnis on third down to stopthe drive, and Keyser took aknee to end the half.

Keyser marched down thefield on the first drive ofthe third quarter.

After Blake Ravenscroftran for two first downs,Eversole found Crites on

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third-and-13 for 12 yards,and Fife picked up two tomove the chains again.

After a penalty, Critesfinished the drive with an11-yard run, but wasstopped on the two-pointtry.

Keyser led, 12-0, with8:16 left in the third quar-ter.

Hampshire gained a firstdown on an 8-yard passfrom Landis to Largent,but punted four plays later.

Keyser went three-and-out, then Clower carriedseveral tacklers for 15 yardsto the Hampshire 48.

On third-and-15, Landis

connected with Largent fora big 28-yard gain, movingthe ball to the Keyser 29,the deepest Trojan pene-tration of the game.

Two plays later, a passinterference flag on Keyserput the ball at the Tornado17.

On second down, Landisbroke contain for a 15-yardtouchdown run.

Evan Staley made the ex-tra point: 12-7, Keyser, tostart the fourth quarter.

Blake Ravenscroft re-turned the kickoff for atouchdown, but a block inthe back nullified the scoreand moved the ball back to

the KHS 41.Crites made another big

reception on third down tomove the chains, then Turn-er and Fife ran for eighteach on consecutive plays.

From the Hampshire 30,Fife ran for four, Turnerfor one, then Fife for three,but a flag for unsports-manlike conduct forced apunt.

The Keyser defense roseto the occasion, gettingsacks on second and thirddowns to force a punt.

Hampshire's puntinggame, poor all game, hand-ed Keyser the ball at theTrojan 36 with 5:08 left.

Crites ran for a vital firstdown on third-and-4, thenBlake Ravenscroft carriedtwice to move the chainsagain as the clock tickeddown under two minutes.

Fife ran for four: Hamp-shire used their first time-out.

Fife for three: timeouttwo, 1:33 left.

Eversole for two: timeoutthree, 1:26 left.

Fife was then stopped fora loss on fourth and 1.

Hampshire had 93 yardsto go, and 82 seconds to getthere.

Landis found Largent for17, then Charlie McDonald

for 16.Largent caught another

pass for 11 yards, thenClower was stopped after again of only four on a screenpass.

From the Keyser 45, withtime running out, JoshCoffman pressured Landis,who tossed the ball asideand was flagged for inten-tional grounding.

Landis had one last heavefrom the Hampshire 40,but it fell incomplete.

Cody Pancake andKendra Johnson werecrowned as HomecomingKing and Queen at halftimeof the game.

defense."If you look at every game

we've played all year long,we've not looked like thesame team in any game.Our coaching staff does agood job of looking at whatthe defense gives us, findinga play that works, and thenwe set the tendency withthat play, and everythingcomes off of it," said Biser.

Brett Hathaway pickedup Bridgeport's lone firstdown of the half on a run,but Keyser got another stopwith 2:20 left in the half.

Starting from their own20 after a touchdown,Keyser gained 26 on aRavenscroft carry, Eversolekept for eight, then Fiferan to the Bridgeport 33.

Five-yard runs by Critesand Ravenscroft moved thechains again.

With less than a minuteto go, Eversole's toss toAmonte Turner in the endzone fell incomplete.

Keyser was flagged forillegal procedure, thenEversole connected withDakota Proud for a gain of14 to the Bridgeport 13.

Keyser took their lasttimeout with 33.5 secondsleft.

Eversole threw incom-plete on third down, thenFife picked up the firstdown—and a few more—tothe Bridgeport 5.

Eversole spiked the ball tostop the clock, then threwan interception in the end

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zone with nine seconds left.Bridgeport ran a final

play to end the half.Keyser picked up where

they left off: Ravenscroft for7, Fife for 3, Fife for 14, thena speeding, spinning Critesfor 19 to the Bridgeport 37.

Crites got the call againfor another big third-downgainer, 17 yards to theBridgeport 18.

Two more Crites touchesgained 11 yards to theBridgeport 7.

Fife was stopped for aloss on first-and-goal, butCrites gained three yards,then five, to the 1.

Fife got the call onfourth-and-goal, and didthe job.

Hamilton missed the ex-tra point: 19-0, Keyser, with6:17 left in the third quar-ter.

Bridgeport's specialteams nearly did what theiroffense couldn't: AlexThorne returned the kick-off to the Bridgeport 45.

The Indians, though,again went three-and-out,but a good stop by Hath-away to trip Crites on thirddown forced Keyser topunt, too.

Austin Ravenscroft's stopon fourth down gave theball back to Keyser ondowns, and Keyser wentback to work chewing clockand field.

Starting from midfield,Fife ran twice for a firstdown, then, after a shortRavenscroft run, Crites andRavenscroft went for 10each on back-to-back plays

to the Bridgeport 19.Ravenscroft ran for sev-

en and Fife for six to pickup a first down at theBridgeport 6, but a holdingpenalty backed Keyser up.

Facing fourth-and-goalfrom the 11, Amonte Turn-er got the call on a doublereverse, and went to thehouse: 25-0, Keyser, after amissed PAT.

"That was big, I think,because of our countergame. They weren't sure.We hit a couple counters onthird down, and then theywere sitting on their heels,and then the counter's notcoming, and we hit buck orsomething like that. It wasjust a good job of findingwhat worked and just goingback to it," said Biser.

After a roughing thepasser penalty gave Bridge-port their second and lastfirst down, Ravenscroft'ssack on third down forcedanother Bridgeport puntwith 3:21 left.

Just when it looked likeKeyser could milk the restof the clock, a fumble gaveBridgeport 81 seconds tosalvage something.

They didn't: ChristianSmith's sack on a flea flick-er was a fitting end to anight that was all Keyser.

"They have to be fo-cused," said Biser of histeam. "Everyone's going totell them how great theyare, but that doesn't meananything. We won thisgame, okay, but I still haveto pay for my coffee when Igo to Sheetz tomorrow."

Garrett Crites rushed for 120 yards in Keyser’s 25-0 win over Bridgeport. TRIBUNEPHOTO BY MICHAEL MINNICH




51-yard rush by GarrettCrites moved the ball tothe MRHS 22, but KHSturned the ball over ondowns after a fourth-downsack.

With 30 seconds left inthe first quarter, a fumble,recovered by Danny Fife,gave KHS the ball back.

Ravenscroft carried theball to the Mountain Ridge

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34 on the final play of thequarter, and scored fromthere to start the secondperiod.

TJ Whetzel's kick wasgood: 13-0, Keyser, with11:51 left in the half.

A Josh Napier sack onsecond down forced apunt, and Eric Wilt re-turned the kick 40 yards tothe MR 2.

Two plays later, Fife fin-ished the mini-drive.

Amonte Turner ran for

two: 21-0, Keyser, with8:52 to go in the half.

The Miners again couldnot move the chains ontheir drive, with AustinRavenscroft's sack on thirddown the key play forKeyser.

After Ravenscroft had a65-yard touchdown nulli-fied by a flag, Turner car-ried twice for first downs,moving the ball to theMRHS 29.

A pass interference flag

and a 14-yard scamper byCrites finished the drive:27-0, KHS, after the passfor two was short.

Mountain Ridge againpunted, giving Keyser 76seconds to navigate thefield.

They did so: Eversoleconnected with a leapingJ.R. Flint, who beat thedefender and walked infor a 35-yard score.

Whetzel's kick gaveKeyser a 34-0 lead with

15.8 seconds left in thehalf, a point short of therunning clock mercy rule.

Crites ran for 37 yards onthe first Keyser play fromscrimmage in the secondhalf, then Turner ripped offa nice carry on third downto the Miners 28.

Flint scored on a 14-yardreverse a few plays later toput the clock in motion.

Turner ran for two: 42-0.Mountain Ridge again

went nowhere and punted.

A promising Keyserdrive was ended by an in-terception of Ryan Streetsby Zach Hager to end thethird quarter.

But the Miners againhad to kick it away withouta first down.

Hunter Kasmier foundthe end zone with undersix minutes left from 22yards out for Keyser, andLogan Robinette addedthe extra point: 49-0,Keyser.

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muffed the kickoff, but fellon it at their own 14.

The Miners then mount-ed their best drive of thefirst half, rushing for twofirst downs to move theball to their own 46, butMatthew Lester was sackedby Drew Roy and lost theball.

Austin Ravenscroft re-covered, returning the ballto the Mingo 2.

A flag on the play movedthe ball up another yard,and Danny Fife finishedfrom there on seconddown.

Robinette's kick doubledthe lead to 14-0.

The Miners' second fum-ble, recovered by ChristianSmith, gave Keyser justseven yards to cover, andthey did it in three plays,with Blake Ravenscroft fin-ishing from the 3.

Robinette hit again: 21-0, with 3:37 left in the firstquarter.

Things got worse for thevisitors: a fumbled kickoffwas recovered by DeondreWilliams at the Mingo 23.

A pass interference flag

and two Fife runs, with thescore from six yards out,capped the drive.

Robinette missed: 27-0with 1:42 left in the quarter.

After a Mingo three-and-out, Amonte Turner wentto the house, thanks tosome monstrous blockingand hitting by his cohorts,from 57 yards out.

Robinette added thekick.

On first down, HarleyYaider intercepted Lester,and Fife scored from 36yards out.

Robinette missed, butKeyser had 40 points, andthe first quarter wasn't evenover yet.

Austin Ravenscroft in-tercepted a fake punt togive Keyser the ball backwith 11:13 left in the half,and finshed off a 40-yarddrive with a 1-yard run with6:59 left.

Robinette, good: Keyser,up 47-0.

Mingo went three-and-out, then Keyser contin-ued to pile on, with HunterKasmier scoring on the sec-ond play of the drive from32 yards out.

T.J. Whetzel added thekick: 54-0 with 4:08 left.

Keyser took that margininto the locker room.

Two plays into the secondhalf, more of the same:Kasmier, 69 yards, touch-down.

Whetzel's made kickmoved the lead to 61-0.

The two teams tradedpunts on their next posses-sions.

With Keyser substitut-ing liberally, Mingo Centraldrove 48 yards in 10 plays,with Deonte Joplin finish-ing the job from a yardout.

The run for two was nogood.

Keyser led, 61-6, with44.3 seconds left in thethird quarter.

Kasmier fumbled on sec-ond down to open thefourth quarter, but Keysertook it back on a ZackJohnson interception onthird down and 20.

Keyser drove into MingoCentral territory on thelegs of Timmy Biser, Kas-mier, and Erik Willis, butstalled and punted.

Joseph Hall then ran foran 80-yard touchdown forthe Miners with 4:03 left;the run for two by GarthSimpkins was successful.

Danny Fife rushes for one of his three touchdowns. TRIBUNE PHOTO BY RAYMOND BURNER(RAYMONDBURNER.COM)

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