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.

It was the most improbable finish of his career. It was wild and it was staggering, several times over. But if you've paid close attention, you could've seen this coming, because it was also methodical and surgical. It was Travis Braden showing how it's done.

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

Jacob Rine is a big dude. Think not? Then you didn't see how immensely huge he was Saturday night on Wheeling Island, playing like the star...

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.

So today let's take a look at the Pro Football Hall of Fame's recently released 25 finalists for induction, a group that is highlighted by the dash-and-crash panache of former Steeler Troy Polamalu.

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.

It's deer season here in the heart of West Virginia, but it's Duck Season in Pittsburgh.

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.