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Article: Parkersburg takes two-game slide into playoffs: Class AAA Playoffs
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- Charleston Gazette
- Article date:
- November 12, 2003
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When it comes to Parkersburg High School football, there's no
escaping history.
There are the nine state championships, more than any other Class
AAA school in West Virginia, the most recent coming just two years
ago. More than 700 wins. Closing in on the program's 1,000th game.
And, more recently, there's the Big Reds' postseason success
against Riverside - three playoff meetings with the Warriors in the
first three years after Riverside opened its doors in 1999, and three
Parkersburg wins.
But, as Big Reds coach Bernie Buttrey might point out, past
history and a buck-and-change will get you a slice of thin cheese at
the Pizza Place across the street from the PHS ...