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Linsly In Rebuilding Mode After Losses

Girls Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

WHEELING - The Linsly Lady Cadets enjoyed a memorable 2021-22 hoop season. They advanced to the OVAC 3A championship game while ringing up a sparkling 16-4 record. Head coach Rebecca Upton lost some prime-time talent from a year ago. Consequently, a repeat performance will be no easy task this winter. “This season is going to be interesting for us mostly because of the schedule we play. We had to extend outside of the area in order to find games and that will make our season more demanding,” Upton noted. “We have several new players and new roles to fill and I am extremely ...

Wheeling Central Has Depth, Will Be Fun To Watch

Girls Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

WHEELING – According to third-year head coach Roberta Olejasz, her Wheeling Central girls basketball team is going to be fun to watch. However, those fans attending games will have familiarize themselves with the roster. Olejasz had no problem in saying the Maroon Knights can go well into their bench during the 2022-23 season. “We have four returning letterwinners. However, we have one transfer and a lot of freshmen who will contribute this season,” the former Maroon Knight all-stater and player at VCU explained. We are going to be fun to watch. “Last year we only went 6-7 ...

Wheeling Park Ready To Take The Next Step

Girls Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

WHEELING - Ryan Young has established a dominant program in his eight years at the Wheeling Park girls’ hoop helm. The Lady Patriots enter the 2022-23 season coming off another stellar campaign, one in which Young’s charges rolled to a 21-6 record and advanced to the Class AAA state tournament semifinals. Don’t look for any drop-off this season from the Lady Patriots as four starters return to go with numerous other seasoned performers. “I think we have a chance to be really good this season. We can learn a lot from last season and where we believe we need to improve to take ...

Cameron Girls Looking To Go Back-To-Back

Girls Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

CAMERON – Just eight months after capturing the school’s first-ever state basketball championship in ESPN “Top 10 Plays” fashion, Coach Holly Pettit’s Cameron girls’ basketball team is back to attempt an encore. And loaded with a bevy of returning starters, including a two-time first team Class A All-West Virginia player and a two-time second team honoree, the Lady Dragons are poised to do just that. Last March Cameron pulled off the near impossible, trailing by two points with four seconds to All-stater Ashlynn VanTassell, then a sophomore, drained a pair of free ...

2022 Boys Basketball Schedules

Boys Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

Barnesville Nov. 25 — Buckeye Local, 5 p.m. Nov. 29 — at Shadyside Dec. 2 — Buckeye Trail Dec. 9 — at Monroe Central Dec. 13 — at River Dec. 20 — at Bellaire Dec. 22 — Shenandoah Dec. 27 — at Union Local Dec. 29 — Frontier (at Toronto), 4:45 p.m. Jan. 3 — Caldwell Jan. 6 — River Jan. 10 — at Fort Frye Jan. 13 — at Shenandoah Jan. 17 — Monroe Central Jan. 18 — Bellaire Jan. 20 — at Caldwell Jan. 24 — at Buckeye Local Jan. 27 — Shadyside Jan. 31 — Union Local Feb. 3 — at Martins Ferry Feb. 7-11 — OVAC ...

Buckeye Local Still Has Size

Boys Basketball Preview 2022 November 28, 2022

CONNORVILLE—Buckeye Local lost its leading scorer in Cameron Best and quite a bit of experience between Best, the Darrahs, Hunter (6-foot-6) and Luke (6-4), along with Ethan McHugh and Anthony Deitch off a team that finished 8-14. But while the girls team is low on numbers and on height, the boys’ program is not enduring such problems. Head coach Chris Heaton’s team is 21 players strong this season, enough for both a varsity and junior varsity roster. And while the Darrah Brothers have graduated, he still boasts some size down in the paint to utilize. “Our guards are all ...