It is well that the finish, not the start, matters. The Hurricane High Redskins soccer team season began on August 20th with a loss to 2024 state champion Woodrow Wilson of Beckley and ended on Saturday, November 8, with a shootout victory over the defending champions. Hurricane is now the 2025 Class AAAA State Soccer Champion.

The victory came in dramatic fashion as the Redskins trailed, 1-0, with less than 8 minutes remaining in regulation. Harris Coulter knotted the game with a tying goal with 7:19 left. Reguation play ended with the score knotted, 1-1. Two scoreless 10-minute overtime periods produced a penalty shootout in which it is one-on-one, kicker against goal keeper. The team with the most penalty kick goals in five attempts wins. Hurricane led, 2-1, after Landon Stonestreet and Jack Willis made Hurricane’s first two tries and Beckley scored on its 4th attempt. On Hurricane’s fifth and final attempt, it was Couter’s turn and he delivered the game clinching score.