HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Man reclassified back to Class A; other schools stay put

Man High School will be among seven Class AA schools in West Virginia to reclassify beginning with the 2020-21 school year.

The Hillbillies will move from Class AA down to Class A, it was announced following the long-awaited West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission reclassification numbers.

Man will be joined by RiverView, Petersburg and James Monroe.

Mingo Central will remain Class AA with an enrollment of 710, followed by Chapmanville with 703 and Logan at 641.

Man has 420 students and Tug  Valley numbers  360.

Morgantown, with 1,851 students, the largest in Class AAA while Fairmont Senior with 799 students is the largest in Class AA. Ravenswood with 450 leads Class A schools.

WVSSAC reclassification numbers

For 2020-2021 through 2023-2024 school years

Class AAA

School/enrollment

1. Morgantown 1,851

2. Cabell Midland 1,825

3. Parkersburg 1,674

4. Musselman 1,654

5. Huntington 1,606

6. Wheeling Park 1,529

7. Parkersburg South 1,466

8. Jefferson 1,457

9. Martinsburg 1,415

10. Spring Mills 1,380

11. University 1,310

12. Washington 1,309

13. Hurricane 1,279

14. Riverside 1,278

15. Woodrow Wilson 1,267

16. Hedgesville 1,257

17. Capital 1,218

18. Preston 1,202

19. George Washington 1,107

20. Oak Hill 1,102

21. Buckhannon-Upshur 1,058

22. St. Albans 1,053

23. John Marshall 1,042

24. Greenbrier East 1,025

25. Spring Valley 996

26. South Charleston 938

27. Princeton 914

28. Hampshire 894

29. Brooke 891

30. Lincoln County 882

31. Ripley 867

32. Bridgeport 822

Class AA

1. Fairmont Senior 799

2. Elkins 798

3. Winfield 790

4. Nitro 769

5. Shady Spring 764

6. Herbert Hoover 758

7. North Marion 744

8. Point Pleasant 713

9. Mingo Central 710

10. Chapmanville 703

11. Robert C. Byrd 693

12. East Fairmont 678

13. Lewis County 677

14. Grafton 673

15. Keyser 672

16. Nicholas County 664

17. Weir 659

17. PikeView 659

19. Scott 648

20. Philip Barbour 646

21. Berkeley Springs 642

22. Logan 641

23. Westside 613

24. Roane County 610

25. Lincoln 600

26. Wayne 595

27. Sissonville 587

28. Bluefield 584

29. Independence 574

30. Braxton County 553

31. Oak Glen 548

32. Liberty 517

33. Liberty 515

34. Clay County 503

34. Wyoming East 503

36. Frankfort 488

37. Poca 486

Class A

1. Ravenswood 450

2. James Monroe 449

3. Moorefield 447

4. River View 444

5. Ritchie County 436

6. Petersburg 432

7. Summers County 428

8. Man 420

9. Williamstown 414

10. Sherman 401

11. Midland Trail 385

12. Tolsia 381

13. Mount View 378

14. Magnolia 375

15. Greenbrier West 367

16. Richwood 361

17. Tug Valley 360

18. Tyler Consolidated 351

18. Webster County 351

20. Buffalo 350

21. St. Marys 338

22. South Harrison 331

23. Doddridge County 310

24. Tucker County 299

25. Wirt County 285

26. Pocahontas County 282

27. Calhoun County 277

28. Pendleton County 267

29. Wheeling Central 266

30. Tygarts Valley 264

31. Charleston Catholic 254*

32. Wahama 240

33. Clay-Battelle 234

34. Gilmer County 226

35. East Hardy 218

36. Cameron 185

37. Montcalm 178

38. Hannan 173

39. Valley 145

40. St. Joseph 141*

41. Meadow Bridge 138

42. Paden City 133

43. Madonna 125

44. Notre Dame 120*

45. Van 108

46. Hundred 101

47. Parkersburg Catholic 93

48. Greater Beckley Christian 91*

49. Trinity 72

50. Wood County Christian 70*

51. Harman 51*

52. Union 46*

53. Paw Paw 44*

54. West Virginia School for the Blind 21*

55. West Virginia School for the Deaf 17*

56. Pickens 8*

* indicates school does not participate in football