BARNESVILLE — The game plan for the Barnesville boys’ basketball team, according to first-year head coach Shane Stephens, is an easy one for the Shamrocks this season. “I think the goal for this season is plain and simple, win more games and earn respect,” he stressed. “We return a ...

WELLSBURG — It’s a new season in Wellsburg for the Brooke boys’ basketball team, but it’ll be another rendition of next man up, albeit, with a slight wrinkle. In 2022-23, the Bruins took the court down a pair of 20-point scorers with an entirely new starting lineup. Then-junior ...

WEIRTON — Weir High is coming off a successful season last winter, finishing as Region 1 and OVAC 4A runners up and Section 1 champs while racking up 15 wins. That success and the gradual improvement each year under now fourth-year head coach Anthony Santangelo has led to a lot of ...

NEW MARTINSVILLE — Experience will be one of the strengths for Coach Dave Tallman and his Magnolia boys’ basketball team heading into the 2023-24 season with a pair of seniors and two juniors returning to lead the show for the Blue Eagles. In all, Magnolia’s returning players averaged ...

PADEN CITY — In his second year in charge of the Wildcats’ boys’ basketball team, Paden City coach Jarrel Bailey enters the campaign with three returning starters from a team that struggled to do the little things and finish games a season ago. Senior Joey Baker (6-1, power forward) ...

WOODSFIELD — As far as inherited situations go, first-year head coach Mason Lang has a pretty good one. The Monroe Central Seminoles went 15-9 last year, and while they graduate three seniors, they bring back their leading scorer and rebounder, and carry starting experience into ...