The Blue Wave won the 1954 State Football Crown by beating Barboursville, 7-6. After defeating Wellsburg in the final regular season’s game, 19-7, Co-Captains Mike Falbo and Rich Wilinski presented “the silver saw” representing the Brooke County Champs to Principal W. C. Hood.
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Courtesy of Steubenville Herald Star.
Follansbee’s greatest football victory in school history.
Rich Wilinski, Coach Doug Stone, Mike Falbo - 1954 Champs