The audible ringing of aye and a smattering of drying ink accomplished what few member schools of the West Virginia Secondary Schools Activities Commission could not— end the dominance of private schools at the Class A level for West Virginia high school basketball.

There are teachers of basketball and there are teachers of men (and women). Wheeling's Gene Ammirante is both.

But if the unending stream of head butts, leg rubs and vocalized requests for attention are any indication, the more than 100 adult cats and kittens in the charge of the Belmont County Humane Society are happy to show their appreciation.

There is only one road when it come to high school football in West Virginia, and it’s the same path each student-athlete thinks about when first trapping on a helmet in August.

It must feel like deja vu for Class A as a whole and for No. 1 Doddridge County and No. 3 Pendelton County in particular, since they are tasked with stopping the two most dominant Class A programs this century from making yet another march toward Wheeling Island Stadium.

Bridgeport had already won five state championships by the time Oak Glen qualified for its first playoff game during the 1993 season. It was then a Chris Enochs-led team bested North Marion in the first round of the Class AAA playoffs. They lost the next week to Herbert Hoover.

The quarterfinal round of the West Virginia Class AAA playoffs turned into the upset-free zone as the brackets held chalk with the top four...

Two years ago, Wheeling Central finished the regular season with a 6-4 record, earned a No. 10 seed and “upset” its way to its first championship since 2011. Two seasons and two titles later, the Maroon Knights (7-4) are in nearly the same spot, hitting the road again as the 10-seed.

(Note from the Managing Editor: This article is the second of three that preview the second round of the West Virginia high school playoffs. The final...

(Note from the Managing Editor: This article is the first of three that preview the second round of the West Virginia high school playoffs....

Wheeling Central begins its quest for a third-straight West Virginia Class A championship Saturday afternoon at Wilt Salmons Athletic Field in Fort Gay. Awaiting the No....

Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night will stay this committee from the memorable yearly completion of its appointed championship weekend. Apologies for taking...