Best Virginia overcomes sluggish start, defeats Underground Kings 77-63 in final exhibition By
Best Virginia s Tarik Phillip guards Underground Kings Tommy Bolte. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com
Best Virginia s Nate Adrian guards Devin Ebanks. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com
Best Virginia s John Flowers looks to push the pace. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com
Best Virginia s Kevin Jones battles with Underground Kings Will Vorhees in the post. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com
Best Virginia s Juwan Staten scores two of his game-high 26 points on a fallaway jumper. Photo by Greg Carey/WVMetroNews.com
WHEELING, W.Va. The second and final of Best Virginia’s two exhibition games didn’t have much in common with the first.
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Kevin Jones drives to the basket while being defended by Jaysean Paige during a 2017 WVU alumni game. TWV File Photo
WHEELING PARK â Alumni from WVU and assorted Mountain East Conference teams will square off Friday, July 9 in an exhibition at Wheeling Park High School.
The team of WVU alumni, Best Virginia, is slated to participate in The Basketball Tournament, branded at TBT, which will start in mid-July. The MEC alumni team, Underground Kings, are also hopeful that they will take part in the million-dollar, 64-team, single-elimination tournament. The Mountain East Conference is a very respectable conference, Chase Harler, a player on Best Virginia, said. The Ohio Valley has witnessed great players come through MEC. I can still remember sold out crowds between West Liberty and Wheeling Jesuit. Underground Kings will give us a great matchup and get us ready for the TBT.
JOSELYN KING Staff Writer
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Warwood School teacher Josh Yost uses a 3D printer to print a key chain designed by a student.
WHEELING Today’s students no longer just take tests and check off answers to exam questions to prove their knowledge.
New maker spaces are being constructed at each building in Ohio County Schools as educators transition into a new age of education, and soon all students will have access to tools they need to create required projects to prove their learning experiences.
Cricut machines, 3D printers, microphones and Lego blocks have been ordered to stock the maker spaces where students will be able to do anything from printing T-shirts, to wood carving, to editing their own podcast.
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Bridge Street Middle School students Layce Fickey as Belle, left, and Cole Tarrant as the Beast practice in preparation for the schoolâs presentation of âBeauty and the Beast Jr.â
They’ve gained confidence about themselves and made friends along the way, and now it’s time for Bridge Street Middle School theatre students to enjoy the spotlight.
The students take the stage this weekend for three performances of Beauty and the Beast Jr. Shows are slated for 7 p.m. today, Friday, and Saturday at the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center at Wheeling Park High School.
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Middle school band directors in Ohio County Schools don’t want students to miss a beat due to an instruction year when COVID played the dominant tune.
The band directors are striking up a middle school band program this summer for rising seventh and eighth grade band members. The program is set to take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. July 26-30 at the J.B. Chambers Performing Arts Center at Wheeling Park High School.
“There are more instruments and things going on within a band than there are in other music groups,” explained WPHS Band Director David Alfred. “This is an attempt to get the band members playing, get them some focus and maybe make up for what we missed due to COVID absences.”