Wirt’s McCoy having fun
When the dust finally settles on the regular season in West Virginia prep high school football everyone is going to know who made the 16-team cutoff to reach the postseason. Although the road isn’t going to be easy, Wirt County senior linebacker/fullback Tommy McCoy is hoping he can help the Tigers from Elizabeth make a Class A playoff run as the orange and black hasn’t played an 11th game since 1994. “I know everybody is looking up to me,” said McCoy, who was second in the Mid-Ohio Valley last year in tackles made. “I go 100 percent all the time no matter what and I never take a play off. I try to get people to follow me.” McCoy is set to become a four-year letterman for the Tigers and he’s hoping his last go-around with his Wirt County teammates results in an improved record from the 6-4 and 5-5 campaigns of the last three years.
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