The Class AA playoff schedule was released Sunday morning with several games taking place across Friday and Saturday.
Locally No. 2 Independence is the highest seed and will host as long as it remains alive. The first test will be against rival Shady Spring, a game set for a 7:30 kickoff on Friday. No. 14 Bluefield will travel to No. 3 Point Pleasant On Saturday at 1:30. The two programs last met in the 2017 quarterfinals, a 49-17 win for the Beavers.
No. 12 Liberty will travel to No. 5 Poca on Friday for a 7:30 kickoff and No. 7 Nicholas County will host No. 10 Roane County, also on Friday at 7:30. Last but not least No. 9 Scott will travel to Clarksburg on Friday to take on No. 8 RCB.
Aside from Bluefield-Point Pleasant, the only other Saturday game in Class AA features No. 16 Fairmont Senior traveling to No. 1 Herbert Hoover.
Class AA Playoff schedule (All games to be played on Friday at 7:30 unless denoted)
No. 16 Fairmont Senior at No. 1 Herbert Hoover – Sat, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
No. 15 Shady Spring at No. 2 Independence
No. 14 Bluefield at No. 3 Point Pleasant – Sat, Nov. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
No. 13 Frankfort at No. 4 Lincoln
No. 12 Liberty (Raleigh) at No. 5 Poca
No. 11 Grafton at No. 6 North Marion
No. 10 Roane County at No. 7 Nicholas County
No. 9 Scott at No. 8 Robert C. Byrd