Beckley Honors 13 Ex-Flying Eagles at Hall of Fame Night
A 5:30 p.m. dinner at Woodrow Wilson High launches Beckley Football Hall of Fame ceremonies honoring nine of 13 former Flying Eagles. A ceremony at the stadium will feature plaques and certificates for inductees including Huffman Bragg Tucker Covey and McQuade, with present and past coaches, writers, and officials attending. The event precedes Beckley’s senior night football game against a 3-2-1 Beavers club, with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff and an expected senior lineup of Turner Flanagan Shrewsbury Smith Welch Banco Ross Fuqua Hash James King and other seniors.
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Woodrow Wilson High School
Flying Eagle
Woodrow Wilson High
Hall of Fame
Bluefield
Sam Tucker
Frank Huffman
Nelson Bragg
Seaion
Beavers
McQuade
Beckley
Bill Flanagan
Hudson
Broyles
Eagles
Harold Wooddell
Hodson
Rahall
Fred Hurt
Tom Covey
Covey
Weston
Chicago Cardinals
WWHS
Fagle
Logan
Stonewa Jackson
Jerry Turner
Flanagan
Shrewsbury
Smith
Welch
Banco
Ross
Fuqua
Hash
James
King
Welcome Home Bragg Hosts Hall of Famers at Blue Field
Beckley coach Nelson Bragg a Hall of Fame selectee for 1932 34 teams welcomes Hall of Famers and former Woodrow Wilson High coaches at the Blue Field game tonight He says seniors asked him to extend a hearty welcome and to strive to copy past stars’ greatness with the welcome mat out.
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Nelson Bragg
Beckley Flying Eagles
Yesteryear
Beavers and Eagles Meet in Beckley Hall of Fame Night
Beckley fans will watch the Beavers and Eagles from a special raised grandstand as WWHS legends Randy Broyles Don Hodson and Nick Rahall join to celebrate a 28th Beavers and Eagles game night. The hall members helped Beckley win 1947 and 1948 state titles and beat Bluefield 6 0 13 0 26 9 in three key games.
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Beckley
Flying Eagles
Beavers
WWHS
Randy Broyles
Don Hodson
Touchdown Twins
Broyles
Hodson
Nick Rahall
Bluefield
Hall of Fame
Eagles
Mercer
Fred Hurt
Tom Covey
Oceana Dominates Mullens in 19-0 High School Win
Oceana Junior High shutout Mullens Little Rebels 19-0 on Thursday. Burkett led with 12 points and scored on a 24 yard run despite Oceana playing with nine teammates late in the fourth quarter. Brunty added a 65 yard fumble return TD, while Oceana held Mullens to minus 16 rushing yards and three first downs.
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Mullens
Oceana Junior High
Little Rebels
Oceana
Burkett
Gerald Brunty
Ocean Sense
Oceana Jr
Mullens Jr
Easterling
Pauley
Sizemore
Houck
Martin
Morris
Elkins
Jenkins
King
Courington
Siers
Denny Burkett
Pat
Bob Roach
Area schoolboy games spotlight starting five tonight
Five players head the starting roles as area teams open tonight. Hash guards Fly-Play for Eagles versus Beaver High in the Hall of Fame game at the local stadium. Rylant lines up at terminal as Shady meets Hinton in a Coalfield Conference clash at Hinton. Hornsby guards Fayetteville versus Lookout in a New River Valley Conference battle. Saunders centers Stratton to face Park Central at Bluefield. Prichard aims to extend Oceana win streak against Oak Hill on Wyoming County field.
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Hash
Ing Eagles
Beaver High
Bluefield
Rylant
Shady and Hinton
Hinton
Hornsby
Fayetteville
Lookout
Saunders
Stratton High
Park Central
Prichard
Oceana
Strong Oak Hill
Wyoming County
Beckley
Oak Hill
Shady Spring
P.m. Rainelle
Meadow Bridge
Gauley Bridge
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P.m. Web'r Springs
Richwood
P.m. Summersville
Mount Hope
DNP
P.m
P.m. Marsh Fork
Sophia
Stoco
Trap Hill
Stratton
P.m. Princeton
Welch
Graham
Mullens
Pembroke
Pineville
Kimball
Byrd-Prillerman
Ansted
Clay
P.m. Madison
Logan
Hillsboro
Green Bank
Colleges West Virginia
Pitt
Marshall
Kent State
Gbr. Military
Fork Union W. Va. State
Bluefield State
W. Va. Tech
Shepherd
DNP Salem
Fairmont
West Liberty
Concord
John Carroll Bethany
Potomac
D& E
George McLaughlin
Marsh Fork
Webster Spring
Fayette County
Bluefield Beavers
Woodrow Wilson Stadium
Gary
Huntington
Charleston
Downing
Richlands
AAA
Hinton Bobcats
Shady Spring Tigers
Coalfield
Bobcats
Tigers
Summersville
Princeton
Shady
Mark Twain
Mustangs
Leslie Bovaird
Larry Snyder
Lumberjacks
Emil Lilly
Emil
Larry Marshall
Dale Carper
Greyhounds
Travelllers
Montgomey
Travellers
Gauley
Mountgomery
Seth
Milton
Mount Hove
Charleston Catholic
DuPont
Stoco’s Indians
Bulldogs
Buffalo High
Accoville
Pirates
NRW
Keyser
Mount Hope Mustangs
Grizzlies
Oak Hill Red Devils
Red Devils
East Bank
Be ckley Eaglets extend win streak to five with 33 7 victory
Beckley Blue Eaglets remained undefeated with a fifth straight win, beating Shady Spring 33 7 at Beaver. Five different players scored as Beckley built a 16 7 halftime lead and stretched it with a pair of second half touchdowns.
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Beckley Blue Eaglets
Shady Spring Kittens
Beaver
Eaglets
Kittens
Ross Irle
Shady Spring Eleven
Meadows
Ron
Ballymoss to Run in Washington D C International
Ballymoss, Europe's famed horse, will race in the November 11 Washington D C International at Laurel. The 4 year old Irish bred colt, bought for 13230 as a yearling by John McShane, seeks to prove he can beat American, Australian, English, Italian, German, French, and Russian challengers.
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New York
Ballymoss
Europe
John McShane
Washington D.C
Rutgers Alumni Create Nursery for Bucknell Game
Rutgers Alumni Federation opens a nursery at 11 a m Saturday to care for babies during the Bucknell game in New Brunswick. The facility features refrigerators for formula and milk and walkie talkie links to the stadium for parents attending the college football match.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers Old Grads
Rutgers Alumni Federation
Rutgers
Bucknell
Eagles Beavers Clash at Beckley and Hinton Tigers Face Shady Spring
Friday night slate features Bluefield-Beckley in the 28th meeting at Woodrow Wilson Stadium with Beckley 3-2-1 and Bluefield 3-2-0. Hinton hosts Shady Spring in a Coalfield Conference tilt as both teams sit 5-1, with key injuries to Emil Lilly and others shaping the matchup.
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Eagles
Beavers
Tigers
Hinton
Byrd Prillerman Ties Kimball In Close Defensive Tilt
Byrd Prillerman Panthers and Kimball High battled to a 7-7 tie on Thursday night in Sophia. Crosby connected for a 55 yard TD to Cooper early for Kimball, while H Ross scored on a 2 yard run for Byrd Prillerman. The game featured strong defense, turnovers, and several near-touchdowns as both teams traded chances.
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Byrd-Prillerman Panthers
Kimball
Panthers
Amigo
Prillermans
Byrd - Prillerman
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Meadow Bridge
Sophia High
Byrd- Prillerman
Jim Crosby
Jack Cooper
J. T. Cunningham
Sherman Ross
Huston Ross
Park
Crosby
Ealdridge
Carter
Cunningham
Byrd-Prillerman
S. Ross
Clemons
R. Moore
Henry
K. Hughes
Berger
H. Ross
Donald
C. Lawson
J. Lawson Kimball
Cooper
Rush
Neill
S. Davis
Rogers
Etheridge
Oak Hill Imps Edge Stoco In Homecoming Thriller
Oak Hill Imps spoiled Stoco Papooses homecoming with a 74 60 victory as Blackwell 2 yard run and Gatehouse extra point gave the lead in the third quarter. Lee Meyer halted Stoco in the second with a 5 yard TD run before Oak Hill added late points.
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Coal City
Oak Hil Imps
Stoco Papooses
Papooses
Imps
Blackwell
Gatehouse
Lee Meyer
Stoco
Oak Hill Jr
Via
Callahan
Cavendish
Thornberg
Payne
Huffman
Bragg
Sorenson
Dupuis Jr
Shrewsbury
R. Wood
J. Wood
Clark
Walker
Bowers
Atkinson
Daniel
Wall
Lilly
Deweese
Oak Hill
Meyer
Mount Hope Juniors rout GMS Captains 13 0
Mount Hope Junior High defeated GMS Captains of Lewisburg 13 to 0 after scoring in the second and third quarters. The Tigers moved to 1 and 1 on the season, with Penn rushing eight yards for the first score and Spadaro catching a six yard pass from Penn for the second. Greenbrier Military threatened late but Morgan intercepted a pass at Mount Hope 20 yard line.
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Mount Hope
Mount Hope Junior High
Beckley Blue Eaglets
GMS
Lewisburg
Colts
Thelman Penn
Teddy Spadaro
Penn
Greenbrier Military
Morgan
Libb
Moss
Bentley
Earl
Debesano
Smilsk
Haynes
Herman
Parker
Humphries
Tusco
Mount Hope Jr
Ross
Spadaro
Newson
Meadows
Nowlin
Calloway
Halstead
Payne
Marchio
Greenbrier
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Bill) Horr
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Joe Rylant
Shady Spring End
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Oceana Guard
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Ronnie Cimala
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Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Bob Roderick
Ted Anderson
Piggly- Wiggly
van Meterle
Wiseman
Lowe Brothers Electric
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