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Jefferson defense continues improvement
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — It’s four games into the high school football season. All the scheduled games have been played. And after Jefferson all but silenced invading Spring Mills last week, the Cougars are 4-0 and rapidly rising in the state of West Virginia ratings. In the past three games ...
Ahead by eight, Jefferson scores last 27 points to beat Musselman
BUNKER HILL — Scoring first and last (and plenty in between), Jefferson defeated area rival Musselman, 47-12, last week to improve its record to 3-0 and get ready for Spring Mills (2-1 overall) tonight in Shenandoah Junction. With Sammy Roberts throwing three TD passes (to Caleb Shelton, ...
Conquering Cougars
Jefferson shows heels to Sherando
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION — A balanced offense where Evan Tewell, Spencer Powell and Sammy Roberts were among the many Jefferson players who held leading roles in the Cougars’ smashing 41-14 road win last Friday at Warrior Stadium in quieted Stephens City, Va. Continually tiring the Sherando ...
3-1: Eagles swoop Cougars
Cougars pounce
Plenty of scoring methods help Cougars prevail
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION -- New playing surface. Newly-found variety of ways to score. New way to start a football season for Jefferson High School -- stopping Millbrook High School, 55-23, to begin the 2021 campaign. After taking a 7-0 lead, Jefferson had a steady variety of scoring plays to keep ...
Fit to be tied
Cougars try again for a 10-game football season
SHEPHERDSTOWN — Hurricane and Parkersburg aren’t on Jefferson’s football schedule this year. Neither is University. And neither is every team’s arch enemy — the COVID-19 Pandemic. As it juggled its schedule through all of the 2020 season, Jefferson was having games cancelled and ...