Article: Prep Sports: ; Class AAA teams look to lock in playoff spot; Four squads still undefeated in state's largest classification

The first-round coaches' meeting in Parkersburg for the high school football playoffs is only 33 days away.

Nearly half of the state's 122 football-playing schools (49.2 percent) have played six games of their regular-season schedules, which is enough to say that one drawing a playoff picture can at least begin to sharpen his pencil.

There still is plenty of football to be played before berths and pairings are settled, as any coach will tell you.

"We're not there yet, by a long shot," John Messinger, coach of the defending Class AAA champion South Charleston Black Eagles, said Sunday in regards to his team's offensive development. "If we're able to get back into the playoffs, we'll need to ...

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