MetroNews Top Plays | Week 7 | 2026
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One-handed catches, pick-sixes, late game-winners and a spectacular touchdown from Hampshire’s Roscoe Dean headline Week 7 of MetroNews Top Plays. Watch the countdown of West Virginia high school football highlights as the 2026 regular season enters its final month.
No. 15 — Chapmanville: Ashton McClanahan gives punters their moment with a 54-yard punt in the Tigers’ 38-0 win at Man.
No. 14 — Elkins: Jaden Hatfield scores from 8 yards as the Tigers erase a 17-point deficit to beat previously unbeaten North Marion, 41-24.
No. 13 — Pocahontas County: George Shifflett fields a bouncing kickoff without breaking stride and sheds a final tackle at the goal line on a 62-yard touchdown return against Moorefield.
No. 12 — University: Harrison Helbig finds Hayden George, who splits two defenders, cuts toward the sideline and races to the pylon for a 72-yard touchdown in the Hawks’ 49-7 win at Jefferson.
No. 11 — Tug Valley: Preston May connects with Cam Slone for a 51-yard touchdown and Mattox Sartin for a 24-yard score in a 53-0 win over Wayne. May accounts for seven total touchdowns and reaches the 100-career-touchdown milestone.
No. 10 — Clay County: Blake Coleman wins a battle for an interception before Joel Elliott takes another pick back 18 yards for a touchdown in the Panthers’ 34-12 win at Tolsia.
No. 9 — Martinsburg: Brian Dick finds Boston Todd for a 14-yard touchdown, while Jeremiah Sanabria flies off the edge for a sack in the Bulldogs’ 24-7 win at Morgantown.
No. 8 — George Washington: DJ Spencer returns an interception 50 yards for a touchdown, and Jaden Black cuts his way to a 24-yard score in the Patriots’ 31-14 win over Princeton.
No. 7 — Doddridge County: Evan Cross drops a 50-yard touchdown pass into Heston Hayes’ hands. Tommy Walters-Hickman adds a 32-yard scoop-and-score in the Bulldogs’ 55-6 win over South Harrison.
No. 6 — Wheeling Central Catholic: Brady Ernest opens the second half with a 26-yard pick-six in the Maroon Knights’ 48-7 victory over Nitro.
No. 5 — Logan: Greg Williams finds Lucas Lambert for a one-handed catch. Carter Frye then scores the go-ahead touchdown with 40 seconds remaining to lift the Wildcats past Scott, 22-15.
No. 4 — Huntington: Marek Midkiff connects with Donte Newsome for a 75-yard touchdown and threads a 26-yard scoring pass between defenders to Kellen Rife in the Highlanders’ 38-13 win at Parkersburg.
No. 3 — Wirt County: Andrew Lemley tips Luke Hickman’s pass to himself twice before securing the catch against Ritchie County, setting up a touchdown by Adryon Hartford.
No. 2 — Independence: Paxton Myers tips Brock Green’s pass to himself without breaking stride and takes it 71 yards for a touchdown in the Patriots’ 55-0 win at Westside.
No. 1 — Hampshire: Roscoe Dean catches a pass, dances through multiple tackle attempts and accelerates for a 46-yard touchdown. One of his four scores in the Trojans’ 53-0 win over Rock Ridge, Virginia, earns the MetroNews Top Play of Week 7.
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