To reach the pinnacle of a state championship once in West Virginia high school football is awesome. To do it a few times is impressive.

To do it 13 times, as Wheeling Central Catholic did last week in its Class A championship win? There may not be enough words to describe that feat.

We can start with one: Wow.

The Maroon Knights had already cemented their football program in Mountain State lore with their previous 12 championships. Then they ran away from Clay-Battelle in Charleston to win No. 13.

And it was done with good old fashioned hard nosed football. The Maroon Knights gouged Clay-Battelle for 623 yards and 560 of those were gained on the ground. Of those 560 rushing yards, a jaw-dropping 415 of them came from running back Kade Koroneos, who also scored an amazing seven touchdo

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