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Laidley Field to host the West Virginia football state championships

The University of Charleston’s stadium beat out three other venue options

Andy Villamarzo

Laidley Field to host the West Virginia football state championships
Laidley Field to host the West Virginia football state championships /

The West VA Secondary School Activities Commission (WVSSAC) knows where they’ll be hosting their high school football state championship games at moving forward. 

According to Coalfields & Co., the West Virginia high school football state championship games will be held at the University of Charleston’s Laidley Field. 

According to a report by the River Cities Tribune & Register, Laidley Field beat out Wheeling's Wheeling Island Stadium, Bluefield's Mitchell Stadium and a joint bid between Huntington's Joan C. Edwards Stadium and Morgantown's Milan Puskar Stadium.

Laidley Field is located in the heart of downtown Charleston, West Virginia and has a seating capacity of around 18,500. 

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports  

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Andy Villamarzo
ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.

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