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The AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament is an annual postseason soccer tournament held in West Virginia , United States. The tournament is open to all high school boys' soccer teams that compete in the state's AAA classification, which is the largest division in West Virginia high school soccer. The tournament is organized by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC).
History [ edit ] The AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament was first held in 1988. The tournament was created to provide an opportunity for the state's top high school boys' soccer teams to compete against each other in a postseason format. From 1988 until 2007 the schools where in an unified system, meaning all schools played at the same level. From 2008 until now, the schools were divided in two classes: AAA (schools with 801 or more students) and AA-A (school with 800 or less students). This schools only compets between their classes on the post season.
This means that from 1988 - 2007 only one school could be state champion each year, and from 2008 to current days, 2 schools is state champion every year (one school from class AAA and one school from class AA-A)
The AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament is a single-elimination tournament featuring 4 teams. The top team from each of the state's four regions qualify for the tournament. The tournament is typically held over the course of two days at a neutral location, with the semi-final and championship matches.
List of champions[1] [ edit ] Below are the list of champions and runners-up of the AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament:
Unifyed system (1988-2007) [ edit ]
Season
Winner
Runner-up
Result
1988
St. Joseph Central (1)
Morgantown
2-1
1989
Morgantown (1)
St. Joseph Central
2-1
1990
Nitro (1)
St. Joseph Central
2-0(a.e.t. )
1991
Wheeling Park (1)
St. Joseph Central
6-4
1992
Capital (1)
St. Joseph Central
3-1
1993
Buckhannon-Upshur (1)
George Washington
5-3
1994
Buckhannon-Upshur (2)
Brooke
1-0
1995
Buckhannon-Upshur (3)
Parkersburg
3-0
1996
Parkersburg (1)
Woodrow Wilson
1-0
1997
Parkersburg (2)
St. Joseph Central
4-3
1998
Capital (2)
Wheeling Park
3-2
1999
Morgantown (2)
Charleston Catholic
4-0
2000
Morgantown (3)
Parkersburg South
4-2(a.e.t. )
2001
Wheeling Park (2)
Morgantown
1-0(p )
2002
Woodrow Wilson (1)
Wheeling Park
3-1
2003
Capital (3)
Morgantown
3-0
2004
Woodrow Wilson (2)
Parkersburg
3-1
2005
Parkersburg (3)
Fairmont Senior
1-0
2006
Parkersburg (4)
Woodrow Wilson
2-1(a.e.t. )
2007
George Washington (1)
Hurricane
1-0
AAA class system (2008-current) [ edit ]
Season
Winner
Runner-up
Result
2008
Parkersburg (5)
Wheeling Park
2-0
2009
Parkersburg (6)
Woodrow Wilson
2-0
2010
Woodrow Wilson (3)
Wheeling Park
1-0
2011
George Washington (2)
Washington
5-2
2012
Hurricane (1)
Parkersburg
2-0
2013
George Washington (3)
Parkersburg
1-0
2014
Morgantown (4)
George Washington
3-1
2015
Morgantown (5)
Washington
3-0
2016
George Washington (4)
University
4-0
2017
Hurricane (2)
Wheeling Park
2-0
2018
George Washington (5)
Hedgesville
2-0
2019
George Washington (6)
Cabell Midland
2-0
2020
George Washington (7)
University
5-0
2021
Morgantown (6)
Washington
2-0
2022
Greenbrier East (1)
Spring Mills
2-0
2023
George Washington (8)
Hurricane
1-0
Most titles timeline [ edit ] Titles by club [ edit ]
Club
Winners
Runners-up
Winning years
George Washington
8
2
2007, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
Parkersburg
6
4
1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
Morgantown
6
3
1989, 1999, 2000, 2014, 2015, 2021
Woodrow Wilson
3
3
2002, 2004, 2010
Capital
3
0
1992, 1998, 2003
Buckhannon-Upshur
3
0
1993, 1994, 1995
Hurricane
2
2
2012, 2017
Wheeling Park
2
4
1991, 2001
St. Joseph Central
1
5
1988
Nitro *
1
0
1990
Greenbrier East
1
0
2022
*Nitro has won its second state championship in 2017, but as class AA-A school
State Tournament by year [ edit ]
2005
State Championship Game[5] [ edit ]
Champion
Parkersburg (3rd Title)
Top goalscorer
Alex George (31goals)
Team of the year [6] [ edit ]
Ryan Whitehead
Abe Levin-Nielsen
Ryan Shreve
Will Rouse
Eric Steele
Evan Cline
Joseph Banasso
Chase DeWeese
Patrick Bonasso
Mike Oliver
Alex George
Coach: Jim DeNardi
2006
State Championship Game[11] [ edit ]
Champion
Parkersburg (4th Title)
Top goalscorer
Vinny Crumrine (32 goals)
Team of the year [12] [ edit ]
Brent McGee
Todd McClure
Tim Knight
Ben Haas
Trent Reid
Michael Mauck
Alex Cottle
Nick Claudio
Brett Parker
Vinny Crumrine
Matt Tiano
Coach: Doug Hunt
2007
State Championship Game[17] [ edit ] Team of the year [18] [ edit ]
Brent McGee
Craig Mason
Michael Sfameni
Nate Zeli
Tim Stephens
Doug Teter
Zach Aderholt
Joseph Rodriguez
Nick Claudio
Nader Sawtarie
Josh Cyrus
Coach: Tom Hopper
2008
State Championship Game[23] [ edit ]
Champion
Parkersburg (5th Title)
Top goalscorer
Zach Aberholt (17 goals)
Team of the year [24] [ edit ]
Noah Blackhurst
Jamel Boukhemis
Tyler Hise
Brooks Paine
Stephen Knight
Michael Trumble
Zach Aderholt
Chris Kennedy
Zack Claudio
Jeremy Chambers
Alex Ross
Coach: Don Fosselman
2009
State Championship Game[28] [ edit ]
Champion
Parkersburg (6th Title)
Top goalscorer
Brooks Nucilli (49 goals)
Team of the year [29] [ edit ]
Noah Blackhurst
Tony Serge
Matt Brooks
Brooks Paine
Dillon Leeson
Aaron Anderson
Cameron Keenan
Tyler Kennedy
Zack Claudio
Zack Montebell
Brooks Nucilli
Coach: Andy Montgomery & Jim Dagostine
2010
State Championship Game[33] [ edit ] Team of the year [34] [ edit ]
Cody Thompson
Wes McWatters
Nick Zeli
Tyler Craft
Ben Ross
Harlen Gibson
Bill Jones
Carter Phillips
Trevor Starcher
Brian Runyon
Josh Henderson
Coach: Mario Julian
2011
State semi-finals [ edit ] State Championship Game [ edit ] Team of the year [37] [ edit ]
Cameron Allen
Wes McWatters
Ian Miles
Mike Zandron
Tyler Craft
Michael Mauck
Andrew Brewster
Errin Baynes
Carter Phillips
Ramon Carvalho
Michael Zutaut
Coach: Mario Julian
2012
State semi-finals [ edit ] [39] [40]
State Championship Game [ edit ]
Champion
Hurricane (1st Title)
Top goalscorer
Felipe Thompson (47 goals)
Team of the year [41] [ edit ]
Jared Messer
Josh Brining
Caleb Barnette
Ian Miles
Evan Miles
Eric Bonar
Alex White
Garrett Warner
Evan Vega
Preston Sheldon
Felipe Thompson
Coach: Mike Foster
2013
State Championship Game[45] [ edit ] Team of the year [46] [ edit ]
Garrett Phillips
Devonyet Harris
Connor Boyd
Akshay Chandran
Austin Doughty
Daniel Gines
Peter Nelson
Eric Bonar
Evan Rhodes
Drew Davis
Tristan Reid
Coach: Tom Hopper
2014
State Championship Game[50] [ edit ]
Champion
Morgantown (4th Title)
Top goalscorer
Teo Garces (23 goals)
Team of the year [51] [ edit ]
Ryan Childers
Noah Laliberty
Noah Ross
Micah Pauley
Jack Barrat
Teo Garces
Khegan McLane
Jeff Hodge
Addison Luck
Ben Vester
Jonah Cosby
Coach: Joe Melia
2015
State semi-finals[54] [ edit ] State Championship Game[55] [ edit ]
Champion
Morgantown (5th Title)
Top goalscorer
Addison Luck (31 goals)
Team of the year [56] [ edit ]
Becker Junkin
Nick Nestor
Mark Glines
Jack Steketee
Devon Lovejoy
Ryan Mears
Sam Vaira
Tyler Shaffer
Addison Luck
Immanuel Opuka-Duah
Josh Tenney
Coach: Kevin Robins
2017
State semi-finals[62] [ edit ] State Championship Game[63] [ edit ]
Champion
Hurricane (2nd Title)
Top goalscorer
Samuel Pierson (43 goals)
2019
State semi-finals[67] [ edit ] State Championship Game[68] [ edit ] Team of the year [69] [ edit ]
Sean Monro
Zak Abdul-Jalil
Salvadore Saulle
Solomon Clark
Matthew Vaughan'
Chris Burton
Foster Jones
Cole Meredith
Louie Aulick
Broedy Boyce
EJ Davis
Coach:
Champion
George Washington (6th Title)
Top goalscorer
Broedy Boyce / Riley Nett (28 goals)
2021
State Championship Game [ edit ]
Champion
Morgantown (6th Title)
Top goalscorer
Ryan Holmes (32 goals)
Team of the year [75] [ edit ]
Crosby Short
Sam Clark
Jaden Fleshman
Evan Laraba
Taylor McFarland
Vivek Sriram
Adam Seams
Ryan Holmes
Gabe Sadorra
Tresz McLeod
Nick Ihnat
Coach: Cody Freas
2022
State championship game [ edit ] Team of the year [80] [ edit ]
Joe Cochran
Adam Seams
Connor Bush
Aiden Holbert
Connor Mollohan
Brody Wall
Andrew Brewster
Sam Clark
Chase Mizia
Luke Dolin
Tresz McLeod
Coach: Mario Julian
2023
State semi-finals[83] [ edit ] State championship game [84] [ edit ] Team of the year [85] [ edit ]
Grayson Maddox
Ziggy Hirschfeld
Jackson Ahebwa
Sam Pacyna
Andrew Landsberger
Luke Dunaway
Peter Furlong
Connor Gribble
Aiden Bell
Michael Lucheauer
Tresz McLeod
Coach: Steve Larabra
Participation [ edit ] Most appearances [ edit ] As of 2023 season Below is the list of clubs that have more appearances in the AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament.
Team Records [ edit ] Most Championships [ edit ] Most Consecutive Championships [ edit ] Most Finals Appearances [ edit ] Most Consecutive Finals Appearances [ edit ] Most State Tournament Appearances [ edit ] Most Consecutive State Tournament Appearances [ edit ] Team With Most Appearances on Team Of The Year [ edit ] Parkersburg , with 62 players appearances on Team Of The Year Team With Most Player Of The Year Award [ edit ] Morgantown , with 5 Players Of The Year (1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2015) Team With Most Forward Of The Year Award [ edit ] Team With Most Midfielder Of The Year Award [ edit ] Woodrow Wilson , with 4 Midfielders Of The Year (1997, 2004, 2007, 2023) Team With Most Defender Of The Year Award [ edit ] Parkersburg , with 5 Defenders Of The Year (1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) Team With Most Keeper Of The Year Award [ edit ] Parkersburg , with 5 Keepers Of The Year (1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2013) Team With Most Coach Of The Year Award [ edit ] Wheeling Park , with 4 Coachs Of The Year (2001, 2010, 2011, 1999, 2022) Morgantown , with 4 Coachs Of The Year (1995, 1997, 1999, 2000) Individual Records [ edit ] Players career is maximum of 4 seasons - Freshman (1st year), Sophomore (2nd year), Junior (3rd year), and Senior (4th year).
Player With Most Titles [ edit ] Gabe Sadorra, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2018, 2019, 2020)
Max Trethewey, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2018, 2019, 2020)
Bakar Boustany, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2018, 2019, 2020)
Wilson Fife, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2018, 2019, 2020)
Xavier Bohn, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2018, 2019, 2020)
Zak Abdul-Jalil, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2016, 2018, 2019)
Bryce Coleman, with 3 state titles for George Washington (2016, 2018, 2019)
Spencer Griffey, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2006, 2008, 2009)
Zack Higginbotham, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2005, 2006, 2008)
Matt Sellers, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2006, 2008, 2009)
Derick Craft, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2005, 2006, 2008)
Tommy Kerns, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2005, 2006, 2008)
Kieran Spader, with 3 state titles for Parkersburg (2005, 2006, 2008) Coach With Most Titles [ edit ] Don Fosselman, with 6 state titles for Parkersburg (1996, 1997, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009) Players With Most Appearances on Team Of The Year [ edit ] Tresz McLeod, with 3 appearances on Team Of The Year for Wheeling Park (2021, 2022, 2023)
Zak Abdul-Jalil, with 3 appearances on Team Of The Year for George Washington (2017, 2018, 2019)
Chris Romanek, with 3 appearances on Team Of The Year for Wheeling Park (2017, 2018, 2019)
Chad Duernberger, with 3 appearances on Team Of The Year for Riverside (1999, 2000) and for South Charleston (2001) Only Goalkeeper to win Player Of The Year [ edit ] Only Freshman to Appear on Team Of The Year [ edit ] Player With Most Defender Of The Year Award [ edit ] Wes McWatters, with 2 Defender Of The Year Award for Hurricane (2010, 2011) Player With Most Keeper Of The Year Award [ edit ] Noah Blackhurst, with 2 Keeper Of The Year Award for Hurricane (2008, 2009)
Brent McGee, with 2 Keeper Of The Year Award for Parkersburg (2006, 2007)
Jordan Yost, with 2 Keeper Of The Year Award for Woodrow Wilson (2003, 2004)
Matt Lutman, with 2 Keeper Of The Year Award for Morgantown (2001, 2002)
Ryan Lewellyn, with 2 Keeper Of The Year Award for Parkersburg (1996, 1997) Coach With Most Coach Of The Year Award [ edit ] Mario Julian, with 4 Coach Of The Year Award for Wheeling Park (2001, 2010, 2011, 2022)
Ray Petrisin, with 4 Coach Of The Year Award for Morgantown (1995, 1997, 1999, 2000) Professional Players [ edit ] Some players that played in the AAA West Virginia High School Boys' Soccer State Tournament played at professional clubs:
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