Williamstown’s Max Molessa (7) throws a move throughout Saturday’s Class A state championship recreation towards Greenbrier West in Wheeling.
(Photo by Neal Smith)

WHEELING — The alternative to make historical past doesn’t typically current itself, making it essential to capitalize on each likelihood to take action. Saturday in Wheeling, the Williamstown soccer group did simply that.

The Yellowjackets etched their names into the report books by defeating Greenbrier West 42-12 within the Class A state championship to win their second title in a row, a primary within the historical past of this system. While the contributions of the complete group to this finish aim are plain, the senior class might be remembered for fairly a while for his or her accomplishments.

There’s no higher place to begin when discussing Williamstown’s senior class than their chief, Maxwell Molessa, who secured his third-straight Most Outstanding Player Award (the primary was within the 2021 championship loss to St. Marys) within the remaining recreation of the Super Six. Molessa, recent off of a 160-rushing yard, three-touchdown efficiency, was fast to provide credit score to the group when discussing the person award, “The MVP is the team and the coaching staff. I just did my job and did everything I could to help us out, but I’m truly blessed.”

“The seniors, we’ve been striving for this moment since we were in elementary school. To finish it out like this and actually accomplish our goal is just truly a blessing,” stated Molessa of the senior class and going out on high.

Senior linemen Aiden Corbett gave his ideas on the sport, “We came out and played hard, we played fast, we played physical like we wanted. We minimized errors, and I think we played great defense.”

Williamstown’s Louis Goodnow (5) makes a transfer throughout Saturday’s Class A state championship recreation towards Greenbrier West in Wheeling.
(Photo by Neal Smith)

Corbett doesn’t really feel unhappy that the journey is over, however he does have sympathy for the Cavaliers, “It’s not sad like a lot of these guys. I feel for them, they’re going out losing. It’s definitely not a sad feeling if you win. It’s definitely a happy feeling.”

Colt Hesson’s senior season didn’t go in keeping with plan, nevertheless it actually resulted in becoming trend. Hesson sat out a lot of the season with a torn ACL, however was capable of are available for the ultimate play of the sport to take a knee for the Yellowjackets. On kneeling within the remaining play of the ultimate recreation throughout the entire state of West Virginia, Hesson commented, “It’s really special. Obviously the year wasn’t how I expected it to be, but coaches and players kept me in it. Being able to go down there and take a knee, it felt amazing.”

“It’s great. I’ve been with these kids since kindergarten. It’s been great growing up with them, and I can’t believe it’s here already,” commented Hesson on how time flies.

Junior working again and linebacker Lynken Joy will certainly miss the contributions of the senior class, however has religion in this system’s potential to keep up the usual, “Their impact is incredible on all of us. They’re good leaders, and they’ve been with us since day one, so it’s going to be a rough loss, but we’ll just have to bounce back.”

Yellowjackets head coach Chris Beck additionally had type phrases to say concerning the departing seniors, “I’m so happy for them. They deserve it. The kids deserve all the credit. We got a great group of seniors who have put four years into this thing, a lot of them did, and their work ethic is off the chart. Their character is off the chart. They are great teammates. They are selfless. They care so much about each other and they got such a competitiveness and just will to win. It’s very uncommon. To have so many in one class being able to do that is just a special group.”

Contact Aaron Lee at alee@newsandsentinel.com