Alex is back along with Chris this week! Bill Nestor joins the show up front to double dip on Robert C. Byrd's trip to Preston County this week and South Harrison's tough loss the prior week (0:00). Travis Jones recaps Bridgeport's 72-point night against John Marshall and looks ahead to Friday's rivalry matchup with Fairmont Senior (22:54). Chris George goes around the horn with thoughts on Bridgeport, Philip Barbour's hot start, Tucker County's high-flying offense, and the Elkins-BU game (34:08). Craig Dutton recaps Lincoln's narrow 17-16 win over Nicholas County to improve to 4-0 (48:12). Fred Persinger wraps with thoughts on the lopsided scoring in the first three weeks of the season plus the games circled on his schedule (1:03:18).

Take a jaunt around North Central West Virginia on today's edition of the Football Friday Free For All ahead of Friday's games. First, Bill Nestor joins the show to discuss Robert C. Byrd's tough 0-2 start to the season under new head coach Austin Scott (0:00). Later, Liberty-Harrison Head Coach A.J. Harman joins the show ahead of his team's showdown with South Harrison (13:52). We then hear some of Brett Hathaway's comments from the Hawk Talk Weekly podcast (21:36). Travis Jones brings analysis on the main event: Bridgeport-Morgantown (24:53). Chris George joins the show to talk a little Bridgeport-Morgantown, Philip Barbour, Elkins, and Tucker County (35:55). Craig Dutton has the analysis on not one, not two, not three, but four touchdowns scored by Lincoln's defense and special teams in the first game (48:40). Then Greg White, Sports Director of WDNE in Elkins, joins the show to talk about rebuilding Tygarts Valley (57:52). Fred Persinger wraps with his favorite statewide storylines of the week (1:04:20).

Alex Wiederspiel and Chris Johnson return to preview the opening week of regional action in West Virginia High School football (0:00). Robert C. Byrd is looking to avoid missing the playoffs in back-to-back seasons for just the second time in their history as play-by-play man Bill Nestor explains (5:23). Shane Eakle, East Fairmont Head Coach, calls into the show to discuss his team's disappointing start, one that mirrors last year's start for a team that ultimately was playoff bound (15:53).

Travis Jones, long-time Bridgeport play-by-play man, joins the show to preview Bridgeport's quest to take that final step to a championship in Class AAA, which starts with a much improved Buckhannon-Upshur team (22:12). Chris George breaks down some of the X's and O's in that game, plus delivers updates on whether Elkins can take their first step out of a rebuild, dark horse darling Philip Barbour's progress, and the high-flying Tucker County Mountain Lions quest to return to the playoffs for a second year in a row (36:07).

The final third of the show focuses on Lincoln with play-by-play man Craig Dutton (47:28). Alex and Chris talk about South Harrison's youth (57:26). You can hear a full interview with Coach Brett Hathaway linked below. Then the King of High School Football in West Virginia, Fred Persinger, joins the show to talk about what's surprised him so far in Week 1 plus the games he has circled in red pen Friday night (1:00:27).

Listen to a full interview with Brett Hathaway, South Harrison's third-year head coach, as he discusses the youth movement in Lost Creek following the Hawks trip to the playoffs in 2022 on the first episode of Hawk Talk Weekly.

On this pre-season edition of The Football Friday Free-for-All, Alex Wiederspiel and Chris Johnson return for the second year at the helm of WKMZ's flagship high school football show (0:00). They discuss Doddridge County's upcoming season, including a summer interview with Bobby Burnside (8:14). The guys talk a little Bridgeport football, including rehashing a summertime interview with Bridgeport head coach Tyler Phares (21:14). Then the guys talk a little South Harrison football, featuring some time with Head Coach Brett Hathaway from his June interview on "The Morning Spiel" (42:16). Greg Carey of WV MetroNews joins the show to highlight who he thinks will be some of the household names by season's end (50:01). Joe Brocato, also of WV MetroNews, joins the program to wrap the first show and lay out the season's top storylines (01:02:01).