BECKLEY, W.Va. — Wheeling Central girls soccer coach Bill Konkle knew coming into this season that something special was brewing on the pitch for the East Wheeling school. That played out through the year with a 20-3-1 record and a regional championship — and on Friday afternoon ended with a state championship.

Wheeling Central used two first-half goals and added another in the second to capture the school’s first West Virginia state soccer championship with a 3-1 win over Lincoln High School in the Class AA-A finals.

The trip to Beckley marked the first time the Lady Knights had made the state soccer tournament. To go on and win the title shows just how special this team was, Konkle said.

“Our girls played such a hard schedule. We tried to prepare them as much as possible for this mome

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