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2022-23 Basketball Preview

Wheeling Park features experienced, talented cast

By BUBBA KAPRAL For The Times Leader 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 ...

Leach takes over the Barnesville girls program

By KIM NORTH Times Leader Sports Writer BARNESVILLE – With a wealth of experience returning from last year, things are looking good for the Barnesville girls’ basketball team for the 2022-23 season. First-year head coach Ty Leach welcomes nine letterwinners back. A pair of them are ...

Shadyside features strong senior class

By TRACY WATSON For The Times Leader SHADYSIDE – With six returners who logged good minutes a season ago, a pair of senior building blocks to work around, Coach Serge Gentile’s Shadyside team is looking to hit the floor running in 2022. The Lady Tigers will be led by senior do-it-all ...

St. Clairsville must replace a lot of scoring

By KIM NORTH Times Leader Sports Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE – As Stacey Agnew enters his ninth season as head coach of the St. Clairsville girls’ basketball program, he is optimistic as to how good the Red Devils can be in 2022-23. “We lost three seniors in Shae Brookover, Alexis Thoburn ...

Monroe Central looks to build on last season

By Donnie Yeager Jr. For The Times Leader WOODSFIELD – The Monroe Central Lady Seminoles finished last season with a 20-7 record, winning the MOVL and the Sectional and District titles before bowing out in the first round of the Regional tournament to Trimble. Graduated from that team are ...

Bellaire is small, but very quick

By SETH STASKEY Times Leader Sports Editor BELLAIRE — This just in from the not-so-breaking-news department … the Bellaire girls basketball team is undersized. Because of their style and ability to guard in the full court, being smaller hasn’t been an issue since John Farrier took over ...