Tim Stephens

SPRING VALLEY -- Three high school football teams took the field at the Wolves Den on Friday night, and Spring Valley fielded the two best.

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Close, but no corncob pipe.

LLOYD, Ky. -- In the state most known for horse racing, Ashland proved to be the mudder.

Prep football: Spring Valley rolls Cabell Midland 49-19

IRONTON -- The 433-mile trip home is long, in more ways than one.

ONA -- Ty Steorts didn't need an advantage, but he had a significant one. Steorts, a Hurricane High School standout, won the boys Class AAA 5,000-meter run at the Cabell Midland High School Cross Country Festival Saturday night at Chris Parsons Track. Steorts finished in 15:38.06 to outdistance runner-up Will Sheets of Covington Catholic, who ran 15:49.43. Connor Nolan of Eastern-Meigs was third in 16:29.75.

ONA -- Ty Steorts didn't need an advantage, but he had a significant one. Steorts, a Hurricane High School standout, won the boys Class AAA 5,000-meter run at the Cabell Midland High School Cross Country Festival Saturday night at Chris Parsons Track. Steorts finished in 15:38.06 to outdistance runner-up Will Sheets of Covington Catholic, who ran 15:49.43. Connor Nolan of Eastern-Meigs was third in 16:29.75.

RACELAND, Ky. -- Raceland prepared for Tomcats, but it was Lyons who hurt them.

That collective groan heard throughout West Virginia on Tuesday was from high school football coaches in Class AAA.