Bridgeport Enters Final Week of Regular Season as Unanimous No. 1 Team Again
By Michael Minnich on May 12, 2026
For the fourth straight week, the Bridgeport Indians received all 10 first-place votes to remain atop the Class AAA MetroNews baseball rankings.
Bridgeport has all 100 possible points after an undefeated week that included coach Robert Shields’ 1,000th career win, making him only the second person in the state to reach that milestone behind Jefferson’s John Lowery.
Bridgeport enters the week at 27-4, with only a Tuesday makeup game against North Marion at 5 p.m. left on the regular season schedule before regionals begin next week.
St. Albans (23-5, 86 votes) passed Winfield (22-4, 83) for second, with Spring Valley (22-7, 67) and Shady Spring (22-7) in fourth and fifth.
PikeView, which had to forfeit most of its wins due to an ineligible player, is 2-26 and sixth with 40 votes.
Robert C. Byrd (19-8, 30) is seventh, followed by Ripley (14-11, 25), Herbert Hoover (17-9, 15) and Grafton (19-7, 13).
John Marshall (12), East Fairmont (9), Nicholas County (4) and Point Pleasant (2) complete the AAA voting.
Class AAAA remains the most contested, with Jefferson (23-5, 91 points, four first-place votes), George Washington (21-4, 89, three firsts) and Morgantown (24-5, 87 three firsts) at the top.
In Class AA, Wheeling Central (21-4) is the unanimous No. 1, followed by Sissonville (20-5, 77) and Independence (22-8, 66), with Doddridge County (21-7, 35) in eighth and South Harrison (2) and Lincoln (1) receiving votes locally.
Huntington St. Joseph (27-3) received all the first-place votes in Class A, ahead of Gilmer County (23-4, 79) and East Hardy (16-8, 77).
The poll is voted upon weekly by a panel of 10 radio broadcasters and sports writers across West Virginia.
