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2019: W.Va. weekly prep football schedule CONTINUED FROM 3 Richwood at Pocahontas County Ripley at Brooke River View at Man St. Albans at Riverside St. Marys at Calhoun County Scott at Chapmanville Shady Spring at Pikeview South Charleston at Huntington S. Hagerstown, Md. at Spring Mills Sycamore, Ohio at Point Pleasant Tazewell, Va. at Princeton Tug Valley at Tolsia Tyler Consolidated at Wirt County Valley (Wetzel) at Beallsville, Ohio Westside at Independence Winfield at Logan Woodgrove, Va. at Musselman Zanesville, Ohio at Wheeling Park Sept. 28 Petersburg at Weir Sherman at Fayetteville Valley (Fayette) at Meadow Bridge Western Reserve, Ohio at Wheeling Central Oct. 3 Richwood at Tygarts Valley Oct. 4 Berkeley Springs at Moorefield Bluefield at Point Pleasant Bridgeport at North Marion Brooke at Indian Ck, Ohio Calhoun County at Clay-Battelle Capital at Spring Valley Chapmanville at Herbert Hoover Clay County at Independence Covington, Va. at James Monroe Dominion, Va. at Jefferson
East Carter, Ky. at Tolsia East Fairmont at Lincoln Edison Local, Ohio at Oak Glen Graham, Va. at Princeton Hundred at Gilmer County Hurricane at George Washington John Marshall at Buckhannon-Upshur Keyser at Hampshire Liberty (Harrison) at Braxton County Lincoln County at Man Logan at Nitro Madonna at Notre Dame Meadow Bridge at Greenbrier West Midland Trail at Westside Monroe Central, Ohio at Magnolia Morgantown at Musselman Mountain Ridge, Md. at Frankfort Northern Garrett, Md. at Grafton Oak Hill at Pikeview Paden City at Cameron Parkersburg Catholic at Frontier, Ohio Parkersburg South at Huntington Pendleton County at Tucker County Petersburg at Philip Barbour Pike Co. Cent., Ky. at Tug Valley Pocahontas County at Shady Spring Richwood at Tygarts Valley Ritchie County at Ravenswood Riverside at Cabell Midland Roane County at Nicholas County Robert C. Byrd at Lewis County St. Albans at Ripley Sissonville at Poca South Harrison at Valley (Wetzel) Summers County at Liberty (Raleigh) Sycamore, Ohio at Hedgesville Tyler Consolidated at Webster County
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Head coach Aaron Rule Season: 1st Aaron Rule returns to the Hampshire coaching staff, this time as the head coach of the Trojans, succeeding Darren Grace, who held the position for the previous 15 years. Rule was named head coach at Hampshire in February, returning to Romney from Putnam County, West Virginia where he was assistant football coach and head track coach at Poca High School. Rule was the defensive coordinator for the Dots for three seasons, coaching the linebackers and wide receivers. He was also in charge of Poca’s strength and conditioning program. He coached at Hampshire in 2013-14 under Grace following a coaching stint at Alderson Broaddus University. Rule is a graduate of Herbert Hoover High School and West Virginia State University.
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Hampshire: Key will be staying healthy CONTINUED FROM 5 passes last year for 15 yards and a touchdown and will be a key defensively. “We need him to serve as our captain back there (at safety) and make the right calls,” Rule said. Alex Pritts (5-9, 190, So.) is a running back and, according to Rule, “a hardnosed linebacker who we have expectations for.” Jacob Whelan (5-9, 150, Sr.) is at slot receiver, having caught three passes for 53 yards and a touchdown last season. Barret See (5-10, 175, Jr.) is a lineman who Rule has high expectations for on both sides of the ball. “We have a young offensive line,” Rule said. “But we have two coaches who are coaching their butts off. It’s a great thing to have sophomores and juniors on the offensive line because that’s a bright future for us. We have seniors who are stepping in and being leaders and they all know they are getting coached up by their coaches, who know what they are doing.” Among the players who are in the mix along both lines are Alex Shumaker (5-8, 210, Jr.), Brian Stump (5-11, 215, Sr.), Seth Dunham (5-11, 235, So.), Dakota Stickley (5-8, 215, Jr.), Connor Hott (5-8, 240, So.), Zack Hill (6-0, 260, So.), Michael Gilman (5-8, 215, So.) and Sam Moreland (6-0, 215, Jr.). Hicks will do kicking and punting. “Again, I think I have to go back to their attitude,” Rule said. “I want to get them to the point that if a negative play takes place, they’re still hustling and not hang-
ing their head and that they live to play the next down. The most important play is always going to be the next play. There’s no room for hanging their heads or sulking. These kids have been very energetic and that’s a positive step in the right direction.” The biggest key for the Trojans is the biggest key for every team’s season. Although staying healthy may be more imperative for the growth process for a team such as Hampshire’s. “Staying healthy,” Rule said. “I want everybody on this team to stay healthy. We don’t have much depth, so without depth we have to stay healthy. Our role players have to stay healthy as well, because if something happens to somebody in front of them it’s important that they’re ready and know what to do. They will know their role on the team and what to do if their number is called. “We’re like everybody in that we live by ‘Next Man Up.’ We’ve got to be ready. Without a lot of depth we have to stay healthy. We can’t have a drop-off when somebody comes in to play for somebody else. “We just want to see our players become role models and good citizens and learn how to be that through football. We want to score points, stop the offense and get back into the playoffs. We’re hoping for good results and a lot of positivity from our community and the surrounding communities.” Mike Burke is sports editor of the Cumberland Times-News. Follow him on Twitter @MikeBurkeCTN.
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Hampshire High School LOCATION
— 157 Trojan Way, Romney, W.Va.
PRINCIPAL
— DiAnna Liller
BUILT
— 1964
ENROLLMENT
— 1,116
MASCOT
— Trojan
2019: West Virginia week-by-week high school football schedule CONTINUED FROM 10 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