PARKERSBURG — The No. 8 vs. No. 9 matchup for the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs lived up to its billing as a tight affair, and a game where Parkersburg South’s Devon Forshey seized the moment to have one of his best performances as a Patriot senior.
Forshey was responsible for all but one of the 12 receptions by a South receiver and scored the eventual game-winning touchdown midway in the fourth quarter in a 24-17 win over No. 9 Washington Saturday afternoon at Erickson All-Sports Facility.
Forshey also made his presence known in the defensive backfield. His acrobatic catch for an interception late in the first half involved numerous tips to himself to keep the ball in play as he was falling to the ground. It was the kind of play which had the officiating crew talking it up over their ear pieces during a break in the game…