A trio of games highlighted high school basketball in our region on Thursday night.
Pt. Pleasant wrestlers were seen early and often on championship Saturday
Over 130 teams and 1300 wrestlers are in Huntington for the 44th WSAZ Invitational.
The latest WV girls high school basketball rankings were released Monday afternoon.
James Treacy (born 1943) is an Irish retired hurler who played as a left corner-back for the Kilkenny senior team. Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Treacy first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of twenty when he first linked up with the Kilkenny senior team. He joined the team during the 1963 championship.
Treacy went on to play a key role over the next decade, winning four All-Ireland medals, eight Le inster medals and one National Hurling League medal. He captained the team to the All-Ireland title in 1967. At club level Treacy is a five-time championship medallist with Bennettsbridge .
Treacy first came to prominence on the inter-county scene as a member of the Kilkenny senior hurling team in the early 1960s. He was a non-playing substitute when 'the Cats' won both the Leinster and All-Ireland titles in 1963. In 1964 Treacy became a full member of the Kilkenny team at corner-back.
Jimmy Doyle had other ideas, however, as he scored ten points and set up Seán McLoughlin for a goal. Tipperary's fourteen-point winning margin, 5–13 to 2–8, was the biggest All-Ireland final win since Tipperary had overwhelmed Laois in the 1949 decider.
GW, Shady Spring, Poca & Man are the early top teams in WV high school basketball.
Marshall makes it official Sunday evening by hiring Charles Huff to lead the football team.
Bernie Dolan, executive director of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission, said student athletes and coaching teams have a lot to feel good about the season.