Taylor Kennedy

1 month ago | herald-dispatch.com | Rick Elmore |Taylor Kennedy |Jarrid McCormick

CHARLESTON -- For the first time in three seasons, Class AAAA will crown a new boys basketball state tournament champion. Morgantown's potential game-winning 3-point shot missed its mark at the horn to preserve a 49-47 win for George Washington on Friday in the WVSSAC Class AAAA state tournament semifinals, ending the reign of the three-time defending state champions at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center. The final shot was set up by an inbounds play for Morgantown with four seconds left.

1 month ago | wvgazettemail.com | Taylor Kennedy |Cameron Maynard |Tyler Kennett

East Hardy used a strong shooting performance and a record-tying defensive effort to top Clay-Battelle 51-34 in the Class A quarterfinals of the WVSSAC boys basketball state tournament at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center on Thursday. Evan Hamilton and Jordan Teets combined for 34 of the Cougars’ 51 points and accounted for all eight of East Hardy’s 3-point makes. The two shot 8 of 16 (50%) from long distance in the victory.

1 month ago | herald-dispatch.com | Taylor Kennedy |Cameron Maynard |Jarrid McCormick

CHARLESTON — East Hardy used a strong shooting performance and a record-tying defensive effort to top Clay-Battelle 51-34 in the Class A quarterfinals of the WVSSAC state boys basketball tournament at the Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center on Thursday. Evan Hamilton and Jordan Teets combined for 34 of the Cougars’ 51 points and accounted for all eight of East Hardy’s 3-point makes. The two shot 8 of 16 (50%) from long distance in the victory.

1 month ago | herald-dispatch.com | Matthew Britton |Taylor Kennedy |Cameron Maynard |Joey Johnson

CHARLESTON — A game-high 18 points from Talan Muscari and a clutch late basket from Konnor Fox helped fourth-seeded Wyoming East outlast fifth-seeded Logan during a classic defensive nailbiter in the first round of the WVSSAC Class AA boys basketball state tournament on Tuesday night. “I told MetroNews in there, ‘I know you guys have had some pretty lackluster games.’ Hatch and I made sure that didn’t happen here at 11 o'clock tonight,” Wyoming East coach Kent McBride said.

2 months ago | wvgazettemail.com | Taylor Kennedy

The weather outside has been freezing cold most of the last few weeks. What wasn’t cold Tuesday night was the George Washington boys basketball team’s shooting from the floor against county rival South Charleston. The Patriots shot 27 for 43 from the floor and 10 for 16 from long distance in a 66-40 home win. Five GW players connected on triples in the victory. The hot shooting paced the Class AAAA No. 3-ranked Patriots (12-0) past the No. 9 Black Eagles (7-3) in front of a standing-room-only crowd.