West Virginia high school football teams in a normal year would need to play at least eight regular-season games to qualify for the post season.

The COVID-19 restrictions have hit high school teams hard this season with cancellations and trying to reschedule games in a very tight window of weeks.

West Virginia football teams who have been able to play at least five games is just four out of 10 schools.

The top 16 teams in each classification will continue to play on. The route they take to get there has had several roadblocks statewide.

With the playoffs set to begin on Nov. 6, the question facing West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission members is how many games are needed to qualify.

The committee is scheduled to soon set a number that may or may not please coaches. Commissioners are discussing the possibility of three, four, or five games.

It is been a race to finish with teams scheduling games throughout the week just to play while the county metrics map allows.

One possibility is playing games on Sunday. In green and yellow counties attendance guidelines have been modified to include grandparents of athletes, something which was not available when teams began their season.

The decision needs to come quickly with winter sports approaching.