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WVSSAC releases winners of the 2023-2024 Champions Cup

TENNERTON –  The West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) has announced the 2023-24 winners of the Champions Cup, presented annually to the top performing high schools in the state for their overall athletic and academic achievement.

The comprehensive all-sports award is presented to the overall boys’ and overall girls’ athletic programs in Class A, Class AA and Class AAA. A total of six Champions Cups are awarded.

Morgantown finished first in both the Class AAA girls’ and boys’ competition. The Mohigans won four state championships in 2023-24 – girls’ cross country, girls’ soccer, girls’ volleyball and boys’ basketball.

Winfield finished at the top of Class AA girls’ while Fairmont Senior captured the boys’ top honor. Winfield won state titles in golf, cheerleading and softball (and boys’ cross country and track). Fairmont Senior won the football championship.

Charleston Catholic captured the Class A girls’ crown while Williamstown finished at the top in boys’ list. Charleston Catholic won the girls’ soccer state title (also boys’ basketball and baseball); Williamstown won football and boys’ tennis championships (and girls’ track, volleyball and cross country).

Class AAA Boys

1.Morgantown778.5
2.Cabell Midland681.5
3.University678.5
4.Huntington669
5.Jefferson666.5
6.Woodrow Wilson657
7.Hurricane594
8.Spring Mills583
9.George Washington580.5
10.Washington480.5

Class AAA Girls

1.Morgantown884
2.George Washington772
3.Jefferson570.5
4.University491
5.Hurricane485
6.Musselman481
7.Cabell Midland479.5
8.Greenbrier East474
9.Parkersburg South386.5
10.Washington381

Class AA Boys

1.Fairmont Senior775.5
2.Winfield691
3.Frankfort492
4.East Fairmont478
5.Herbert Hoover473.5
6.North Marion388
7.Shady Spring387
8.Independence380.5
9.Nitro378.5
10.Point Pleasant295

Class AA Girls

1.Winfield780.8
2.Weir670.5
3.Oak Glen485.5
4.East Fairmont482.5
5.Herbert Hoover474.5
6.Shady Spring474
7.Philip Barbour387.5
8.Elkins386
9.Lewis County383
10.Keyser381

Class A Boys

1.Williamstown780.5
2.Charleston Catholic687.5
3.Wheeling Central Catholic685.5
4.East Hardy571.5
5.Ravenswood479.5
6.Doddridge County391.5
7.Greenbrier West388
8.James Monroe386.5
9.Cameron386
10.Buffalo297.5

Class A Girls

1.Charleston Catholic581.5
2.Williamstown495
3.Doddridge County490.5
4.Wheeling Central Catholic485.5
5.St. Marys394
6.Trinity386.5
7.Ravenswood384
8.Petersburg382.5
9.James Monroe292
10.Tyler Consolidated288

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