Bridgeport Football Opens Class AAA Playoffs Against Chapmanville
By Michael Minnich on November 14, 2026
It’s déjà vu all over again for another Bridgeport fall sports team.
In a postseason filled with rematches, the football team is next up, facing Chapmanville in a reprise of last year’s Class AAA state quarterfinal, won by Chapmanville, 33-27.
Bridgeport enters Saturday’s 7 p.m. contest at Wayne Jamison Field at 8-2 and as the No. 4 seed, while Chapmanville is 7-3 and sitting on the No. 13 line.
Bridgeport has not lost a game within Class AAA this year, falling to Class AAAA No. 2 Martinsburg and Maryland 1A favorite Fort Hill during the regular season, and enters on a 4-game win streak.
Gabe Martin leads BHS in rushing yards with 1,236 on 113 carries (10.9 a carry) and 18 touchdowns, while Gavin Williams is close behind with 89 carries for 1,173 yards and 24 touchdowns despite missing the majority of the Philip Barbour game and all of the Robert C. Byrd contest due to injury.
Wiliams is Bridgeport’s leading receiver with 5 catches for 209 yards and 4 touchdowns and has even passed for a 49-yard touchdown, while Sean Veltri has 4 grabs for 144 yards and 3 scores.
Graham Vincent is 13 for 26 passing for 476 yards, 9 touchdowns and only 1 interception.
Williams rushed 26 times for 225 yards and 3 touchdowns in last year's game for BHS, but notably Martin missed out due to injury.
Chapmanville returns quarterback Dakota Dalton, who was excellent in last year’s game, completing 14 of 25 passes for 263 yards, 2 touchdowns and 1 interception while also rushing for 2 touchdowns.
Dalton is 138 for 197 passing this year for 1,879 yards, 17 touchdowns and 8 interceptions and is also the Tigers’ second-leading rusher and leading TD man with 69 carries for 350 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Kai Martin (33 catches, 523 yards, 5 touchdowns) and Cooper Perry (38 catches, 482 yards, 5 touchdowns) are Dalton’s targets of choice.
Easton Bender leads Chapmanville in rushing yards with 450 on 60 touches and 10 touchdowns and also has 20 catches for 193 yards.
The winner gets either No. 5 North Marion or No. 12 Fairmont Senior in the quarterfinals next week.
Bridgeport would host with a win, while Chapmanville is guaranteed to travel should they advance.
Here is the playoff information provided by Bridgeport High School:
- Gates will open at 5:30 p.m. All tickets are digital and we will not offer a cash gate. Please use the following link to purchase tickets. Also, please ask your fans to pre-purchase the ticket. It will expedite entry into the stadium. THIS EVENT WILL NOT BE LIVESTREAMED https://gofan.co/event/7050728?schoolId=WVSSAC
- Main Gate: Located at the front of Wayne Jamison Field.
- Visitor Gate: Located directly behind the visitor bleachers.
- All elementary and middle school age children must be accompanied by an adult for entry and should be seated in the bleachers unless visiting the restroom or concessions.
- Students are expected to wait appropriately in the concession stand line. They are not permitted to cut in line or create disturbances through disruptive behavior.
- Once admitted into the event, spectators are not allowed to leave and re-enter without prior permission. NO RE-ENTRY FOR VARSITY FOOTBALL
- All gates will sell until the start of the 3rd quarter.
- All bags are subject to search at all gates.
- Sporting equipment such as footballs brought into the stadium will be confiscated at the gate and may be collected at the end of the game.
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