PARKERSBURG — The finals of Saturday’s Spookfest tournament held inside Memorial Fieldhouse featured a showdown between top-ranked Hedgesville and No. 3 Cabell Midland, but the Class AAAA defending state champion Eagles managed to outlast the Knights 25-21, 22-25 and 15-10.

The host Big Reds, who were the seven seed following pool play, eliminated No. 10 Wheeling Park 25-14 and 25-18 before getting bounced in the quarterfinals by the Knights - 25-23 and 25-16.

James Monroe, which is ranked fifth by the coaches in the Class AA poll, managed to survive last year’s double-A state champion and current fourth-ranked Philip Barbour by scores of 27-25, 21-25 and 19-17 but fell 25-18 and 25-20 to Cabell Midland in the semifinals.

No. 5 University took care of No. 4 Parkersburg South 25-20 and 2

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