Bridgeport High School placed three players on the Class AAA all-state football team that was voted on by the West Virginia State Sports Writers Association.
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Seniors
Bryson Lowther and
John Knight were on the squad along with junior
Gavin Williams. Lowther was chosen as an offensive lineman, while Knight earned the nod defensively at linebacker. Williams was named the first team kicker.
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Lowther, who missed the 2024 season due to injury, made up for it in a big way this year. As an offensive lineman he helped a running attack that produced 414.5 yards per game and an average of 10.7 yards per carry. He was equally impressive on defense where he finished with 69 tackles, including 21 for loss, and led the team with eight sacks.
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Knight was all over the field as a linebacker. He finished his final year with the Tribe leading the squad in tackles. He totaled 90 in 12 games with 7.5 tackles for loss.
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For Williams, he was named as kicker, which was something he was solid at all season. He connected on 62-of-65 point-after tries for Bridgeport and hit on nearly 60 percent of his kickoffs going for touchbacks (47-of-79). Williams, however, got noticed for his rushing as he finished the year with 1,977 yards rushing on 127 carries (15.6 yards per rush) and scored 27 touchdowns.
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Bridgeport had one member listed on the second team. Senior lineman
Noah West, a multi-year starter, was chosen along the offensive line and played a key role in helping the Indians score 52.6 points per game.
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Wes Conley and
Gabe Martin were also recognized. Both were given honorable mention status. Conley was a senior lineman, while Martin, a junior, was a running back and linebacker who only played in the first seven games due to injury.
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The rest of the team can be found below.
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2025 WVSWA Class AAA All-State football
First team offense
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Pos   Player                                               School                   Cls      Hgt     Wgt
QB     Chance Barker                Princeton                  Sr.       6-2      200
QB     Peyton Grigsby                            Herbert Hoover              So.       6-0      170
RB     Cody Lawrence               Ripley                     Sr.       6-1      205
RB     Blake Fisher                  Herbert Hoover              Sr.      5-10      190
RB     Logan Beam                                 Elkins                      Sr.       5-8      200
WR    Malachi Thompson             Nitro                       Sr.       6-4      200
WR    Trey Ward                    Chapmanville                Jr.       6-2      173
OL     Da'Ron Parks                               Nitro                       Sr.       6-5      310
OL     Mighty Lopez                                Herbert Hoover               Sr.       6-2      245
OL     Landyn Moore                Princeton                    Jr.       6-5      290
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Bryson Lowther               Bridgeport                   Sr.      5-10      220
OL     Dae'shaun Floyd              Fairmont Senior              Sr.       6-4      305
Util    Brad Mossor (c)               Princeton                                    Sr.      5-10      180
Util    Toby Michael                                North Marion                Sr.       6-0      180
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Gavin Williams                            Bridgeport                                   Sr.       6-0      170
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First team defense
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DL     Cohen Lusher                              Nitro                        Sr.      5-11      190
DL     Josh Porter                  Chapmanville                 Sr.       6-0      240
DL     Xavier Patterson (c)           Nitro                                              Sr.       6-2      265
LB     Preston Kovach               Chapmanville                 Sr.       6-1      215
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John Knight                  Bridgeport                   Sr.       5-9      190
LB     Zeke Lewis                   Spring Valley                 Sr.       6-1      209
LB     Landen Crane                              Princeton                    Sr.       6-0      220
LB     Wyatt Sowards                Nitro                        Sr.      5-11      200
DB     Landon Snyder                            John Marshall                 Jr.       6-0      170
DB     Kaden Stone                                Greenbrier East               Sr.       5-9      140
DB     Jason Walker                 Fairmont Senior               Sr.       6-0      270
Util    David Robinson Jr.             Capital                       Jr.       5-9      168
Util    Kalum Kiser                                  Princeton                    Sr.       6-0      225
Util    Malcolm Brown                South Charleston              Sr.      5-10      170
P       Parker Keller                  Ripley                       Jr.      5-11      175
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Second team offense
Pos   Player                                               School                    Cls      Hgt     Wgt
QB     Eian Duffy                                     Nitro                       Sr.      5-11      160
QB     Dakota Dalton (c)              Chapmanville                So.       6-3      200
RB     Devin Nash                                   Nicholas County              Sr.      5-11      200
RB     A.J. Godfrey                                  Greenbrier East              Sr.      5-10      210
RB     Chris Radcliffe                 Nitro                       Sr.       5-9      195
WR    Cain Martin                                   John Marshall                Sr.       5-8      185
WR    Wyatt Cline                                   Princeton                    Sr.       6-0      180
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Noah West                                    Bridgeport                                   Sr.       6-0      250
OL     Owen Stanley                 Elkins                       Jr.       6-1      260
OL     Evan Miller                                    North Marion                 So.       6-4      295
OL     Braydon Hendricks             Robert C. Byrd                Sr.       6-4      290
Util    Anthony Smith                 Fairmont Senior               So.       6-0      190
Util    Takye Porter                                  Nitro                        So.      5-91      160
K       Jaxin Alexander                            Winfield                      Jr.      5-11      161
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Second team defense
DL     David Browning                           Chapmanville                  So.       6-3      225
DL     King Abercrombie             Fairmont Senior                Jr.       6-1      260
DL     Trevor Dean                  Robert C. Byrd                 Sr.      5-10      215
DL     Devin Hulver                 Elkins                        So.       6-1      245
LB     Clayton Cramer                           Winfield                      Jr.       5-9      170
LB     Owen Rotruck                              Keyser                                           Sr.      5-10      185
LB     Brent Evans                  Hampshire                   Sr.       6-1      208
LB     Beau Christopher (c)           Spring Valley                  Sr.      5-10      195
DB     Peyton Mounts                            PikeView                     Sr.       6-0      170
DB     Gannon Boggs               Winfield                      Jr.       5-8      160
DB     Ja'lei Burnette                             Nitro                         Sr.       6-1      210
UTL   Isaiah Heflin                                 Robert C. Byrd                Jr.      5-11      175
UTL   Sam Kee                    Herbert Hoover                Sr.       6-1      195
UTL   Nate Suttle                   Greenbrier East               Sr.       5-9      160
P       Karson Church                             East Fairmont                 Sr.      5-11      187
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Honorable mention
Tony Silvester, Elkins; Brody Hamric, Greenbrier East; Benji Adkins, Chapmanville; Grayson Lambka, Keyser; Braydon Mullins, PikeView; Jaxson Heskett, East Fairmont; Kaiden Helmer, Shady Spring; Cole Runner, Grafton; Landon Eversole, Hampshire; Julian Bailey, Robert C. Byrd; Caden Hill, Point Pleasant; Blade Adkins, Lincoln County; Leo Jones, Lewis County;Â
Wes Conley, Bridgeport; Gavin Murphy, East Fairmont; Mykell Taylor, Herbert Hoover;Â
Gabe Martin, Bridgeport; Drew Mann, Winfield; Cory Maynard, Brooke; Jakori Clark, Capital; Aiden Oldaker, Lewis County; Logan Cook, PikeView; Jake Belcher, Princeton; Abbott Dahl, Grafton; Tommy Nash, Keyser; Roscoe Dean, Hampshire; Dom Crawford, Keyser; Coleton Hellems, Nicholas County; Mason Markonich, John Marshall; Brian Poindexter, North Marion; Jackson Moore, Ripley; Jimmy Bowling, Princeton; Grant Burdette, Greenbrier East; Brady Lacek, Shady Spring; James Lowe, St. Albans; Miguel Cain, Spring Valley; Grant Yost, Brooke; Eli Bausley, South Charleston; Logan Gump, North Marion.
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