The cream typically rises to the top by the time the final six teams – two in each West Virginia class, are determined for the Super Six this weekend. The Super Six at Wheeling Island Stadium features the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds in classes AAA and A, but not in AA, where No. 6 Bluefield defeated No. 3 Sherman and No. 2 Magnolia to reach the championship. Here is a list of first-round upsets in the West Virginia high school playoffs since 1992:
2009
No. 9 Ripley 21, No. 8 Nicholas County 20
No. 13 University 23, No. 4 Spring Valley 0
No. 12 Pike View 34, No. 5 Westside 21
No. 9 Tucker County 36, No. 8 Clay-Battelle 18
2008
No. 9 Martinsburg 7, No. 8 Cabell Midland 0
No. 12 James Monroe 33, No. 5 Chapmanville 0
No. 11 Bluefield 39, No. 6 Scott 14
No. 9 Man 27, No. 8 Mount Hope 6
2007
No. 13 Nitro 49, No. 4 Robert C. Byrd 31
No. 9 Chapmanville 18, No. 8 Keyser 14
No. 9 Moorefield 15, No. 8 Calhoun County 12
No. 14 Buffalo 34, No. 6 Gilbert 6
No. 11 St. Marys 26, No. 6 Meadow Bridge 21
2006
No. 9 St. Albans 20, No. 8 Bridgeport 0
No. 10 South Charleston 35, No. 7 Hurricane 22
No. 12 Notre Dame 13, No. 5 Wahama 7, 2ot
No. 10 Pendleton County 21, No. 6 Gilbert 6
2005
No. 13 Cabell Midland 38, No. 4 Beckley 35
No. 12 Hurricane 26, No. 5 Martinsburg 21
No. 10 University 28, No. 7 Bridgeport 24
No. 11 Parkersburg 35, No. 6 Buckhannon-Upshur 7
No. 9 Magnolia 49, No. 8 Mount View 14
No. 14 Grafton 29, No. 3 Herbert Hoover 27
No. 11 Bluefield 24, No. 6 Liberty-Harrison 8
No. 9 Man 14, No. 8 Hamlin 0
No. 15 Wheeling Central 41, No. 2 Greenbrier West 26
2004
No. 12 Riverside 21, No. 5 Parkersburg South 14
No. 10 Jefferson 20, No. 7 Buckhannon-Upshur 10
No. 11 Bridgeport 20, No. 6 Huntington 12
No. 9 Parkersburg Catholic 38, No. 8 Buffalo 7
2003
No. 9 Huntington 55, No. 8 Nitro 28
No. 13 Parkersburg 20, No. 4 Riverside 18
No. 10 University 54, No. 7 Elkins 7
No. 13 Wayne 20, No. 4 Scott 19
No. 11 Mount View 27, No. 6 Tyler Consolidated 26
No. 10 Ravenswood 8, No. 7 Keyser 7
No. 9 Tucker County 31, No. 8 Greenbrier West 8
No. 11 Matewan 20, No. 6 Notre Dame 14
No. 10 Wheeling Central 44, No. 7 Van 6
2002
No. 9 Bluefield 63, No. 8 Webster County 6
No. 10 Ravenswood 20, No. 7 Liberty-Raleigh 0
No. 14 Herbert Hoover 13, No. 3 Bridgeport 6
No. 9 Meadow Bridge 28, No. 8 Williamson 22
No. 14 South Harrison 12, No. 3 Wahama 7
2001
No. 15 Mount View 14, No. 2 Wayne 12
No. 10 Magnolia 17, No. 7 Frankfort 13
No. 14 Clay County 7, No. 3 Ravenswood 0
No. 12 Wahama 14, No. 5 Parkersburg Catholic 7
No. 10 Matewan 28, No. 7 Fayetteville 6
No. 11 Mount Hope 29, No. 6 Cameron 20
2000
No. 12 Princeton 32, No. 5 Wheeling Park 28
No. 10 University 40, No. 7 Hurricane 14
No. 11 Iaeger 22, No. 6 Greenbrier West 6
No. 14 Winfield 17, No. 3 Clay County 14
1999
No. 9 Huntington 21, No. 8 Spring Valley 0
No. 10 Riverside 59, No. 7 Martinsburg 22
No. 11 Tyler Consolidated 21, No. 6 Bridgeport 9
No. 9 Burch 50, No. 8 Bishop Donahue 11
No. 12 Wheeling Central 28, No. 5 Buffalo 6
No. 13 Matewan 24, No. 4 Valley-Fayette 0
No. 14 Doddridge County 24, No. 3 Cameron 6
1998
No. 9 Capital 28, No. 8 Robert C. Byrd 0
No. 10 Buckhannon-Upshur 13, No. 7 Greenbrier East 7
No. 11 Bridgeport 28, No. 6 Ravenswood 19
No. 13 Wahama 25, No. 4 Gilbert 7
No. 11 Pendleton County 3, No. 6 Buffalo 0
1997
No. 16 Ripley 24, No. 1 Morgantown 21
No. 10 Huntington 19, No. 7 Cabell Midland 6
No. 12 Keyser 7, No. 5 Frankfort 3
No. 9 Parkersburg Catholic 28, No. 8 Cameron 13
No. 15 Guyan Valley 12, No. 2 Ceredo-Kenova 6
1996
No. 11 Greenbrier East 19, No. 6 Bridgeport 7
No. 16 Tucker County 38, No. 1 Grafton 13
No. 13 Ravenswood 14, No. 4 Frankfort 8
No. 10 Matewan 40, No. 7 Parkersburg Catholic 14
1995
No. 9 Wheeling Park 19, No. 8 Ripley 6
No. 13 Hedgesville 61, No. 4 Fairmont Senior 8
No. 10 Cabell Midland 34, No. 7 John Marshall 7
No. 16 Musselman 19, No. 1 South Harrison 8
No. 9 Greenbrier West 7, No. 8 Summers County 0
No. 12 Duval 28, No. 5 James Monroe 7
No. 13 Tolsia 13, No. 4 Frankfort 0
No. 10 Midland Trail 28, No. 7 Ritchie County 27
1994
No. 15 Weir 21, No. 2 Brooke 14, ot
No. 9 Midland Trail 14, No. 8 Tug Valley 12
No. 9 East Hardy 17, No. 8 Gilbert 12
No. 10 Bishop Donahue 18, No. 7 Franklin 13
1993
No. 15 Herbert Hoover 23, No. 2 Fairmont Senior 13
No. 10 Oak Glen 34, No. 7 North Marion 15
No. 9 Hurricane 12, No. 8 Martinsburg 7
No. 9 St. Marys 20, No. 8 South Harrison 13
No. 12 Musselman 28, No. 5 Poca 26
No. 9 Van 26, No. 8 Wirt 12
No. 13 Mount Hope 21, No. 4 Midland Trail 19
No. 10 Gilbert 39, No. 7 Athens 0
1992
No. 9 Brooke 25, No. 8 Elkins 7
No. 16 North Marion 17, No. 1 John Marshall 10
No. 11 Poca 12, No. 6 Clay County 6
No. 12 Wheeling Central 30, No. 5 Greenbrier West 0
No. 15 Pocahontas County 26, No. 2 Musselman 7
No. 9 Peterstown 34, No. 8 Bishop Donahue 21
Rich Stevens, a sportswriter for the Charleston Daily Mail, covers West Virginia
for MaxPreps.